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A farmer and seven other people were killed in Zamboanga del Norte after a mortar shell he had found at work exploded, police said Thursday. The incident that took place on Wednesday at a rubber plantation in the fourth-class municipality of Sirawai also saw five others wounded. Those killed and injured were relatives and neighbors of rubber tapper Marcelo Antogan, 21, who was also killed himself. It was Antogan who brought home the shell without […]
(Eagle News) — The fire that hit the NCCC mall on December 23 in Davao and resulted in the deaths of 38 people was due to a short circuit. This is according to Inter-agency Anti-Arson Task Force spokesperson Superintendent Jerry Candido, who received a report of the arson laboratory on the incident on Wednesday night. According to Candido, the faulty electrical wiring was in the “ceiling” located between the furniture and fabric sections.” He said these were […]
(Eagle News) — The Palace on Thursday announced the appointments of special envoys to China, the United States and Australia. The reappointment papers of Wallie Lee, Carlos Chan, Ferdinand Borja, Cheng Yong, William de Jesus Lima as special envoys to China were signed by President Rodrigo Duterte himself on January 3. The new term of office of Lee, Chan, Borja and Lima runs from January 1 to June 30, 2018. Yong will also serve for six […]
by Joseph Schmid Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) — Winter storm Eleanor swept across Europe on Wednesday, bringing death, damage and disruption, snarling transport networks and cutting power to tens of thousands of people. Two people died on Spain’s northern Basque coast, the couple swept away by a huge wave, officials said, and another person had to be rescued after attempting to save them. In France, a 21-year-old skier was killed by a falling […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Panfilo Lacson on Thursday said statements on no-election and term extension scenarios will not help the campaign for a shift to a federal form of government. It was House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez who said that polls in 2019 could be postponed during the transition to the new form of government. Senate President Aquilino Pimentel III dismissed Alvarez’s claim, but added that a shift to federalism could result in a prolonged term […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque clarified that other foreign companies can apply for the spot of third telecommunications player in the Philippines if talks with China do not succeed. “But as I said, if for any reason, China Telecoms or any company nominated by the Chinese government finds the 60-40 requirement in the Constitution to be unacceptable, then of course, that will give us now the option to offer it […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte will definitely step down at the end of his term in 2022, according to his spokesperson. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said that the President has no intention of extending his term at all. “I can categorically state that PRRD does not want that. He wants to cut short his term rather than lengthen it,” Roque said in a text message. This, even if Congress succeeds in […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Representative Reynaldo Umali, chair of the House Justice Committee, will meet with other members of the committee to discuss methods on how to fast-track the impeachment hearings against Chief Justice Ma. Lourdes Sereno. “By next month, we will be able to terminate the hearings and submit for plenary approval our committee report by March. Maybe by May this is already with the Senate for trial. This is my personal […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Six more justices of the Supreme Court are willing to testify against Chief Justice Ma. Lourdes Sereno in the hearings being conducted in the House of Representatives on the impeachment complaint against Sereno. This was according to House Justice Committee Chairman Reynaldo Umali who noted that there could be a “leadership issue” in the Supreme Court since many there appeared not to be satisfied with Sereno’s leadership. “When about […]
Police say this may be why she tested positive for gunpowder nitrates By Mar Gabriel Eagle News Service The woman who died in the “misencounter” in Mandaluyong on December 28 could have tested positive for gunpowder nitrate because she was shot at close range. This is according to the Eastern Police District, which released results on the autopsy of Jonalyn Ambaan on Thursday. “Tattooing in her left cheek is possible, so there was nitrate found […]
SHENZHEN, China (AFP) — Russian former world number one Maria Sharapova marched into the semi-finals of the Shenzhen Open on Thursday with a comfortable 6-3, 6-3 victory over Zarina Diyas of Kazakhstan. Sharapova, who has worked her way up to 59 in the world rankings since her return from a doping ban last year, will face either of the Czech pair Kristyna Pliskova or Katerina Siniakova in the last four in southern China. The 30-year-old […]
(Eagle News) — Newly appointed Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office board director Sandra Cam on Thursday said she was mulling filing charges for grave threats against the agency’s head. In a press conference, Cam said this was because she believed he was behind the threats she has been receiving for the past weeks, right after she divulged what she said was the lavish year-end party held by the agency for its employees. Cam said the party […]
