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Colombia crash pilot reported he was out of fuel: tape

by Rodrigo ALMONACID MEDELLIN, Colombia (AFP) — Fans mourned Wednesday for a Brazilian football team decimated in a plane crash that killed 71 people in Colombia, as a recording emerged of the panicked pilot reporting he was out of fuel. Authorities are still investigating what caused the charter flight to crash in the mountains outside Medellin as it carried Cinderella story team Chapecoense Real to a major match. A haunting recording aired by Colombian media […]

CBI Fun Day matagumpay na naisagawa

URDANETA CITY, Pangasinan (Eagle News) – Matagumpay na naisagawa ng mga miyembro ng Christian Brotherhood International ang CBI Fun Day. Isinagawa ito sa covered court ng Urdaneta City National High School, Urdaneta City, Pangasinan noong Miyerkules, November 30, 2016. Ang Christian Brotherhood International (CBI) ay isang organisasyon ng mga estudyanteng Iglesia Ni Cristo na nasa High School at College. Naitatag ito noong taong 1976. Layunin ng aktibidad na lalo pang mapasigla ang mga estudyante ng […]

Kerwin Espinosa’s state protection request on hold

(Eagle News)– Alleged drug lord Kerwin Espinosa’s bid for state protection will not move until the court handling his cases in Leyte will approve his transfer to be placed under the custody of National Bureau of Investigation (NBI), Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II said Tuesday (November 29). “After ma-approve ng court, doon pa lang maaaring i-transfer si Kerwin dito sa DOJ (Department of Justice) and begin with the process of provisional coverage of the WPP (Witness […]

South Korean parliament begins probe into president’s political scandal

    SEOUL, South Korea (Reuters) — South Korean National Assembly’s special committee, made up of opposition politicians and ruling party members, began investigations into the influence-peddling scandal surrounding President Park Geun-hye on Wednesday (November 30). The committee is set to probe various government departments accused of bending under the influence of Park and her friend, Choi Soon-sil, who has been requested to attend a hearing on December 7, the parliament said. Heads of South […]

Football mourns Brazilian players killed in air crash, lack of fuel suspected

  by Rodrigo Almonacid Agence France Presse LA UNION, Colombia (AFP) — A plane that crashed in the mountains of Colombia, killing 71 people, including members of a Brazilian football team, may have run out of fuel, a Colombian military source told AFP. “It is very suspicious that despite the impact there was no explosion. That reinforces the theory of the lack of fuel,” the source said Tuesday. Six people miraculously survived the crash Monday […]

Caloocan locals lead rites on Bonifacio Day

(Eagle News)– A wreath-laying ceremony was held at the Bonifacio Monument in Caloocan City to celebrate the 153rd birthday of Andres Bonifacio on Wednesday (November 30). The program began with the raising of the Philippine flag followed by the Pledge of Allegiance to the Philippine Flag. Attendees then offered flowers to the monument. President Rodrigo Duterte and the local government of Caloocan City sent flowers to the event. The event was led by several Caloocan […]

Ronnie Dayan ‘no-show’ on state protection application

(Eagle News)– Ronnie Dayan, the former bodyguard and driver of Senator Leila De Lima, did not appear on Tuesday (November 29) at the Department of Justice (DOJ) where he was expected to apply for state protection due to his supposed knowledge on the illegal drug trade inside New Bilibid Prison (NBP). Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II said they have not received any word from Dayan or the police assigned to him if he would go […]

Suspect who left bomb device near US embassy arrested in Bulacan

  (Eagle News) — Police have already arrested the suspect who planted an improvised explosive device (IED) near the United States Embassy. The suspect was identified as 34-year old Rayson Kilala also known as Rashid Kilala of Barangay Bagumbayan in Bulacan.  He was arrested by combined operatives of the Manila Police District and the Bulacan provincial office around 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday (November 30) in Bulacan, just a day after police released computer generated sketch of the […]

President Duterte to push through with Marawi trip even after ambush try on aides

  (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte said he would push through with his planned trip to Marawi City in Lanao del Sur even after the ambush on his advance party Wednesday where seven of his aides from the Presidential Security Group and two soldiers were wounded. Duterte said he would also take the same route taken by his aides, going against the advice of his top men not to push through with the trip […]

Ika-27 Anibersaryo ng Lokal ng Cabidianan, ipinagdiwang!

    CABIDIANAN, Compostela Valley (Eagle News) — Walang mapagsidlan ng tuwa at kagalakan ang mga kaanib sa Iglesia Ni Cristo sa Lokal ng Cabidianan, Distrito ng Compostela Valley sa pagsapit ng kanilang lokal sa Ika- 27 taong anibersaryo nito noong Nobyembre 23, araw ng Miyerkules. Ipinagdiwang nila ang nasabing okasyon sa pamamagitan ng sama-samang panalangin at pagpapahid ng langis na pinangunahan ng Kalihim ng Distrito na si Kapatid na Abraham Lumawig. Kaugnay pa rin […]

Two miners dead, 6 missing after earthquake hits Polish mine

  POLKOWICE, Poland (Reuters) — At least six miners are missing and two died after an earthquake occurred at the Rudna mine in Polkowice in southwestern Poland, state news agency PAP reported on Tuesday (November 29). An earthquake of magnitude 4.4 struck at 9:09 p.m. (2009 GMT), according to the U.S. Geological Survey. It said the quake was very shallow, only 10 km (6.2 miles) deep, which would have magnified its effect at the mine […]

Trump dines with former critic Mitt Romney

  NEW YORK, United States (Reuters) — President-elect Donald Trump and his chief of staff-designate Reince Priebus dined with former Trump critic 2012 Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney in New York on Tuesday (November 29) night. During the presidential campaign, Romney called Trump a “phony” and “a fraud” but he paid a visit to Trump earlier this month and then dined with the president-elect. The meetings are fueling speculation that Romney is under consideration as […]