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Thunderstorm advisory hoisted over parts of N. Luzon

(Eagle News)–A thunderstorm advisory has been hoisted over parts of Northern Luzon. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said moderate to heavy rainshowers with lightning and strong winds due to thunderstorms are being experienced over portions of Pangasinan, particularly in Mangatarem; Mt. Province, particularly in  Natonin,Barlig; and in Ifugao, particularly in  Mayoyao,Banaue and  Hingyon. PAGASA said these may persist for one to two hours. “All are advised to take precautionary measures against the […]

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Aquino: Albayalde, then NCRPO chief, called me to ask about status of case vs police team behind 2013 Pampanga raid

(Eagle News)–Now-Philippine National Police Chief Oscar Albayalde at one time called Aaron Aquino, then the police director of Region 3, to ask that the case filed against the policemen who conducted the Pampanga raid in 2013 be reviewed. This was the revelation of Aquino, now the Philippine Drug Enforcement chief, during the joint Senate panel hearing on the Good Conduct Time Allowance law on Tuesday, Oct. 1. Aquino made the revelation after former Criminal Investigation […]

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Magalong says drug haul seized by suspected Pampanga “ninja cops” was 200 kilos, and not just 30 kilos

  (Eagle News) – Former Philippine National Police (PNP) Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) chief and now Baguio City mayor Benjamin Magalong said that the cops involved in the questionable drug raid in Mexico, Pampanga had seized around 200 kilos of shabu and not just 30 kilos. During the Senate hearing on Tuesday, Oct. 1, Magalong told Senate Blue Ribbon committee chair Senator Richard Gordon, that there was apparent mishandling of evidence in the […]

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Head of raiding police team denies arresting one Johnson Lee in 2013 Pampanga raid

(Eagle News)–The head of the police team that conducted the 2013 raid in Mexico, Pampanga denied they had arrested one Johnson Lee, as claimed by former Criminal Investigation and Detection Group chief Benjamin Magalong. Rodney Baloyo, then a colonel, made the denial in  Tuesday’s hearing on the Good Conduct Time Allowance law. Earlier, Magalong, who led a CIDG probe into the raid conducted by Baloyo’s team in Woodridge Subdivision  said barangay authorities had managed to […]

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Magalong names cops who allegedly colluded for the release of drug suspect nabbed in Pampanga raid

(Eagle News)–Former Criminal Investigation and Detection Group Chief Benjamin Magalong on Tuesday, Oct. 1, revealed the names of the policemen he said, among others, colluded to enable the release of a foreign national who had been arrested for illegal drug-related activities in a Pampanga raid in November 2013. In the joint Senate panel hearing on the Good Conduct Time Allowance law, Magalong said administrative and criminal charges were filed against Supt. Rodney Baloyo, allegedly the […]

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Residents flee after Papua New Guinea volcano erupts

KOKOPO, Papua New Guinea (AFP) — Papua New Guinea’s volatile Ulawun volcano erupted early Tuesday, sending a column of red lava shooting up into the sky and forcing the evacuation of recently returned residents. Mount Ulawan, situated on the remote Bismarck Archipelago chain, displaced between 7,000 and 13,000 people from their homes when it last erupted in June. Seismic activity started at midday on Monday before the volcano erupted at about 4:30am Tuesday, according to […]

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One party: How communists rule in China

  BEIJING, China (AFP) — China’s Communist Party has defied the odds to retain firm control of power for 70 years, adapting to a changing world to outlast its comrades in the Soviet Union. As the People’s Republic of China celebrates its anniversary on Tuesday, here is a look at how the party has evolved over the years.   Turbulent decades  For almost three decades, China had its own style of rule: Maoism. Under the […]

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Eleazar: Guia Gomez Castro left for US days after a “drug queen” was cited in Senate hearing

(Eagle News)–The woman who allegedly buys recycled illegal drugs from so-called ninja policemen is now in the United States. This is according to National Capital Region Police Office chief Guillermo Eleazar, who gave an interview over ANC on Tuesday, Oct. 1. According to Eleazar, Castro  left the country on September 21, or two to three days  after a “drug queen” who buys recycled illegal drugs from the rogue policemen was mentioned in a Senate  hearing. […]

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Twitter lets users sideline unwanted direct messages

  SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — Twitter on Monday said it is rolling out a filter that will hide away unwanted direct messages, providing a new tool to stymie abuse. Twitter users who receive direct messages from people they don’t follow on the platform will be able to have such missives automatically routed to a secondary folder. “Unwanted messages aren’t fun,” Twitter tweeted in August when it began testing the filter that let users […]

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Albayalde, Gaerlan, who probed ninja cops in Pampanga, to attend Senate hearing to shed light on issue

(Eagle News) – The Senate will continue its hearing on the so-called “ninja cops” or policemen who recycle by re-selling the illegal drugs they confiscate in operations. During the hearing, Senator Richard Gordon, chair of the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee, is expected to name these so-called ‘ninja cops”, specifically those earlier named by former Criminal Investigation and Detection chief and now Baguio City mayor Benjamin Magalong in an executive session. Philippine National Police chief Police […]

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Joint Senate panel expected to reveal names of ninja cops

(Eagle News)–The names of the policemen who allegedly sell recycled illegal drugs are expected to be revealed in today’s hearing of the joint Senate panel initially looking into the Good Conduct Time Allowance law. This was after President Rodrigo Duterte did not reveal their names in his recent public speeches even after Senator Bong Go  said he would do so. Earlier, the Senate gave the approval for the names, which were bared by former Criminal […]

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‘Abominable’ rules N.American box office

  LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) —  “Abominable” froze out “Downton Abbey” to take the top spot in the North American box office on its first weekend in theaters, industry watcher Exhibitor Relations said Monday. The story of a teenager and her friends working to help a young Yeti — whom they nickname Everest — reunite with his family and avoid the clutches of a wealthy man intent on capturing one of the magical creatures […]

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