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BACOLOD City, Negros Occidental (Eagle News) — Ilang mga barangay sa Bacolod City ang nakaranas ng pagbaha matapos ang biglaan at malakas na pagbuhos ng ulan noong Biyernes ng gabi. Ang mga commuter ay na-stranded ng ilang oras bago sila makarating sa kanilang destinasyon sapagkat halos hanggang baywang ang lalim ng baha at sa ilang mga baranggay ay halos hanggang leeg ang baha. Ang ilang mga residente ay sinagupa ang baha upang maisalba ang kanilang […]
(Eagle News) — Malacañang on Saturday, September 23, welcomed the United Nations Human Rights Council’s (UNHRC) final and unanimous adoption of the third Philippine Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Report, which, the Palace said, reaffirmed the government’s commitment to protect human rights and respect the dignity of Filipinos. This was good news for the Palace after opposition members and administration critics have repeatedly denounced what they claimed were extrajudicial killings that they alleged were the […]
QUEZON City, Philippine (Eagle News) — Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre III offered to place under the witness protection program those who will testify and tell the government what they know regarding the death of Horacio Castillo III. “If they want to tell the truth or clear their names they can come to my office and we will place them under the Witness Protection Program (WPP),” Aguirre said in a statement. Aguirre said that witnesses can […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The House Committee on Appropriations was able to gather Php 40 billion in order to fund free tertiary education that will start on 2018. “I’m happy to announce that we found P40 billion to finance free higher education,” Davao City Representative Carlo Nograles, House Appropriations Committee Chairman said. Nograles said that they got the funds from the different scholarship programs of the various state universities and colleges as well […]
(Eagle News) — John Paul Solano spent the night in the Manila Police District headquarters following his surrender to Senator Panfilo Lacson on Friday. In a press conference on Saturday, Supt. Erwin Margarejo, MPD spokesperson, said Solano, one of three primary suspects in the death of hazing victim Horacio Castillo III, was at present in a detention cell inside the homicide section. Castillo died of a heart attack due to massive trauma as a result […]
MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AFP) — The bodies of eight foreigners have been recovered from the rubble of the quake that struck Mexico City, officials said Friday. The remains were those of four Taiwanese women, a Korean man, a Spanish man, a Panamanian woman and an Argentine man, Mexico’s high court said in a statement citing information from the forensic institute.
by Ljubomir MILASIN Agence France-Presse RIMINI, Italy (AFP) – Italy’s populist 5-Star Movement (M5S) announces its candidate for prime minister Saturday as it braces to attempt a revolutionary shift from protest to ruling party. Political darling Luigi di Maio, 31, is the reassuring face of Italy’s anti-establishment insurgency and is widely seen as having the vote in the bag. The clean-shaven lawmaker has been openly groomed to run for the top job in the spring 2018 general […]
(Eagle News) — Ralph Trangia, a primary suspect in the death of Horacio Castillo III, is not in Taiwan as he did not enter the Asian country in the first place. The Taipei Economic Cultural Office said Trangia—who left Manila on Sept. 19 via flight number BR262–boarded a connecting flight—BR56—for Chicago, the United States from Taoyuan airport on the same day, instead. “He was only one of the millions of transit passengers who passed through […]
By Jay Rosquites EBC Florida Bureau SANTA CLARA, CA (Eagle News) – In their second NFC West showdown of the season, the San Francisco 49ers rallied from behind with a 19-point fourth quarter, but fell short to the Los Angeles Rams 41-38 at Levi’s Stadium. The 49ers had much to prove after losing a close game last week to the Seattle Seahawks. On the first play of the opening drive, 49ers quarterback Brian Hoyer threw […]
The 2017 Asia CEO Awards, the roundtable of Asia’s industry movers and shakers, has shortlisted its official nominees. One of the categories, the ADEC Innovations Green Company of the Year award, shall go to the most deserving company for the fourth time on October 17, 2017, at the Marriott Grand Ballroom. The organization that exemplifies strong leadership and commitment in sustainability and environmental protection shall be given the award and will join the ranks of […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Justice on Friday released a revised immigration lookout bulletin order against members of the Aegis Juris fraternity believed responsible for the death of Horacio Castillo III. The revised ILBO now contains 20 names, up from the 16 contained in the first ILBO. The DOJ asked immigration officers to be on the lookout for Arvin Balag, Aeron Salientes, Marcelino Bagtang, Zimon Padro, Jose Miguel Salamat, John Paul Solano, Ged Villanueva, […]
(Eagle News) — A person of interest in the death of Horacio Castillo III surfaced at the National Bureau of Investigation on Friday. Aeron Salientes–who surfaced hours after a primary suspect in Castillo’s death, John Paul Solano, surrendered—denied he had anything to do with Castillo’s death, noting that he wasn’t in the venue when the hazing rites took place over the weekend. He said he was in Pampanga at that time. According to Salientes, he […]
