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(Eagle News) — Vice President Leni Robredo on Wednesday, Jan. 8, stood by her report the drug war was a massive failure, despite criticisms the data she used was not accurate. Robredo, who was appointed co-chair of the Inter-Agency Committee Against Illegal Drugs until she was fired by President Rodrigo Duterte with less than a month into the job, said in the first place, “we are very, very careful sa pagfinalize ng report na di […]
(Eagle News) — A Paranaque court has acquitted Bureau of Corrections chief Gerald Bantag and two others of homicide. In its Jan. 8 order, Judge Betlee-Ian J. Barraquias also acquitted then-SJO2 Ricardo Zulueta and JO2 Victor Erick Pascua in the ten counts filed against them by inmates of a Paranaque jail when Bantag was jail warden. Bantag, Zulueta and Pascua had said they merely defended themselves after they were attacked by the inmates and an […]
by Richard CARTER Agence France Presse HONG KONG, China (AFP) — The price of oil spiked Wednesday after Iran launched revenge attacks on US forces in Iraq, making good on its pledge to hit back over the killing of its top general. The main US contract rocketed by more than 4.5 percent as fears over supplies in the tinderbox Middle East sent prices soaring. The Pentagon said it was still “working on initial battle […]
(Eagle News) — Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra on Wednesday, Jan. 8, gave the assurance the concession deals crafted by the Department of Justice won’t “kill” water concessionaires Manila Water and Maynilad should they decide to accept them. In an interview over ANC, Guevarra said what they did with the new deals was to remove the provisions that were “highly disadvantageous” and to replace them with “more equitable” ones. “It’s something that will give life, life […]
All 176 people on board a Ukrainian passenger plane were killed when it crashed shortly after taking off from Tehran on Wednesday, Iranian state media reported. State news agency IRNA said 167 passengers and nine crew members were on board the aircraft operated by Ukraine International Airlines. “Obviously it is impossible that passengers” on flight PS-752 are alive, the head of Red Crescent told semi-official news agency ISNA, putting the number of people on board […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President Donald Trump on Tuesday said that initial casualty assessments indicated “all is well” after Iranian missiles targeted two bases housing US troops in Iraq. He tweeted that “assessment of casualties & damages taking place now. So far, so good!” Trump did not go on evening television to address the nation — something of an informal presidential tradition in times of foreign policy crisis — in the immediate hours […]
(Eagle News)–A 3.9-magnitude earthquake struck Davao Occidental on Wednesday, Jan. 8. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake, which hit at 12:11 p.m., had its epicenter 41 kilometers southeast of Sarangani. Depth of focus was 24 kilometers. An instrumental Intensity I was recorded in General Santos City; Malungon, Sarangani. No damage to property nor aftershocks were recorded.
(Eagle News)-Rains are expected in parts of the country today. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administratuon said Caraga and Davao Region will have cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms due to the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) affecting Mindanao. PAGASA said Ilocos Region, Cordillera Administrative Region, Cagayan Valley will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated light rains due to the northeast monsoon. Metro Manila and the rest of the country will have partly […]
by Maya Gebeily, with Marc Jourdier in Tehran and Sebastian Smith in Washington Agence France Presse BAGHDAD, Iraq (AFP) — Iran fired missiles Wednesday at Iraqi bases housing the US military, officials in Washington and Tehran said, in the first act of the Islamic republic’s promised revenge for the US killing of a top Iranian general. The Pentagon said it was still “working on initial battle damage assessments” after “Iran launched more than a […]
(Eagle News)–The Department of Foreign Affairs has advised Filipinos in Saudi Arabia to be vigilant in view of the recent developments in the region. In an advisory, the DFA said Filipinos should observe against “potential security threats, observe security measures and protocols established by the Saudi government, and abide by the laws, rules, and regulations of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.” According to the DFA, for security-related incidents, information on developing security situations on the […]
Tehran, Iran (AFP)–Iranian Revolutionary Guards on Wednesday responded to the assassination of commander Qassem Soleimani with a missile attack on an Iraqi airbase used by the US military, Iranian state media said. The IRGC confirmed the Ain al-Assad base was hit “with tens of missiles” and promised “more crushing responses” in case of further US attacks, the state-run PressTV said on Twitter.
Baghdad, Iraq (AFP)–Iran on Wednesday launched a missile attack on an Iraqi airbase where US forces are based, threatening “more crushing responses” if Washington carried out further strikes, Iranian state media said. It said the missiles were in response to a US strike last week that killed Iranian general Qasem Soleimani and Iraqi top commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis. Security sources told AFP that nine rockets hit the sprawling Ain al-Asad airbase in the country’s west, […]
