Provincial News

Military truck na nag-rescue ng mga sundalong sugatan, nahulog sa bangin; 2 patay, 9 na katao sugatan

PAGADIAN CITY, Zamboanga del Sur (Eagle News) – Patay ang dalawa katao habang siyam naman ang sugatan matapos mahulog sa bangin ang kanilang sinasakyang military truck sa Sitio Dumalian, Barangay Lourdes sa Pagadian City. Ayon sa report ng 53rd Infantry Battalion, ang nasabing sasakyan ay nag-rescue sa dalawang sugatan na mga sundalo na nakipagbakbakan sa rebeldeng New People’s Army (NPA) sa Brgy. Lison Valley sa nasabing lungsod. Bandang 10:00 ng umaga nitong Linggo, Disyembre 10  […]

Dalawang magkahiwalay na ambush ng NPA sa pulis, nangyari sa Surigao del Norte

SURIGAO CITY, Surigao del Norte (Eagle News) – Dalawang magkahiwalay na insidente ng ambush ang nangyari sa Surigao del Norte nito lamang Linggo, Disyembre 10. Papunta sana ang tropa ng Claver Municipal Police Station sa Surigao City para ipaayos ang kanilang service vehicle ng paputukan ang kanilang patrol car. Tinatayang nasa sampung kalalakihan ang nagpaputok sa kanila. Ang pangalawang insidente ay nangyari naman sa Brgy. Mabuhay, Sison, Surigao del Norte, kung saan nasa 15 kalalakihan ang namataan […]

4.5-magnitude quake hits Leyte

(Eagle News) — A 4.5-magnitude earthquake hit Leyte on Saturday, Dec. 9. The Philippine Institute for Volcanology and Seismology said the quake took place eleven kilometers southwest of municipality of Burauen at 3:39 p.m. Depth of focus was at five kilometers. No aftershocks were expected.

Gov’t forces kill 3 Abu Sayyaf bandits in Sulu clash

  ZAMBOANGA CITY (PNA) — Pursuing government forces killed three Abu Sayyaf bandits and recovered two firearms in a clash in the hinterlands of Sulu, a top military official said Saturday. Brig. Gen. Cirilito Sobejana, Joint Task Force Sulu commander, said the clash happened at around 2:30 p.m. Friday at Sitio Buling-Buling, Barangay Su-uh, Old Panamao town. Sobejana disclosed the troops were on combat patrol when they clashed with 20 Abu Sayyaf bandits led by […]

Alert level 2 hoisted over Kanlaon following phreatic explosion

(Eagle News) — An alert level 2 was hoisted over Kanlaon Volcano on Saturday. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology did this after a phreatic eruption took place past 9 a.m. Phivolcs director Renato Solidum said in a radio interview that while the eruption was not as strong, the public should avoid going near the summit. He said a 4-kilometer permanent danger zone from the summit should apply under an alert level 2.

Nine students in Mabalacat City, Pampanga contract dengue after getting Dengvaxia shots

QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Nine students of Lakandula Elementary School in Mabalacat, Pampanga fell ill with dengue after being vaccinated with Dengvaxia. Mabalacat City Mayor Chris Garbo said that he immediately sent health officers to the affected elementary school. The students who were found to have symptoms of dengue were Enzo De Leon (the first student who got sick) followed by Cirila Tagle, John Levi Leono, Hazel Yumul, Myla Libre, Danica Macasing, Kristine […]

Isa sugatan sa tumaob na oil tanker sa Tuba, Benguet

TUBA, Benguet (Eagle News) – Isa ang sugatan matapos tumaob ang isang oil tanker sa bulubunduking bahagi ng Marcos Highway, Poblacion, Tuba, Benguet nitong Huwebes. Ayon kay Tuba Municipal Police Chief Inspector James Acod, paakyat sa matarik na zigzag road ang isang oil tanker na minamaneho ni Avelino Apidod nang biglang salpukin ng isang pasalubong na truck. Sa lakas ng impact, napaatras at bumangga naman sa isang bus na nasa kanyang likuran ang oil tanker, […]

Military welcomes CHR probe into deaths in Nasugbu clash

By Mar Gabriel Eagle News Service The Armed Forces of the Philippines said it welcomes a Commission on Human Rights probe into the encounter between government troops and alleged members of the New People’s Army in Nasugbu, Batangas that resulted in the deaths of 15. But Major General Rhoderick Parayno, 2nd Infantry Division commander who has jurisdiction over the place where the Nov. 28 encounter took place, said he hoped that the investigation “will show results […]

Philippine Marine Turtle Protected Area Network itinatag sa Palawan

PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, Palawan (Eagle News) – Nagtatag ng Philippine Marine Turtle Protected Area Network sa Palawan noong ika-6 ng DIsyembre. Kabilang sa lumagda sa memorandum of agreement na naglalayong magkaroon ng ligtas na kanlungan ang mga pawikan sa Sulu-Sulawesi Seascape ay ang El Nido-Taytay Managed Resource Protected Area at Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park. Matatandaan na ang dalawang nabanggit na protected area ng Palawan ay nakapaloob sa ilalim ng National Integrated Protected Areas System (NIPAS) […]

Mayor Sara Duterte cancels Davao peace talks with NPA

(Eagle News) — Davao Mayor Sara Duterte has cancelled local peace talks with the New People’s Army. This was after President Rodrigo Duterte signed a proclamation officially labeling the Communist Party of the Philippines-NPA as a terrorist group. Prior to this, Duterte signed Proclamation 360, formally terminating peace talks with the rebels. Duterte had said he was fed up with the group’s “depredatory acts,” including what he said was the killing of a four-month-old baby. […]

Over P100 million worth of “Parojinog shabu remnants” seized in Ozamiz; several arrested

  (Eagle News) — Ozamiz Police have seized over P100 million worth of shabu believed to be the remnants of the illegal substances being sold by the Parojinog family. In a radio interview, Chief Insp. Jovie Espenido, said the 14 kilograms of drugs worth P112 million were seized during separate operations in the city since Wednesday, December 6. He said the operations began with the arrest of Butch Merino, a former driver of then-Vice Mayor […]

Suspek sa pagpatay sa kaniya umanong live-in partner, iniharap na sa piskalya

  CABUYAO CITY, Laguna (Eagle News) — Iniharap na sa piskalya ng Cabuyao City, Laguna ang isa sa mga suspek sa pagkamatay ng natagpuang itinapong bangkay na nakabalot sa kumot sa bahagi ng South Luzon Expressway. Hawak na rin ng Pasay Police ang tatlong kasabwat umano ni Alfredo Torres Jr. sa pagpatay kay Clarissalyn Lizardo, at kasalukuyan pang tinutugis ang isa pa. November 28 pa daw napatay si Lizardo at itinapon umano ng mga suspek […]