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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AFP) — Malaysia’s competition watchdog on Thursday threatened to hit Grab with a $21 million fine for practices that allegedly reduce competition, the latest problem for the ride-hailing giant. Grab is the biggest ride-hailing firm in Southeast Asia, and has strengthened its hold on the market since buying US rival Uber’s operations in the region last year. But the Singapore-headquartered firm has come under scrutiny from regulators in several countries due […]
BUSAN, South Korea (AFP) — At least nine people were killed and several others missing after Typhoon Mitag lashed South Korea with heavy rain and strong winds, authorities said Thursday. The storm hit southern parts of the country on Wednesday night, prompting flood warnings and triggering landslides in affected areas. A total of nine people were killed across the country as of Thursday afternoon, the Ministry of Interior and Safety said, but the toll […]
(Eagle News)–The police report on the 2013 Pampanga drug raid conducted by the 13 policemen subsequently ordered dismissed was only “full of lies.” This is according to retired Brigadier General Manuel Gaerlan, who was the deputy director for operations of Central Luzon when the raid led by then-Col. Rodney Baloyo and 12 of his men was conducted. Gaerlan said he had been tasked by then-Central Luzon police director Raul Petrasanta to check on the supposed […]
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AFP) — Taiwanese rescuers on Thursday retrieved the body of the last missing person killed when a bridge collapsed two days ago, smashing onto fishing boats moored underneath. A total of six fishing workers from Indonesia and the Philippines were killed in the incident, which also left 12 people injured according to the National Fire Agency. The body of the last missing Filipino was recovered from the waters around noon, ending a […]
Film opens in PHL cinemas nationwide starting November “GUERRERO DOS, Tuloy ang Laban,” a story about the ups and downs of life, is slated to be shown in cinemas nationwide starting November 2019. Selected personalities and members of the press will have a special red carpet advanced screening at the Cinema 4 of the SM Megamall on October 29. GUERRERO DOS was written and directed by multi awarded Director Carlo Ortega Cuevas who won such […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Richard Gordon on Thursday, Oct. 3, asked the National Bureau of Investigation and the Philippine National Police to look for the foreign national the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group believes was arrested by 13 policemen during the 2013 raid in Mexico, Pampanga. Apart from Johnson Lee, Gordon asked the law enforcement agencies to look for Ding Wenkun, whom the CIDG said was presented by the 13 policemen to the media as the one […]
(Eagle News)–The joint Senate panel looking into the Good Conduct Time Allowance law has cited in contempt the policeman who led the raid in the 2013 Pampanga raid. Rodney Baloyo was placed in contempt after lawmakers chastised him for being evasive and for taking too long to answer. Senator Richard Gordon asked the Senate sergeant at arms to detain Baloyo in “not so nice quarters.” Gordon initially said Baloyo would be detained in the Pasay […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered the Department of the Interior and Local Government to probe the claims against Philippine National Police Chief Oscar Albayalde, who is set to retire in November. Interior spokesperson Jonathan Malaya said the President gave the directive for the DILG probe before he left for Russia for an official visit. The probe would reportedly be conducted after the joint Senate panel hearings on the issue. “We support the PNP chief […]
(Eagle News)–Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency Chief Aaron Aquino on Thursday, Oct. 3, admitted now-Philippine National Police chief Oscar Albayalde called him in 2016 to ask him not to implement the dismissal order against the 13 policemen behind the 2013 Pampanga raid. Aquino made the admission a day after Senator Richard Gordon said he was “disappointed” with the PDEA chief, who said in a previous Senate hearing that while Albayalde called him, this was only to […]
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AFP) — An indefinite curfew came into effect early Thursday in Iraq’s capital after two days of chaotic protests across the country that descended into violence and left nine dead. Iraqi premier Adel Abdel Mahdi ordered the ban on movements across Baghdad starting at 5:00 am local time (0200 GMT) to stem the popular demonstrations over widespread unemployment and state corruption. Early Thursday, some cars and civilians were seen in the capital’s streets, […]
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — One of the world’s deadliest fungi has been discovered in Australia’s far north for the first time — thousands of miles from its native habitat in the mountains of Japan and Korea. The Poison Fire Coral fungus was discovered in a suburb of Cairns by a local photographer and subsequently identified by scientists, James Cook University announced Thursday. Several people have died in Japan and Korea after mistaking the bright red […]
(Eagle News)–Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency chief Aaron Aquino on Thursday, Oct. 3, revealed some people were plotting against his family. Aquino said the information was relayed to him by a friend, who called him two days ago or on the same day he revealed in a Senate joint panel that now-Philippine National Police Chief Oscar Albayalde called him up in 2016 to ask the status of the cases filed against 13 policemen behind a 2013 […]
