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MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — A Filipino ex-priest is facing extradition to the US for allegedly sexually abusing minors there in the 1990s, authorities said Wednesday. Fernando Sayasaya, 53, was tracked down by police in a province outside Manila on Sunday nearly two decades after he fled the US and went into hiding in the Philippines. He was accused of molesting two boys in the state of North Dakota where he worked for the Catholic church, […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — A military aircraft with 11 people aboard has crashed into the Philippine Sea while en route to an aircraft carrier, the US said Wednesday, the latest accident to hit its armed forces in East Asia. “A United States Navy aircraft carrying 11 crew and passengers crashed into the ocean southeast of Okinawa,” a statement from the Navy said. “Personnel recovery is under way and their condition will be evaluated by USS […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Senator Ralph Recto proposed that starting January 2018, those who have a yearly wage of Php 250,000 should be exempted from income tax. Recto said that the government will not lose money if those earning Php 250, 000 yearly were exempted from taxes.
(Eagle News) –The Department of Justice has dismissed the drug-related raps filed against former Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon and several others, but filed a case against other personalities including fixer Mark Taguba in connection with the P6.4-billion shabu shipment that slipped through the country via Customs express lanes in May. In dismissing the complaint filed by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency against Faeldon and Bureau of Customs personnel Director Milo Maestrecampo, Director Neil Estrella, Intelligence […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – Sixteen police officials of the Philippine National Police were removed from duty for failing to stop illegal gambling in their jurisdiction. Six chiefs of the Southern Tagalog Police; five chiefs from Bicol; two others in Central Mindanao, and one each in Western Visayas, Southern Mindanao and CaRaGa were sacked. According to the records of the PNP National Operations Center, 6,600 individuals who are involved in illegal gambling were arrested since January […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte firmly denied that he is the one behind the impeachment complaint against Chief Justice Ma. Lourdes Sereno. The President said that CJ Sereno is free to investigate whether he had talked to a member of Congress to impeach her. “Alam mo, sinabi sa akin merong narinig na si Sereno, ‘Duterte is out to…’ Ha, ako raw? She can ask anybody, I guarantee you. I’ll make a […]
BENGALURU, Karnataka, India (Reuters) – The Indian Army set a new world record with 58 men riding on a single motorbike on Sunday (November 19), local media reported. The stunt was performed by ‘Tornadoes,’ a motorcycle display team of army’s logistics arm, Army Service Corps (ASC). Dressed in the colors of the Indian flag, they flanked either sides of the moving a 500 cc Royal Enfield, covering a distance of 1.2 kilometers (0.74 miles) at […]
BONGAO, Tawi-tawi (Eagle News) – Nabawi ng mga tauhan ng Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Region 9 at PNP Special Action Force ang shabu na nagkakahalaga ng 1.5 milyon pesos sa isinasagawang buy bust operation sa Tawi-tawi kamakailan. Pinangalan ni PDEA Regional Director-9 Lyndon Aspacio ang suspek na si Badang Awang Abdul, may asawa at nakatira sa naturang lugar. Bukod sa shabu, nabawi din ng PDEA9 ang tatlong libong piso na marked money na ginamit […]
NAGASAKI, Japan (Reuters) — Japan held a drill on Wednesday (November 22) in an imagined situation in which a warhead fired from an unspecified country strikes Nagasaki. The drill involved Japan’s self defense force personnel, assisted by local firefighters, paramedics, and police officers, creating a perimeter around the fake warhead by first checking for radioactivity with geiger counters. They then demonstrated the decontamination of the area by spraying water. They also assisted in the evacuation […]
(Eagle News) — Supreme Court Associate Justice Teresita de Castro on Wednesday denied she had given a Manila Times reporter any information about a draft temporary restraining order which was allegedly tampered by Supreme Court Justice Ma. Lourdes Sereno. “I have never released to Jomar Canlas any information, report, or document regarding the work of the Court,” De Castro said in a brief statement sent through SC Spokesperson Theodore Te. De Castro issued the statement […]
(Eagle News) — The camp of Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno on Wednesday decried the House justice committee’s decision to bar her lawyers from cross-examining witnesses during impeachment proceedings. In an e-mailed statement, the lawyers who represent Sereno said the decision was “tantamount to barring CJ Sereno herself, and belies their claim of an open and democratic process that honors the right to a fair trial.” According to them, it was “deplorable that we should […]
NEW YORK, United States (Reuters) — FIFA’s ethics watchdogs have banned three former soccer officials from Guam, Nicaragua and Venezuela for life as part of efforts to address widespread corruption in the sport, the world football governing body said on Tuesday (November 21). The latest officials to be hit by FIFA bans are Richard Lai, the former Guam Football Association president and a former member of the FIFA audit and compliance committee; Julio Rocha, the former […]
