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WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris arrived at the US Capitol on Wednesday for their official inauguration ceremony. Biden, 78, is to be sworn in at noon (1700 GMT) by Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts as the 46th president of the United States. Harris, 56, will be the first woman to become vice president. Donald Trump left Washington three hours before Biden’s swearing-in, the first American president […]
(Eagle News)–Students and teachers at the Philippine Normal University were forced to evacuate to the university quadrangle on Thursday, Oct. 10, after a bomb threat was sent via text message to a faculty member. They went back to their classes, however, after the Manila Police District’s Explosives and Ordnance unit ruled there was no truth to the message, Dr. Bert Tuga, vice president for finance and management, told the school’s news organ, The Torch Publications. […]
(Eagle News)–Classes on Thursday, Oct. 3, were suspended in Mapua University in Intramuros, Manila due to a bomb threat. The message about the presence of a bomb was received at 8:20 a.m., prompting the administration to order the buildings vacated. “However, today will be a digital day,” Mapua said on its Twitter account, as it urged its students to be online for their lectures. After conducting a panelling of the campus for two hours, members […]
Ni Mar Gabriel Eagle News Service (Eagle News) — Marami ang nagulat nang biglang magpatupad ng mahigpit na seguridad ang pamunuan ng Metro Rail Transit at Light Railway Transit nitong mga nagdaang linggo. Hindi na pinapayagan ang mga pasahero na magpasok ng anumang uri ng liquid sa lahat ng istasyon, mapa-inuming tubig at hangang sa pabango. Sa pahayag na inilabas ng pamunuan ng MRT 3, kinumpirma nila na nakatanggap sila ng bomb threat sa pamagitan […]
(Eagle News) — National Capital Region Police Office chief Guillermo Eleazar on Wednesday, Jan. 30, dismissed as a hoax a social media post that said an SM branch would be bombed by the Abu Sayyaf if mall officials did not pay $15 million. According to Eleazar, the message which came from a certain Kyla Avonahceh, was “obviously too casual and carefree in the face of a very serious and extremely scary threat.” He recalled what he […]
(Eagle News)–A bomb threat was sent to Reedley International School in Pasig on Friday, Nov. 16, prompting the police to search the place for any explosives. The Eastern Police District said the threat, sent via text message to the school receptionist, was received at 8:52 a.m. The text read: “Your school is going down in a few hours. An explosive was sneaked inside your building early this morning at around 6:45 a.m. to 7 a.m. […]
by Amir HAVASI Agence France Presse TEHRAN, Iran (AFP) — Tehran called on Tuesday for talks with Paris to resolve a “misunderstanding” after Paris accused Iran’s intelligence ministry of involvement in an alleged bomb plot targeting an exiled opposition group near the French capital. Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Bahram Ghasemi told AFP in an interview that Tehran rejected the French complaint “completely and forcefully”, but said the door was open to talks. “If there is […]
(Eagle News) — Mapua on Tuesday, Sept. 18, suspended classes in its campus in Intramuros, Manila because of a bomb threat. Also suspended was work in the Mapua campus. The university required all students and employees to leave the premises to ensure their safety, based on a Facebook post on the Mapua page.
(Eagle News)–A bomb threat disrupted hearings in the Antipolo Hall of Justice on Tuesday, Sept. 3. Around 9 a.m., several judges and a prosecutor received a text message about the supposed bomb. So far, though, authorities found no bomb in the area.
By Moira Encina Eagle News Service Charges have been filed against a former television personality after she allegedly emailed a bomb threat to an airline company. Charged for violation of the Presidential Decree 1727 that prohibits individuals from sending bomb jokes was Janette Alano Tulagan. Tulagan, who was charged before the Department of Justice, was arrested by the police in her house in Barangay Holy Spirit, Quezon City after authorities determined the IP address of […]
MELBOURNE, Australia (AFP)- A man who threatened to detonate a fake bomb aboard a Malaysia Airlines flight from Melbourne while under the influence of drugs was jailed Thursday for 12 years by an Australian court. Kuala Lumpur-bound Flight MH128 was turned back to Melbourne in May last year shortly after take-off when Sri Lankan national Manodh Marks falsely claimed a portable speaker and battery pack he was carrying was an explosive. The 25-year-old who had taken […]
SINGAPORE, Singapore (AFP) — A flight operated by budget airline Scoot was Thursday escorted back to Singapore by fighter jets after a passenger allegedly made a bomb threat, police and the airline said. The flight bound for Hat Yai in Thailand landed safely at the city-state’s Changi Airport at 3:23 pm (0723 GMT), said an airline statement. It had taken off from Singapore about two hours earlier, the city-state’s Straits Times newspaper reported. It was […]
