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PNP, bumuo na ng team para sa Kidapawan incident

(Eagle News) — Bumuo na ng fact finding team ang Phililippine National Police para imbestigahan ang dispersal sa Kidapawan City na nauwi sa karahasan at ikinamatay ng dalawang raliyista habang ikinasugat naman ng mahigit 100 katao. Ayon kay PC/Supt. Wilben Mayor, tagapagsalita ng PNP, nagtungo na sa naturang lugar ang five-man team na pinamumunuan ni PC/Supt. Isagani Nerez para simulan ang imbestigasyon at upang malaman kung mayroong mga tauhan ng PNP na aniya ay nakalabag […]

Pitong lugar sa bansa posibleng makasama sa COMELEC areas of concern

QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Tinukoy ng Commission on Elections (COMELEC) at Commission on Human Rights (CHR) ang pitong lugar sa bansa na posibleng mapabilang sa areas of concern ngayong darating na eleksyon. Ito ay kinabibilangan ng ARMM, Masbate, Abra, Laguna, Nueva Ecija, Bulacan at ang San Juan City. Kasabay ng pagtukoy sa mga nasabing areas of concern, lumagda sina COMELEC Chairman Andres Bautista at CHR Chairman Chito Gascon sa isang memorandum of understanding […]

Pinsala ng forest fire sa Mt. Matutum nasa 2 milyon na; mahigit 50 pamilya inilikas

POLOMOLOK, South Cotabato (Eagle News) — Aabot na sa P2 million ang tinatayang danyos sa nagpapatuloy na forest fire sa paanan ng Mt. Matutum sa South Cotabato. Ayon sa Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office (MDRRMO)-Polomolok, nasira ang nasa 55 ektarya ng taniman ng kape na bahagi ng tinatayang nasa 100 ektaryang lupain na apektado ng nasabing sunog sa Brgy. Kinilis, Polomolok, South Cotabato. Nasa 100 indibidwal o mahigit 50 pamilya na rin ang apektado […]

May sapat na suplay ng bigas sa North Cotabato – DA

KIDAPAWAN, North Cotabato (Eagle News) –Nilinaw ni Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala na walang kakulangan ng suplay ng bigas sa North Cotabato . Ito ang iginiit ni Alcala sa kabila ng nararanasang El Niño sa iba’t-ibang bahagi ng bansa. Sa datos ng National Food Authority sa Region 12, sapat umano ang supply ng bigas sa lalawigan partikular sa Kidapawan City kung saan naganap ang marahas na dispersal sa mga magsasakang humihingi lamang ng rice subsidy sa kanilang […]

Brazil’s Lula leads rally against impeachment of President Rousseff

SAO BERNARDO DO CAMPO, SAO PAULO STATE, Brazil (Reuters) – Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva led a rally in defence of embattled President Dilma Rousseff on Monday (April 4) as the current president tries to stave off calls for her impeachment. Lula called on supporters at the Union of Metal Workers in Sao Bernardo do Campo, just outside the city of Sao Paulo, to defend the government. “The people are going to […]

France’s Bordeaux conducts anti-terrorism drill ahead of Euro 2016

Reuters  – The southwestern French city of Bordeaux conducted an anti-terrorism drill on Monday evening as it prepares for the UEFA Euro 2016 in June. More than 500 policemen, firefighters and health workers took part in the mock terrorist attack in the Place des Quinconces, the second largest city square in the European Union. The square will be used as an outdoor zone for fans during Euro 2016, with the capacity to hold 62,000 people. […]

Brazilian health ministry administers swine flu vaccines amidst cuts

  SAO PAULO, Brazil (Reuters) – Further to the outbreak of the Zika virus, Brazil is battling an increase in cases of flu with anticipated vaccination services, despite sweeping budget cuts for health. State health authorities in Sao Paulo initiated their annual vaccination services early this year to protect some 3.5 million people who are most at risk. An extra round of vaccinations began on March 23, ahead of the start of planned services mid-April. The […]

Panama president defends transparency amidst leak scandal

PANAMA CITY, Panama (Reuters) – Panama’s President Juan Carlos Varela reaffirmed his country’s commitment to tax transparency after governments across the world began investigating possible financial wrongdoing by the rich and powerful after a leak of four decades of documents from a local law firm that specialized in setting up offshore companies. The “Panama Papers” revealed financial arrangements of politicians and public figures including friends of Russian President Vladimir Putin, relatives of the prime ministers […]

Rescuers pull three-year-old boy from well in eastern China

WEIFANG CITY, SHANDONG PROVINCE, China (Reuters) – Rescuers in eastern China saved a three-year-old boy from a well on Thursday (March 31), state media reported. Chinese state broadcaster CCTV said that the boy had fallen 11.8 meters-deep (38.7 feet) into the 90 meter-deep (295.2 feet) well while playing in an empty courtyard on Thursday afternoon in Weifang City of Shandong province. Local firefighters were called to the scene soon after. Unable to physically reach the […]

“The Jungle Book” premieres with a ‘wild’ red carpet

  LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, United States (Reuters)  – Disney gave “The Jungle Book” the star treatment on Monday (April 5), shutting down Hollywood Boulevard and turning the film’s red carpet premiere into an on location set straight out of the wild. Based on Rudyard Kipling’s timeless stories and inspired by Disney’s 1967 classic animated film of the same name, “The Jungle Book” has generated positive reviews thanks in part to the graceful blending of live-action with […]

New Zealand prime minister supports Helen Clark for the United Nations top job

  WELLINGTON, New Zealand (Reuters) –  New Zealand Prime Minister, John Key, on Tuesday (April 5) threw his support behind his predecessor, Helen Clark, following her announcement she would campaign to be the next United Nation secretary-general. New Zealand submitted a letter on Monday to the president of the 193-member General Assembly formally nominating Clark, who heads the U.N. Development Program, as a candidate to succeed Ban Ki-moon as secretary-general. “There are major global challenges […]