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(Eagle News) — Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo is seen wearing this black suit with a unique design — unidentified hooded individuals — when he arrived at the Batasan Pambansa for President Rodrigo Duterte’s fourth State of the Nation Address (SONA) on Monday, July 22. When asked by reporters, he denied that this was inspired by the controversial hooded “Bikoy” who appeared in recent videos talking about alleged drug war connections.
(Eagle News)–Mayor Isko Moreno has relieved a Manila Traffic and Parking Bureau enforcer after he was caught extorting money from a motorist in Manila. Moreno also personally stripped Ricardo Galit of his uniform and ID. Galit, the Manila Public Information Office said, will face formal charges. Earlier, Moreno threatened to relieve all MTPB enforcers if they did not reveal the identity of the man caught extorting.
TEHRAN, Iran (AFP) — Iranian authorities said on Monday that security agencies had arrested 17 suspects and sentenced some of them to death after dismantling a CIA spy ring in a case announced last month. The agencies “successfully dismantled a (CIA) spy network on July 18,” the head of counter-intelligence at the Iranian intelligence ministry, whose identity was not revealed, told reporters in Tehran. “Some were sentenced to death and some to long-term imprisonment.” © […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte is now preparing to leave for Batasan Pambansa to deliver his fourth State of the Nation Address (SONA) this 4 p.m. Monday, July 22, after the Office of the President sent word that it had already officially received the resolution from the Senate and the House for the opening of the joint session this afternoon. Eagle News Service reporter Vic Somintac gives this report.
by Rob Woollard LAS VEGAS, United States (AFP) — Father Time may be undefeated, as the old boxing saying goes, but Manny Pacquiao is not going down without a fight. The 40-year-old Filipino legend wrote another improbable chapter in his glittering career on Saturday, with an age-defying split decision victory over the hitherto unbeaten Keith Thurman. Pacquiao, a full decade older than the 30-year-old Thurman, rolled back the years with a vintage performance that had […]
(Eagle News)–A thunderstorm advisory has been hoisted over Metro Manila and nearby areas. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said moderate to heavy rainshowers with lightning and strong winds are expected over Metro Manila, Bulacan, and Tarlac within the next 2 hours. So far, the weather bureau said the same conditions are being experienced in Magdalena, Nagcarlan, Liliw, Victoria, Pila, Santa Cruz in Laguna; Tagkawayan, Atimonan, Gumaca, Plaridel, Lopez, General Luna, Macalelon, Pitogo, […]
by Jerome TAYLOR / Elaine YU HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Anger soared in Hong Kong on Monday over a vicious assault against pro-democracy protesters by a mob of suspected triad gangsters that left dozens wounded, one critically, in a dramatic escalation of the political violence plaguing the financial hub. The city’s roiling unrest took a dark turn late Sunday when gangs of men — most wearing white t-shirts and carrying bats, sticks and metal […]
(Eagle News)–A 4.1-magnitude earthquake struck Batanes on Monday, July 22. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake, of tectonic origin, hit 126 kilometers southwest of Itbayat at 12:06 p.m. Depth of focus was 2 kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were recorded.
(Eagle News)–Taguig-Pateros Rep. Alan Peter Cayetano is the new Speaker of the House of Representatives under the 18th Congress. Over 200, or 266 congressmen, voted for Cayetano,who was among those President Rodrigo Duterte backed as Speaker under a term-sharing agreement. Under the pact, Cayetano would be replaced by Rep. Lord Allan Velasco after 15 months. But Velasco and Rep. Martin Romualdez, both former Speaker contenders, themselves nominated Cayetano, who was foreign affairs secretary before he […]
(Eagle News)–The Senate on Monday, July 22, congratulated Senator Manny Pacquiao for his victory over American boxer Keith Thurman, who was ten years younger than him. “I would just like to put on record that we, the Senate, congratulate the historic win of Senator Manny Pacquiao,” Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri said. He said resolutions honoring Pacquiao would be tackled at later dates. Zubiri made the manifestation prior to the suspension of the first regular […]
by Brian KNOWLTON WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The United States sweltered in dangerously hot weather on Sunday, with major cities including New York, Philadelphia and Washington broiling in temperatures that rose into triple digits. An oppressive heat wave stretching from the Midwestern plains to the Atlantic coast had nearly 150 million people struggling to stay cool in stifling heat that set records in a handful of states. By Sunday afternoon, the National Weather Service […]
Presidential son Paolo Duterte also nominates Taguig-Pateros representative (Eagle News)–Erstwhile Speaker contenders nominated Taguig-Pateros Rep. Alan Peter Cayetano to the House speakership on Monday, July 22, in a turn of events that appeared to indicate an end to the Speakership issue. Reps. Martin Romualdez and Lord Allan Velasco made the nomination during the House of Representatives first regular session of the 18th Congress. Under a term-sharing agreement backed by President Rodrigo Duterte, Velasco would serve […]
