MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Ismael “Mike” Sueno assured senior police officers named by President Rodrigo Duterte as drug coddlers that they will be given due process. Sueno said the DILG and the National Police Commission (NAPOLCOM) will validate the evidences against the police officials who have denied the accusations. Sueno, also Chairman of NAPOLCOM en banc, said two teams have been formed to look into the […]
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Eigasai 2016: Japanese Film Festival in Manila opens on July 7
July 06, 2016 (Eagle News) — The Japan Foundation in Manila holds Eigasai, the Japanese Film Festival, this July, and will open with the brilliant period film “Kakekomi” on Thursday, July 7. “EIGASAI packs an extra punch in 2016!” according to the Japan Foundation Manila which enhances the Director Talks and expands screenings to Baguio. It also partners with the Cinemalaya for its highly anticipated annual film festival. The first ever EIGASAI was held […]
Chanel gives young pretenders a lesson in haute couture
by Fiachra GIBBONS PARIS, France (AFP) — Chanel pulled the curtain back on its Paris haute couture show Tuesday to reveal the secret life of its studios, where a small army of tailors, embroiderers and plumers turn out some of the world’s most expensive clothes. Veteran designer Karl Lagerfeld transported 80 of his so-called “petites mains” (little hands), who can spend hundreds of hours on a single dress, onto the set of his catwalk show. […]
Three-decade study confirms saturated fats are bad for health
MIAMI, United States (AFP) — Saturated fats in butter, lard and red meat raise the risk of early death, but replacing these with fats like olive oil can offer substantial health benefits, a three-decade study confirmed on Tuesday. The research involving more than 120,000 people was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) Internal Medicine. “There has been widespread confusion in the biomedical community and the general public in the last […]
Daanbantayan Mayor Loot denies involvement in illegal drug operations
(Eagle News) — Retired police general and Daanbantayan, Cebu mayor Vicente Loot denied that he was ever involved in illegal drug operations, saying that these allegations were mere black propaganda against him and his wife who had also ran for mayor before. In an interview during the program Agila Balita of Eagle News Service, Mayor Loot said his wife was already rich even before he met her. He said he mostly had administrative jobs as […]
Obama says he is ready to ‘pass the baton’ to Clinton
by Michael Mathes CHARLOTTE, United States (AFP) — Barack Obama delivered a forceful plea Tuesday for Hillary Clinton to succeed him as president, praising the character of his former secretary of state whose horizon brightened after the FBI recommended no charges be filed over her email scandal. Obama, returning to a swing state that helped elect him in 2008, laid out a passionate, compelling case declaring he is “ready to pass the baton” to Clinton […]
Mabilis na transaksyon sa mga tanggapan sa munisipyo, pangako ng bagong mayor ng Sta. Ignacia, Tarlac
Gaya ng bilin ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte, mahigpit ang kautusan ng bagong alkalde ng Sta. Ignacia, Tarlac sa mga empleyado ng munispyo na siguruhin ang mabilis na transaksyon sa bawat opisina at siguruhin ang mabilis na paglalabas ng mga kinakailangang dokumento gaya ng mga permit.
Grey zone: who will care for Thailand’s elderly?
by Sally Mairs BANGKOK, Thailand (AFP) — As he wheels his 77-year-old aunt away from Bangkok’s first day centre for the elderly, Nakhon reflects on the familial duties that oblige him to juggle night-shift work and care for his ageing relative. It is an increasingly common predicament in rapidly greying Thailand, where a demographic shift is straining social mores and threatening upheaval for the economy. https://youtu.be/M6Ey8wLfYH4 “She raised me when I was little so now […]
Kampanya kontra commercial mining, tututukan ng bagong Gobernador ng Batangas
(Eagle News) — Tiniyak ng bagong Gobernador ng Batangas na suportado niya ang kampanya kontra coal at commercial mining. Kabilang ang mga nasabing usapin sa mga maiinit na isyu sa lalawigan ng Batangas.
World’s first penguin born through artificial insemination in Japan
(Reuters) — Japan has succeeded in producing the world’s first penguin conceived through artificial insemination after six years of research aimed at developing technology to preserve the endangered species. In the video that Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan shared with Reuters, a caretaker is seen weighing the young southern rockhopper penguin and saying she has gained weight. The chick is healthy, according to the aquarium, and put on the scales every day, growing at a rate that has […]
Top cops deny coddling drug syndicates
The top police officials named by President Rodrigo Duterte as having links with drug trade denied the allegation. Former National Capital Region Police Office or NCRPO chief Joel Pagdilao said he has been fighting drugs in the past years of his police service and vowed to clear his name. Both former Western Visayas Police Director General Bernardo Diaz and General Marcelo Garbo, Jr. , said wrong information reached Duterte. Garbo also said he cannot blame […]
Binuong team na mag-iimbestiga sa 5 heneral, magiging patas – DILG
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Kumpleto na ang miyembro ng investigating team na mag-iimbestiga sa limang heneral na isinasangkot sa droga. Kasunod ito nang pagbubunyag kahapon ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte na limang police general ang protector ng iligal na droga sa bansa. Sinabi ni Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Mike Sueno na handa na ang investigating team para sa imbestigasyon. Pero magiging patas daw ang mga ito at pakikinggan ang panig nina […]





