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Palace extends condolences to family of late Senator Leticia Ramos – Shahani

QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) – Malacañang extended its condolences to the family of former Senator Leticia Ramos-Shahani, who passed away due to cancer early Monday. “The Palace is saddened by the news of former senator and career diplomat (Leticia Ramos) Shahani’s passing this morning,” Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella said in a statement. Abella also acknowledged her service to the country. “She was a profound humanist and her voice will be missed,” the Palace statement […]

No legal basis to impeach VP Leni Robredo – Liberal Party

QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) – The Liberal Party claims there is no legal basis to file an impeachment case against Vice President Leni Robredo. This was the reaction of the Liberal Party, after Speaker of the House of Representatives Pantaleon Alvarez threatened to file an impeachment case against Robredo for her act of sending  a video condemning alleged extra-judicial killings in the country to a United Nations forum. Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon, who also […]

Liberal Party senators defend party head VP Robredo

QUEZON City, Philippines  (Eagle News) —  Liberal Party senators defended their party’s titular head Vice President Leni Robredo, who figured in a video message shown in a United Nations side-event in Vienna that condemned drug-related killings in the country. According to a statement of Liberal Party senators, it was Robredo’s prerogative to appraise the world of the abuses perpetrated during the administration’s drug war. “(Vice President Leni) Robredo’s video message to a (UN) event is within […]

VACC: Robredo committed a “despicable act of treachery”

(Eagle News) — The Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption lashed out at Vice President Leni Robredo on Monday, saying she should apologize for her “despicable act of treachery.” The independent anticrime watchdog was referring to Robredo’s issuance of a video statement before the international community, which was released online on March 13. In the 6-minute video published by Time.com last week, Robredo was seen dishing out criticisms of Duterte’s drug war,  saying police were so abusive they beat […]

Isang bahay inararo ng pick-up, 2 patay

R.T. ROMUALDEZ, Agusan del Norte (Eagle News) – Inararo ng isang pick-up na sasakyan ang isang kubo na nasa tabi ng national highway ng R.T. Romualdez, Agusan Del Norte. Ang nasabing aksidente ay nangyari nitong Lunes, March 20, bandang 6:15 ng umaga. Dalawa ang naiulat na namatay sa nabanggit na aksidente. Ang ina ng tahanan at ang pitong taong gulang na anak nito. Natakot aniya ang driver dahil sa dami ng kaanak ng mga biktima na nakapalibot […]

Policewoman, biktima ng pamamaril sa Maynila

QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Patay ang isang babaeng pulis matapos itong pagbabarilin ng mga hindi pa nakikilalang riding in tandem sa kahabaan ng Maynila. Kinilala ang biktima na si Po1 Jorsan Marie Alafriz na nakatalaga sa Barbosa PCP Manila Police District (MPD) Station 3 bilang isang beat patroller. Ayon sa paunang imbestigasyon ng MPD homicide desk, diumano’y lulan ng kanyang sasakyan si Alafriz nang ito ay pinagbabaril ng dalawang magkaangkas sa motorsiklo pasado 10:00 […]

Robredo betrayed public trust, shamed nation with video message: ex-Palace spokesperson

QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Vice President Leni Robredo committed betrayal of public trust when she criticized the anti-drug campaign of President Rodrigo Duterte in the international scene. This is according to former presidential spokesperson Gary Olivar, who was interviewed in the program “Liwanagin Natin.” Olivar added the video message  shown in a United Nations side event in Vienna, Austria will do more harm to the Philippines’ image. Olivar is the former deputy spokesperson of former President […]

Clean-up drive ng mga kabataan, masayang isinagawa sa Meycauayan, Bulacan

MEYCAUAYAN CITY, Bulacan (Egle News) – Nagsagawa ng clean-up drive ang grupong Robinhood Youth Volunteer, isang grupo ng mga kabataan ng Brgy. Banga, Meycauyan City, Bulacan. Layunin nila ay upang makatulong sa pagpapanatili ng kalinisan sa kapaligiran. Sa halip na sa paglalaro ubusin ang kanilang oras, ibinuhos ng mga bata na may edad anim na taong gulang pataas ang kanilang oras sa paglilinis sa kanilang lugar. Bitbit ang kanilang gamit panlinis tulad ng walis, dust-pan, sako at […]

Light trucks ban sinimulan na ng MMDA

QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) – Sinimulan na nitong Lunes, March 20 ng Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) ang pagpapatupad ng uniform light truck ban. Mula 6:00 ng umaga hanggang 10:00 ng umaga ay umaabot na sa 377 ang kanilang nahuli sa may Southbound ng EDSA. Lahat ng ‘light trucks’, pribado o commercial use ay mahigpit na pinagbabawalan dumaan sa EDSA Southbound at Shaw Boulevard (mula Mandaluyong City at Pasig City) mula 6:00 ng umaga hanggang 10:oo […]

East Timor votes for new president

DILI, East Timor (Reuters) — People began voting in East Timor on Monday (March 2) in an election that is seeing two former resistance fighters vie for the presidential ticket. Lines formed outside polling booths, as voters queued to choose from a field of eight candidates contesting the fourth presidential poll since East Timor won independence from Indonesia in 2002. Francisco “Lu Olo” Guterres, backed by the party that led the independence struggle, Fretilin, is […]

Colorado wildfire that forced evacuations may be man-made

COLORADO, UNITED STATES (Reuters) — A wildfire near the University of Colorado in Boulder that may be man-made burned about 62 acres (25 hectares) of woodland on Sunday (March 19) and prompted the evacuation of 426 homes in the drought-hit region, authorities said. The fire in Sunshine Canyon, just outside the university town, started before dawn on Sunday, with no injuries or damage to structures reported, said Commander Mike Wagner, a spokesman for the Boulder […]

Buffalo soldiers help Thai kids combat autism

They may not be the most advanced pieces of equipment in Thailand’s military arsenal, but parents and officers say “buffalo soldiers” are making strides helping autistic children come out of their shells. (AFP) https://youtu.be/IwhuUrimres