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YANGON, Myanmar (AFP) — Eleven people were injured as a plane slid off a runway while landing at Yangon airport in Myanmar Wednesday, police said, as a freak storm hit the city. Images on Facebook showed a crumpled Biman Bangladesh Airlines plane lying on the grass at the side of the runway. An AFP photographer saw an injured woman being carried to an ambulance on a stretcher. “One pilot, an air hostess and nine passengers […]
CHICAGO, United States (AFP) — Flooding caused by heavy rains on Wednesday claimed one life and led to evacuations and travel disruptions in the central United States. From Texas to Wisconsin, flooding affected various communities along a north-south path more than 1,000 miles (1,600 kilometers) in length. Evacuations were reported in Kansas and one person was killed by floodwaters in Austin, Texas. “This is a long haul event, so be prepared for more rain and […]
by Mathilde BELLENGER LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Britain’s Prince Harry and wife Meghan on Wednesday announced their new “dream” son’s name is Archie, hours after showing him off to the world for the first time. “The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are pleased to announce they have named their first born child: Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor,” the couple announced on their Instagram account, ending months of speculation. The informal choice defied the bookmakers’ predictions and […]
By Patrick Ivan Palugod EBC New Jersey Bureau NEW YORK (Eagle News) – Anxious cyclists refreshed their weather apps constantly during the week leading up to the 42nd Annual TD Bank 5 Boro Bike Tour in hopes of seeing sunshine in the forecast versus the 100% chance of rain predicted. But despite waking up early Sunday morning to the steady rainfall, tens of thousands of cyclists still put on their raincoats and prepared for a […]
(Eagle News)–A frontal system is affecting Northern Luzon on Wednesday, May 8. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said in its 4 p.m. advisory that Metro Manila and the rest of Luzon will have cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms as a result. It said flash floods or landslides during severe thunderstorms are possible. Visayas and Mindanao will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers due to localized thunderstorms, PAGASA […]
(Eagle News)—Rappler on Wednesday, May 8, slammed the Palace anew, after it released matrices tagging the media outfit anew in what it said was an ouster plot against President Rodrigo Duterte. “We’ve long moved from laughable to farce. These moves are insidious and dangerous,” Rappler said. According to Rappler, “as technology has proven, a lie told a million times becomes the truth.” “More so when it’s a concerted campaign from social media, government co-opted media, […]
(Eagle News) – The Integrated Bar of the Philippines has rejected the request for legal assistance of Peter Joemel Advincula, the man claiming to be the “Bikoy” in the video series which alleged that some members of President Rodrigo Duterte’s family had drug links. It said that the IBP’s National Center for Legal Aid (NCLA) had determined that Advincula had not met the standards it had set for legal assistance. “Mr. Advincula came to […]
(Eagle News)—-Magdalo Party-list Rep. Gary Alejano on Wednesday, May 8, denied he had any hand in the “Bikoy” videos against President Rodrigo Duterte’s family and several others. “I categorically state that I am not involved on the Bikoy videos and has (sic) not conspired with anybody to produce such videos. I do not know Bikoy and have not met him ever,” Alejano said in a statement. According to Alejano, a member of Magdalo that figured […]
(Eagle News)—-Critics of the administration slammed Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo on Wednesday, May 8, after he released matrices linking them to a supposed ouster plot against President Rodrigo Duterte. “Umayos ka nga, Panelo,” Senator Antonio Trillanes IV, who has links to the Magdalo group that figured in the matrices, said. According to Trillanes, “si Duterte ang nagpapatay ng libu libong Pilipino; may bilyung bilyon pisong tagong yaman; gumigiba sa mga democratic institutions; minumura ang diyos; […]
(Eagle News) – The Department of Justice has filed inciting to sedition charges against metrobalita.net webmaster Rodel Jayme because of his role in the “Ang Totoong Narcolist” videos which featured a man who identified himself as “Bikoy” who claimed that members of President Rodrigo Duterte’s family was involved in the illegal drug trade. In a resolution, DOJ said that Jayme was liable for his role in the creation of the website that was eventually […]
(Eagle News)—Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo has tagged a certain Bong Banal as the “narrator” in the Ang Totoong Narcolist video series. Panelo made the revelation after what he said was an analysis of the voices in the videos. According to Panelo, “Bikoy’s” voice had an Ilocano accent but Peter Joemel Advincula, who claimed he was the yellow-hooded man in the videos against President Duterte’s family and others, had a Bicolano one. Panelo said Banal was […]
(Eagle News)–Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra on Wednesday, May 8, said Peter Joemel Advincula could face charges for inciting to sedition if he does not file charges against those he implicated in the drug trade, including members of President Rodrigo Duterte’s family, with supporting evidence. “The NBI is waiting for Advincula/Bikoy to show up and submit his complaint with supporting evidence against the persons he implicated in the illegal drug trade,” Guevarra said. According to Guevarra, […]
