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(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has announced a higher bounty for policemen involved with or protecting drug syndicates, or the so-called “ninja cops” from the previous P2 million to P3 million per head. Duterte bared this in his speech during the Outstanding Government Workers and Gawad CES awards rites on Wednesday, Sept. 20. In his speech, the President reiterated his administration’s commitment to fight corruption, criminality, and illegal drugs. He said he wanted […]
LOS ANGELES, California (Reuters) — A house exploded in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Canoga Park on Wednesday (September 20). It was still unclear if anyone was seriously hurt, but there were initial reports of one person injured. Aerials showed debris and wreckage scattered throughout the yard and on the adjacent house. The blast was reported just after 3pm PST (2200gmt). Firefighters and emergency crews were on scene shortly after.
SEOUL, South Korea (Reuters) — South Korea unveiled the bronze, silver and gold medals that the world’s top athletes will compete for in Pyeongchang 2018. Located in the mountainous Gangwon Province, some 180 kilometres east of Seoul, Pyeongchang will host Asia’s first Winter Games outside Japan and kick off an Asian Olympic cycle that reflects the region’s growing influence on world sport. Head of the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics Organizing Committee (POCOG), Lee Hee-beom, said […]
(Eagle News) — Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella on Thursday said today was the “opportune time for government to hear the voice of the governed,” as rallyists take to the streets to air their grievances. “The event is a healthy exercise in democracy,” he said, noting that it was a day when “people from all walks of life and persuasion can freely hold marches, demonstrations, public assemblies, and all forms of mass action to express their […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Toshiba tumbled Thursday after saying it would sell its memory chip business for around $18 billion, as its US partner vowed to keep fighting to block a deal seen as crucial to the Japanese industrial conglomerate’s survival. The embattled stock fell as much as 5.39 percent to 298 yen, before it recovered to 306 yen, still down 2.85 percent. Late Wednesday, Toshiba announced the sale to a group led by US […]
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AFP) — Taiwan’s struggling smartphone maker HTC said Thursday it was selling part of its smartphone business to US technology giant Google for $1.1 billion. The deal includes intellectual property licensing and half of its research staff, or around 2,000 people, and is expected to be completed in early 2018 pending regulatory approval, HTC said. “For Google, the deal will further strengthen its investment in and committment to smartphones and its hardware business… […]
JOJUTLA MUNICIPALITY, Mexico (CCTV) — Tuesday’s 7.1-magnitude quake left at least 17 dead in Mexico’s Jojutla Town, while knocked down 185 houses to debris, damaging 360 more and bringing down 60 walls. Since the bridge connecting Jojutla to the outside world was equally damaged, carrying out rescue efforts posed a huge challenge and relief supplies were being transferred through a detour. Jojutla, one of worst hit towns in Mexico, suffered power and internet outage too […]
MEXICO CITY (CCTV) — Emergency personnel and volunteers have rescued 83 people from collapsed buildings after a powerful earthquake hit Mexico on Tuesday, according to data released by the Mexican government on Wednesday afternoon. The 7.1-magnitude earthquake shook Mexico City and the surrounding states of Puebla, Mexico and Morelos on Tuesday, killing at least 225 people and causing severe damage to buildings in the area. Search and rescue missions have been carried out in an […]
LANAO DEL NORTE, Philippines (Reuters) — Wearing white hijabs to assimilate better with those in the Muslim community, about 100 Philippine female soldiers are helping to rehabilitate hundreds of children displaced or made homeless by the conflict in Marawi City. Since last week, the teams of soldiers have spent every morning between 8:30 and 11:00 a.m. with over 100 children in each evacuation center around the area, encouraging them to play as well as draw as […]
By Jerold Tagbo Eagle News Service One of the primary suspects in the killing of Horacio Castillo III is now out of the country. Based on records of the Bureau of Immigration, one Ralph Caballes Trangia, born on November 10, 1995, boarded an Eva Air plane with flight number BR262 toward Taipei on Sept. 19, a day after the Department of Justice issued an Immigration Lookout Bulletin against 16 members of the Aegis Juris Fraternity. […]
by Jennifer Gonzalez Covarrubias and Yussel Gonzalez Agence France-Presse MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AFP) – Rescuers dug Wednesday for survivors of a 7.1- magnitude earthquake that killed at least 230 people in Mexico, as the nation watched anxiously for signs of life at a collapsed school in the capital. Firefighters, police, soldiers, and volunteers worked frantically to remove rubble in scenes repeated across a swath of central states in Mexico’s second killer earthquake this month. The […]
by Hector Retamal and Edgardo Rodriguez Agence France-Presse SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AFP) – Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico on Wednesday and left the entire island without power as 150 mile-an-hour winds whipped the capital and sent thousands scurrying to shelters. After killing at least nine people in the Caribbean, Maria slammed into Puerto Rico’s southeast coast at daybreak before churning across the US territory which is home to 3.4 million people. As tens of […]
