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(Eagle News) — The death toll in overnight raids in Bulacan has risen to 32. In a press conference on Wednesday, Bulacan director Senior Supt. Romeo Caramat said of the 32 killed, 16 were on their drug watch list, two were surrenderees and 14 were new in the drug trade. He said all in all, the police conducted 66 operations from 12 a.m, August 15, to 12 midnight the same day. Of the 66, he said […]
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Firefighters searched for bodies Thursday in a London tower block gutted by a massive fire that has already left 17 people dead, as questions grew over whether a refurbishment had contributed to the disaster. The death toll was expected to rise further as crews picked their way through the blackened skeleton of the 24-storey Grenfell Tower, home to around 600 people and the scene of horror on Tuesday night. Whole […]
(Eagle News) — Despite intense fighting among government troops and local terrorists, the Philippine flag was hoisted in the city hall of Marawi on Monday, the day the nation celebrates its 119th year of independence. As the flag was raised, an emotional Mayor Majul Usman Gandamra thanked all those who were instrumental in helping Marawi City “rise again.” “Nais ko pong pasalamatan ang lahat ng aking mga kababayan na tumulong sa amin dito sa Marawi […]
by Hugo Olazar Agence France Presse ASUNCION, Paraguay — Dozens of suspected Brazilian gangsters blasted into a secure vault containing millions of dollars in southeastern Paraguay on Monday, leaving a policeman dead in what officials called the “robbery of the century.” Some 50 gunmen with explosives and military-grade weaponry left the city of Ciudad del Este looking like a war zone after a two-hour overnight assault on a security firm and police headquarters, authorities and […]
Ni Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service Pinaaamyendahan sa Senado ang ilan sa mga umiiral na road safety policies at regulations matapos ang nangyaring aksidente sa Carranglan, Nueva Ecija na ikinamatay ng mahigit 30 katao. Ayon kay Pacquiao, na siyang naghain ng Senate Resolution 346, kailangan nang amyendahan ang ilan sa mga umiiral na batas dahil hindi na aniya naproprotektahan ang milyon milyong pasahero at mga pedestrian ng mga ito. Nakakabahala aniya ang sunod-sunod na aksidente na nangyayari sa mga lansangan kung […]
Ni Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service Paiimbestigahan sa Senado ang panibagong kaso ng pagpatay sa isang “doctor to the barrio” sa Cotabato City. Ayon kay Senador Risa Hontiveros, maghahain siya ng resolusyon para maimbestigahan sa pagbubukas ng sesyon sa Mayo ang pagkamatay ng volunteer doctor na si Dr. Sajid “Jaja” Sinolinding. Nakakabahala aniya ang mga kaso ng pagpatay sa mga volunteer doctor dahil isang malaking banta rin ito sa para mabigyan ng access ang publiko sa libreng health services. Katunayan, sinabi ng […]
(AFP) — Seven people were injured when two bomb explosions rocked a petrol station in the southern part of the country near rebel enclaves, police said Tuesday. An improvised explosive was thrown on Monday night on the roof of the gasoline station in Tacurong city in Mindanao, which has been plagued by a decades-old Muslim insurgency. Two soldiers, three policemen and two civilians were wounded when a second blast went off minutes later as security forces were […]
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AFP) — At least 68 children were among those killed in the car bomb attack on a convoy carrying evacuees from besieged government-held towns in Syria, a monitor said on Sunday. Saturday’s attack in Rashidin west of Aleppo killed at least 126 people, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said, updating a previous toll of 112 dead. At least 109 of those killed were evacuees from the towns of Fuaa and Kafraya, it […]
PRAGUE, Czech Republic (AFP) — Two women died in a sauna in the northern Czech Republic after the door handle came off, trapping them inside, police said Sunday. “The mother and daughter aged 65 and 45 were taking a sauna at their friends’ place in a garden colony,” police spokesperson Iva Kormosova said in a statement. “The owner thought they were taking too long to come out so she went to check and found them […]
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AFP) — The death toll in a suicide car bomb attack on buses carrying Syrians evacuated from two besieged government-held towns has risen to at least 112, a monitoring group said Sunday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that 98 evacuees from the northern towns of Fuaa and Kafraya were killed when an explosives-laden vehicle hit their buses at a transit point west of Aleppo on Saturday. It said the remainder of […]
DAMASCUS, Syria (AFP) — In the following AFP interview with Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad, the questions were asked in English and he replied in English. Question 1: Did you give an order to strike Khan Sheikhun with chemical weapons last Tuesday? President Assad: Actually, no one has investigated what happened that day in Khan Sheikhun till the moment. As you know, Khan Sheikhun is under the control of Al-Nusra Front, which is a branch of […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — United States President Donald Trump told allies it was time to end Syria’s “brutal” civil war Wednesday, as he branded the country’s leader Bashar al-Assad a “butcher” and questioned Russia’s role in a suspected chemical attack. Trump, standing alongside North Atlantic Treaty Organization Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, called on allies to “work together to resolve the disaster” in Syria and thanked them for condemning Assad’s suspected sarin attack in Khan […]
