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MARAWI CITY, Lanao del Norte (Eagle News) – Patay ang siyam na sundalo matapos hagisan ng granada ng teroristang Maute Group sa Marawi City. Kinumpirma ni Lt. Col. Carlito Galvez, chief ng Western Mindanao Command, 49 na iba pa ang nasugatan sa naturang insidente kamakailan. Ayon kay Galvez, nagawa ng teroristang grupo na makalapit sa tropa ng pamahalaan at dito na hinagisan ang mga ito ng mga granada. Tumanggi naman si Galvez na magbigay ng […]
(Eagle News) — More camera angles, but less of the controversial low-angle shots will be seen in President Rodrigo Duterte’s second State of the Nation Address (SONA) which will once again be directed by award-winning director Brillante Mendoza. Mendoza will use 18 cameras placed in strategic locations inside the session hall of Batasang Pambansa. He said there will be more dramatic lighting, and more angles but the director had already been asked to lessen […]
CARMEN, North Cotabato (Eagle News) – Sugatan ang limang tao sa nangyaring pagsabog sa North Cotabato kamakailan. Nakilala ang mga biktima na sina David Orteza, Joel Aragon, Henry Nobleza, Darwin Ortiz at Armando Aquino. Ang mga biktima ay pawang residente ng Purok 2, Brgy. General Luna, Carmen, North Cotabato. Ayon sa ulat ng pulisya, kumakain ang mga biktima kasama si Barangay Kapitan Renato Ortiz sa isang kubo sa gilid ng national highway sa nasabing lugar […]
PUERTO PRINCESA, Palawan (Eagle News) – Sunud-sunod ang pag-atakeng isinasagawa ng mga grupo ng New People’s Army (NPA) sa ilang bayan sa Palawan. Noong nakaraang July 19 ay may pinatay na dalawang sundalo sa Brgy. Magara, Roxas, Palawan. Tahasang inako ng grupong Bienvenido Vallaver Command ang ginawang pamamaslang sa dalawang sundalo habang ito ay namamalengke sa public market. Noon namang nakaraang Biyernes, July 21, habang binibigyan ng parangal ang dalawang sundalong inilipat ang mga labi […]
Filipino military personnel expect that President Rodrigo Duterte would tighten up security as conflicts between the government and insurgents are mounting. Two military officials made the remarks in an exclusive interviews with China Central Television (CCTV) before Duterte will deliver his second state of the nation address (SONA) since he took office last June. Major Ezra Balagtey, spokesman of the Eastern Mindanao Command, one of the country’s seven military commands, said that he hopes […]
KABUL ,Afghanistan (AFP) — At least 24 people have been killed and 42 wounded after a car bomb struck a bus carrying government employees in western Kabul Monday, an official told AFP, the latest attack to strike the Afghan capital. “The car bomb hit a bus carrying employees of the ministry of mines during rush hour,” interior ministry spokesman Najib Danish told AFP. No militant group immediately claimed the blast, but it came as the […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine military said that fighting is seen to end soon in Marawi City, but warned that the Islamist terrorists who remain in the city could be preparing for suicide bombings as they get desperate. Armed Forces of the Philippines Western Mindanao Commander Lt. Gen. Carlito Galvez revealed this during a dialogue with displaced residents of Marawi City on July 23. Galvez said they have some information that the ISIS-inspired fighters […]
SAN DIEGO, United States (AFP) — Nostalgic horror sensation “Stranger Things” unveiled a new trailer set to Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” on Saturday as it built buzz for season two at the San Diego Comic-Con fan convention. The Netflix series — about a gang of 1980s children looking for their missing friend — became a break-out hit last year, winning critical acclaim and fame for its cast of young stars, led by Millie Bobby Brown. The trailer […]
AMMAN, Jordan (AFP) — Two Jordanians were killed and an Israeli seriously wounded in a shooting Sunday at the Jewish state’s embassy in Amman, a security source said. “The first Jordanian, 17-year-old Mohammed Jawawdeh, succumbed to his injuries at the scene. The second, Bashar Hamarneh, a doctor who was in the residential quarter of the embassy at the time of the incident… died of his injuries after midnight in hospital,” the security source said. The […]
by Heather Scott Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The global economic recovery is on firmer footing as improving growth in China, Europe and Japan offset downward revisions for the United States and Britain, the International Monetary Fund said Sunday. However, wage growth remains sluggish which risks increasing tensions that have pushed some countries toward more anti-global policies, while efforts to erode financial regulations put in place since the 2008 crisis could erode stability, […]
https://youtu.be/LhM-1kMWU1A Let’s get back to work, Senate and House leaders say (Eagle News) — Let’s get back to work. This was the message of Senate President Aquilino Pimentel III and House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez in the opening of the second regular session of the 17th Congress. Pimentel began his speech with figures from a survey last week that he said showed that the Senate was the “most trusted institution” in the country. He said based […]
(Reuters) — Christopher Nolan’s ‘Dunkirk’ topped the North American box office for the weekend ending July 23 with the War War Two movie bringing in an estimated $50.5 million in it’s debut, according to boxofficemojo.com. “Dunkirk” recounts the evacuation by civilians and military of some 400,000 British and Allied soldiers stranded on the desolate French beach of Dunkirk, across the English Channel port of Dover. In second place is ‘Girls Trip,’ a new release with […]
