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(Eagle News) – The head of the Philippine National Police expressed deep shame that those involved in the abduction-slay of a Korean businessmen were members of his police force and that the victim was even killed inside the police’s national headquarters. PNP chief Director General Ronald dela Rosa said he wanted to disappear from the face of the Earth after learning of the crime that happened right inside PNP’s Camp Crame in Quezon City.. […]
CITY OF SAN JOSE DEL MONTE, Bulacan (Eagle News) – A Church officer was killed when she was hit by a bus while crossing Quirino Highway near the locale of Maharlika, Bulacan to attend a devotional prayer early Friday morning. Witnesses say the Magic Line bus, with plate number TXP-837, momentarily stopped to check on the victim but sped away when the witnesses approached to help. The police eventually caught up with the driver a […]
LONDON, United Kingdom (Reuters) — A banner reading “Build bridges not walls” was draped across London’s Tower Bridge on Friday (January 20) as part of a series of events across the world aimed at expressing displeasure at the inauguration of Donald Trump as U.S. president. Protesters on the iconic bridge held up pink letters reading “Act now!” soon after sunrise while others unfurled the banner over the railings and a speedboat with a black flag […]
PENNE, Italy (Reuters) — Rescue workers at a base camp in Penne, some 10 km (6 miles) away from a mountain hotel buried by an avalanche, prepared to continue their search efforts on Friday (January 20) morning. Rescuers dug all night in deep snow and debris looking for some 30 missing people who were staying in the luxury hotel in central Italy when an avalanche struck almost two days ago. Officials have confirmed finding two […]
NEW YORK, United States (Reuters) — Mexican cartel kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman was brought to a jail in Manhattan late Thursday night (January 19) shortly after landing on U.S. soil. The druglord is expected to appear in a court in New York on Friday (January 20), after his surprise extradition from Mexico ended a decades-long career in drug-trafficking, dare-devil jail breaks and murder. A Justice Department spokesman said El Chapo, or Shorty, once one […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Japan will carry out a tabletop exercise next week to simulate its response in the event of a military clash between China and Taiwan, Japanese media said. The Self-Defence Forces will conduct drills from Monday through Friday with the US military participating as an observer, a Japanese government source told Kyodo News. The exercises, which do not involve actual troop deployments, assume that the US and Japan are responding to a military […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Teresita Ang See of the Movement for Restoration of Peace and Order (MRPO) revealed that the case of ‘Tokhang for Ransom’ is not a new thing. This has happened even before the controversial abduction-slay of Korean-National Jee-Ick-Joo . Jee-Ick-Joo was abducted by a group of armed men in Angeles City, Pampanga last year. Suspects demanded P5-million ransom money from Joo’s wife, in exchange for his life. But the suspects apparently had already […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Justice is recommending the filing of a kidnapping for ransom with homicide case in court against three police officers involved in the abduction and killing of Korean national Jee Ick Joo last year. Assistant State Prosecutor Olivia Laroza Torrevillas found probable cause to charge SPO3 Ricky Sta Isabel, Ramon Yalung and two other police officers for the October 18, 2016 abduction and killing of Korean businessman Ji Ick […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — All-star game starter Kawhi Leonard scored 34 points and rookie Dejounte Murray added a career-high 24 as the San Antonio Spurs defeated the Denver Nuggets 118-104 on Thursday. Leonard, who earlier in the day was named an NBA all-star starter for the second straight year, posted his fifth consecutive game with at least 30 points while Murray, 20, becomes the youngest player in franchise history to score 24 or […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Philippine National Police (PNP) Anti-Kidnapping Group (AKG) will use as evidence the golf set owned by the Korean-National Jee Ick Joo to the crime committed by police suspects. The golf set was recovered inside Gream Funeral Service in Caloocan, where the dead body was brought. Choi Kyung Jin, wife of Joo came at the PNP office to identify the recovered evidence. She also confirmed that the golf set was owned by […]
PARIS, France (Reuters) — The Grevin Wax Museum in Paris brought the last touches to U.S. President-Elect Donald Trump’s statue on Thursday (January 19) as the real Trump prepares to take office on the eve of his inauguration. Dressed in a dark blue suit and a red tie, the wax version of Trump stood between the statues of Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Angela Merkel. The statue, a detailed lookalike, had to be […]
Reuters — Ellen DeGeneres thanked U.S. President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama during her talk show that aired on Thursday (January 19) and played a montage of clips looking back on all the times they were on her show. The president appeared on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” a total of 5 times, beginning when he was campaigning for his first presidential election. Highlights included a clip of him performing a rap song to […]
