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Humingi ng paumanhin si Pangulong Duterte sa pagkamatay ng Korean businessman na si Jee Ick Joo. Pero nanawagan ang pamahalaan ng South Korea sa Pilipinas na lutasin at bigyan ng hustisya ang pagkamatay ng negosyante. Sa statement ng embahada ng South Korea, sinabi nitong dapat magkaroon ng masusing imbestigasyon sa isyu at mapanagot ang responsable sa karumal-dumal na krimen. https://youtu.be/v_0mTIQcGp8
Sinimulan ng Senado ang imbestigasyon nito sa ‘Tokhang-for-Ransom’. Nagharap harap kanina ang byuda ni Jee Ick Joo,ang kasambahay ni Jee, ang sinasabing nasa likod ng pagdukopt at pagpatay sa korano na si SPO3 Ricky Sta. Isabel, mga matataas na opisyal ng PNP at DOJ. Sa pagdinig, nadiin sa krimen si Sta. Isabel, pero binigyang-diin nito na isa lamang siyang fall guy. Panoorin ang report ni Meanne Corvera:
Huwag munang magpadala ng mga domestic helper sa Kuwait. Ito ang nilalaman Ng House Resolution na inihain ni Acts OFW Partylist Rep. John Bertiz. Kasunod ng pagkakabitay sa OFW na si Jakatia Pawa kahapon. Isinusulong naman ni Muntinlupa Cong. Ruffy Biazon ang pagkakaroon ng special task force na tututok sa kaso na hinaharap ng mga OFW sa abroad. Si Madelyn Villar-Moratillo sa report:
Quezon City, Philippines (Eagle News) – Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II said that he does not believe in former President Benigno Aquino III’s denial of responsibility for the Mamasapano tragedy. Aguirre also challenged Aquino to subject his personal phone under forensic examination in order to check what really were his commands to those directing the Oplan Exodus, particularly former Philippine National Police Chief Cesar Alan Purisima. https://youtu.be/nsTFnNMTCms Aguirre was the counsel who represented former Philippine […]
Below is the full statement of former President Benigno Aquino III on the Mamasapano tragedy issued on January 26, Thursday: Nangako po akong manahimik ng isang taon. Pero nitong Martes, nagsalita si Pangulong Duterte. Sa pakiwari ko: Tama lang po na tumugon ako. Sa Mindanao, may pinag-uusapang konsepto ng pintakasi, kung saan pag siguradong lamang sa bilang ng tao at dami ng armas ang kalaban, kukuyugin nila ang papasok, na kadalasa’y puwersa ng gobyerno. Muntik […]
(Eagle News) — Former President Benigno Aquino III on Thursday answered President Rodrigo Duterte’s questions on his involvement and liability in the Mamasapano massacre, insisting that this was not his fault, but that of former police special action forces director Getulio Napeñas Jr. “Nangako po akong manahimik ng isang taon. Pero nitong Martes, nagsalita si Pangulong Duterte. Sa pakiwari ko: Tama lang po na tumugon ako,” Aquino said in a statement on Thursday, January […]
KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait (AFP) — Human Rights Watch criticized Kuwait on Thursday for ending a moratorium on executions by hanging seven people, saying the action was part of a worrying regional rise in use of the death penalty. “Kuwait’s killing of seven people on January 25 highlights the alarming trend in the region for countries to return to or increasingly use the death penalty,” said Sarah Leah Whitson, HRW’s Middle East director. The executions on […]
HONG KONG, China (AFP) — The global rally in stocks pushed into another day, with Tokyo leading a surge in Asian markets Thursday following another record close on Wall Street that saw the Dow hit a historic milestone. After weeks of unease across trading floors, investors around the world have refound the optimism that fuelled a surge in the two months after Donald Trump was elected president. The latest lease of life comes after the […]
ROME, Italy (AFP) — Searchers have completed the grim hunt through the ruins of an Italian hotel buried by an avalanche and found the final bodies, bringing the toll to 29 dead, authorities said Thursday. The hundreds of rescuers who aided in the searches after the January 18 disaster, which saw the Hotel Rigopiano ripped from its foundations by a wall of snow and debris, saved 11 people. Locals authorities said in a brief statement […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — The latest study released by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) revealed an alarming trend wherein college graduates spend up to two years before finding gainful employment, resulting in one million young Filipinos having no jobs. The study shows that the reason for such a long transition period is the lack of life skills of college graduates. https://youtu.be/R_VjBp-Ly3w
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Malacañang revealed that there is a problem on the quality of housing built for Yolanda victims in Tacloban, Leyte. Housing Czar and Secretary to the Cabinet Leoncio Evasco Jr., said that when President Rodrigo Duterte made his inspection round, it was very apparent that many of the housing units were substandard. The housing project was begun during the Aquino administration and was only finished during the Duterte administration. https://youtu.be/XbVsEa4hSEI
QEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The third round of peace talks between the Philippine government and the National Democratic Front – which was held in Rome, Italy – formally ends. Both sides signed the supplemental guidelines which provided for the monitoring of human rights violations. This means that the comprehensive agreement on respect of human rights and international humanitarian law — the first of the four substantive agenda of the peace talks — will […]
