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(Eagle News) — Senator Gringo Honasan on Friday refused to enter a plea in the arraignment on the cases filed against him over his alleged misuse of his Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF). The arraignment pushed through despite appeals from Honasan’s counsel, Dennis Manalo, for it to be postponed on the grounds they had a pending omnibus motion before the Sandiganbayan. In the omnibus motion, Honasan asked the anti-graft court to dismiss the arrest warrant issued […]
In this video taken by Eagle News Service reporter Jerold Tagbo, John Paul Solano, one of three primary suspects in the death of hazing victim Horacio Castillo III, is seen being whisked away by authorities to the homicide section of the Manila Police District. Solano, who was wearing a jacket, a black T-shirt and a cap, was turned over to the MPD by Senator Panfilo Lacson. Solano—who earlier told police he saw Castillo’s body on […]
Western consumer giants are polluting oceans by selling products packaged in cheap, disposable plastic to Filipinos, Greenpeace said, naming Nestle, Unilever and Procter & Gamble among the worst offenders. The environmental group ranked the Philippines as the “third-worst polluter into the world’s oceans” after China and Indonesia in a report released on Friday. Single-use plastics from products sold by conglomerates, such as bags, bottle labels, and straws, stood out during a week-long Greenpeace clean-up campaign held […]
by Sofia Miselem / Joshua Howat Berger Agence France Presse MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AFP) — Anxiety mounted Friday as Mexico approached the crucial 72-hour mark after a devastating earthquake that killed nearly 300 people, with exhausted rescuers racing to reach survivors trapped in the rubble before it is too late. Anguished families watching and waiting at buildings that collapsed with their loved ones inside pleaded with authorities not to send in the […]
by Paul Handley Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President Donald Trump’s contentious travel ban expires Sunday with little clarity over whether America’s door will reopen for travelers from six majority-Muslim countries. Based on the policy, US embassies or representatives in Syria, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen should resume granting visas to their nationals planning to visit the United States for work, study, pleasure or to emigrate. But some think the […]
ZAMBOANGA CITY (Eagle News) – Lalo ngayong paiigtingin ng mga tauhan ng Armed Forces of the Philippines Western Mindanao Command (Wesmincom) ang kanilang mga kakayahan para ma-detect ang mga improvised explosive device (IED). Sa pagbisita ni Lt. Gen Carlito Galvez sa mga kampo ng sundalo sa area ng Basilan at Sulu kung saan inilulunsad ang mga military operations laban sa mga bandidong grupo, sinabi nitong dapat madagdagan ang mga kaalaman ng mga tropa sa pag-detect […]
by Kelly Macnamara Agence France-Presse SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) – US President Donald Trump is “mentally deranged” and will “pay dearly” for his threat to destroy North Korea, Kim Jong-Un said Friday, as his foreign minister hinted the regime may explode a hydrogen bomb over the Pacific Ocean. In a rare personal attack published hours after Washington announced tougher sanctions, the North Korean leader took aim at Trump over his maiden speech to the UN General Assembly in […]
(Eagle News) — “I am innocent.” This was the statement of John Paul Solano, who surrendered on Friday to Senator Panfilo Lacson days after he was named a primary suspect in the death of hazing victim Horacio Castillo III. Solano, who was wearing a grey jacket, told reporters he was only called on to give “medical assistance” to Castillo. He said he was a medical technologist, and filed his leave of absence from the University […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — China on Friday lashed out at the decision by Standard & Poor’s to downgrade the country’s credit rating, calling the warning against ballooning debt “mistaken” and based on “cliches” about its economy. The agency slashed China from AA-minus to A-plus on Thursday, a move that followed a similar decision in May by Moody’s stemming from concerns that the world’s second largest economy is increasingly overleveraged. “Standard & Poor’s downgrade of China’s […]
(Eagle News) — One of the primary suspects in the death of hazing victim Horacio Castillo III has surrendered to Senator Panfilo Lacson. Lacson said his personnel picked up John Paul Solano from a gasoline station on the North Luzon Expressway on Friday. He said this was after he received a phone call from a Senate staff, who told him Solano wanted to surrender. University of Sto.Tomas Faculty of Civil Law dean Nilo Divina said […]
JOJULTA, Mexico (CCTV) — The death toll from Tuesday’s 7.1-magnitude earthquake in central Mexico has climbed to 273, the government said on Thursday. Half of those deaths occurred in the capital Mexico City, where nearly 40 buildings collapsed, while the other half in the surrounding states. According to a release from the national civil protection agency, 137 people were killed in the capital, 73 in Morelos state, 43 in Puebla state, 13 in the State […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — Swimming in the Seine in October may seem like a fast-track to catching germs, but for TV adventurer and environmental activist Alison Teal, who has spent years paddling her surfboard in polluted waters, taking the plunge into Paris’ river was the perfect way to promote her cause – to fight pollution and clean our oceans.
