Provincial News

Albay official seeks permanent relocation site for families displaced by Mayon eruption

QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Albay Public Safety and Emergency Management Office chief Cedric Daep has asked Congress to create a permanent relocation site for 3,000 families living near Mayon Volcano. Daep also said that the six-kilometer zone around Mayon Volcano was declared a “no-settlement zone” because of the volcano’s sudden and unpredictable activities. “We need Congress to enact a law to relocate those staying inside the permanent danger zone,” Daep said.

CPP leader nabbed in Ozamiz

(Eagle News) — Another high-ranking official of the Communist Party of the Philippines has been arrested. Supt. Lemuel Gonda, spokesperson of the Northern Mindanao regional police, said  Rommel Dorango Salinas, secretary of the CPP, was arrested on Thursday at Bernard Subdivision, City Hall Drive, Barangay Aguada in Ozamiz. Authorities said Salinas was nabbed for frustrated murder and destructive arson. Gonda said Salinas has since been brought to the Bureau of Jail and Management and Penology […]

Dating miyembro ng New People’s Army patay sa pananambang

MATI CITY, Davao Oriental (Eagle News) – Patay sa pananambang ang isang dating miyembro ng New People’s Army (NPA) noong Miyerkules. Kinilala ang nasawi na si Kevin Dave Pagaura, residente ng Calapagan, Lupon. Ayon sa nag-iisang pasahero ng biktima, paliko na sila gamit ang motorsiklo sa Pising, Brgy. Sainz, Mati City pauwi ng Calapagan nang sumulpot ang isang tao at binaril ang biktima na nagmamaneho. Hindi naman ito agad tinamaan subalit natumba ang motorsiklo. Dito na […]

Anim na miyembro ng rebeldeng grupong NPA sumuko sa militar

BISLIG, Surigao del Sur (Eagle News) – Anim na miyembro ng Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army (CPP-NPA) ang kusang sumuko sa mga militar sa Surigao del Sur kamakailan. Kinilala ang mga kusang sumuko na sina: Jonathan Navarro Selbert Camarillo Edelberto Navarro Merelena Navarro Joebert Camarillo Jomar Camarillo Ang mga suspek na sumuko sa Camp Jaime N. Ferrer sa Brgy. Maharlika, Bislig City ay pawang mga miyembro ng SYP Platoon 3 ng Southern Mindanao […]

Tatlong miyembro ng Abu Sayyaf, sumuko sa militar

Ni Jun Cronico Eagle News Service JOLO, Sulu (Eagle News) – Umakyat na sa 57 ang mga miyembro ng Abu Sayyaf ang sumuko sa militar sa Sulu. Ito ay matapos ibinaba nina Sulu ASG member Kadra Arajun Sawadjaan, Alnajar Sawadjaan, at Sherul Arad ang kanilang mga matataas na kalibre ng armas sa mga tauhan ng marine troopers sa Brgy. Bunot, Indanan, Sulu. Sinabi ni Major General Cirilito Sobejana, Commander ng Joint Task Force Sulu, na […]

Duterte reiterates call for Maranaos to “avoid terrorism”; promises continuous financial support for Marawi

    (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday reiterated his call for Maranaos to “avoid terrorism,” as he gave the assurance the government would continue to provide financial support for the rehabilitation of Marawi. “It is not a correct way to obey Islam. You do not kill and destroy,”the President said  in his visit to Marawi on Tuesday, January 30. The President stressed that allowing terrorism will only cause massive destruction and loss […]

PNP: Big-time drug pusher, arestado sa Rosales, Pangasinan

ROSALES, Pangasinan (Eagle News) – Arestado ang isang diumanong big-time drug pusher sa search operation na isinagawa ng Rosales PNP sa Brgy. Coliling, Rosales, Pangasinan nitong Martes, Enero 30. Inaresto ng mga otoridad si Domingo Ortega, isang negosyante at mula sa Pampanga na kasalukuyang nanunuluyan sa Rosales, Pangasinan, nang makitaan ang kaniyang bahay ng isang magazine ng caliber .45, posas, bag na may box na may lamang 24 na piraso ng bala ng caliber .22, isang box […]

Erupting Mount Mayon sparks local tourism boom

By Ayee Macaraig Agence France Presse With chili-flavored “lava ice cream” in demand and awestruck tourists packing onto viewing decks, the erupting Mayon volcano is sparking a local business boom in a region where tens of thousands of others have fled for their lives. Albay province has built its image around the picture-perfect, cone-shaped Mayon volcano whose periodic activity offers both boundless opportunity as well as enduring misery. Since Mayon began shooting out lava two weeks […]

Filipino doctor in New York plot charged in kidnap-murder case

A Filipino doctor accused of wiring money for a foiled New York jihadist plot has been charged in a separate Islamic State-inspired kidnapping and murder case at home, documents released on Tuesday said. Russel Salic, an orthopedic surgeon, has been held in custody in the Philippines after US prosecutors charged him over a failed plot to attack New York’s subway, Times Square and concert venues in the name of IS during the Ramadan in 2016. US prosecutors […]

Going to Mt. Pulag? Bring a fire extinguisher — authorities

(Eagle News) – If you’re climbing Mt. Pulag, bring a fire extinguisher. This is a new requirement after a fire caused by tourists destroyed a portion of the mountain on January 20, the park superintendent’s office said. It added that  Mt. Pulag will be closed to tourists for five to six months so the grasslands will regrow. Authorities said a group of hikers from Cebu brought a butane gas burner and after they lit it, the […]

Libreng football clinic para sa mga kabataan at PWDs, inilunsad sa Biñan City, Laguna

Nina Willson Palima at Jackie Palima Eagle News Correspondents BIÑAN CITY, Laguna (Eagle News) – Naglunsad ng isang libreng Football Clinic sa mga kabataan at persons with disability (PWDs) ang dayuhang coach na si Boby Jeff ng Black Lions Football Club. Katuwang niya ang Rotary Club of Metro Biñan District 3820 at sa suporta ng Pamahalaang Lungsod ng Biñan. Isinagawa ito sa Alonte Sports Oval Stadium, Brgy. Zapote, Biñan City, Laguna kamakailan. Sa pangunguna ni […]

Tourist activities sa El Nido, Palawan, kokontrolin na ng DENR

MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Kokontrolin na ng Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) ang tourism activities sa El Nido, Palawan. Ayon kay Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu, ito ay upang mapangalaan at maprotektahan ang mayaman na biodiversity ng nasabing isla. Kaugnay nito, inatasan ng kalihim ang mga opisyal ng DENR-MIMAROPA na ilagay ang El Nido bilang “priority area”. Kasunod ito ng mga ulat na nahaharap ang El Nido sa problema na may kaugnayan sa […]