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The police said Sunday they were hunting for 12 inmates who escaped from a jail in Jolo, the stronghold of the Abu Sayyaf. The detainees were among 29 inmates who bolted from a prison inside a police station on Saturday where they were being held mostly on drug charges. The remaining 17 were recaptured the same day, police said. Jolo is a base for the kidnap-for-ransom group and authorities said they were investigating whether or […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu gave the mission team of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources six months to restore and rehabilitate Boracay. “The mission of the team is to rehabilitate and restore Boracay in becoming a paradise again. We are given six months by the President,” he said. “We will be using all DENR assets and personnel to do this job. Those who will be deployed will be […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Boracay may be placed under a “state of calamity” if the island’s pollution problem is not resolved soon. Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu said that the idea was floated by Interior and Local Government Secretary Eduardo Año. Cimatu visited the island and was not happy with what he found. Cimatu said that many structures and business establishments were found well within the 30-meter easement from the shoreline, where buildings and […]
MABALACAT, Pampanga (Eagle News) – Binuksan na ang bagong Mabiga interchange ng NLEX-SCTEX sa Brgy. Mabiga, Mabalacat, Pampanga. Sa pagbukas ng bagong interchange inalis na ang U-turn slot sa NLEX-SCTEX na ginagamit ng mga sasakyang galing ng national road at patungo ng Clark, Subic at Tarmac. Maaari nang dumaan ngayon ang mga sasakyang patungo ng Clark, Subic at Tarlac sa bagong exit road at toll booth ng Mabiga interchange, at gayun din sa kanilang pagbalik sa […]
LAKE SEBU, South Cotabato (Eagle News) – Hinarang ng mga otoridad ang isang grupo ng mga dayuhang aktibista sa Lake Sebu sa South Cotabato. Layon sana ng mga nasabing dayuhan–Julie Jamora, Dina Anderson, Jamy Drapeza, Adam Shaw, at Tawanda Chandiwanda—ang magsagawa ng fact-finding mission tungkol sa napabalitang massacre sa siyam na sibilyan sa nasabing bayan noong Disyembre nang nakaraang taon. Ayon kay South Cotabato Gov. Daisy Avance-Fuentes, nakasakay ang pawang mga miyembro ng Gabriela Network […]
(Eagle News) — Government troops recovered in Sulu a cache of high-powered firearms allegedly owned by the Abu Sayyaf. The eight high-powered firearms—four M16 rifles and four M14 rifles—were found in Sitio Kadkad, Talipao at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, following a tip from a concerned citizen. The alleged Abu Sayyaf member guarding the firearms managed to flee before troops could get to the area.
A crab fisherman has been killed and half-eaten by a huge saltwater crocodile, the latest in a number of attacks in Palawan, police said Wednesday. The family and neighbors of Rebente Ladja, 37, launched a search after he failed to return home on Monday from setting crab traps at a mangrove forest on the coast of Balabac. “They found his mangled remains at the swamp that night, with a huge crocodile beside it. The crocodile […]
(Eagle News) — Davao del Norte Rep. Antonio Floirendo Jr. has posted bail. Floirendo posted the cash bond of P30,000 in a Davao court on Wednesday, on the same day the Sandiganbayan issued a warrant of arrest against him. The warrant stemmed from the graft case filed by the Ombudsman against the lawmaker over the joint venture agreement between the Bureau of Corrections and his family’s Tagum Development Corp. The complaint before the Ombudsman had been […]
PAGADIAN CITY, Zamboanga del Sur (Eagle News) – Isang hinihinalang vintage naval ordnance ang nakumpiska ng Explosive Ordnance Division (EOD) sa isang abandonadong bahay sa Pagadian City, Zamboanga del Sur noong Martes, Pebrero 20. Ayon kay PSupt. Benito Recopuerto, hepe ng PNP-Pagadian, ang nasabing bomba na narekober mula sa bahay sa Brgy. Tiguma, bandang 2:30 ng hapon, ay ginamit ng Naval Forces noong ikalawang digmaang pandaigdig. Aniya, kaya nitong wasakin ang isang malaking barko at […]
(Eagle News) — Two men who were convicted of rape by a Davao court in 2012 have been acquitted by the Supreme Court. In acquitting Juvy Amarela and Junard Racho, the High Court did not apply what is supposedly the decades-old women’s honor doctrine, under which women are believed not to lie about being raped because “women, especially Filipinos, would not admit that they have been abused unless that abuse had actually happened.” In a decision […]
BALABAC, Palawan (Eagle News) — Ten people, including an 11-month-old baby, have died due to severe dehydration in Balabac town in Palawan, where a diarrhea outbreak has been declared. According to the Provincial Health Office, over 200 residents have been treated for symptoms of diarrhea since February 12. “Almost all of the water sources in Balabac proper are not fit for drinking after they tested positive for coliform,” provincial health officer Mary Ann Navarro said in […]
Ni Jun Cronico Eagle News Service ZAMBOANGA CITY (Eagle News) – Pinarangalan ng pamunuan ng Police Regional Office 9 ang kanilang sampung pulis ng medalya ng kagalingan (PNP merit medal) sa isang flag-raising ceremony sa Project 9, Brgy. Mercedez, Zamboanga City noong Lunes ng umaga, Pebrero 19. Ang mga pinarangalan dahil sa matagumpay na pagkakaaresto sa dalawang bandidong Abu Sayyaf na sina Isa Sampang at Paisar Sampang sa Brgy. Mariki, Zamboanga City noong Enero 27, […]
