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(Eagle News) — A former police officer who owned the funeral parlor where Korean businessman Jee Ick-Joo was cremated vowed to tell all that he knows about the case. Gerardo Santiago came back to the country from Cxanada Friday morning, around 6 a.m., saying he wanted to clear his name. He also claimed that there were threats to his life. He said that while he was in Canada, he was advised not to go back […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte “earnestly asked” members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) not to provide “sanctuary” to the ISIS-connected Maute group, and other terrorist groups. In a speech during his visit to the wounded soldiers in Camp Siongco Station Hospital in Maguindanao, the President said that he wants to pursue peace with the Moro rebels as well as with the communist insurgents, but […]
Isa na namang pelikula ang ihahandog ng VIVA films ngayong darating na Pebrero na pinamagatang “Swipe” mula sa Aliud Entertainment sa direksyon ni Ed Lejano. Ang “Swipe” ay pinagbibidahan nila Meg Imperial, Luis Alandy, Maria Isabel Lopez, Gabby Eigenmann at Mercedes Cabral. Ang istorya ng pelikula ay tungkol sa ibat-ibang uri ng tao na ibat iba ang uri katayuan sa buhay na kung saan ay mababago ang kanilang buhay dahil sa social media at internet. […]
(Eagle News) — Nakataas parin ang red tide alert sa Carles, Iloilo. Batay sa inilabas na bulletin ng Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR), positibo parin sa mataas na level ng paralytic shellfish toxins ang mga shellfish mula sa Gigantes Island. Kaugnay nito, pinagbawalan ng BFAR ang mga residente na manguha, magbenta o kumain ng mga shellfish at alamang mula sa nasabing isla. Sinabi naman ng bfar na ligtas kainin ang mga isda, pusit, […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Senator Panfilo Lacson said that the Philippine National Police has lost the trust of the Filipino-Chinese community due to the Jee Ick-Joo case. “The Jee Ick Joo kidnap slay case was indeed tragic and unfortunate but enough for the police force to lose public trust and respect,” Lacson said. Senator Lacson said that this is the reason why the Filipino-Chinese are no longer filing formal complaints on kidnapping cases. […]
HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Most Asian markets rose again Friday following another positive lead from Wall Street, with Tokyo boosted by a plunging yen, although traders remain nervous about the outlook for global trade with Donald Trump in the White House. After one of the best weeks in January, gains were tempered with investors taking a breather as they keep an eye on developments in Washington where Trump is pushing on with his “America […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte vowed he would not let criminal cops who had tainted the integrity of the national police off the hook, as he stressed that the cops responsible for the kidnap-slaying of a Korean businessman would “suffer.” The President on Thursday apologized to the South Korean government and all its citizens for what happened to South Korean businessman Jee Ick-Joo who had been abducted and killed by certain policemen from the […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Inspite of earlier remarks of President Rodrigo Duterte wanting to end United States military presence in the country, the US will still construct temporary facilities in selected camps of the Philippine military this year. This was according to Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana, but he clarified that these facilities would only be for humanitarian assistance and disaster response, and that there would be no military equipment that would be kept in the US facilities to be set […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine economy grew a solid 6.8 percent in 2016, surpassing even China, and considered one of the fastest rates in Asia last year. Data provided by the Philippine Statistics Authority showed that the Philippine economy was even faster that China (6.7 percent), and Vietnam (6.2 percent) reflecting the fastest Gross Domestic Product growth in Asia. Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III said that this proved that the economy is in “pretty good […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Mexico is willing to talk with the United States in order to maintain good relations, but paying for President Donald Trump’s border wall “is not negotiable,” Mexican Foreign Minister Luis Videgaray said Thursday. “There are things that are not negotiable, things that cannot and will not be negotiated. The fact that it is being said that Mexico should pay for the wall is something that is simply not negotiable,” Videgaray […]
