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by Hui Min Neo with Daniel Silva in Madrid Agence France Presse German police on Sunday arrested Catalonia’s former president Carles Puigdemont as he crossed the border with Denmark by car, after Spain’s Supreme Court vowed to prosecute key separatists over their breakaway bid. The arrest puts the fate of Puigdemont in the hands of German courts, which would have to decide whether to hand him over to Spanish authorities to face charges of “rebellion […]
(Eagle News) – The low pressure area (LPA) outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) has intensified into a tropical depression, said the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) on Sunday. PAGASA said the tropical depression spotted 1,740 kilometers east of Hinatuan, Surigao del Sur is packing maximum sustained winds of 55 kilometers per hour near the center and gustiness of up to 65 kilometers per hour. Moving west northwest, it is […]
(Eagle News)–Senate President Koko Pimentel on Sunday bared his own senatorial bets for the 2019 elections. In announcing the inclusion of Senators JV Ejercito, Cynthia Villar, Sonny Angara, Nancy Binay and Grace Poe in a possible PDP-Laban senatorial ticket, Pimentel appeared to have taken heed of Ejercito’s earlier complaint members of the Senate majority were left out of Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez’s own lineup. Alvarez, PDP-Laban secretary general, had said possibly included in a PDP-Laban list […]
By Klaudine Caday and Renee Suarez EBC Florida Bureau FLORIDA (Eagle News) — Over a month ago the tragic Stoneman Douglas High School Shooting occurred at Parkland, Florida. One week ago thousands of students walked out of their classroom to make a stand. Today hundreds of thousands gathered in 845 sites around the world for the March for Our Lives demanding change on the issue of gun violence. In Miami, residents from all over the […]
(Eagle News)—-Former Davao Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte celebrated his 43rd birthday in Davao on Saturday night, and received a cake from his father, President Rodrigo Duterte, and Kitty. Pulong, as he is known, posted a picture of the cake on his Facebook account. In the background, his sister, Davao Mayor Sara Duterte, could be seen grinning as she held a plate filled with food. “Pa and Kitty, thanks for the cake. Pa, somebody ate ahead […]
(Eagle News)—Authorities have not monitored any security threats for the long holiday. This is according to Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque, who issued a statement on Saturday. “But we will not put our guard down,” he said. In fact, he said that in anticipation of the “heavy movement of people,” the government “(has) been gearing up security and safety preparations.” “Public safety remains our top priority,” he said. He also encouraged the public to support the […]
DOJ says Bohol courts, not Cebu courts, have jurisdiction over case (Eagle News)–The Department of Justice has ordered the withdrawal of parricide charges against a Bohol official tagged in his wife’s disappearance and presumed killing last year. In a March resolution, Undersecretary Reynante Orceo said these charges against Bohol Provincial Board Member Niño Rey Boniel should be dropped because Cebu courts do not have jurisdiction over the case. He said the crime against Bien Unido […]
by Mathieu Gorse and Katy Lee in Paris Agence France Presse President Emmanuel Macron led tributes Saturday to a French policeman who died after offering himself as a hostage to help end an Islamist attack, becoming the fourth victim of the shooting spree and supermarket siege. Lieutenant-Colonel Arnaud Beltrame, 45, was among a group of officers who rushed to the scene in the southwestern town of Trebes on Friday after an attacker claiming allegiance to […]
(Eagle News)–The Palace on Saturday said each family who lost a loved one in the deadly vehicular incident in Occidental Mindoro received P20,000 from President Rodrigo Duterte. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said those who were injured were also each given cellphones and P10000 by the chief executive. According to Roque, the amounts were apart from those they would receive from the Passenger Accident Management and Insurance Agency (PAMI) starting Monday, March 26. The families of those […]
The world’s polar ice caps are shrinking little by little. The Arctic is heating up twice as fast as the rest of the planet…with Greenland’s glaciers receding particularly quickly. This process is speeding up all by itself. Melting snow exposes ice underneath, which then absorbs the sun’s rays and increases thawing. At the opposite end of the earth, 90% of the ice shelves on the Antarctic Peninsula are starting to disintegrate. Ice melt is also […]
(Eagle News) – Malacanang on Saturday, March 24, encouraged the entire Filipino nation to take part in the “Earth Hour,” a worldwide movement held annually encouraging individuals, communities, and businesses to turn off non-essential electric lights for one hour, from 8:30 to 9:30, as a symbol of commitment to save the planet from the destructive effects of global warming. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said that “this one simple step” will lead to a “big […]
