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ATHENS, Greece (AFP) – Greek police on Friday sought to determine how a letter bomb wounded former prime minister Lucas Papademos despite security checks that were allegedly beefed up after a wave of similar attacks in March. “We want to determine whether security procedures were followed,” a police source told AFP, hours after Papademos and two guards were injured by the bomb that exploded as they rode in an armoured car in Athens. “The fact […]
PUERTO PRINCESA, Palawan (Eagle News) – Duguan at sugatang isinugod sa mga pagamutan ang dalawang driver ng truck na patungong Puerto Princesa matapos magkabanggaan ang kanilang mga sasakyan nitong Biyernes ng umaga, Mayo 26. Kinilala ang isang driver na si PFC Emerson Galao ng 12th Marine Battalion. Si Galao ay nagtamo ng mga sugat gayon din ang mga sakay nito sa likurang bahagi ng service truck na kaniyang minamaneho. Si Michael Taneo naman na driver ng […]
(Eagle News) – The Department of Trade and Industry reminded businessmen in Mindanao to comply with the price freeze in basic commodities implemented with the declaration of martial law. Trade and Industry Undersecretary Ted Pascua said that penalties for violating the price freeze may include revocation of license. Business owners who will be caught violating the Price Act will be charged an administrative fine of P5,000 to P1 million or a prison sentence of one to […]
ORMOC CITY, Leyte (Eagle News) – Matagumpay na naisagawa ng Ormoc City Blood Council ang isang blood letting activity nitong Biyernes, Mayo 26. Maaga pa lamang ay nagpuntahan na ang mga donor sa Ormoc City Evacuation Center, sa Brgy. Cogon, Ormoc City. Karamihan sa tumulong sa Ormoc City Blood Council ay mga sundalo na mula sa 52nd Infantry Battalion, mga miyembro ng React Ormoc City, at mga private individual. Ang Ormoc City Blood Council ay […]
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QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Department of Justice (DOJ) will ask the Supreme Court to create special courts to hear cases faced by members of the Maute Group. Based on records of the DOJ, 89 members of the Maute Group face cases of kidnapping, and kidnapping with murder in the Malabang Regional Trial Court in Lanao Del Sur, while an additional four face charges of illegal possession of improvised incendiary devices. Justice Secretary […]
by Jerome Cartillier Agence France-Presse TAORMINA, Italy (AFP) – United States President Donald Trump said Friday the “problem” of an increasingly belligerent North Korea would be “solved,” as he met his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe just before the start of the G7 summit. “It’s a big problem, it’s a world problem,” he said in the Sicilian town of Taormina, just weeks after he called North Korea leader Kim Jong-Un a “madman with nuclear weapons.” The […]
TAORMINA, Italy (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Theresa May and French President Emmanuel Macron discussed leading the fight against terrorism on Friday (May 26) as they met at this year’s Group of Seven (G7) summit, hosted in the chic Sicilian resort town of Taormina. May is expected to leave a day early, following Monday’s (May 22) suicide bombing at a concert in northern England that killed 22 people and was allegedly carried out by a […]
MANCHESTER, United Kingdom (Reuters) – British police arrested a man on Friday (May 26) in the Manchester suburb of Moss Side, the tenth person to be taken into custody in connection with Monday night’s attack. Television images aired on Friday showed the aftermath of a raid conducted earlier in the week in the same suburb. Greater Manchester police said in a tweet that eight men are now in custody after a man and a woman […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – The Associated Labor Unions – Trade Union Congress of the Philippines asked for an increase in the minimum wage for employees in the private sector in the National Capital Region. The petition was filed on Thursday, May 25 at the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board-National Capital Region (RTWPB-NCR) office in Malate, Manila. The group is asking for an increase of Php 184 based from the data of the National Wage and […]
BALANGA, Bataan (Eagle News) – Isinagawa ng Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) sa Louis Rest, Balanga, Bataan nitong Biyernes, Mayo 26 ang Free Negosyo Seminar. Ito ay may temang “Kapatid, Angat Lahat” sa ilalim ng Mentor Me Program. Dinaluhan ito ni DTI Region 3 Ms. Judith Angeles, DTI Bataan PD Ms Nelin Cabahug and staff, mga iba’t ibang negosyante sa lalawigan at iba pang bisita. Mayroong 23 entrepreneurs ang naging mentee beneficiary sa isinagawang Mentor Me Program ng […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The United States of America condemned the attack of the Maute Group in Marawi City. In a statement, Washingon D.C. promised to give aid to the Philippines in the fight against terrorism, adding that the Philippines is its closest ally. The statement was released in the face of President Rodrigo Duterte’s criticisms against the American government due to its comments against President Duterte’s war on drugs. https://youtu.be/WRTOtuHzIu0
