(Eagle News) — Three people, including two teenagers, were killed in two highway accidents, involving motorcycles, on December 24 in Zamboanga peninsula region, according to police. The Police Regional Office 9 (PRO-9) identified the fatalities as Jonathan Timbawas, 17; Marvin Gandamon, 16; and Robert Reyes, 45. Chief Insp. Helen Galvez, PRO-9 information officer, said Timbawas, 17, was driving a motorcycle with the 16-year old Gandamon as his back-passenger, when they collided head on with a […]
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Mexican governor, senator killed in helicopter crash
PUEBLA, Mexico (AFP) — The governor of the Mexican state of Puebla and her husband, a senator and former governor, were killed on Monday in a helicopter crash, the country’s president said. “My deepest condolences to the relatives of Senator Rafael Moreno Valle and his wife, governor of Puebla Martha Erika Alonso,” President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador wrote on Twitter. “I assume the commitment to investigate the causes” and “tell the truth about what […]
Sick, hungry Indonesia tsunami survivors cram shelters as death toll nears 400
by Harry PEARL Agence France Presse CARITA, Indonesia (AFP) — Desperately needed aid flowed into a stretch of Indonesia’s tsunami-struck coastline Tuesday, but humanitarian workers warned that clean water and medicine supplies were dwindling as thousands crammed makeshift evacuation centres. Fears about a public health crisis come as the death toll from Saturday’s volcano-triggered disaster rose to nearly 400 with thousands more displaced from flattened homes. “A lot of the children are sick with […]
In photo: President Duterte spends time with his family in Davao
(Eagle News)–In this picture, President Rodrigo Duterte is seen spending time with his family in Davao on Monday, Dec. 24. Also included in the picture are Elizabeth Zimmerman; Davao Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio and her husband Mans; Sebastian Duterte; former Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte who posted the picture on his Facebook page.
DOF to BOC: Donate 30,000 bags of undocumented rice to DSWD
(Eagle News)–The Department of Finance has ordered the Bureau of Customs to donate 30,000 bags of undocumented rice shipments to the Department of Social Welfare and Development. Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez made the announcement in an e-mailed statement on Tuesday, Dec. 25. According to Dominguez, he gave the order to Customs Commissioner Rey Leonardo Guerrero last month. Earlier, the BOC under then-Commissioner Isidro Lapeña donated 16,000 rice bags to the same agency. Goods under the […]
Sison: Duterte is the number 1 violator of human rights, not me
(Eagle News)–Communist Party of the Philippines founder Jose Maria Sison on Tuesday, Dec. 25, accused President Rodrigo Duterte anew of being a mass murderer, saying he is the “abominable no.1 violator of human rights.” In a statement posted on his Facebook page, Sison said it was Duterte who has “brazenly used his armed minions to commit mass murders and human rights violations.” Sison made the comment in response to Duterte’s claim it was the CPP […]
Actor Kevin Spacey to be charged with sexual assault
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Oscar-winning US actor Kevin Spacey is facing a felony charge for alleged sexual assault of a teenager in a restaurant in 2016, prosecutors said on Monday. Spacey will be arraigned at Nantucket District Court on January 7 on a charge of indecent assault and battery, according to the district attorney of Cape and Islands, Massachusetts. Prosecutors did not name the alleged victim of the July 2016 incident but […]
3.8-magnitude quake jolts Leyte
(Eagle News)–A 3.8-magnitude earthquake struck Leyte on Tuesday, Dec. 25. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake struck at 5:32 a.m. The epicenter of the quake–which was tectonic in origin and had a dept of focus of 6 kilometers —was located 8 kilometers northwest of Calubian. The town and Naval in Biliran felt an Intensity III tremor, while Bogo and Ormoco felt an Intensity I tremor. No damage nor aftershocks were expected.
Mount Etna eruption causes airspace closure
ROME, Italy (AFP) — The Mount Etna volcano erupted on Monday, spewing ash as several minor earthquakes hit the region, and prompting a partial closure of the Sicilian airspace around the mountain. Italy’s national institute for geophysics and vulcanology (INGV) counted more than 130 seismic shocks in the zone, with the strongest reaching a magnitude of 4.0. “The eruption occurred on the side of Etna,” Boris Behncke, a vulcanologist at INGV, told AFP. “It’s […]
Miami Heat continue winning streak; Spoelstra gets 500th victory, Wade bids farewell
By Melissa Potes EBC Florida Bureau ORLANDO, Florida (Eagle News) – The red-hot Miami Heat notched their fifth-straight win, dominating against the struggling Orlando Magic 115-91 in front of a sell-out crowd of 18,846 at the Amway Center. The victory brought them to .500 for the season and marked the 500th coaching victory for head coach Erik Spoelstra. With six players scoring in double digits, the Heat had great ball movement and played with Coach […]
Parents of “victim” in Ateneo bullying incident: Our son showed “strong moral foundation”
(Eagle News)–The parents of the Ateneo student who was seen being physically assaulted by another in a viral video want their son to be remembered as someone who had a “strong moral foundation” and not as the “poster child for a bullied boy.” Breaking their silence for the first time, the parents said in a statement that their son, after all, “did not fight fire with fire, upholding instead his virtues of what is right […]
Hong Kong, Shanghai stocks start the week lower
HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Hong Kong stocks sank in early trade Monday following last week’s torrid Wall Street losses as political turbulence in Washington continues to hit Asian shares. The Hang Seng Index was down 1.13 percent, or 290.96 points, to 25,462.46. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index dropped 0.38 percent, or 9.51 points, to 2,506.74, and the Shenzhen Composite Index, which tracks stocks on China’s second exchange, fell 0.26 percent, or 3.34 points, to […]
