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Gordon: No more surprise witnesses in Senate inquiry

(Eagle News)– New Senate justice committee chair Senator Richard Gordon announced on Thursday (September 22) that there will be no more surprise witnesses to be presented in the ongoing Senate probe on drug killings. “I’d like to emphasize that there will be rules in this committee. No witness shall be presented unless they have presented affidavits to the committee chair. There will be no surprise witness…and only under exceptional circumstances shall we allow that,” Gordon […]

Day 2 of House of Representatives legislative inquiry into the alleged illegal drug trade in the NBP

QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Oriental Mindoro Representative Reynaldo Umali explains why Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre’s inquiry of the witnesses is not proscribed.   QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre answers allegations that he is not lawyering for the witnesses of the Department of Justice in the legislative inquiry conducted by the House of Representatives. QUEZON City, Philippines – Deputy Rafael Ragos, Deputy Director of the National Bureau of Investigation […]

AMLC report on Senator De Lima’s bank transactions may be attained by the DOJ

MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre on Wednesday said that the Department of Justice may be able to get a copy of the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) report regarding the bank transactions between drug lords and Senator Leila De Lima. Secretary Aguirre said that suspected drug-related transactions were under the purview of the AMLC. Secretary Aguirre also said that the DOJ now has sufficient evidence to file a case against Senator De […]

Lingap-Pamamahayag ng Iglesia Ni Cristo isinagawa sa Silay, Negros Occidental

SILAY, Negros Occidental (Eagle News) – Hindi naging hadlang sa mga kaanib ng Iglesia Ni Cristo ang masungit na panahon para isagawa ang Lingap-Pamamahayag kahapon, September 21. Isinagawa nila ito sa Hacienda Pula, Barangay E. Lopez, Silay, Negros Occidental na may mahigit isa at kalahating oras na biyahe mula sa centro ng lungsod. Pinangunahan ni Bro. Roy Corrales, ministro ng ebanghelyo, ang pagtuturo ng mga Salita ng Diyos. Sa kaniyang pagtuturo ay binigyan diin niya kung sino ang iisang tunay na Diyos […]

Saudia to pay flight isolation expenses after false hijack incident

(Eagle News)– The Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA) announced on Wednesday (September 21) Saudi Arabian Airlines will pay the costs gained by airport authorities due to a false hijack incident on Tuesday (September 20). “Tinitingnan po namin yung…  expenses that was incurred during that situation yesterday. Marami po kasing nabulabog sa nangyari kahapon,” MIAA General Manager Ed Monreal said. The expenses include gasoline and other operational expenses of units that responded in the area, such […]

1 Million Lapis Project ng CWC – Western Samar suportado ng PNP Calbayog

CALBAYOG CITY, Western Samar (Eagle News) – Suportado ng Calbayog City Police Station ang One Million Lapis Project ng Council for the Welfare of Children (CWC). Ang proyektong ito ay para sa selebrasyon ng National Children’s Month sa darating na Nobyembre. Ang programang ito ay napapaloob sa RA10661 “National Children’s Month Act Series of 2015.” Layunin ng proyektong ito ay para ikampanya ang karapatan ng mga kabataan sa edukasyon lalo na ang mga kabataan na hindi […]

Bagong motorsiklo at digital camera ipinamahagi sa 18 Municipal Police Station sa Antique

ANTIQUE (Eagle News) – Binigyan ng mga bagong motorsiklo at digital camera ang 18 Municipal Police Stations sa lalawigan ng Antique. Ito ay upang lalong makatulong sa kanilang kampanya laban sa kriminalidad sa kani-kanilang lugar. Ipinamahagi ang mga nasabing kagamitan sa Evelio B. Javier Freedom Park na pinangunahan ni Police Senior Superintendent Louis Garong, provincial police director at ni Gov. Rhodora J. Cadiao. Ayon kay PSSupt. Garong, ang mga motorsiklo at digital camera na galing sa National […]

First Aid Seminar ng DOH sa Bulacan kaugnay ng “World First Aid Day,” isinagawa

STA. ROSA, Marilao, Bulacan (Eagle News) — Bilang bahagi sa pagdiriwang ng “World First Aid Day” ay nagsagawa ng “First Aid Seminar” ang Department of Health (DOH) sa pangunguna ng Municipal Health Office at Sta. Rosa II Midwife, Audrea Ramirez, katuwang ang Marilao Rescue Team at Batang Marilenyo Coordinating Center sa Sta. Rosa Marilao Bulacan. Itinuro sa mahigit 100 mga kabataang Marilenyo na ang edad ay 7-17 taong-gulang na nagmula sa barangay Sta. Rosa ll ang […]

Taiwan asks Google to blur images of South China Sea island

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AFP) — Taiwan’s defence ministry has asked Google to blur images of a new development believed to be for military use on a disputed South China Sea island. Tensions remain high in the region over conflicting territorial claims, particularly over the strategically important Spratlys chain. Taiwan administers Taiping island, which is the largest in the Spratlys archipelago. The island chain is also claimed in part or whole by the Philippines, Vietnam and China. […]

Lektura tungkol sa Kontra Kriminalidad, Civillian Intelligence Network, at Project Double Barrel pinangunahan ng kapulisan

TANDAG CITY, Surigao del Sur (Eagle News) – Nagsagawa ng lektura ang kapulisan sa Tandag City, Surigao del Sur sa pangunguna ni PSInsp. Darwin Yu. Tinalakay sa nasabing lektura ang mga sumusunod; Kontra Kriminalidad Civillian Intelligence Network, Project Double Barrel Nasa 80 na miyembro ng Community Force Multipliers for Peace Inc. (CFMPI) na nakapaloob pa rin sa National Government Organizations. Nilalayon ng aktibidad na maisangkap pa ang mga kasanayan at kaalaman sa mga bawat komunidad […]

Japan PM demands world find ‘new means’ to stop N. Korea

by Shaun TANDON UNITED NATION, United States (AFP) — Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Wednesday demanded that the world find a new way to halt the threat from North Korea after the long-sanctioned regime’s nuclear and missile tests. Abe, addressing the UN General Assembly, said that calculations about North Korea needed to change after its latest actions including the state’s test of what it said was a miniaturized nuclear bomb for a warhead. “There […]

State of emergency declared in Charlotte

  (REUTERS)  CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The National Guard will intervene in Charlotte, North Carolina, where one person was shot and gravely wounded in a second night of unrest after the fatal police shooting of a black man. One person was shot and gravely wounded on Wednesday in a second night of unrest in Charlotte, North Carolina, officials said, as riot police fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse unruly protesters after the fatal police […]