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(Eagle News)–Over 300 convicts who were released under the Good Conduct Time Allowance law have surrendered, based on Philippine National Police records. The PNP said of the 353 convicts, 115 were convicted of murder, 108 of rape, 8 of robbery with rape, 2 of murder and robbery, 11 of murder and frustrated murder, 2 of attempted rape with homicide, 32 of robbery with homicide, 16 of drug-related charges, and 9 of parricide. Of the total […]
(Eagle News)–A heavy rainfall warning has been hoisted over parts of Mindanao. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said an orange warning, which means flooding is threatening in these areas, is up over Zamboanga del Norte, Zamboanga Sibugay, Zamboanga City, Basilan and Sulu. A yellow warning, on the other hand, has been hoisted over Zamboanga del Sur and Tawi Tawi. This means flooding is possible in low-lying areas and near river river channels. […]
(Eagle News)–Two of the suspects in the killing of Bien Unido, Bohol Mayor Gisela Bendong-Boniel in 2017 have been arrested. The police said Lobo Boniel and Allan Delos Reyes Jr. were nabbed on Thursday in the house of Police Patrolman Nico Ababon, Boniel’s cousin-in-law, in Lapu Lapu, Cebu following a tip. Boniel is the cousin of former Bohol Provincial Board member Niño Rey Boniel, husband of the victim, the alleged mastermind. A .45 calibre pistol, […]
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — The mighty Aletsch — the largest glacier in the Alps — could completely disappear by the end of this century if nothing is done to rein in climate change, a study showed Thursday. A team of researchers in Switzerland has used a cutting-edge simulation to show how the Aletsch Glacier will change as the planet continues to warm, the ETH technical university in Zurich said in a statement. The glacier, which […]
MADRID, Spain (AFP) — Two people died when their car overturned as torrential rains and flooding hit southeastern Spain Thursday, sparking travel chaos and closing schools in a move affecting hundreds of thousands of children, officials said. A 61-year-old man and his 51-year-old sister died when their vehicle was swept away as fast-moving waters swamped a road in Caudete, a municipality around 100 kilometers (60 miles) southwest of the city of Valencia, the emergency services […]
by Heather SCOTT WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US trade negotiators want to make “meaningful progress” in upcoming talks with China, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Thursday, one day after conciliatory gestures by both sides boosted hopes of an eventual resolution. Mnuchin said on CNBC he is “cautiously optimistic” about chances for a deal to resolve the conflict, but Washington and Beijing will first hold talks at the deputy level to ensure senior officials who […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The United States said Wednesday it was encouraged by North Korea’s stated willingness to resume negotiations but criticized its latest firing of projectiles as counterproductive. “It was an encouraging sign that they would like to return to negotiations and that’s something we welcome,” State Department spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus told reporters. “We’re committed to talking and negotiating with the North Koreans,” she said. North Korea earlier this week said that it […]
MIAMI, United States (AFP) — Some 1,300 people are still unaccounted for in the Bahamas following Hurricane Dorian, officials said Thursday, down from the 2,500 previously reported. The Bahamian National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) attributed the drop to cross-referencing names of missing persons with those in shelters. “It’s very fluid,” NEMA spokesman Carl Smith told reporters at a press conference in Nassau, the capital of the Bahamas. The Bahamian authorities have put the death toll […]
(Eagle News)–A 3.0-magnitude earthquake struck Southern Leyte on Friday, Sept. 13. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake, of tectonic origin, hit 7 kilometers southwest of Hinunangan at 6 a.m. Depth of focus was 11 kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were recorded.
(Eagle News)–Tropical Depression “Marilyn” has maintained its strength as it moved northwestward. Even if “Marilyn,” which was last spotted 1,175 km east northeast of Casiguran, Aurora or 1,165 km east of Basco, Batanes, is not expected to make landfall, until this evening, the combined effects of the tropical depression and the southwest monsoon will bring moderate to intermittent heavy rains over Aurora, Palawan, Western Visayas, and Zamboanga Peninsula, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services […]
(Eagle News)–The Supreme Court has reversed a Commission on Elections ruling disqualifying Edgardo Tallado from running for governor of Camarines Norte during the May elections. Voting 8-6, the en banc approved Tallado’s petition assailing his disqualification in a session held on Sept. 10. Concurring with Chief Justice Lucas Bersamin, who penned the decision, were Associate Justices Diosdado Peralta, Alexander Gesmundo, Andres Reyes, Jr., Jose Reyes, Jr., Amy Lazaro-Javier, Henry Jean Paul B. Inting, and Rodil […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Kiko Pangilinan on Thursday, Sept. 12, urged his colleagues to allow Senator Leila de Lima, who is detained on drug-related charges, to attend the Senate hearing on the problems in the Bureau of Corrections so she can defend herself. De Lima, after all, he said, was being used as a “scapegoat in the scandal that has blown up” in the “face” of the BuCor. “Hindi si Sen. De Lima ang nagtangkang pakawalan si […]
