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25 loose firearms, isinuko sa ilalim ng ‘Balik Baril Program’

RADJAH BUAYAN, Maguindanao (Eagle News) – Pormal nang itinurn-over ng munisipyo ng Radjah Buayan, Maguindanao ang 25 loose fire arms sa militar. Ito ay dahil na rin sa patuloy na kampanya ng pamahalaan nG ‘Balik Baril Program.’ Ang iba’t ibang kalibre ng mga baril ay kinabibilngan ng isang caliber 30 machine gun, isang 60 mm. mortar, isang 5.56 m2g ultimax rifle, isang m16 rifle, dalawang m14 rifles, tatlong Garand rifles, dalawang carbine rifles, pitong Barrett […]

4 na hinihinalang fixer, arestado ng NBI

MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Kanya-kanyang dahilan ang apat na nahuling fixer ng pasaporte sa tanggapan mismo ng Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) sa Pasay City. Nahuli ang apat kamakailan matapos isagawa ng NBI-Anti-Organized Transnational Crime Division ang isang entrapment operation. Modus ng grupo na agad lalapitan ang isang nag-a-apply ng passport at mag-aalok ng mas mabilis na proseso kapalit ang ang halagang P1,500. Isang Peter umano ang contact ng mga fixer sa DFA, pero […]

Napoles now under provisional coverage of WPP; asks court she be transferred from Taguig jail to DOJ

By Moira Encina Eagle News Service Janet Lim Napoles has been provisionally admitted to the Witness Protection Program. A certification signed by Senior Assistant State Prosecutor Ma. Nerissa Molina-Carpio, program director, said the alleged pork barrel scam queen was provisionally admitted effective February 27,. 2018. Justice Undersecretary Erickson Balmes  said Napoles has executed an affidavit containing more details about the Priority Development Assistance Fund scam. He said her affidavit though would be under assessment so […]

PHL formally notifies UN of ICC withdrawal

(Eagle News) — The Philippines has formally notified the International Criminal Court of its decision to withdraw from the International Criminal Court. In a Twitter post, Philippine Ambassador to the UN Teddy  Locsin Jr. said he delivered the notice to UN Chef De Cabinet Maria Luiza Ribeiro Viotti. He said the Secretary General, António Guterres, was “abroad.” In the notice dated March 15, 2018, the Philippines said the decision to withdraw was the country’s “principled stand against those […]

Trump to oust national security adviser HR McMaster: report

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President Donald Trump has decided to sack National Security Advisor HR McMaster, in what would be the latest in a string of high-profile White House departures, The Washington Post reported Thursday. The newspaper said that Trump is discussing potential replacements for McMaster, but is willing to take his time because he wants to avoid humiliating him as well as to have a successor ready. White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders […]

Pagkalas ng PHL sa ICC, walang epekto sa OFWs – solon

QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Wala umanong magiging epekto sa mga Filipino community sa iba’t ibang bansa ang pagkalas ng Pilipinas sa International Criminal Court (ICC). Ito ang paniniwala ni Acts OFW Partylist Representative John Bertiz sa harap ng babala ng isang legal expert na may long term na epekto ang desisyon ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte na mag-withdraw ng membership ang Pilipinas sa Rome statute para makaiwas umano sa imbestigasyon ng ICC. Ayon kay […]

Gobyerno, hinikayat na magbigay ng Filipino names sa underwater features sa PHL rise

QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) –Hinikayat ni Senador Sherwin Gatchalian ang mga ahensya ng gobyerno na agarang magbigay ng Filipino names sa limang underwater features sa Philippine Rise na nabigyan na ng pangalan ng China. Ayon kay Gatchalian, napag-usapan na nila sa isinagawang pagdinig ng Senate Economic Affairs Committee ang legalidad ng pagbibigay ng Filipino names sa mga nasabing features para sa internal purposes. Aniya, inirekomenda na niya sa Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) at […]

North Korea’s top diplomat in Sweden for talks

by Camille Bas-Wohlert Agence France Presse STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AFP) — North Korea’s top diplomat arrived Thursday in Sweden for talks which could play a role in setting up a proposed summit between Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un. Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho arrived at Stockholm’s Arlanda airport around 6:15 pm (1715 GMT) before being whisked away in a diplomatic motorcade. The Scandinavian country has longstanding ties with North Korea. Its diplomatic mission in Pyongyang […]

11 kabataan huli sa aktong gumagamit ng marijuana sa Maynila

(Eagle News) — Labing isang kabataan ang nasakote ng mga mga pulis matapos mahuling gumagamit ng marijuana sa Maynila, Huwebes ng gabi. Walo sa mga nahuli ay mga menor de edad pa, habang ang tatlo naman dito ay nasa hustong gulang na. Ayon sa ulat, nakita  ng mga awtoridad sa CCTV ang kumpol-kumpol na mga kabataan sa isang footbridge sa Lacson Ave. sa panulukan ng Sampaloc, sakop ng Barangay 435, Zone 44. Nang puntahan umano […]

Former PNP Chief Purisima pleads not guilty to perjury

(Eagle News) — Former Philippine National Police Chief Alan Purisima on Friday pled not guilty to perjury charges filed against him over his alleged failure to disclose various possessions in his Statements of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth. Purisima made the plea in the Sandiganbayan’s Second Division, where he was indicted for eight counts of perjury over his questioned SALNs for the years 2006 to 2009 and 2011 to 2014. In the charge sheet, the Ombudsman […]

Buntis arestado sa isinagawang buy-bust operation sa Calbayog City, Samar

  CALBAYOG CITY, Samar (Eagle News) – Isang buntis ang naaresto sa isinagawang buy-bust operation ng mga otoridad sa Calbayog City kamakailan. Kinilala ang suspek na si Jenny Cadion, alyas Jing-jing, 31. Nang matanggap ni Cadion ang P3,000 na  marked money mula sa poseur-buyer ay hinuli na ito ng  pinagsanib na pwersa ng Calbayog City Police Station at ng Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency sa Purok 1, Brgy. Capoocan. Narekober mula sa suspek ang apat na pirasong […]

China to see driverless cars “in 3 to 5 years” — Baidu

BEIJING, China (AFP) — Self-driving cars will hit the roads in China “within three to five years,” the founder of Chinese internet giant Baidu, one of the world’s leading designers of driverless cars, said Thursday. That is a lot sooner than predicted by China’s information technology minister, who last week said it would only be a reality in 8-10 years, citing constraints related to security. “I’m more optimistic than him, I think it will come […]