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OSG asks QC court to order arrest of Tiamzon couple and other NDFP consultants

    QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Office of the Solicitor General asked before the Quezon City Regional Court to order the re-arrest of the 20 National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) consultants led by top communist leaders Benito and Wilma Tiamzon. In a manifestation and motion released by the OSG, Solicitor General Jose Calida asked the QC trial court to them send back to the prison since the peace negotations between […]

Landslide, naranasan sa San Francisco, Surigao Del Norte

SAN FRANCISCO, Surigao Del Norte (Eagle News) — Isinailalim na sa Alert Level 2 ang Purok Uno, Barangay Oslao, San Francisco, Surigao Del Norte dahil sa landslide. Ito ay pagkatapos na makita at mamonitor ang paglaki ng biyak sa bundok. Naglabas na ng advisory ang pamunuan ng lalawigan para sa evacuation ng limampu’t-limang kabahayan. Samantala, nakakaranas din ng pag-ulan ang buong lalawigan ng surigao na nasa Alert Level 1 na ngayon. Sa ngayon ay may […]

Jack Lam’s business associates detail P100-M “extortion” try of 2 BI commissioners

  (Eagle News) – It was a clear extortion attempt by former immigration commissioners who demanded P100 million for the release of 1,316 Chinese workers arrested in November last year. This was the testimony of business associates and interpreters of Jack Lam who pointed to former associate commissioners Al Argosino and Michael Robles as the Bureau of Immigration officials who tried to get money from them, allegedly to pay for the bail of the Chinese […]

“Mangyan Desk to the Barangay” isinagawa ng PNP

SAN TEODORO, Mindoro Oriental (Eagle News) – Bilang bahagi ng pag-ibig sa kapwa-tao ay nagsagawa ang Kapulisan ng Bayan ng San Teodoro, Oriental Mindoro ng isang aktibidad na tinawag nilang “Mangyan Desk to the Barangay.” Isinagawa ito sa Barangay Hall ng Bigaan sa pangunguna ni PSInsp. Arman G. Rubio. Layunin nito ay ilapit ang damdamin ng mga katutubo sa kapulisan at maipadama na mahalaga sila sa Lipunan. Tinalakay sa aktibidad ang mga karapatan at batas ukol sa […]

Children with special needs binigyan ng special atensyon ng PNP

TAGUM CITY, Davao Del Norte (Eagle News) – Dinalaw ng mga miyembro ng Davao Del Norte Police Office ang ilang “Children with Special Needs” sa Magugpo, Pilot Elementary School, Davao Del Norte noong Martes, February 14.  Pinangunahan ito ni Police Senior Inspector Carolina J. Blanco ng PNP Davnor PCR. Kanilang isinagawa ang “Thank a Police Officer Program” na bahagi na rin ng Special Education Program ng nasabing paaralan. Labis ang pasasalamat ng mga estudyante sa kanilang police […]

Camp Defense Dry Run isinagawa ng mga kapulisan sa Cantilan, Surigao del Sur

CANTILAN, Surigao del Sur (Eagle News) – Nagsagawa ng  Camp Defense Dry Run ang Philippines National Police (PNP) sa Bayan ng Cantilan, Surigao del Sur. Pinangunahan ito ni PSInps. Mark Navales, hepe ng nasabing istasyon. Layunin nito na lalo pang mapaigting ang kapayapaan at seguridad ng publiko sa kanilang bayan. Paghahanda pa rin ito sa anumang posibilidad na pag-atake o pagsalakay ng alinmang banta ng terorismo. May kaugnayan din ito sa proyektong isinusulong ngayon ng mga awtoridad kontra krimen at […]

PH Micro Entrepreneurs to benefit in ASEAN Summit 2017

Jodi Bustos, Eagle News Service QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Small business owners are now preparing their world-class Filipino made products to attract different nationalities who will gather in Boracay for the Association of the Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Ministerial Meeting on Sunday, February 19. Some of their featured native products are keychains, recycled bags, T-shirts imprinted with ‘Philippines’ and much more. They are among the beneficiaries who will benefit in the ASEAN Summit […]

Yahoo notifies users of sophisticated breach methods

SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — Yahoo said Wednesday it was notifying some users that hackers may have been able to use a maneuver to break into their accounts without stealing passwords. The latest notifications were in response to the record breach disclosed late last year affecting an estimated one billion users — which involved forging of “cookies” or files used to authenticate users when they log into their accounts. The notification indicates the investigation […]

Tokyo collects old phones to recycle into 2020 Olympics medals

TOKYO, Japan (Reuters) — Over a hundred of people gathered at the Tokyo Metropolitan Government building on Thursday (February 16) to donate their old mobile phones, which will be recycled into medals for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. The Tokyo 2020 organizing committee hopes to gather as much as eight tonnes of metal from outdated mobile phones and small appliances. This effort, the first of its kind for the Olympics, will extract 40 kg of gold, 2,930 […]

DILG prepares for “The Big One” – Sec. Sueno

QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Department of Interior and Local Government is now preparing and studying the safety measures that should be put in place in case a 7.2 magnitude earthquake or what they called “The Big One” suddenly hit the West Valley Fault that could kill thousands of people. DILG Secretary Mike Sueno said that unlike typhoons where everyone can prepare ahead of time, an earthquake can occur anytime. This is the […]

COMELEC urges 205,697 deactivated overseas absentee voters to reactivate

MANILA, Feb 16 – The Commission on Elections’ Office for Overseas Voting (OFOV) is urging the 205,697 voters, who were deactivated after the May 2016 polls for failure to vote in two consecutive national elections, to reactivate their registration status simply by proceeding to the embassy or consulate in the country where they are based, or the OFOV in Comelec Intramuros or their local Comelec office if they are currently in the Philippines. Overseas Filipinos […]

DSWD says only 15 out of 54 barangays in Surigao have not been given post-earthquake assistance

QUEZON CITY, Feb. 16 – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) gave updates on its relief efforts in Surigao. DSWD Secretary Judy M. Taguiwalo said that the Field Office in Caraga continues its efforts to assist residents affected by last Friday’s earthquake and the aftershocks which continue to hit the region three days later. “We have established a more orderly system of relief distribution in coordination with the local government units (LGUs) down to the barangay […]