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WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Eighteen people have died from illnesses associated with e-cigarette use since March, US health authorities said Thursday, while more than a thousand others have suffered probable lung injuries linked to vaping. Officials have yet to identify the cause for the outbreak, which dates back to late March, and are pursuing multiple lines of investigation. A report by clinicians in North Carolina last month pointed to the inhalation of fatty […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte criticized what he termed as “so-called friends” of the Philippines but judge his government’s war on drugs with “preconceived notions.” “Some so-called friends act like they know the answers to our problems and impervious to our socio-economic and political conditions. They create rules and norms for almost everyone, and some refuse to be bound by the same,” he said during his speech at the plenary session of forum […]
(Eagle News)–The Metro Rail Transit-3 is offering free train rides to teachers on Saturday, Oct. 5. In a statement, the MRT-3 said they can avail of the free rides from 5:30 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. They only need to present their Professional Regulatory Commission license or their faculty identification card to avail of the same. The free rides are in celebration of National Teachers’ Day.
by Jerome TAYLOR / Jasmine LEUNG Agence France Presse HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Hong Kong’s leader announced a ban Friday on protesters wearing face masks, invoking colonial-era emergency powers, in a bid to quell months of violent anti-government unrest. Chief executive Carrie Lam said she had made the order under the Emergency Regulations Ordinances, a sweeping law that grants her the ability to make any law during a time of emergency or public […]
(Eagle News)–Rodney Baloyo, who led the 2013 drug raid in Pampanga which the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group said was irregular, is now detained in a cell at the New Bilibid Prison, as seen in this picture given by the Bureau of Corrections to Eagle News. Baloyo was cited in contempt on Thursday, Oct. 3, for being evasive under questioning by senators on the drug raid. Baloyo, who was a colonel at that time, had […]
PANGASINAN (Eagle News) — Mas mahigpit na ipinatutupad ngayon ng Pangasinan PNP at Office of the Provincial Veterinarian (OPVet) ang seguridad sa mga entry at backdoor checkpoint ng lalawigan matapos na may nakapuslit na isang truck ng mga baboy na kontaminado ng African swine fever mula sa Bulacan kamakailan. Matatandaan na isang truck na naglalamaan ng mga baboy na nagpositibo sa ASF, mula sa Bustos, Bulacan, ang nakapasok sa bayan ng Mapandan noong Sabado, […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte has said the Philippines would seek to deepen ties with Latin America, Africa and Central Asia in the remaining years of his term. In his speech before the plenary of the 16th annual meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club in Sochi, the President said it was also “high time the Philippines look at the Middle East with fresh eyes going beyond oil and Overseas Filipino Workers.” “As one of the fastest-growing […]
(Eagle News)–A thunderstorm advisory has been hoisted over Metro Manila and other areas. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said heavy to intense rainshowers with lightning and strong winds are being experienced in Quezon City, Caloocan, San Juan, Mandaluyong, Makati, Manila, Paranaque and Las Piñas in Metro Manila; in Bacoor, Imus, Dasmarinas in Cavite; in San Jose del Monte, Santa Maria, Pandi, Plaridel, Bustos, Baliuag, Pulilan, San Rafael, San Ildefonso in Bulacan; in […]
(Eagle News)–An alleged sub-leader of the Abu Sayyaf group was arrested in Quezon City recently. The suspect was identified as Ibrahim Lambog Mullo. Mullo was arrested along Commonwealth Avenue following a tip from a concerned citizen. Seized from him were an unlicensed caliber .45 pistol and a fragmentation grenade. Criminal charges will be filed against him.
by Allison Jackson, with Valeria Pacheco in Puerto Maldonado, Peru Agence France Presse ITAITUBA, Brazil (AFP) — A shortage of Catholic priests in the Amazon is eroding the church’s influence in the remote region, bishops in Brazil and Peru warn, ahead of a Vatican synod dedicated to the rainforest. Wilmar Santin, one of scores of Brazilian bishops set to attend the October 6-27 gathering, says the church is ceding ground to more nimble Evangelical […]
(Eagle News)–The two people who revealed the dialysis scam in Wellmed clinic in Quezon City have been arrested. Edwin Roberto and Leizel Santos de Leon were reportedly nabbed in connection with the estafa case filed against them over the processing of PhilHealth claims even of deceased patients at the clinic. Roberto and De Leon had been admitted to the Witness Protection Program but they lost their privileges after the case was refiled with the Metropolitan […]
(Eagle News)–Philippine National Police Chief Oscar Albayalde on Friday, Oct. 4, said he believes his name was dragged in the ninja cops controversy because of politics. “I am retiring. Who’s the next PNP chief here?” he asked in an interview over CNN Philippines. Albayalde said this could also be a way to discredit whomever he will endorse as the next top policeman. Albayalde is slated to retire in November. “They will destroy my reputation, my […]
