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PNP confirms terror threat in Central Visayas, after US issues travel advisory

QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Philippine National Police Chief Director General Ronald Dela Rosa confirmed that there were terror threats in Central Visayas following the advisory of the United States Embassy in Manila. Dela Rosa said that he was informed by Region VII PNP Regional Director Police Chief Superintendent Noli Pariño about the terror threats. He said that the PNP is now taking actions on the said threat. The US Embassy on Sunday, April […]

Lascañas to be back in the country on April 22, says immigration spokesperson

QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) – The Bureau of Immigration said that retired police Arturo Lascañas will return to the Philippines on April 22, based on his return ticket. “As reported by our Port Operations Division Chief Marc Red Mariñas, a passenger by the name Arthur B Lascañas presented himself [on Saturday] for immigration departure clearance on or about 1701H,” (BI) spokesperson Antonette Mangrobang said. Lascañas went to Singapore last Saturday, April 8. The Bureau […]

PHIVOLCS records more than 1,000 aftershocks in quake-hit Batangas

(Eagle News) — The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) has already recorded more than 1,000 aftershocks since Tuesday’s (April 4) magnitude 5.5 earthquake that first rocked Batangas last week. According to PHIVOLCS Director Renato Solidum, these recorded quakes include the four quakes that hit Batangas last Saturday, April 8, the strongest of which was the magnitude 6.0 quake that struck 3:09 p.m. Solidum explained that such quakes are what they called ‘earthquake swarm’ […]

Baguio City nakiisa sa paggunita sa ‘Araw ng Kagitingan’

BAGUIO CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) – Ipinadiwang ng Baguio City ang ‘Araw ng Kagitingan’ sa Veterans Park. Ito ay pinangunahan ng opisyal ng gobyerno ng lungsod sa pangunguna ni City Mayor Mauricio G. Domogan sa pakikipag-unayan ng Philippine Veterans Association Office (PVAO). Sinaksihan ng mga kawani ng lungsod ang ginawang programa kasama din ang mga kawani ng Baguio City Police Office (BCPO), Boys Scout of the Philippines (BSP- Baguio Chapter), Philippine Military Academy at and Veterans […]

Philippine Arena napuno ng mga panauhin sa ginanap na Evangelical Mission

QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Bitbit ang kani-kaniyang pamaypay at payong na bukod tanging pananggalang sa maalinsangan na panahon, hindi inalintana ng mga kapatid sa Iglesia Ni Cristo, kasama ang kanilang mga panauhin na inimbitahan ang matinding sikat ng araw habang binaybaybay ang daan papasok sa Philippine Arena. Maaga pa lamang ay nagtungo na ang mga kapatid sa nasabing lugar upang paghandaan ang isinagawang Pamamahayag ng mga Salita ng Diyos sa pangunguna ng mga […]

ISS astronauts prepare to return to Earth

TEXAS, United States (Reuters) — Outgoing International Space Station (ISS) commander Shane Kimbrough along with Russian crewmates Sergey Ryzhikov and Andrey Borisenko were scheduled to wrap up a 173-day mission on Monday (April 10), with a parachute landing in Kazakhstan at 7:21 a.m. EDT (1121 GMT). The astronauts exchanged hugs and took photographs before closing the hatch door on the ISS. Their replacements, NASA’s Jack Fischer and Fyodor Yurchikhin of Roscosmos, were due to arrive […]

President Duterte to China: Relax; Only structures, flags to rise in 9-10 islands in S. China Sea

(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday sought to allay China’s fears the Philippines would disrupt the situation in the South China Sea, following his pronouncement he had ordered the military to “occupy 9 or 10” islands there. “I’d like to address myself to the Chinese government…Kaibigan natin si Amba. I ordered the occupation of the 10 or 9 islands that are just near our shores because there’s a heightening of the geopolitical issues and eventually […]

China nuclear envoy in talks on North Korea threat

SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — China’s top nuclear envoy arrived in Seoul Monday for talks on the North Korean threat, as a US naval strike group headed to the region in a show of force. President Donald Trump, fresh from a missile strike on Syria that was widely interpreted as putting Pyongyang on warning, has asked to be provided with a range of options for eliminating the North’s nuclear capabilities. “Presidents before and President Trump […]

Asian traders tread uneasily as Syria strike fuels tensions

HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Asian investors moved cautiously Monday as last week’s US missile strikes on a Syrian airfield fuelled geopolitical tensions and led to sabre-rattling between Washington and Russia. There are fears about brewing tensions between the two powers, with the US suggesting there can be no peace while Moscow-backed Bashar al-Assad remains Syria’s president. Greg McKenna, chief market strategist at AxiTrader, said the attack showed the US was not pulling back from […]

Masa Masid Campaign inilunsad sa Biñan City, Laguna

BIÑAN CITY, Laguna (Eagle News) – Inilunsad ang Masa Masid Campaign at motorcade sa Barangay San Antonio, Binan City, Laguna. Ito ay may temang ‘Mamamayang Ayaw Sa Anomalya, Mamamayang Ayaw Sa Iligal na Droga’. Pinangunahan ni Brgy, Chairman Allan M. Farcon at sinuportahan naman ng Sangguniang Barangay. Nakiisa din ang kapulisan ng Biñan City sa pangunguna ni PSupt. Elpidio A. Ramirez, Acting Chief of Police Binan PNP. Kasama ang mga miyembro ng Barangay Anti-Drug Abuse Council […]