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PNP admits mistake in Kidapawan incident

QUEZON City, Philippines – The Philippine National Police admitted that several of its personnel committed mistakes during the dispersal of protesting farmers in Kidapawan. According to the PNP, it is not part of their dispersal policy to fire guns which several police did on Kidapawan. The PNP added that said police were already identified and dismissed from the service. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith […]

NCRPO to assign police marshals in buses

QUEZON City, Philippines – The National Capital Region Police Office started assigning 240 police marshals in public utility buses in order to protect the passengers from hold-up situations as well as snatchers and pick-pockets. Said police marshals will board buses to check on the situation of passengers. Said measure will be implemented in EDSA and other major roads in the National Capital Region. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho […]

NBI arrests COMELEC website hacker

QUEZON CIty, Philippines – Now in custody of the National Bureau of Investigation Cybercrime Division is the hacker that attacked the official website of the Commission on Elections. Said suspect was apprehended due to the combination of digital and human surveillance. The COMELEC website was hacked last March 28 by a group of hacktivists that called themselves Anonymous Philippines. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith […]

GMA asks SC’s permission to vote

QUEZON City, Philippines – Former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo filed a petition to the Supreme Court to allow her to go to Pampanga and exercise her right to vote. According to the motion filed by her camp, Arroyo asked that she be allowed to leave the Veterans Memorial Medical Center and that the Commission on Elections recognizes the right of prisoners to vote and that she retains her right to vote because said right is denied […]

Tarlac, apektado na rin ng matinding init ng panahon

Matinding kalbaryo ang nararanasan ngayon ng mga taga-Central Luzon, partikukar na sa lalawigan ng Tarlac, dahil sa sobrang init ng panahon na labis na ikinaiirita ng marami at nagiging sanhi pa ng heat stroke at naging dahilan rin ng agarang kamatayan. Sa mga lansangan, kapansin-pansin ang mga kababayan natin na gumagawa ng paraan para maproteksiyonan ang kanilang mga sarili sa sobrang tindi ng sikat ng araw, na halos anila’y nakakapaso at mahapdi sa balat. Mga […]

Responsable sa pagpapasabog sa dalawang NGCP Towers sa North Cotabato tinutugis na

CARMEN, North Cotabato — Tinutugis na ng pambansang pulisya ang grupong nasa likod ng pagpapasabog sa dalawang tore ng National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) sa Carmen, North Cotabato. Batay sa paunang imbestigasyon ng Carmen- Philippine National Police, gumamit  ng improvised explosive device ang mga salarin mula sa 60 millimeter mortar, ito ay base na rin sa narekober na debris sa pinangyarihan ng pagsabog. Bagamat pinasabugan, sinabi ni Chief Inspector Julius Malcontento, Hepe ng […]

Ilang irigasyon sa Abra natutuyo na dahil sa El Niño

BANGUED, Abra — Ramdam na ramdam pa rin ng mga magsasaka sa Bangued, Abra ang epekto ng El Niño. Ayon sa National Irrigation Administration (NIA), nanunuyo na ang irigasyon na ginagamit na patubig ng mga sakahan sa probinsya. Hindi na rin anila sapat ang tubig na dumadaloy sa Abra Communal Irrigation System. Ang  Abra Communal Irrigation System ang nagkakaloob ng patubig sa mga sakahan sa tatlong munisipalidad sa Abra kabilang ang Tayum, Pidigan at Bangued. […]

Leading Philippine candidate says he may cut US, Australia ties

MANILA,Philippines (AFP) — Trash-talking Philippine presidential favourite Rodrigo Duterte has warned he is prepared to cut diplomatic ties with the United States and Australia after their ambassadors criticized his joke about the jailhouse rape of a missionary. Duterte also told the ambassadors to “shut their mouths”, as controversy continued to rage over his comments in which he said he wanted to have been the first to rape the Australian woman who was brutalized and murdered […]

NASA video shows stunning 4K view of the Earth from orbit

Reuters — Footage released by NASA on Tuesday (April 19) shows a view of the Earth, as seen from an astronaut’s perspective, in an “ultra high-definition” video resolution. The video, shot in orbit of the planet, shows land masses and weather systems drifting beneath the viewer. It is the second video released by NASA in the so-called “4K” resolution in four days. The videos’ release came as the agency launched NASA TV UHD, a television […]

Japan officials raid Mitsubishi office after data scandal

TOKYO,Japan (AFP) — Japanese transport ministry officials raided a Mitsubishi Motors office Thursday following the shock admission by the automaker that it falsified fuel-efficiency tests in more than 600,000 vehicles. The officials descended on a research and development centre in the city of Nagoya Thursday morning, and the government may slap the under-fire company with fines over the scandal, local media said. “This has critically damaged consumers’ trust and it won’t be tolerated,” top government […]

Heart care seminar isinagawa ng Iglesia Ni Cristo

Sa pangunguna ng mga ministro, nagsagawa ang Iglesia Ni Cristo sa distrito ng Metro Manila South ng programang pangkalusugan na tinawag na Heart Care Seminar. Ito’y isinagawa sa Taguig City University Auditorium noong Abril 16. Sa pamamagitan nina Dra. Esther Saguil at Dra. Ruby Andoque, naibahagi nila ang mga kaalaman tungkol sa common heart diseases at ang prevention nito sa pamamagitan ng healthy diet. Bahagi rin ng nasabing programa ang pagkakaroon ng libreng serbisyong medikal gaya […]

Australian furry friend gets ‘toad-smart’ to survive

Scientists are training an endangered furry marsupial — Australia’s beloved quoll — to avoid eating toxic toads that have devastated predator populations in a novel attempt to save the country’s native fauna. Quolls, a carnivorous animal commonly known as the native cat, are under attack from the poisonous cane toad, an invasive species from Central and South America. The toads were introduced to Australia in 1935 but are so poisonous they can kill predators that […]