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JAKARTA , Indonesia (AFP) — Indonesia hopes next week to secure an agreement with Malaysia and the Philippines on conducting joint military patrols on the high seas where Islamic militants have been on a kidnapping spree, an official said Thursday. The plight of hostages held by the Abu Sayyaf militant group could also be on the agenda when the foreign ministers and military commanders of the three neighbours meet next Thursday in Jakarta for talks. […]
LANAO DEL SUR (Eagle News) — Halos kalahating milyong piso ang halaga ng pinaniniwalaang shabu ang nakuha sa isang municipal councilor sa Lanao del Sur. Kinilala ni PDEA-Caraga Regional Director Julius Navales ang suspek na si Rakim Sangkian na natiklo sa buy bust operation na isinagawa ng PDEA-Caraga at Region 10 Police. Tinatayang 100 gramo ng pinaniniwalaang shabu ang nakuha mula sa suspek na liban sa pagiging councilor ay chairman din ng Peace and Order […]
MANILA , Philippines (AFP) — Philippine boxing legend Manny Pacquiao expressed shock Thursday at President Benigno Aquino’s claim that Islamic militants planned to kidnap him, and said the alleged plot should not have been made public. Aquino released a statement on Wednesday stating the Abu Sayyaf, a notorious kidnap-for-ransom gang that beheaded a Canadian hostage this week, had planned to abduct Pacquiao or his children. “I was alarmed when he announced… the Abu Sayyaf wanted […]
NEGROS OCCIDENTAL (Eagle News) — Ipinahayag ng Department of Agriculture (DA)-Negros Island Region na bibili ang naturang ahensya ng nasa P16.2 million na halaga ng binhi ng palay para sa mga magsasakang apektado ng El Niño phenomenon sa naturang lugar. Ayon kay DA Regional Executive Director Renato Manantan, nagtutulungan aniya sila ngayon ng Office of the Provincial Agriculturist para sa validation ng pinsalang dulot ng matinding init sa agrikultura sa Negros Occidental. Samantala, napag-alamang una […]
SHARIFF AGUAK, Maguindanao (Eagle News) — Matapos hainan ng warrant of arrest noong 2014, sumuko na sa CIDG-Central Mindanao si former Shariff Aguak Mayor Sahara Ampatuan. Napag-alamang sumuko si Ampatuan kay PO2 Patricia Bueno, tauhan ng CIDG, at humiling na samahan siya ng nabanggit na pulis sa pagpipiyansa para sa kaniyang kaso. Matatandaang nahaharap sa kasong murder si Ampatuan at hinainan ng warrant of arrest noong September 2014 matapos diumano nitong ipapatay ang isang council […]
ANKARA , Turkey (AFP) — Turkish police on Thursday arrested 12 suspects as they stepped up efforts to identify a female bomber who blew herself up in the city of Bursa, wounding 13 people, state media said. The arrests took place in Bursa, Istanbul, the southeastern city of Sanliurfa and Afyon in central Turkey, Anatolia news agency said. Wednesday’s bombing, the latest attack to strike Turkey, took place near Bursa’s 14th century Grand Mosque, a […]
FRANKFURT ,Germany (AFP) — Germany kept unemployment at historic lows in April as the recovery in Europe’s biggest economy remains on track, unfazed by global uncertainties and a huge influx of refugees, data showed on Thursday. The unemployment rate — which measures the jobless total against the working population as a whole — stood at 6.2 percent in April, unchanged from March. In numerical terms, the number of people registered as unemployed in Germany declined […]
TOKYO , Japan (AFP) — All Nippon Airways (ANA) and Japan Airlines (JAL) announced robust annual profits on Thursday, thanks to healthy demand on China and other international routes as well as falling fuel costs. Japan’s top carriers benefitted from a record number of foreigners visiting Japan with mainland Chinese being among the most conspicuous as they flock to Japan for shopping and entertainment, International terror attacks in Paris and Brussels, however, slowed demand on […]
by Jung Ha-Won SEOUL , South Korea (AFP) — North Korea on Thursday tried and failed in what appeared to be its second attempt in two weeks to test a powerful, new medium-range ballistic missile, South Korea’s defence ministry said. A ministry official said the North had fired what was believed to be a Musudan missile at around 6:40 am (2140 GMT Wednesday) from Wonsan on the east coast, but it plunged back to […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – The World Bank raised the bar for its oil price forecast for 2016, adding that the oil price is already recovering from over-supply. According to the World Bank, oil will be priced at $41. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)
QUEZON City, Philippines – The Social Security System launched a loan restructuring program for the loans of calamity victims in order to give them the opportunity to clear their records with the SSS and claim full benefit of their pension. The SSS expects to collect 5.1 billion pesos through said program. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)
QUEZON City, Philippines – Two days after the beheading of the Canadian John Ridsdel, President Benigno S. Aquino III sent a personal letter expressing his condolences to the victim’s family and promised that he will use the full power of the State to bring to justice the Abu Sayyaf. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)
