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VARNA, Bulgaria (AFP) — Fourteen European Union countries announced Monday they are to expel a total of 30 Russian diplomats in a coordinated international response to the nerve agent attack on a former spy in Britain. Germany, France and Poland led the way in Europe with four expulsions each, while across the Atlantic, the White House announced it was throwing out 60 alleged spies and closing the Russian consulate in Seattle. An EU source […]
(Eagle News) — Malacanang said that “some human rights groups” may have become “tools of drug lords” in trying to stop the Philippine government’s campaign against illegal drugs and criminality. Presidential Spokesperson gave this warning in a statement as he noted that the “attacks against the President’s war on drugs have been vicious and non-stop.” “We therefore do not discount the possibility that some human rights groups have become unwitting tools of drug lords to […]
(Eagle News) — Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre apologized on Monday to the prosecutors he had ordered to be investigated following their decision to dismiss drug charges against Kerwin Espinosa and others. According to Aguirre, “extraordinary times or extraordinary incidents call for extraordinary solutions or at least measures..,” even as he acknowledged that ordering the investigation of the panel composed of Aristotle Reyes, now a regional trial court judge; and Michael John Humarang was “wrong.” “Pasensiya na […]
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AFP) — Taiwan’s struggling smartphone maker HTC posted its worst-ever quarterly loss on Monday, but said it expects a boost from the $1.1 billion deal with Google sealed earlier this year. The deal, completed in January, saw Google buy part of HTC’s smartphone business as the US giant looks to take greater control of its hardware business. HTC has suffered consecutive losses due to stiff competition in the smartphone sector from Apple, […]
MAPUTO, Mozambique (AFP) — Mozambique police said on Monday that a pick-up truck ploughed into a crowd of party-goers at the weekend killing 23 people, many of whom were teenagers. The speeding vehicle ignored orders from traffic police, hit an obstacle and veered into the local carnival in the working-class Luis Cabral neighbourhood of Maputo in the early hours of Sunday morning. “The driver was speeding when he did not obey the signal from […]
(Eagle News) — The National Capital Region Police Office has sacked the Caloocan police chief and two station commanders from Manila and Quezon City. NCRPO director Oscar Albayalde said Senior Supt. Jemar Modequillo was relieved as head of the Caloocan Police over “unsolved series of incidents in his area.” Also relieved, Albayalde said, were Manila Police District Station 11 commander Supt. Amante Daro and Quezon City Police District Station 10 commander Supt. Christian dela Cruz. Daro was […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — The local government of San Isidro, Northern Samar is strictly implementing its campaign against illegal logging. In fact, San Isidro Mayor Nanding Avila said a number of illegal loggers who are selling woods or logs have already been caught. In an interview with Net 25’s, Radyo Agila the official said they are strictly implementing the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR’s) initiative to reduce the number of illegal […]
by Anna Malpas Agence France Presse MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — A total of 64 people some of them children perished in a fire that ravaged a busy shopping mall in an industrial city in Siberia, as rescue teams Monday struggled through piles of charred rubble to recover bodies. Russian television showed images of thick black smoke pouring out of the Winter Cherry shopping centre in the city of Kemerovo, which also houses a sauna, […]
(Eagle News) — Starting April 1, residents of Marawi City will be allowed to visit their homes and retrieve their abandoned belongings, according to Housing Assistant Secretary Felix Castro Jr., field manager of Task Force Bangon Marawi. “The residents can go back and retrieve whatever possessions they have left behind,” Castro said in an interview. Castro said the move would allow the displaced residents of Marawi to visit what’s left of their homes, and retrieve […]
(Eagle News) — The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) on Monday, March formally launched the implementing rules and regulations (IRR) of Republic Act 10931 or the Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education Act. Starting this June, or this coming school year 2018 to 2019, the government will shoulder the tuition fee of the students enrolled in all state universities and colleges. Aside from this, the tuition fees of those who want to study technical-vocation (tech-voc) […]
(Eagle News) – It turns out Philippine National Police chief Director General Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa is also a crooner. Dela Rosa belted out his rendition of the Visayan love song, “Usahay” with all gusto during his guesting on Monday, March 26, at the NET25 program, “Piskante ng Bayan,” hosted by Leo Obligar and his son, Jimmy. “General Bato is not just a champion in fighting crimes and illegal drug syndicates, he is also a […]
(Eagle News) — The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board should ensure that the services of Transport Network Companies will not be disrupted, Senator Grace Poe said. The chair of the Senate committee on public services made the statement after Uber announced it was exiting from the Southeast Asia market, including the Philippines’. In a statement, Uber said it would be “transitioning” its services to the Grab platform by April 8, “so all requests after […]
