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By Jeremiah Balingit EBC Southern Ontario Bureau TORONTO (Eagle News) – In a game that highlighted the East’s best teams and forwards in Kawhi Leonard and Giannis Antetokounmpo, the Toronto Raptors and the Milwaukee Bucks delivered in a heavyweight match. Each team showcased why they are the best in the East. Milwaukee ran away with the game in third quarter building a 24-point lead Despite a short comeback in the fourth, the Raptors couldn’t capitalize […]
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — Once in a century floods have turned streets into rivers and forced thousands to abandon their homes in northeast Australia, with authorities warning of further downpours over the next few days. Australia’s tropical north experiences heavy rains during the monsoon season at this time of the year, but the recent deluge has surged far above normal levels. Thousands of residents in the city of Townsville in northeast Queensland were without […]
(Eagle News)–The police have nabbed the four suspects in the killing of Quezon City, Barangay Bagong Silangan chair Beng Beltran. National Capital Region Police Office chief Guillermo Eleazar identified the suspects in a press conference as brothers Ruel Juab, Orlando Juab and Joppy Juab and Teofilo Formanes Eleazar said Warren Juab and Dutchboy Bello are still at large. The six allegedly fired at Beltran’s vehicle from on board three motorcycles on J.P. Rizal St. on Tuesday, […]
(Eagle News)–If all goes well, the Tulong Trabaho bill will soon be signed into law. Senator Joel Villanueva, chair of the Senate Committee on Labor, Employment and Human Resources Development, said the harmonized version of Senate Bill No. 1431 and House Bill No. 8139 that aims to create a fund to allow for free technical vocational education training for eligible candidates was sent to Malacañang on Jan. 24. The measure aims to address what Villanueva said was the […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Bam Aquino has said teachers who will serve in the May 2019 elections should get the pay they deserve even if there was a reenacted budget for this year. Aquino made the statement after the Commission on Elections warned these teachers would not receive their honoraria in such a scenario, and amid talks of a re-enacted budget following a deadlock between the House of Representatives and the Senate. According to Aquino, should this be […]
(Eagle News)—House Majority Leader Fredenil Castro on Saturday, Feb. 2, defended the adjustments made by congressmen to the proposed national budget, even asking Senator Panfilo Lacson, who has been vocal against the pork barrel system, where his “P50-billion amendment” would go. “Nadiskubre po ng mga kasapi ng Mababang Kapulungan sa Bicameral Conference Committee na ito pong ating kaibigan na si Sen. Lacson ay may ipinasok na halagang P50-Billion para po sa kanyang pangangailangan na halaga […]
(Eagle News)–Five soldiers were killed and five others were injured in a clash with Abu Sayyaf members led by one of the men allegedly behind the Jolo, Sulu twin blasts on Saturday, Feb. 2. Col. Gerry Besana, Armed Forces of the Philippines Western Mindanao Command spokesperson, said in an interview over radio dzbb that three Abu Sayyaf members led by Hatib Hajan Sawadjaan were also killed and more than 15 bandits were injured, including a “high-value target,” […]
(Eagle News)—Members of the military clashed with suspected Abu Sayyaf members under the command of one of the men Interior Secretary Eduardo Año said was behind the Jolo, Sulu blasts. Armed Forces of the Philippines-Western Mindanao Command spokesperson Col. Gerry Besana said members of the 5th Scout Ranger Battalion and around 100 Abu Sayyaf terrorists under Hatib Hajan Sawadjaan clashed around 11:30 a.m. in Sitio Sungkog, Barangay Kabuntakas. Año had said the Jolo, Sulu blasts, like the […]
COLMAR, France (AFP) — A French priest was Friday sentenced to five years, two without parole, for sexually assaulting four young female parishioners, one of whom was just nine when the offences started, and embezzling 100,000 euros ($115,000) to pay one of his victims. The trial was held behind closed doors at Colmar Criminal Court, in northeast France, which publicly announced the sentence late Friday. The 60-year-old cleric, who will have to spend at least […]
(Eagle News)—Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. on Saturday, Feb. 2, said the Philippines should “protest” China’s construction of a maritime center on Kagitingan Reef if reports on this were true. “Not contest protest. Not even the US will contest it,” he said. Locsin shared Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio’s position, which runs counter to Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo’s position. Panelo had said the Philippines should ne thankful to China if reports of the construction […]
(Eagle News)—-Senator Panfilo Lacson on Saturday, Feb. 2, hit back at Rep. Anthony Bravo, and dared him to make public all the amendments he made to the proposed national budget for 2019. Lacson made the call after Bravo accused the senator of having secret amendments in the proposed P3.787 trillion budget. “MR CONGRESSMAN, I ALREADY MADE PUBLIC ALL MY AMENDMENTS IN THE 2019 NATIONAL BUDGET. CAN YOU DO THE SAME?” Lacson said in a Tweet. He […]
(Eagle News)—Senator Leila de Lima said there should be a review of the Bahay Pag-Asa program to ensure that children in conflict with the law are treated properly there. De Lima made the call following the approval of several proposals in the House of Representatives and the Senate to lower the minimum age of criminal responsibility to 12, lower than the 15 pegged by the current Juvenile and Justice Welfare Act. The House has passed […]
