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Fire drill at seminar isinagawa ng mga kawani at volunteers sa T.Sora, Quezon City

QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) – Nagsagawa ng fire drill at seminar ang barangay officials ng Tandang Sora, Quezon City noong Huwebes, February 23. Ito ay bilang paghahanda sa Fire Prevention Month ngayong Marso. Pinangunahan ni Sr. Inspector Ronnie Benedicto ng Quezon City Fire District, Station 6 ang nasabing seminar. Itinuro sa mga barangay volunteer ang mga dapat gawin at mga gampanin kapag nagkaroon ng sunog. Pagkatapos ng seminar ay nagkaroon ng fire drill at simulation sa bakanteng […]

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DOJ’s Aguirre advises De Lima not to be choosy on her detention cell

  (Eagle News) — Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II advised Senator Leila de Lima not to be choosy as to where she would be detained, after the senator refused the earlier offer of the Philippine National Police to have her detained at the PNP Detention Center in Camp Crame, Quezon City. Aguirre said it was actually the Muntinlupa regional trial court which would determine where De Lima would be detained. “She does not want to […]

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Bees can learn to roll a ball for food: study

by Kerry SHERIDAN Agence France Presse MIAMI, United States (AFP) — Entice them with a sweet reward and bumblebees can be trained to roll a ball into a goal, revealing unexpectedly complex learning abilities for an insect, researchers said Thursday. The findings in the US journal Science offer the first evidence that bees can learn a skill that is not directly related to their typical duties of foraging for food. Even more, bumblebees appeared to […]

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China continues ‘steady pattern’ of S.China Sea militarization: experts

  WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Recent satellite imagery appears to show China is completing structures intended to house surface-to-air missiles (SAMs) on a series of artificial islands in the South China Sea, a Washington think-tank said Thursday. According to images published by the Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative, the structures are being installed on Fiery Cross Reef, Mischief Reef and Subi Reef in the Spratly Islands. The AMTI, which is part of the Center for […]

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Police arrest De Lima, undergoes booking process in Crame

  (Eagle News) — Senator Leila de Lima was turned over to the police at the Senate basement past 8 a.m. today, Friday, where she was then brought inside a van for transporting to the Philippine National Police headquarters in Camp Crame Quezon City, where she underwent booking procedures. Earlier, Senate sergeant-at-arms Jose Balajadia Jr., fetched the senator from her office at 8 a.m. in compliance with an earlier agreement with the arresting team from the PNP that the […]

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US promises no mass deportations in bid to calm Mexico

  by Nicolas REVISE Agence France Presse MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AFP) — US officials promised Mexico no “mass deportations” or use of military force to expel immigrants, moving to calm tensions over President Donald Trump’s vow to crack down on “bad dudes” illegally residing in his country. US Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson met with Mexican ministers who expressed “concern and irritation” over Trump’s combative stance on trade and […]

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Dayan arrested Thursday night in Pangasinan, to be brought to Manila today

  (Eagle News) — While Senator Leile de Lima might be arrested today anytime this Friday morning, her co-accused in the drug-related cases, former lover and bodyguard Ronnie Dayan, was already arrested by the police in Urbiztondo, Pangasinan on Thursday night (February 23). This was according to Urbiztondo police’s Chief Inspector Joshua Maximo who claimed Dayan did not resist arrest and was even expecting it when the police came to his house to get him […]

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NBA: Mavericks send Bogut to 76ers in Noel deal: reports

NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Australian center Andrew Bogut has been traded from the Dallas Mavericks to the Philadelphia 76ers in an NBA deal sending forward Nerlens Noel to Dallas, according to multiple reports Thursday. As the league’s transfer window slammed shut ahead of the resumption of games after the NBA All-Star Game break, teams made final moves to tweak rosters for playoff runs or reduce payrolls in hopes of free agency spending next […]

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Updated: PNP-CIDG now in Senate; De Lima arrest anytime between 8 to 10 a.m.

    (Eagle News) — The Philippine National Police Criminal Investigation and Detection Group is now at the Senate, arriving there just before 11 p.m., Thursday to arrest controversial Senator Leila De Lima who would now be arrested anytime between 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. Friday. It was a tension-filled night at the Senate Thursday (February 23) when the CIDG team went to the Senate ready to arrest the lady senator. But an agreement reached later […]

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DILG defends plan to post “drug-free” stickers on houses with no drug involvement, says it’s a nonviolent approach

QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — After the suspension of the illegal drug campaign of the Philippine National Police, the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) planned to post “drug-free stickers” on households who have no drug-dependent members. “Saving our country from being a narco-state is a shared responsibility. The government cannot do it alone,” Sueno said. Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Ismael Sueno said on Tuesday, February 23 that this […]

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More than 300,000 Filipinos possibly up for US deportation

(Eagle News) — The United States will enforce another law on every illegal immigrant in the United State subject to deportation. According to the Department of Foreign Affairs, there are approximately 3.4 million Filipinos living in the US. In this number, around 310,000 are recorded undocumented.

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