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LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — A Catholic priest on the run for more than 25 years has been arrested in Morocco and extradited to the United States to face charges that he sexually assaulted a young boy in the 1990s, federal prosecutors in New Mexico said Friday. Arthur Perrault, now 80 years old, stands accused of aggravated sexual abuse of a minor under the age of 12 on several occasions in 1991 and […]
(Eagle News)–“Stop acting like an anxious puppy.” Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo had this to say to Senator Antonio Trillanes IV, who he said “keeps on engaging the media by claiming that he must continue seeking the protection of the Senate since the President has personally ordered for his arrest.” “If he truly believes that there is no basis for his arrest and that he is practically doing service to the Filipino people by continuously […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday, Sept. 21, blamed the rise in inflation on the prices of oil. In a speech in Lapu Lapu, Cebu, Duterte clarified however that it was “not an excuse.” “I admit there is an inflation. But the number one culprit is price of oil,” he said. Inflation reached 6.4 percent in August. The Department of Finance recently released measures the government was undertaking to arrest inflation, noting that the “highest contributors […]
(Eagle News)—The Supreme Court has upheld Imelda Marcos’ acquittal from charges of dollar-salting, or the stashing of foreign money in bank accounts abroad without authority from the Central Bank. This was after the High Court upheld the Court of Appeals’ decision denying the former solicitor general Frank Chavez’s petition against the refusal of Judge Silvino Pampilo Jr. of the Manila Regional Trial Court to inhibit from the case. “There was nothing remarkable about the denial of the motion […]
(Eagle News)–The police will probe a Facebook post made by Drew Olivar on a supposed bomb on Edsa during rallies to commemorate the 46th anniversary of the declaration of martial law. “Ayyy nakakatakot naman magRALLY sa EDSA, kasi may kumakalat na baka maulit daw yung pagbomba kagaya ng PLAZA MIRANDA!! [K]ung ako sa inyo hindi na ako pupunta!!” Olivar had said. The post has since been taken down. Assistant Secretary Mocha Uson will reportedly accompany […]
LOKOJA, Nigeria (AFP) — Nigeria has declared a national disaster after severe flooding left about 100 people dead across 10 states, the country’s main relief agency said on Tuesday. Heavy seasonal rains have caused the Niger and Benue rivers to burst their banks, inundating communities, farms and trapping tens of thousands of people in their homes. Sani Datti, from the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), told AFP: “We have declared a national disaster in four […]
(Eagle News) — Rescuers on Friday, Sept. 21, dug out a survivor from the landslide in Itogon, Benguet. Authorities have yet to release information on the survivor. At least a dozen people have so far died in the tragedy.
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday, Sept. 21, visited the victims of a landslide in Naga City, Cebu. The President was accompanied by Department of the Interior and Local Government officer in charge Eduardo Año, Special Assistant to the President Bong Go, Office of the Civil Defense Deputy Administrator Nicanor Faeldon, among others. Operations to rescue possible survivors continue.
(Eagle News) — The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration is monitoring a tropical depression outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility. PAGASA said that as of 4 p.m., the weather disturbance was located 2,175 kilometers east of southern Luzon. The eye of the tropical depression is packing maximum sustained winds of 55 kilometers per hour near the center and gustiness of up to 65 kilometers per hour. The weather disturbance is moving north northwest at […]
(Eagle News)–Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu has relieved officials of the Mines and Geosciences Bureau in Region 7. This was following the landslide in Naga, Cebu that claimed the lives of over 20 individuals. Marian Codilla, information officer of the MGB in Cebu, said residents in Barangays Tina-an and Naalad had been advised to evacuate some two weeks ago after fissures were seen on the ground. Cimatu also suspended quarrying activities nationwide for 15 days. Search operations […]
by Tristan MCCONNELL Agence France-Presse NAIROBI, Kenya (AFP) — Tanzanian rescue workers scrambled Friday to find scores of people feared drowned after a ferry capsized in Lake Victoria, Africa’s largest lake, killing at least 86 people. The MV Nyerere may have been carrying as many as 200 passengers — double the ferry’s capacity — when it capsized close to the pier on Ukara Island on Thursday, according to reports on state media. Witnesses reached […]
(Eagle News) — The search and retrieval operations for the missing victims of the landslide at the height of Typhoon “Ompong” in Itogon, Benguet continued on Friday, September 21. .(Photos by Eagle News Service reporter Jerold Tagbo)
