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News in photo: A Philippine flag among the flowers placed to remember Sweden truck attack victims
DFA to have new spokesperson
(Eagle News) — The Department of Foreign Affairs will have a new spokesperson. The DFA announced in a statement on Tuesday that the current spokesperson, Assistant Secretary Charles Jose, will be assuming his post as Philippine Ambassador to Malaysia on Wednesday, April 12. As such, it said Jose would be replaced by Robespierre Bolivar, who is officer-in-charge of the Office of the Undersecretary for Policy. It added he would assume the role of acting DFA spokesperson effective Wednesday, April 12. […]
Stockholm attack suspect admits to ‘terror crime’
by Ilgin Karlidag Agence France Presse Suspected Stockholm truck attacker Rakhmat Akilov, a 39-year-old Uzbek and jihadist sympathizer, admitted Tuesday to committing a “terrorist crime” by mowing down pedestrians on a busy street, killing four people and injuring 15 others. “Akilov confesses to a terrorist crime and accepts his custody detention,” his lawyer Johan Eriksson told a custody hearing in a Stockholm district court. Akilov, who was arrested in a Stockholm suburb just hours after Friday’s […]
Video: First hand account: Eagle News correspondent recalls the horror of Sweden “truck attack”
Sweden’s Eagle News Service correspondent, Pauline Bautista, a Filipina, recalls the horror and shock of witnessing first hand the tragic truck attack in the country’s capital of Stockholm. Bautista recalled how the bus she was riding in stopped just in the nick of time, a few seconds before the “terror truck” passed through and rammed the crowd on the busy street. The people were crying, shouting, running. Some were frantically calling the police or […]
Diving activities sa Mabini, Batangas muling ipinahintulot
Ni Ghadzs Rodelas Eagle News Service Mabini, Batangas — Pinayagan na muli ng gobyerno ng Mabini ang mga diving activities sa lugar, ilang araw matapos nitong ipagbawal ito dahil sa pangambang maulit ang “earthquake swarm” sa probinsiya nitong katapusan ng linggo. “..Ang aming ipinaabot sa inyo…na (sa) ating tourist destination ay ganap ko na pong pinabalik yung ating diving activity,” sabi ni Mabini Mayor Noel Luistro nitong Martes, ika-11 ng Abril. Ayon sa kaniya, ang prayoridad sa ngayon ng […]
Justice Secretary Aguirre: May nagpopondo kay Lascanas
Ni Erwin Temperante Eagle News Service Naniniwala si Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II na mayroong nagpopondo kay Arthur Lascanas, ang retiradong pulis na bumaliktad sa kanyang unang pahayag na walang kinalaman si Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte sa diumanong Davao Death Squad. Ginawa ng kalihim ang pahayag ilang araw matapos umalis si Lascanas patungong Singapore. Ayon sa Bureau of Immigration, planong bumalik ng retiradong pulis sa Pilipinas sa ika-22 ng Abril. Ayon kay Aguirre, dahil sa pag-amin ni Lascanas na mayroon siyang pinatay […]
President Duterte vows to bring home pardoned OFWs from Middle East
QUEZON City, Philippines – President Rodrigo Duterte promised to bring home to the country Overseas Filipino Workers who had been granted clemency in Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Bahrain. There are currently 5000 OFWs who received pardon from the Middle East and are scheduled to be repatriated to the Philippines. The President went to the Middle East for a round of official visits.
Estados Unidos naglaan ng P200 milyon upang makatulong sa pagsugpo ng child trafficking sa Pilipinas
Ni Erwin Temperante Eagle News Service Naglaan ang Estados Unidos ng P200 milyon upang matulungan ang Pilipinas na masugpo ang child online trafficking at child labor trafficking. Ang paglaan ng P175 milyon para sa child online trafficking, at P25 milyon sa child labor trafficking ay bahagi ng Child Protection Compact Agreement na nilagdaan ng Estados Unidos at ng Pilipinas ngayong Martes, ika-11 ng Abril. Ang kasunduang nilagdaan nina Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II at United States Charge […]
Eagle News photos: People remember Stockholm truck attack victims with flowers, prayers, notes
These photos by Eagle News Service’s Pauline Bautista, Fritzie Joy Pijana and Celma Mariano in Stockholm, Sweden captured how people paid tribute to the victims of the April 7 truck attack in the Swedish capital that shocked the country. The tragedy claimed four victims, and injured 15 more people. Pauline also was at the scene of the truck attack when it happened on Friday, April 7. (Eagle News Service)
UPDATED: Nine dead as militants attack Philippine tourist island: army
Nine people including four members of the Philippine security forces were killed Tuesday in clashes with 10 suspected members of the Abu Sayyaf kidnap group on the resort island of Bohol, authorities said. The incursion would be the first on a key Philippine tourist destination in recent years by the group which pledges allegiance to the Islamic State and often targets foreigners in the lawless southern Mindanao region. Five gunmen were killed, and four […]
PNP Chief Dela Rosa inspects bus terminals
QUEZON City, Philippines – Philippine National Police Chief Director General Ronald Dela Rosa went around the main bus terminals in Metro Manila to inspect their security measures for the long holiday.
