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QUEZON City, Philippines – Alleged illegal drug financiers Melvin and Meriam Odicta were killed in an ambush by unidentified attackers in Caticlan port. According to Police Senior Superintendent John Jamiili, Provincial Director of Aklan Police, the Odicta spouse have just embarked from the RORO when they were ambushed. A security guard of the Caticlan jetty port reported the incident. The spouses were sent to the Malay municipal hospital but were pronounced dead on arrival.
QUEZON City, Philippines – President Rodrigo Duterte will give reward money worth Php 2 million for every police protector of the illegal drug trade that will be apprehended. President Duterte said that the identities of the police protectors would be more easily discovered if there is reward involved. In closing, President Duterte reiterated the seriousness of the illegal drug problem in the country and said the the apparatus of drug syndicates should be dismantled.
QUEZON City, Philippines – President Rodrigo Duterte ordered the release of Php 4.7 billion payment for unpaid benefits of widows of World War II veterans as well as for retirees of the Armed Forces of the Philippines. In his message during the commemoration of National Heroes Day in the Libingan ng mga Bayani, he said that Php 3.5 billion is for the payment of arrears of widows of WWII veterans while the remaiing Php 1.2 […]
QUEZON City, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte lead the commemoration of National Heroes Day in the Libingan ng mga Bayani. Also attending the commemoration of National Heroes Day are Vice President Leni Robredo and Philippine National Police Chief Director General Ronald Dela Rosa.
(Eagle News) — ASEAN ministers responsible for culture and the arts concluded their meeting last week in Bandar Seri Begawan in Brunei with dialogue partners including the ASEAN Plus Three, China, Japan and the Republic of Korea, becoming the first gathering of culture and the arts since the establishment of the ASEAN Community in December 2015. The 7th ASEAN Ministers Responsible for Culture and Arts (AMCA) Meeting and the AMCA Meetings with Dialogue Partners recalled […]
(Eagle News)– President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday commented on the slaying of alleged drug lord Melvin “Dragon” Odicta and his wife Miriam, saying that they were on the run because of Melvin’s illegal drug trade activities. “That is not my problem. He is wanted and he is the number one drug lord. Talagang drug lord ito,” he said. “I cannot say anything. Good or bad, wala ako kasi iyan ang pinili niya eh. He was […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — The six people who went into isolation for a year in Hawaii to help NASA plan for a mission to Mars emerged Sunday, happy to breathe fresh air and meet new people. The team was based on a barren, northern slope of Mauna Loa, living inside a dome that is 36 feet (11 meters) in diameter and 20 feet tall. French astrobiologist Cyprien Verseux said that he was “feeling […]
(REUTERS) — Cambodia’s minister in charge of border issues, Va Kimhong, and his Vietnamese counterpart Le Hoai Trung, led delegations for talks aimed at resolving their outstanding border disputes on Monday (August 29) at the Council of Ministers building in Phnom Penh. Committees from the two countries are considering a draft agreement approved by their respective prime ministers. The agreement includes a request to in which they have agreed to ask France for help […]
(Reuters) — Staged on a giant leaf floating down the Amazon Rainforest´s Rio Negro, renowned Spanish tenor Placido Domingo gave an unprecedented concert alongside Brazilian sensation Ivete Sangalo on Saturday (August 27) in an effort to raise awareness about forest preservation. A live broadcast of the floating concert, organised by music festival Rock in Rio and LiveXLive, aimed to encourage donations towards reforesting damaged areas of the Amazon. Domingo said that the idea of […]
(Eagle News)– Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana on Monday hinted that President Duterte already picked someone to be the country’s ambassador to the USA. “Meron na. I will wait [for the announcement]. Akala ko kanina i-announce niya eh… Hindi ako. Tinanggihan ko na iyan,” Lorenzana told reporters in a chance interview. “Yeah, military din… Hindi siya [former Gen. Hermogenes Esperon]. He will remain as the National Security Adviser. I-announce naman iyan ni Presidente,” he explained. Lorenzana was […]
SINGAPORE, Singapore (AFP) — Oil prices tumbled in Asia Monday on a strong dollar and after key OPEC producers downplayed the prospects of limiting output at a meeting next month. Iranian oil minister Bijan Zanganeh on Friday said his country wanted its share of the crude market to return to levels seen before Western nuclear sanctions were imposed on it 13 years ago. The comments suggest Tehran might not join possible efforts by OPEC and […]
by Cecil Morella MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — Pedicab driver Reyjin dives into a neighbour’s house for a quick meth fix, fearful of taking a bullet to the head in Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s brutal war on drugs but unable to quit. More than 2,000 people have died violent deaths since Duterte took office two months ago and immediately implemented his scorched-earth plans to eradicate drugs in society, ordering police to shoot dead traffickers and […]
