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By Mar Gabriel Eagle News Service MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Arestado sa operasyon ng Las Piñas City Police ang isang Police Colonel matapos mahuli sa akto na gumagamit ng shabu sa pot session sa isang subdivision sa lungsod. Kinilala ang suspek na si Police Supt. Lito Dumandan Cabamongan na Hepe ng Pnp-Crime Laboratory Satelite Office sa Alabang. Arestado rin ang ka pot session ng opisyal na si Nedy Sabdao na umano’y may-ari ng bahay. […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — New drugs for hard-to-treat tuberculosis strains may be fast rendered ineffective themselves if incorrectly used, a report warned Thursday, on the eve of World TB Day. Antibiotics such as bedaquiline, delamanid and linezolid have recently been added to the tuberculosis drug arsenal, which is dwindling as TB bacteria develop resistance to an ever-broader array of treatments. Much better control must be exercised over how these new drugs are prescribed and used, […]
(Eagle News) — The 19 policemen tagged in the killing of Albuera, Leyte Mayor Rolando Espinosa Sr. have surrendered to authorities. In a statement on Monday, the Philippine National Police said those who “voluntarily submitted themselves for accounting and investigation” were Supt. Marvin Marcos, Supt. Santi Noel Matira, Chief Insp. Leo Laraga, SP04 Melvin Cayobit, P03 Johnny Ibanez, Chief Insp. Calixto Canillas Jr., and SP04 Juanito Duarte. Also included were P01 Lloyd Ortigueza, Senior Insp. Fritz […]
(Eagle News) — “Narcopolitics is on the rise.” This is according to President Rodrigo Duterte, who spoke to the media at the Davao International Airport on Sunday prior to his departure for his official visit to Myanmar, and later to Thailand. As such, Duterte said that as soon as the police finish their selection of men and women who will comprise the Drug Enforcement Group, “they should go back and operate again.” The DEG […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Foreign Affairs on Friday expressed “concern” over the European Parliament’s resolution calling for detained Senator Leila de Lima’s release, saying it “casts aspersion on Philippine legal processes, its judicial system, and the guarantees enshrined in the Constitution to uphold and protect the rights of all individuals.” In a statement, the DFA added that while it “recognize(s) the independent standing of the (EP) within the (European Union) system, resolutions that are crafted by […]
(Eagle News) — Irked senators on Friday lashed out at the European Parliament, with one saying the body exhibited a “display of arrogance, of power” when it called for the release of Senator Leila de Lima who is detained in connection with several drug cases filed against her, and another saying it should “mind (its) own business” in the first place. “Its action in demanding the release of (Senator) De Lima is a clear display of arrogance, of power, […]
(Eagle News) — A Supreme Court associate justice said Senator Leila de Lima’s lawyers going to the High Court to question the legality of her arrest was premature. During oral arguments on Tuesday, Associate Justice Presbitero Velasco Jr. said that De Lima’s camp “was bypassing the (Muntinlupa Regional Trial Court)” where they had filed a motion to quash, after she filed the petition contesting her February arrest before the SC. “Precisely, you are banking on the resolution of the RTC Muntinlupa […]
By Mar Gabriel Eagle News Service (Eagle News) — Umakyat na sa siyam na drug suspek ang napapatay habang 145 ang naaresto sa ilalim ng Oplan Double Barrel Reloaded ng Philippine National Police (PNP). Sa harap nito, humihingi naman ng alternatibong solusyon ang PNP sa mga tutol sa pagpapatuloy ng war on drugs. Mula nang ilunsad ng PNP ang Oplan Double Barrel Reloaded noong Lunes (Marso 6), siyam na drug suspek ang naitala sa panibagong listahan […]
(Eagle News) — A government prosecutor on Wednesday said the gag order they had sought from the court did not include Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II, contrary to what some media reports appeared to be saying. Senior Assistant State Prosecutor Peter Ong said the gag order which they filed at the Muntinlupa City Regional Trial Court Branch 204 on March 3 was only intended for Senator Leila de Lima and her lawyers. De Lima is facing a drug case in Judge […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – President Rodrigo Duterte has asked the cooperation of local officials in Mindanao in his war against terrorism and drugs, saying he might be forced to declare martial law there if they do not help the government. “I am asking you because I don’t want the trouble in Mindanao to spin out of control because then as president, I will be forced, I will be compelled to exercise extraordinary powers,” the President said. […]
(Eagle News) — So how do netizens generally feel about Senator Leila de Lima being arrested? Apparently, ecstatic. An overwhelming majority of those who answered a Feb. 24 Eagle News online survey said they were happy the senator had been apprehended, with some of them saying this was long overdue. As of March 2, of the 2488 who answered the survey since Feb. 25, 2,339 answered this way. “MASAYA….MASAYANG MASAYA,” Roger Espiritu wrote. Sherrie […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Justice has asked the court to consolidate the drug-related cases filed against Senator Leila De Lima, saying they are one and the same. The prosecution specifically asked that all three cases lodged in Branches 204, 205 and 206 of the Muntinlupa Regional Trial Court be consolidated in the sala of Judge Juanita Guerrero of Branch 204. Assistant State Prosecutor Peter Ong argued that there were no differences among the three drug-related […]
