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(Eagle News) — A 4.7-magnitude earthquake struck Ilocos Norte Province on Tuesday afternoon, February 6. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said the latest quake hit 10 kilometers northeast of the municipality of Bacarra at 12:59 p.m. The quake, of tectonic origin, had a depth of 50 kilometers. The quake was also felt at intensity 4 in the Municipality of Pasuquin, and at intensity 3 in Laoag City, Paoay, Carasi, Batac and Banna […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) – The the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said that it would lower the alert level for Mount Mayon if the volcano’s decreased activity would continue in the next few weeks. According to PHIVOLCS, although Mayon volcano continues to spew ash, there is no significant increase in volcanic activity for Mt. Mayon in the past few days. PHIVOLCS chief volcanologist Ed Laguerta said that although the volcano was showing […]
(Eagle News)– The militant group Karapatan on Friday slammed authorities for what it said was the fake news they peddled about the arrest of a high-ranking Communist Party of the Philippines official. Karapatan secretary general Cristina Palabay said the real Rommel Salinas had already been arrested on trumped-up charges way back May 2017, together with Iglesia Filipina Independiente bishop Carlo Morales. The militant group said the two are now detained in the Ozamiz City Jail. The PNP Northern […]
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.
(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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
(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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
