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DALLAS, United States (AFP) – by Thomas Urbain with Carlos Hamann in Washington The Dallas gunman was plotting a major bomb attack, authorities said, urging calm as hundreds of people were arrested in weekend protests in US cities over police violence against African-Americans. Demonstrators marched demanding justice for two black men shot dead by cops in Minnesota and Louisiana, their dying moments captured in video that went viral online. Peaceful marches attracted large crowds in […]
LAUSSANE, Switzerland (AFP) – The Court of Arbitration for Sport said Monday it has put back its ruling on the two-year doping ban for Maria Sharapova for two months to September, ruling the tennis superstar out of the Rio Olympics. The 29-year-old Russian tested positive for the banned medication meldonium during January’s Australian Open, in a severe blow to her reputation. If the ban — which Sharapova has called “unfairly harsh” — is upheld it […]
JUBA, South Sudan (AFP) – Heavy fighting resumed in South Sudan’s capital Juba on Monday despite international calls for calm after deadly gun battles sent thousands of people fleeing and threatened the young nation’s shaky peace. The United Nations expressed deep alarm over the surge in violence, which has left several hundred people dead and risks plunging the country into a new civil war. Intense battles resumed Monday with tanks and helicopter gunships deployed and […]
ROSALES, Pangasinan (Eagle News) — Isang maituturing na kasaysayan sa bayan ng Rosales, Pangasinan ang matagumpay na Lingap-Pamamahayag ng Iglesia Ni Cristo na ginanap sa Robert B. Estrella, Sr. Memorial Stadium noong Linggo, July 10, 2016. Bagamat walang Storm Signal Warning na ibinaba ang PAGASA sa nasabing lalawigan, buong araw na walang tigil ang pag-ulan bunsod ng southeast monsoon rain o hanging habagat na pinalakas pa ng bagyong Butchoy. Sa kabila nito ay maagang nagsidatingan ang […]
CAUAYAN, Isabela (Eagle News). Pinangunahan ni Mayor Bernard Faustino Dy ang random drug testing na isinagawa sa lungsod ng Cauayan lalawigan ng Isabela. Kasama sa sumailalim sa drug testing na ito ay ang mga konsehal ng lungsod at maging ang kapulisan ng nasabing lalawigan. Isinagawa ito upang patunayan na ang mga namumuno sa naturang lungsod ay hindi lumalabag sa batas lalo na ang ukol sa mga ipinagbabawal na gamot. Nagbilin din ang mga kinauukulan sa publiko […]
(Eagle News) — Nilinaw ni Department of Foreign Affairs Secretary Perfecto Yasay na hindi mapapaalis ng bansa ang China sa pinag-aagawang teritoryo sa Scarborough shoal kahit na pumabor ang arbritral tribunal sa bansa. Dagdag pa ni Yasay na dapat malaman ng bawat filipino sa bansa na ang desisyon ng international tribunal ay para kilalanin na bahagi ng economic zone ng bansa . Muling idiniin nito na ang Panatag Shoal ay bahagi ng international waters na […]
Ini-utos ni Department of Interior and Local Government Sec. Mike Sueno ang life-style check sa mga miyembro ng Philippine National Police para makilala at alisin sa pwesto ang mga sangkot sa illegal activities. Unang pinapa-life-style check sina PRO 6 Director Chief Supt. Bernardo Diaz, dating NCRPO Chief Police Director Joel Pagdilao at dating QCPD Director Edgardo Tinio. Kabilang sila sa mga pinangalanan ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte na protektor ng drug lords. Nakipag-usap na ang mga […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Oil companies will implement another price rollback this week, according the Department of Energy (DOE). The decrease in the oil prices is P0.80 to P0.90 centavos per liter for gasoline, and five centavos per liter for diesel and kerosene.
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Philippine National Police (PNP) will hold a meeting today, July 11 to discuss preparations for the first State of the Nation Address (SONA) of President Rodrigo Duterte. National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) director Chief Superintendent Oscar Albayalde directed Quezon City Police District (QCPD) chief Senior Guillermo Eleazar as the ground commander for the SONA. Albayalde said that he is yet to determine the number of the policemen that will […]
(Eagle News) — An international court in The Hague is set to deliver an anticipated ruling in the Philippines’ case against china over the South China Sea tomorrow, July 12, drawing an immediate rebuke from Beijing, which rejects the tribunal’s jurisdiction. Manila is contesting China’s historical claim to about 90 percent of the South China Sea, one of the world’s busiest shipping lanes. Several Southeast Asian states have overlapping claims in the sea and the […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Commission on Elections (COMELEC) is expecting six million voters to register for the upcoming barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections on October 31. The application for registration will start on Friday, July 15 and will end by the end of the month. According to Comelec data, 54.363 million Filipinos registered for the May 9 elections.
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — The economic team of President Rodrigo Duterte is receptive to the offer of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) of greater financial assistance to the Philippines to push the 10-point socio-economic agenda of the new administration. Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III believes that ADB’s support will go a long way in helping pres. Duterte deliver on his electoral mandate to bring progress to all Filipinos. Dominguez issued the statement after last […]
