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(Eagle News) — The Bureau of Immigration said that the Syrian woman with alleged links to the international terror group ISIS, is still in the country. According to the Bureau of Immigration, the agency is still coordinating with the Syrian embassy regarding the deportation of Rahaf Zina who was earlier arrested together with her husband, Husayn al-Dhafiri, a Kuwaiti national. Immigration officers said that they are still waiting for tickets to deport the female Syrian […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Senator Grace Poe, chairperson of the Senate committee on public services, called for the formation of a National Transport Safety Board following the bus tragedy in Nueva Ecija on Tuesday, April 18. The tragedy resulted in the death of more than 30 people. The senator filed Senate Bill No. 162 or the NTSB Act that, if passed, will allow for the formation of a board tasked to investigate accidents involving […]
(Eagle News) — United States President Donald Trump is set to visit the Philippines in November. The announcement was made by Ambassador Marciano Paynor Jr., Director-General for Operations of the ASEAN 2017 National Organizing Council on Wednesday, April 18. “As of now, President Trump, for instance, when President Duterte called him up to congratulate him, had already indicated that he is coming in November. At least verbally, he said he is coming,” Paynor said. The […]
BIÑAN CITY, Laguna (Eagle News) – Dalawa katao ang agad na isinugod sa hospital ng Biñan matapos pagbabarilin ng riding in tandem. Ang biktima ay nakasakay sa kaniyang motor. Isang by-stander din ang tinamaan ng ligaw na bala sa kahabaan ng Manabat St. Bgy. San Antonio, Biñan City, Laguna. Kinilala ng Biñan City Police ang biktimang si Victor Federico, Market Collector ng Biñan City Public Market. Nagtamo ito ng dalawang tama ng bala sa leeg at […]
Ni Jerold Tagbo Eagle News Service Pinangunahan ni Manila Mayor Joseph Estrada ang pagpapasinaya sa renovated na Quinta market sa Quiapo nitong Miyerkules. Ang pagrenovate sa nasabing pamilihan ay bahagi ng programa ng lokal na pamahalaan na maisailalim sa rehabilitasyon ang mga merkado sa lungsod dahil sa karamihan sa mga ito ay luma na. Mahigit p150 million ang ginastos ng pribadong sektor sa pagsasaayos ng nasabing palengke. Pumasok ang lokal na pamahalaan ng Maynila sa joint venture […]
(Eagle News) — Net satisfaction with the administration’s campaign against illegal drugs remains high, with 70 percent saying the government was “serious” about solving the problem of extra-judicial killings in the country. According to results from the latest Social Weather Stations survey, 78 percent were satisfied with the drug war, which only recently resumed following the kidnap-slay of Korean businessman Jee Ick Joo reportedly by rogue policemen who used the war as an excuse to commit the crime. […]
(Agence France Presse) — The death toll from a bus that plunged into a ravine in Nueva Ecija rose to 31 with signs that overloading contributed to the crash, a police official said Wednesday. The accident, which saw the bus come off a winding road to fall 24 meters (80 feet) into a ravine in the upland province on Tuesday, also left 46 injured with four still in a critical condition, said Senior […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Results on Tuesday in the NBA playoffs (series best of seven): Eastern Conference At Boston Chicago Bulls 111 Boston Celtics 97 (Bulls lead series 2-0 At Toronto Toronto Raptors 106 Milwaukee Bucks 100 (Series tied 1-1) Western Conference At Los Angeles Los Angeles Clippers 99 Utah Jazz 91 (Series tied 1-1) © Agence France-Presse
By Jodi Bustos Eagle News Service QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News)– Senator Chiz Escudero on Wednesday denied that he was behind the proposal to confer a University of the Philippines honorary doctorate to President Rodrigo Duterte, but admitted that he “did not object when it was proposed.” “I did not move but I did not object when it was proposed given that it is a UP tradition that Philippine heads of state (including the Chief Justice […]
MUNTINLUPA CITY, Metro Manila (Eagle News) – Umabot sa third alarm ang sunog na naganap sa Highway Homes Alabang malapit sa Expressway Alabang Exit nitong Miyerkules, April 19, bandang alas-nueve ng umaga (9:00 AM). Ayon sa ilang residente, sa gasera daw nagsimula ang nasabing sunog. Mabilis itong kumalat kaya ang tower line o transmission line na malapit sa lugar ay sumabog at tumaob. Ayon sa National Grid Corporation of the Philippines, pinahina ng sunog ang pundasyon ng Tower […]
(Eagle News) — Nanawagan ang grupong Samahang Industriya ng Agrikultura o SINAG sa Department of Agriculture (DA) na pag-aralan ang mga puwang sa industriya na nag-resulta sa pagtaas ng presyo ng baboy. Hindi na aniya sapat ang supply ng baboy, dahil sa patuloy na pagbaba ng bilang ng back-yard farmers sa mga nakalipas na taon, na nag-resulta sa mataas na suggested retail price. Sa ngayon, ang presyo ng baboy ay umaabot na sa Php 210.00 […]
By Ailly Millo Eagle News Service QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Isandaang sumukong drug users at pushers sa Quezon City ang nagsipagtapos kahapon, Abril 18. Sila ang unang batch na nagsipagtapos sa ilalim ng Community Based Rehab Program ng pamahalaan ng lungsod ng Quezon. Ayon kay Quezon City Vice Mayor Joy Belmonte, sumalang ang mga nagsipagtapos na drug users at pushers sa labindalawang sessions ng clinical counseling. Isinailalim din aniya ang mga ito sa […]
