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(Eagle News) — Forty-eight erring policemen were made to undergo an intensive disciplinary training and reorientation, as the Philippine National Police stepped up its campaign against scalawags in the force. The 48 policemen who are members of the National Capital Region Police Office began the 15-day training on Friday at Camp Bagong Diwa, Bicutan in Taguig. The men in uniform had either been administratively charged, or had been warned for certain lapses while on duty. […]
Written By: Kenneth Cruz, Eagle News Service US, Los Angeles Bureau Assisted by: Jaina Pallasigui It was a great day for the Lakers Organization and all Laker lovers as the day started with the unveiling of Shaq’s statue and ended with a 130-119 Laker win over the Timberwolves in their first overtime win of the season. Part Filipino Jordan Clarkson had a career high 35 points and went 8/10 from the 3 point line. Clarkson, […]
Written By: Adrian Manguit, Eagle News Service US, Florida Bureau (Orlando, FL) – Friday night’s game was a tale of two teams. First we have the Orlando Magic who are trying to figure how to play as a team after their major trade of Serge Ibaka for Terrance Ross from the Toronto Raptors. Second, we have the Detroit Pistons who are vying for a playoff spot in the eastern conference. Most assumed the Pistons would […]
by Tristan MCCONNELL Agence France-Presse NAIROBI, Kenya – South Sudan’s famine is a disaster created by its leaders, say analysts who argue that while food may save some lives now it is only peace that can bring lasting relief. But peace is as distant as ever with an international community that appears paralysed, while the men ruling over the country’s misery are unmoved by pleas for them to lay down their weapons. There is no […]
Can you build a house entirely made of plastic bottles? This 86-year old woman did it 12 years ago, and her house still stands strong in in the village of El Borbollon, El Transito, west of San Salvador, on March 14, 2017. She built her house in 2005, not with the usual bricks and cement, or wood, but with the use of plastic bottles which she recycled into this small house because she had no […]
China said on Friday (March 24) it was in touch with the Philippines about the possible visit of a Chinese naval ship to the country. Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said on Thursday (March 23) he had invited China to send a battleship to visit. His overtures towards a country long regarded by Manila as a maritime aggressor have marked an astonishing foreign policy shake-up, and Duterte made a landmark visit to meet Chinese President […]
Huddled in makeshift shipping container homes on a South Korean waterfront, the relatives of the missing from the Sewol ferry disaster have endured a harrowing wait to recover their dead children. (Video courtesy AFPTV)
Salvage operators raise part of South Korea’s sunken Sewol ferry, Yonhap news agency reports, nearly three years after the disaster killed more than 300 people and dealt a crippling blow to now-ousted president Park Geun-Hye. (Video courtesy AFPTV)
by Hwang Sunghee Agence France Presse JINDO, South Korea (AFP) –South Korea’s sunken Sewol ferry was sailed away from its watery grave Friday, beginning its final journey nearly three years after it went down with the loss of more than 300 lives. A flotilla of powerful tugs towed the wreck, lying on its side on a platform between two giant salvage barges, towards a semi-submersible that will finally bring it into port. The […]
Eagle News — Muling nilinaw ng China na iginagalang nila ang sovereign rights ng Pilipinas sa Benham Rise na deklaradong bahagi ng continental shelf nito. Batay sa inilabas na pahayag ng Chinese Foreign Ministry, sinabi ng China na hindi nila hinahabol ang maritime rights sa nasabing teritoryo lalo’t malinaw naman na sakop ito ng Pilipinas. Muling iginiit ng China na napadaan lamang ang kanilang survey ship sa Benham Rise at wala silang intensyong pag-aralan at […]
Eagle News — Hindi pabor ang pamilya Marcos na ma-impeach si Vice President Leni Robredo. Ayon kay Ilocos Norte Governor Imee Marcos, mas gugustuhin umano nila lalo na ng kanyang kapatid na si dating Senador Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., na ipursige ang election protest laban kay Robredo kaysa sa impeachment. Sinabi ni Gov. Marcos, wala ring kinalaman ang kanyang pamilya sa pagsasampa ng naturang impeachment complaint sa pangunguna ni Atty. Oliver Lozano . Aniya, si […]
Eagle News — Sinampahan ng disbarment case sa Korte Suprema si Ombudsman Conchita Carpio Morales dahil sa pag-abswelto kay dating Pangulong Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III sa isyu ng Disbursement Acceleration Program( DAP). Ang disbarment case laban kay Morales ay inihain ni dating Manila Councilor Greco Belgica na isa sa mga petisyoner noon na kinuwestiyon ang DAP sa Korte Suprema. Ayon kay Belgica, nilabag ni Morales ang lawyer’s oath nang aprubahan nito ang resolusyon na nag-aabswelto kay Aquino sa […]
