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Oplan Tokhang ng PNP lalo pang pinaigting sa Tagbina, Surigao del Sur

TAGBINA, Surigao del Sur (Eagle News) – Pagkatapos na maisagawa ang sunod-sunod na Drug Awareness Symposium ng Tagbina Philippine National Police (PNP), muli nilang binalikan ang mahigit 629 kabahayan sa isinagawa nilang Oplan Tokhang dito sa Tagbina, Surigao del Sur. Muling kinausap at pinayuhan ang mga personalidad na kabilang sa drug watch list ng buong Munisipalidad ng Tagbina. Ipinaabot sa kanila na dapat gawing totohanan ang pagbabagong-buhay at tuluyan nang iwan ang iligal na droga. Sa […]

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Malaking kabute tumubo sa isang bahay sa Negros Occidental

E.B. MAGALONA, Negros Occidental (Eagle News) – Ilang malalaking mushroom o kabute na natagpuan sa isang dito sa isang bahay sa Bgy, Magalona, ang ngayon at pinagkakaguluhan sa baying ito. Ang malalaking kabute at natagpuan sa tahanan ni Ma.Fe Pachejo sa Boulevard Street, Brgy. 2 E.B. Magalona, Negros Occidental na siyang pinagkakaguluhan ngayon ng kanyang mga kapitbahay. Ayon sa kanila, ang nasabing kabute ay basta na lamang tumubo rito.  Sa simula ay hindi nila ito pansin, ngunit nagulat na lamng sila nang bigla itong lumaki. […]

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Arrest warrant inilabas na para kay Matobato

DAVAO CITY (Eagle News) – Nagpalabas na ng Warrant of Arrest si Judge Silverio Mandalupe sa Davao City laban kay self-confessed member ng Davao Death Squad (DDS) na si Edgar Matobato. Hindi rin sumipot si Matobato sa itinakdang arraignment nitong Martes, October 4, 2016 sa Municipal Trial Court in Cities (MTCC) – Branch 3, sa sala ni Judge Silverio Mandalupe sa kasong Illegal Possession of Firearms and Ammunition. Hindi rin sumipot ang abogado nitong si Atty. Gregorio Andolana. Matatandaan […]

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PHL, Malaysia, Indonesia to conduct joint air patrols

(Eagle News)–  Top defense officials from the Philippines, Indonesia and Malaysia have agreed to conduct joint air patrols to address criminal activities in maritime areas of common security concerns, according to an official of the Department of National Defense. Defense undersecretary Raymund Quilop said that the chiefs of the defense officials of the three countries have agreed to “explore joint air patrols” in a meeting on October 1. “The three ministers [Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana, Malaysian […]

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Turkey suspends more than 12,000 police officers in coup probe: statement

ANKARA, Turkey (AFP) — Turkish authorities suspended more than 12,000 police officers over alleged links to Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen, accused of masterminding the July failed coup, the police headquarters said on Tuesday. Of the 12,801 suspended from duty as part of the investigation into the coup attempt, 2,523 were police chiefs, the police authorities said in a statement. In total, Turkey has around 270,000 police officers. They were suspended over suspected links to the […]

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The Iron Lady’s legacy

QUEZON City, Philippines (October 4) – Last Thursday came a sad news. On September 29,2016, at the age of 71, the Iron Lady of the Philippine Senate passed away. Senator Grace Poe announced that Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago has passed away during a hearing on the Freedom of Information bill.The former senator died “peacefully” at 8:52 a.m. Thursday. Many of her fans and supporters as well as  her colleagues in the Senate were shocked at the news. […]

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Japanese scientist wins Nobel Medicine Prize for work on ‘self-eating’ cells

TOKYO, Japan — Japan’s Yoshinori Ohsumi won the 2016 Nobel Prize for Medicine or Physiology for his discovery of how cells break down and recycles their content, which could lead to a better understanding of diseases like cancer, Parkinson’s and Type 2 diabetes. “The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet has today decided to award the 2016 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine to Yoshinori Ohsumi for his discoveries on mechanisms for Autophagy,” Thomas Perlmann, Nobel […]

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Illegal drugs and human rights

QUEZON City, Philippines (October 4) – Several concerns were raised regarding the state of human rights in the Philippines. The United Nations sent its investigators to the Philippines to look into such issues like poverty, education, labor, human trafficking, homelessness and gender equality. The Philippine Drug War – officially named Campaign Plan Double Barrel – was questioned and probed. Then came the figures. According to the Philippine National Police, 1, 276 “drug personalities” were killed in police […]

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Kanye delays tour dates after Kardashian Paris robbery

NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Rap superstar Kanye West late Monday rescheduled two tour dates after his wife, reality television celebrity Kim Kardashian, was robbed at gunpoint in Paris. West will no longer perform Tuesday in Philadelphia or Thursday in suburban Detroit “due to family concerns,” promoter Live Nation said in a statement. The rapper, one of the biggest draws in US live music, is scheduled to resume his arena-packing “Saint Pablo” tour on […]

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On Philippine indie films, part 2

QUEZON City, Philippines (October 4) – I remember I was once a cross-enrollee for a back subject last semester, which is World Literature. I am a Mass Communication student but during enrollment, the only available class for the said subject is under the College of Business Administration. The feeling of being alienated struck me hard. I was the only communication student in the class, and it was so unfortunate that it was a block section, that […]

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