Tag: Albay

UPDATED: PNP files criminal raps vs Daraga, Albay mayor Baldo and several others over Batocabe killing

(Eagle News)–Criminal charges have been filed against Daraga, Albay Mayor Carlwyn Baldo and several others over the killing of Rep. Rodel Batocabe. In a press conference, Philippine National Police Chief Oscar Albayalde said the charges for double murder and six counts of multiple frustrated murder were filed against Baldo, Danilo Muella, Henry Yuson, Rolando Arimado, Emmanuel Roselio, Jaywin Babor and Christopher Naval before the Albay Provincial Prosecutors Office on Thursday, Jan. 3. According to Albayalde, based […]

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Año: Police in possession of pictures that could help them identify gunmen in Batocabe slay

(Eagle News)–The police are in possession of pictures that could help them identify the gunmen in the killing of Rep. Rodel Batocabe in Albay. This is according to Interior Secretary Eduardo Año, who cited a report given to him by  Regional Director Police Chief Supt. Arnel Escobal on Friday morning. According to Año, based on Escobal, the pictures were “volunteered” to the police by some attendees of the gift-giving event in Daraga. The police had […]

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Duterte expresses condolences to family of Batocabe’s slain police escort

(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte has expressed his condolences to the family of Rep. Rodel Batocabe’s security escort, who was also slain by still-unidentified gunmen over the weekend. “Console yourself (the family of SP01 Orlando Diaz) with the fact that he died in the line of duty.. Alam mo pagka mag-security ka, the possibility of dying is there always,” Duterte said during his visit to the wake of Batocabe in Albay on Wednesday, Dec. 26. Batocabe […]

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In photos: Albayalde visits Batocabe’s wake in Albay

  (Eagle News)—In these pictures released by the Office of the Chief of the Philippine National Police, PNP Chief Oscar Albayalde is seen visiting the wake of Rep. Rodel Batocabe in Albay. Batocabe was shot as he was about to board his vehicle from a gift-giving activity in Daraga on Saturday, Dec. 22. His bodyguard was also killed. The National Bureau of Investigation has said the killing was “likely politically motivated.”  

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Duterte to visit wake of Rep. Batocabe

(Eagle News)—President Rodrigo Duterte is slated to visit the wake of Rep. Rodel Batocabe, who was killed in Albay over the weekend. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said the visit would take place at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 26. Batocabe was gunned down as he was about to board his vehicle from a gift-giving activity in Daraga. His bodyguard was also killed. The police said they were eyeing at least six suspects. The National Bureau […]

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Rep. Batocabe, bodyguard killed in Albay gun attack

(Eagle News)—Ako Bicol party-list Rep. Rodel Batocabe was  killed in an attack on Saturday, Dec. 22. Also killed in the gun attack in Daraga, Albay was his bodyguard identified as SP01 Orlando Diaz. A radio report said Batocabe, also the vice chair of the House committees on dangerous drugs; on natural resources; and on good government and public accountability, was about to board his vehicle after attending a gift-giving event in Barangay Burgos when the attack took […]

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CAFGU member killed, another injured in Albay shooting incident

(Eagle News) – A member of the Citizen Armed Forces Geographical Unit (CAFGU) was killed, and another was wounded after they were shot at in Albay on Monday. The lone fatality was identified as Arnilo Secretario, 40. Secretario was riding a motorcycle being driven by Jonasis Bonit and was on his way to a road-widening project in Nabua, Camarines Sur when the attack in Barangay Centro Occidental, Polangui took place. Police are still investigating the incident.

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PHIVOLCS lowers Mayon alert level status

(Eagle News) — The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) has lowered the Alert Level status of Mayon volcano, but entry into the six-kilometer permanent danger zone (PDZ) is still strictly prohibited. On Tuesday, March 6, PHIVOLCS said an Alert Level 3, instead of an Alert Level 4, has now been hoisted over the volcano in Albay, citing the overall decrease in its level of unrest for the move. In particular, the agency said […]

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Limang vintage bomb, nahukay sa Daraga, Albay

Ni Jorge Halliare Eagle News Service DARAGA, Albay (Eagle News) – Limang bomba na gamit pa noong panahon ng Hapon ang narekober sa construction site ng Jiggy’s Terminal sa Purok 1, Brgy. Kimantong, Daraga, Albay nitong weekend. Sabado ng umaga nang mahukay ang limang ‘155 howitzer projectiles’ vintage bomb na pinaniniwalaang inihulog ng mga Hapon noong World War II ngunit hindi pumutok. Ayon sa Daraga Police, bandang 8:45 ng umaga noong Sabado nang makahukay ang […]

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Bilang ng mga evacuee sa Albay na tinamaan ng sakit, umabot na sa halos 6,000

(Eagle News) – Umabot na sa halos anim na libong evacuees ang tinamaan ng iba’t ibang uri ng sakit sa mga evacuation center sa Albay. Sa datos ng Department of Health (DOH), sa mga nagkasakit, nangunguna pa rin ang kaso ng respiratory infection o sakit sa baga. Ayon pa sa DOH ang bilang ng nagkaroon ng respiratory infection ay pumalo na sa 3,984, kasunod naman ay ang lagnat na may bilang na 798. Nasa 520 […]

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Phivolcs notes low Mayon volcanic activity in past few days

QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) – The the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said that it would lower the alert level for Mount Mayon if the volcano’s decreased activity would continue in the next few weeks. According to PHIVOLCS, although Mayon volcano continues to spew ash, there is no significant increase in volcanic activity for Mt. Mayon in the past few days. PHIVOLCS chief volcanologist Ed Laguerta said that although the volcano was showing […]

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Gasps and awe as “super blue blood moon” rises over erupting Philippine volcano

  by Ayee Macaraig Agence France Presse LIGAO, Philippines (AFP) — Filipinos sheltering from the erupting Mayon volcano gasped in delight as an orange full-moon eclipse shone above the mountain’s smouldering crater Wednesday in what was both a once-in-a-lifetime double spectacle and a rare moment of relief. Mount Mayon — the country’s most active volcano — has been spewing spectacular but potentially lethal ash and lava for the last fortnight, forcing some 90,000 people into cramped […]

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