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(Eagle News) — Farmers of Hacienda Luisita have asked the new secretary of the Department of Agrarian Reform to invalidate the allegedly flawed distribution system used by the past Aquino administration. No less than the new Agrarian Reform secretary Rafael Mariano talked with the Hacienda Luisita farmers on Friday, July 8. Mariano promised to work on this for 30 days. Mariano is a militant leader who campaigned for genuine agrarian reform and a representative of […]
THE Chinese PLA Navy has mobilized warships, supporting vessels and war planes from its South Sea Fleet, East Sea Fleet and North Sea Fleet for a live-fire war game, which has also drawn participation from land-to-surface missile forces. Friday’s round of the war game is conducted in the South China Sea between the Hainan Island and Xisha Islands in two opposing forces of the Red and Blue corners to test and enhance the battle readiness and capabilities of […]
DALLAS, United States (AFP) — Five police officers were killed in a sniper-style attack by a black army veteran during a protest in Dallas against police brutality towards African-Americans late Thursday. These are the victims. Brent Thompson, 43 Thompson was a police officer attached to the Dallas Area Rapid Transit Authority. The first DART officer to be killed in the line of duty since the agency formed its police force in 1989, he joined the department in […]
(Reuters) — An FBI forensics team continued to collect evidence on Friday (July 8) in Dallas the day after a U.S. military veteran of the Afghan war who said he wanted to “kill white people” killed five police officers during a protest decrying police shootings of black men. Seven other police officers and two civilians were wounded in the ambush in downtown Dallas on Thursday night, officials said. Police killed the gunman, identified by […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — A Utah resident infected with the Zika virus has died, becoming the first Zika-related fatality in the continental United States, officials said Friday. The elderly victim, who had an underlying health condition, died in late June after traveling to a country where the mosquito-transmitted virus is active, the Salt Lake County health department said. “While this individual did test positive for Zika virus, the exact cause of death has not […]
(Eagle News) – A magnitude 5.2 quake hit Agusan del Sur on Saturday morning (July 9), according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs). The quake was felt at intensity 5 in Butuan City, and in Talacogon in Agusan del Sur; intensity 4 in Gingoog City, Misamis Oriental; intensity 3 in Cagayan de Oro City; and intensity 2 in Malaybalay City and Valencia in Bukidnon. The quake was of tectonic origin. Phivolcs […]
By Aily Milyo (Eagle News) — Nahaharap sa patung-patong na reklamo sa Office of the Ombudsman si dating Pangulong Benigno Aquino at dating Budget and Management secretary Florencio “Butch” Abad. Kaugnay ito sa pagpapatupad sa Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP) na una nang idineklara ng Korte Suprema na “unconstitutional.” Inihain ng iba’t-ibang militanteng grupo ang 26 na pahinang technical malversation case laban kina Aquino at Abad. Bukod sa kaso ng technical malversation, nahaharap din ang dalawang […]
(Eagle News) –Typhoon Nepartak or “Butchoy” has crossed Southern Taiwan and continued to move away from the country. All Tropical Cyclone warning signals are now lifted. The estimated rainfall amount is from moderate to heavy within the 600 km diameter of the typhoon. Fisherfolk are advised not to venture out over the seaboards of Northern Luzon and the western seaboards of Central and Southern Luzon. “Butchoy” will continue to enhance the Southwest monsoon which will […]
(Eagle News) — The Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption (VACC) has expressed admiration for President Duterte for naming top drug lords and police generals who were allegedly involved in illegal drug operations.
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte took an ordinary commercial flight to Davao on July 7, 2016, saying he did not want to bother much of the personnel of the country’s airport. Malacanang posted these photos of the President at the airport.
(Eagle News) – Major roads in Metro Manila, particularly in the city of Manila, were flooded after heavy rains experienced since Thursday night. The rains were brought about by Typhoon Butchoy which enhanced the Southwest Monsoon or “hanging habagat” in the local dialect. One of the reasons seen for the floods are the drainage projects of the Department of Public Works and Highways which had been left unfinished. Heavy equipment and construction materials were left […]
by with Olivia Hampton in Washington Laura Buckman DALLAS, United States (AFP) — Snipers shot dead five police officers and injured six others in Dallas, unleashing chaos during a protest against police shootings of black men in an ongoing standoff Friday. Police had the city on lockdown after a suspect warned that bombs had been planted throughout the city center. The shootings, which the police called a “terrorist incident”, took place as several hundred people […]
