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PNP Chief Dela Rosa surpresang ininspeksyon ang tatlong opisina ng PNP

MANILA, (Eagle News) – Tatlong opisina ng Philippine National Police (PNP) ang surpresang binisita ni PNP Chief Director General Ronald Dela Rosa. Make-up, snacks at Facebook ang nadatnan ni PNP Chief Dela Rosa na pinagkakaabalahan ng mga tauhan sa tatlong front-line service units ng pulisya sa Camp Crame. Kabilang dito ang Supervisory Office on Security and Investigation Agencies (PNP-SOSIA), Firearms and Explosives Office (FEO) at Police Community Relations Group (PCRG). Nakatalaga ang PNP-SOSIA sa regulasyon […]

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Palace summons US envoy over intel report on Duterte

(Eagle News) — Malacañang on Thursday summoned United States Ambassador to the Philippines Sung Kim over the US intelligence report that cited President Rodrigo Duterte’s drug war and his pronouncements on the revolutionary government and nationwide martial as “regional threats.” In a statement, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said Executive Secretary Medialdea has also instructed the Department of Foreign Affairs, through the Philippine embassy in Washington D.C., “to coordinate and engage with the US agencies involved in the writing […]

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5 dayuhan na magsasagawa umano ng fact-finding mission, hinarang sa South Cotabato

LAKE SEBU, South Cotabato (Eagle News) – Hinarang ng mga otoridad ang isang grupo ng mga dayuhang aktibista sa Lake Sebu sa South Cotabato. Layon sana ng mga nasabing dayuhan–Julie Jamora, Dina Anderson, Jamy Drapeza, Adam Shaw, at Tawanda Chandiwanda—ang magsagawa ng fact-finding mission tungkol sa napabalitang massacre sa siyam na sibilyan sa nasabing bayan noong Disyembre nang nakaraang taon. Ayon kay South Cotabato Gov. Daisy Avance-Fuentes, nakasakay ang pawang mga miyembro  ng Gabriela Network […]

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BIR files P1-billion tax evasion complaint vs Prieto-owned PHL franchisee of Dunkin Donuts

By Moira Encina Eagle News Service The Bureau of Internal Revenue on Friday filed a P1-billion tax evasion case against Prieto-owned Golden Donuts Inc., the Philippine franchisee of Dunkin Donuts. In a statement, the BIR said it filed the criminal complaint against GDI’s president Walter Spakowski, treasurer Miguel Prieto, chief financial officer Pedro Paraiso, and vice president for finance and administration Jocelyn V. Santos for willful attempt to evade or defeat tax and for deliberate failure […]

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WATCH: Onboard the €6,000-a-ticket zero-gravity plane

(AFP) — Since his return from the International Space Station last year, French astronaut Thomas Pesquet has been training to fly the Airbus “Zero-G” plane, which recreates the weightless conditions of space flight. As he prepares to start his new job he took part in a special flight with members of the public who’d paid 6,000 euros per ticket for an out-of-this-world experience. https://youtu.be/apcPtEXJ2SA

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Senator Poe revives calls for Duterte emergency powers to address vehicular congestion in M. Manila

(Eagle News) — Senator Grace Poe on Friday revived her call for Congress to pass a bill that would grant President Rodrigo Duterte emergency powers to address vehicular congestion in Metro Manila. Poe did this after the Japan International Cooperation Agency said around P3.5 billion per day were lost due to traffic in the country, a figure that was higher than the P2.4 billion JICA estimated was lost per day in 2012. According to Poe, the […]

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Five dead, 15 missing in Indonesia landslide

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — At least five people have been killed and 15 are still missing after a landslide cascaded down the terraced slopes of a rice field on the Indonesian island of Java on Thursday, officials said. The victims, farmers tending their crops in Brebes district, Central Java, were buried under an avalanche of mud and rock around 8:00 am (0100 GMT). “The landslide buried the farmers working in their rice fields,” disaster mitigation […]

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INC holds evangelical outreach activity in Hawaii and American Samoa; Hawaii senator among visitors

  By Alfred Acenas and Reina Robles EBC Hawaii Bureau KAPOLEI, HAWAII (Eagle News Service) – Heavy rains and flash floods that drenched the Hawaiian Islands the day before did not stop the members of the Iglesia Ni Cristo (INC) or Church of Christ in Hawaii from conducting their outreach Evangelical Mission at Kapolei Regional Park in West Oahu on Monday, February 19, where they also invited public officials in the event. Brother Reynaldo M. […]

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High-powered firearms allegedly owned by Abu Sayyaf recovered in Sulu

(Eagle News) — Government troops recovered in Sulu a cache of high-powered firearms allegedly owned by the Abu Sayyaf. The eight high-powered firearms—four M16 rifles and four M14 rifles—were found in Sitio Kadkad, Talipao at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, following a tip from a concerned citizen. The alleged Abu Sayyaf member guarding the firearms managed to flee before troops could get to the area.  

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Duterte: Someone has to account for Malampaya fund mess

(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday said someone should be held accountable for the Malampaya fund gas mess. “Alam mo ang malas ng Pilipinas? Ewan ko, Diyos lang ang makasagot nito. Ang Indonesia, may oil. Brunei, may oil. Ang Malaysia, may oil. Tayo, wala. Kokonti lang gas natin [Malampaya] kinurakot,” he said in a speech in Camp General Adriano Hernandez, Dingle, Iloilo. He said “somebody has to account for the loss” of funds. […]

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US gun debate stirs conservative conference after Florida tragedy

by Michael Mathes Agence France Presse NATIONAL HARBOR, United States (AFP) — Florida college student Sarah Gibson renewed her National Rifle Association membership with a credit card swipe at a conservative conference Thursday, days after a deadly school shooting in her state triggered soul-searching about America’s gun violence. “I don’t think guns are the problem, they’re in fact the answer,” the 20-year-old said. “When you have more security and you have more people carrying (firearms), […]

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President Duterte reiterates call for NPA rebels to surrender to gov’t

Offers them financial, housing, and livelihood assistance (Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte once again called on New People’s Army rebels to surrender to government, and offered them financial, housing and livelihood assistance. “I am addressing again to all of you NPAs, you will never even capture a barangay. Stop your dreams, sumurrender kayo,” he said in his speech during the establishment of ‘TienDA Para Sa Mga Bayani’, a farmer and fisherfolk outlet in partnership […]

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