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Jardeleza is richest SC justice

(Eagle News) — Associate Justice Marvic Leonen is the poorest of all magistrates in the Supreme Court, while his colleague Associate Justice Francis Jardeleza, based on a summary of the Statements of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth of justices released on Friday. Leonen’s net worth as of December 2016 was pegged at P2,485,211.92, while Jardeleza’s was at P252,165,867.36. Associate Justice Teresita Leonardo-De Castro follows Leonen, with an  estimated net worth of P17,732,000. It was De Castro who […]

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MILF, umatras na sa planong makipagnegosasyon sa Maute sa Marawi City

(Eagle News) – Umatras na ang Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) sa planong pangunahan ang pakikipag-negosasyon sa Maute Terror Group sa Marawi City. Ayon kay MILF Chairman Al-haj Murad Ebrahim, magiging mahirap ang mamagitan dahil mismong si Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte ang nagsabing hindi makikipag-usap ang gobyerno sa mga terorista. Malabo na aniyang makumbinseng sumuko ang mga miyembro ng Maute Group dahil tiyak na bago pa nila isagawa ang planong pag-atake ay nakahanda na ang mga ito […]

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1 pulis, patay sa engkwentro sa NPA sa Bukidnon

PANGANTUCAN, Bukidnon (Eagle News) – Patay ang isang pulis matapos makasagupa ang mga miyembro ng New People’s Army (NPA) sa loob ng nakubkob na kampo sa mabundok na bahagi ng Bukidnon, kamakailan. Ito ay matapos pasukin ng pinagsanib na puwersa ng 1st Special Forces Battalion ng Philippine Army at Provincial Police Public Safety Company ang kampo ng mga rebelde sa Brgy. Concepcion, Pangantucan. Ayon kay Pangantucan Police Station Commander Senior Insp. Dominador Orate, Jr., nang magmasid […]

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DFA: Gov’t to take “bold, decisive steps” to ensure PHL will not be “safe-haven environment” for terrorists

(Eagle News) — The Department of Foreign Affairs on Friday said the government will take “bold and decisive steps” to ensure the country will not be a “haven” for the operations of terrorists, as reported by the United States State Department in its counterterrorism report for 2016. “The Duterte administration recognized this early and will continue to take bold and decisive steps to eliminate this nefarious threat, destroy their resource channels from illicit drugs and […]

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U.S. Senator McCain diagnosed with aggressive brain cancer

WASHINGTON D.C., United States (Reuters) — United States Senator John McCain, the 2008 Republican presidential nominee known for political independence during more than three decades in the Senate, has been diagnosed with an aggressive form of brain cancer, his office said on Wednesday (July 19). The 80-year-old lawmaker and former Navy pilot, who was re-elected to a sixth Senate term in November, has been recovering at home in Arizona since undergoing surgery at the Mayo Clinic […]

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Gov’t orders arrest of communist rebel leaders after attack on PSG convoy in North Cotabato

(Agence France Presse) — The government has ordered the arrest of communist rebel leaders involved in peace talks, after a guerrilla ambush left five presidential bodyguards wounded in the latest escalation of the half century-long conflict. The insurgents have been engaged in off-and-on peace talks with Manila to end one of the world’s longest insurgencies. But the government suspended formal peace talks in May, and on Thursday chief government lawyer Jose Calida said guerrilla leaders […]

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Volkswagen fined $154 mn more in US for dieselgate

NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Volkswagen must pay an additional $154 million to California to settle state environmental charges in the latest penalty in the scandal over its use of emissions “defeat devices,” regulators announced Thursday. The sum is on top of $533 million VW already paid to California in the so-called dieselgate conspiracy, in which software allowed cars to pass emissions tests, while still spewing nitrogen oxide far above legal limits. “This payment […]

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Qatar changes anti-terror law amid Gulf row

DOHA, Qatar (AFP) — Qatar announced Thursday changes to its anti-terror legislation, one of the controversial issues at the core of the crisis between Doha and its neighbors who accuse it of backing extremists. The decree from Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani establishes two national lists for individuals and terrorist entities and sets out the requirements for being included on them. It also defines terrorists, terrorist crimes, terrorist entities as well as the financing of terrorism. […]

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Gas blast kills 2, injures 55 in Hangzhou

  HANGZHOU CITY, China (CCTV) — Two people have been killed and 55 others injured in a gas blast in Hangzhou, capital of east China’s Zhejiang Province, on Friday morning, according to local police. The sudden blast occurred after 08:30 at a noodle restaurant in a residential community, resulting in a heavy fire and shattering windows of nearby vehicles. More than 20 passengers on a bus that was in range of the blast were injured. […]

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Two killed in 6.7-magnitude quake off Greece and Turkey resorts

by Veronique Dupont and Sonia Bakaric in Theologos BODRUM, Turkey (AFP) — At least two people were killed on the Greek island of Kos Friday when a magnitude-6.7 earthquake shook the popular summer resort holiday destinations of the Dodecanese Islands in Greece and the Aegean coast of Turkey. The epicenter of the quake was approximately 10.3 kilometers (6.4 miles) south of the major Turkish resort of Bodrum, a magnet for holidaymakers in the summer, and 16.2 kilometers east […]

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WATCH: President Duterte visits war-torn Marawi

President Rodrigo Roa Duterte in his third attempt, successfully visits Marawi City by going to the 103rd Infantry (Haribon) Brigade, 1st Infantry Division of the Philippine Army in Kampo Ranao, Marawi City on Thursday, July 20. The Commander-in-Chief checks the government troops who have been in the frontline of the war against the Maute terror group. He leads the ceremonial distribution of grocery packs and G-shock watches to about 3,000 soldiers and police forces in […]

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