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PNP chief upholds personal grudge as motive in Quiapo blast

(Eagle News)– Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Director General Ronald dela Rosa on Friday (May 12) maintained it was personal grudge which caused the explosion in Quiapo, Manila, completely rejecting Islamic State claims of involvement. Dela Rosa said they were more focused now on personal motive as the probe continues. “Eh bakit sa kanya [Nasser Abinal] nakapangalan kung walang galit sa kanya. Bakit sa kanya idineliver? Iyan ang  pag-isipan niya. Kasi kung terorista ako, bakit […]

Siyam na barangay sa Tubod, Surigao del Norte, idineklarang drug-free

TUBOD, Surigao del Norte (Eagle News)  — Siyam na barangay sa isang bayan sa Surigao Del Norte ang idineklarang drug-free ng Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency sa Caraga. Personal na dinaluhan nina Ricardo C. Quinto, PDEA Deputy Director General for Operations ng Caraga, Mayor Richelle B. Romarate, at mga nasa Surigao Del Norte Police Provincial Office ang isinagawang deklarasyon na drug-cleared na ang Barangay Cawilan, Capayahan, San Pablo, Marga, San Isidro, Del Rosario, Motorpool, Timamana at Poblacion […]

Coming soon: The country’s very own subway

(Eagle News) — Coming soon: Our very own subway. Department of Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade revealed on Friday plans to construct a subway in the country to add to the existing public transportation for commuters. In a press conference at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Hong Kong, where President Rodrigo Duterte is on official visit, Tugade said the loan agreement under the Japan International Cooperation Agency program would hopefully be signed between the Philippine leader and Japanese […]

Ambassador Alvarado ng Panama, bumisita sa Eagle Broadcasting Corporation

Sa panahon ng kaniyang panunungkulan bilang kinatawan ng Panama sa Pilipinas, sinabi ni Ambassador Rolando Guevara Alvarado na nais niyang higit na mapagbuti at mapalalim pa ang relasyon ng dalawang bansa sa aspeto ng edukasyon at turismo. Sinabi ito ng ambassador sa personal na pagbisita niya sa Eagle Broadcasting Corporation, kung saan tinanggap siya ng mga nangangasiwa sa himpilan. Sa panayam, nagbigay rin ng kaniyang pananaw si Ambassador Alvarado sa pagkalat ng mga tinatawag na fake […]

IMF chief urges eurozone to back Greece debt relief

BARI, Italy (AFP) – International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde on Friday urged eurozone lenders to be “far more specific” in their commitment to a debt-relief package for Greece. The IMF has made a package easing Greece’s repayment burden a condition of its participation in a 86-billion-euro ($94-billion) bailout. But several eurozone governments are dragging their heels, insisting on more evidence of debt-plagued Greece delivering on reforms as a condition of green-lighting the third rescue […]

EBCSI Sports 101: Hockey & Rugby

EBC Los Angeles: Kenneth Cruz EBC Canada: Marco Zerrudo EBC Australia: Cristine Fisher Watch as our EBC Sports International Correspondents tell us about the national sports of Canada and Australia.

Portugal puts Eurovision hopes in big-hearted crooner

LISBON, Portugal (AFP) – A few weeks ago, Salvador Sobral, a 27-year-old crooner tipped as a favorite for Saturday’s Eurovision Song Contest, was an unknown artist waiting for a heart transplant. But with his intimate rendering of the melancholic “Amar Pelos Dois” (For the Both of Us) written by his older sister Luisa — a success in her own right — Sobral is hoping to chart an unconventional route to Eurovision gold. At first glance, […]

Dagupan City, nagdiriwang ng Platinum Year

DAGUPAN CITY, Pangasinan (Eagle News) – Inilunsad noong Huwebes, Mayo 11, ang iba’t ibang aktibidad para sa pagdiriwang sa ika-70 taon na Agew na Dagupan o Platinum Year of Dagupan City. Ang paglulunsad ng Agew na Dagupan ay kinabibilangan ng pag-alala sa pinagmulan ng Dagupan o ang Dagupan noon at ngayon o dagupan karuman, natan tan nabwas. Ayon kay Dagupan City Mayor Belen Fernandez, sa kasaysayan ng Dagupan muling aalalahanin ang mga pinagdaanang pagsubok ng siyudad, mula sa isang […]

Iba’t-ibang libreng serbisyo, ipinagkaloob ng Hinatuan LGU

HINATUAN, Surigao del Sur (Eagle News) – Pinagkalooban ng libreng serbisyo ng lokal na pamahalaan ng Hinatuan ang mga residenteng nakatira sa ilang barangay doon. Sa ilalim ng programang “Bulig: serbisyong garantisado” ay nagkaloob ng libreng serbisyo ang lokal na pamahalaan sa Brgy. Baculin at Brgy. Harip. Ilan sa mga libreng ipinagkaloob sa mga residente ang: Dental Services Health Services Civil Registration Services Solemnization Services Tax Assessment and Collection Services Agriculture and Social Welfare Services Gupit […]

DOLE studies deployment ban in the Middle East

QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) —  The Department of Labor and Employment is studying the possibility of implementing a deployment ban of overseas Filipino workers in the Middle East. Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said that this was in light of the agency receiving numerous reports of abuse on OFWS there. Bello said if it was not a total deployment ban, it was possible the agency would just reduce the number of OFWs deployed to the Middle East. https://youtu.be/QRp5b6mxzK4

History lesson: S. Korea’s Moon scraps state textbooks

SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) – South Korea’s new President Moon Jae-In on Friday scrapped state-issued school history textbooks introduced by his ousted predecessor, saying they represented an “outdated and one-sided” view of the past, his office said. The previous Park Geun-Hye administration had introduced state-authored history textbooks at middle and high schools, arguing that some existing tomes reflected left-leaning and pro-North Korea ideologies. Park’s conservative government began publishing the new textbooks this year despite opposition […]