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Colangco: Ex-DOJ Usec. Baraan also benefited from inmate transfers

(Eagle News)– Aside from Senator Leila De Lima, high-profile inmate Herbert Colangco on Tuesday (September 20) said that former Justice Undersecretary Francis Baraan III benefited from inmate transfers at the New Bilibid Prison (NBP). Colangco said it was Baraan who was the one to approach if they wanted their inmate transferred from one security compound to another, like from medium to maximum security compound. “Halimbawa, may Chinese [inmate] nagka-problema sa aking nasasakupan… [sasabihin niya], ‘Chairman […]

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“False alarm for hijacking” for flight 872, says Saudia airlines twitter

  (Eagle News) — The official twitter account of Saudia Airlines said that there was just a “false alarm for hijacking for SV flight 872” from Jeddah to Manila. Initially, the plane was isolated at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) after airport personnel received a distress call that the plane was “under threat.” Immediately, the plane was subjected to standard procedures for possible hijacking upon touchdown at around 3 p.m. Tuesday, September 20. “We […]

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Saudia plane reportedly “under threat”, checked at NAIA; case of “false alarm” being validated

  (Eagle News) — A Saudia Airlines plane which was reportedly “under threat” was placed in isolation at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport.    Airport personnel are also checking if this was a case of “false alarm” after reports that the distress button of the plane was just accidentally pressed. Security personnel of NAIA are now implementing the proper standard procedure to validate initial information that the plane may have been hijacked. Ed Monreal, general manager of NAIA, […]

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I gave P3M a month to De Lima- Colangco

(Eagle News)– Convicted armed robber and drug dealer Herbert Colangco on Tuesday (September 20) revealed that he gave Senator Leila De Lima millions of pesos in proceeds monthly that would be used for her campaign. Colangco said he got a quota of P3 million per month to remit to De Lima through her security aide Jonel Sanchez. “May P3 million kaming binibigay kay Secretary De Lima, buwan-buwan… Ikokolekta ko po sa area ko, P100,000, P200,000, may P500,000. […]

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Nitrates poison water in California’s Central Valley

by Veronique DUPONT PORTERVILLE, United States (AFP) — In California’s Central Valley, where verdant fields of fruit and vegetables unfurl under sunny skies, the water that feeds them — and flows into taps across the region — contains a toxic and silent poison. The very same farmers who have tilled and cultivated the earth for decades in one of America’s biggest produce regions have also poisoned it, dumping millions of tons of fertilizer, which has […]

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Anti-illegal drugs campaign, pinangunahan ng PNP sa Hinatuan, Surigao del Sur

HINATUAN, Surigao del Sur (Eagle News) – Nagsagawa ang Hinatuan Municipal Police Station ng Drug Abuse and Prevention Lecture sa mga benepisyo ng 4Ps (Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program) ng Department of Social Welfare Development (DSWD) sa dalawang magkahiwalay na Barangay ng Hinatuan, Surigao del Sur. Layunin ng ganitong aktibidad na lalo pang paigtingin ang kaalaman ng publiko tungkol sa masamang idudulot sa mga taong gumagamit ng ipinagbabawal na gamot at ang programa ng Philippine National Police (PNP) Anti-illegal […]

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Police inmate says illegal drug trade at NBP became rampant under De Lima

  (Eagle News) — A former police chief inspector who has been imprisoned at the New Bilibid Prisons since 2004, revealed that the drug trade at the NBP became rampant starting 2012 when Leila de Lima was already the Justice Secretary. At the start of the hearing of the House of Representatives on the illegal drug operations at the national penitentiary, former Chief Inspector Rodolfo Magleo, said that there had been a P50,000 quota a […]

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Typhoon Malakas slams Japan leaving south waterlogged

TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — A powerful typhoon ripped into southern Japan Tuesday, dumping torrential rains on the region that left some communities partially submerged and forced dozens of flights to be cancelled. Typhoon Malakas made landfall in the southernmost main island of Kyushu shortly after midnight (1500 GMT), packing winds of up to 180 kilometres (112 miles) per hour, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. Television footage from public broadcaster NHK showed houses, cars and rice fields […]

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Jim Carrey hit with lawsuit over girlfriend’s death

LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Veteran comic actor Jim Carrey was sued Monday for allegedly procuring drugs under a bogus name for his ex-girlfriend, who died of an overdose last year, and then trying to hide his involvement. According to the suit filed in Los Angeles Superior Court by Mark Burton, the estranged husband of Carrey’s former girlfriend Cathriona White, the actor “used his immense wealth and celebrity status” to obtain opioids for her. […]

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Disease outbreak kills 19 in rain-hit Sudan: minister

KHARTOUM, Sudan (AFP) — An outbreak of water-borne disease has killed at least 19 people and sickened scores more in Sudan’s rain-ravaged states of Blue Nile and Kasala, a minister said Monday. Since June, heavy rain and flooding have hit several states of Sudan, killing at least 100 people, destroying thousands of homes and submerging many villages. “In the past three weeks, 19 people including children have died from water-borne diseases like diarrhea,” Health Minister Bahar […]

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Duterte nixes De Lima’s ‘ouster’ claims

(Eagle News)– President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday (September 20) denied any allegations of him as the principal ouster of Senator Leila De Lima as chair of Senate Committee on Justice and Human Rights. “I do not intervene, dwell into matters not within my…. not part of my territory. I don’t care how many hearings are there… Basta ako nakatutok ako sa aking trabaho,” Duterte said in an interview. Senator Manny Pacquiao initiated the move to […]

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