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By Mar Gabriel Eagle News Service MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Limampu’t tatlo (53) lamang sa mahigit dalawang daang (200) pasaway na pulis na ipinadedestino ng Pangulo sa Mindanao ang sumipot nitong Martes, Pebrero 21, sa Villamor Airbase. Apatnapu (40) sa mga pulis ang sadyang hindi isinama sa biyahe dahil sa mga kaso na hinahawakan nila rito sa Maynila. Karamihan sa kanila walang malinaw na dahilan kung bakit ayaw sumunod sa utos ng Pangulo. “It […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — US stocks jumped Tuesday with retailers and energy firms among the winners as positive sentiment about President Donald Trump’s economic agenda again lifted the market to fresh records at the close. All three major equity indices finished at all-time highs for the seventh time in eight sessions, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average up 0.6 percent at 20,743.00. The broad-based S&P 500 also gained 0.6 percent to end the […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — China’s Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday (February 21) it opposes actions by other countries under the pretext of freedom of navigation that damage its sovereignty, after a U.S. aircraft carrier strike group began patrols in the contested South China Sea. The U.S. navy said the strike group, including Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson, began routine operations in the South China Sea on Saturday (February 18) amid growing tensions with […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Civil Service Commission warned government employees against laziness and absenteeism, saying that there will be appropriate disciplinary measures against such bad habits. According to CSC Chairman Alicia Dela Rosa-Bala, frequent absences and truancy during the work period is strictly prohibited. Eagle News Service
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (Reuters) — When conservationists discovered the world’s newest crocodile species after years of sloshing through mangroves and swamps from Senegal to Uganda, the elation was tempered by the knowledge that it was on a path to extinction. Now, in its struggle to survive, the West African Slender-snouted Crocodile’s fate is tied to a zoo in the heart of Ivory Coast’s economic capital Abidjan, that itself faced an uncertain future not long ago. […]
OTTAWA, Canada (AFP) — Canada will resettle 1,200 Yezidi refugees who faced persecution by the Islamic State group, the immigration minister said Tuesday. Some 400 have already been airlifted to this country. “Our operation is under way and individual survivors of Daesh have been arriving in Canada for resettlement in the last number of months and this began on October 25, 2016,” Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen, using an Arabic name for the Islamic State. “Our […]
STA. MARIA, Romblon (Eagle News) – Isa na namang oar fish ang nalambat ng isang mangingisda sa Sitio Cabugao, Barangay Bunga, Sta. Maria, Romblon. Ayon kay Precel Jane Mesterioso, anak ng nakahuli ng nasabing isda, nahuli aniya ng kaniyang tatay na si Juan Misterioso ang isda sa pamamagitan ng largarite (isang uri ng lambat) noong madaling araw nang Martes, February 21. May habang 9 feet ang nasabing oar fish at halos sakupin na ang kalahati ng kalsada ng ilatag […]
(Eagle News) — Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II advised Senator Leila De Lima to be watchful of her statements since she could face another criminal case, this time for “inciting to sedition” for calling on the public to rise up against President Rodrigo Duterte. Aguirre, who had been called a “mediocre lawyer” by De Lima, said the former justice secretary who is now facing three drug-related charges for her alleged involvement in the proliferation of illegal drug […]
(Eagle News) — A very agitated Senator Leila De Lima called on the public to rise up against President Rodrigo Duterte as she held a press conference where she ranted against the Philippine leader whom she called a “sociopathic serial killer,” a dictator, and a “criminal.” She said the President was unfit to head the government and referred to the People Power that happened 31 years ago, which she said should be repeated today. The […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Angelina Jolie had warm words for her estranged husband Brad Pitt and is optimistic about the future of their family, the Hollywood star said in an interview Tuesday. Jolie and Pitt, once Hollywood’s most celebrated couple known as “Brangelina,” are in the midst of a high-profile divorce and last month reached an agreement to keep private the details of their split and battle over custody of their six children. […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Troubled singer Chris Brown has been ordered to stay away from an ex-girlfriend, model Karrueche Tran, after she said he punched her and threatened to kill her. In documents made public Tuesday, a Los Angeles court granted a restraining order requested by Tran, with Brown facing arrest if he comes near her. Tran, who has had an on-off relationship with Brown, said that he punched her in the stomach […]
