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PARIS, France (AFP) — Europe, like the United States, is now in reach of North Korea’s ballistic missiles, French Defense Minister Florence Parly warned Thursday. The regime’s test of its third intercontinental ballistic missile on Wednesday is “a demonstration of (Pyongyang’s) rising power” Parly told BFM television. “Europe like the United States is certainly within reach of these launches,” she said, adding that “few Western cities” would be out of range. An initial assessment by […]
(Eagle News ) — An Abu Sayyaf bomber with a P1.3-million bounty on his head was arrested in Basilan, the Armed Forces of the Philippines said on Thursday. Brig. Gen. Juvymax Uy, commander of Joint Task Force Basilan, said Rahim Abdul alias Aman Kabalu was apprehended at Zone 1 in Barangay Kampurnah, Isabela on November 28. He said the arrest at 3:40 p.m. was made possible after a civilian positively identified Abdul, who did not resist […]
(Eagle News) — One of the personalities facing criminal charges over the P6.4-billion shabu shipment that slipped through the country via Customs express lanes in May tried to leave the Philippines on Thursday. Immigration spokesperson Antonette Mangrobang said Chen Ju Long, alias Richard Tan or Richard Chen was, however, denied departure by the Bureau of Immigration as he tried to board China Eastern Air flight # 5046 at the Clark International Airport. She said Chen, the owner of […]
(Eagle News) — “Lies.” This was how Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno described on Thursday the allegations leveled against her by lawyer Larry Gadon in an impeachment complaint. “Dahil sa pagkumpol kumpol na kasinungalingang ito, gusto bang pigilan ang mga reporma na nangyayari (sa hudikatura)?” Sereno said in a short speech at the University of the Philippines-Diliman, where several groups gathered to express their support for her. Sereno said these reforms in the judiciary included, […]
(Eagle News) — Members of the Senate and the House of Representatives held a bicameral conference on Thursday to thresh out the differences in their respective versions of the budget bill for 2018. Attending the executive session were members of the finance committees led by Senator Loren Legarda and Rep. Karlo Nograles. The bicameral conference was held a day after the Senate approved, with a 16-0 vote, its version of the 2018 General Appropriations Act. This […]
(Eagle News) — The government plans to turn war-torn Marawi into a commercial and tourism hub in Mindanao, a military official announced on Thursday, as rehabilitation efforts went underway. In an interview over dzbb, Armed Forces of the Philippines Public Affairs Office chief Edgar Arevalo said the plan was to make Marawi known not only as a city that defeated terrorism, but also as a city that rose from the ashes to become a magnet for […]
Ni Jerold Tagbo Eagle News Service Nagpang-abot malapit sa Mendiola ang mga anti- at pro-administrasyon na grupo na may kanya kanyang ikinasang kilos protesta kasabay ng paggunita sa Bonifacio Day ngayong araw. Hindi nakaporma sa Mendiola ang mga anti-administrasyon na magsasagawa sana ng protesta laban sa sinasabi nilang isinusulong na revolutionary government ng gobyerno. Karamihan sa mga kaanib sa grupong ito ay mga miyembro ng mga militanteng grupo gaya ng Bukluran ng mga Mangagawang Pilipino, […]
(Eagle News) — A 5.0-magnitude quake struck Davao Oriental on Thursday. The Philippine Institute Volcanology and Seismology said the earthquake hit 46 kilometers southeast of Caraga at at 9:16 a.m. Depth of focus was at 23 kilometers. An intensity III was felt in Bislig City, Surigao. No aftershocks were reported.
Fifteen suspected communist guerrillas including six women have been killed in a gunbattle, the military said on Wednesday, days after President Rodrigo Duterte called off peace talks. Duterte last week vowed to go to war with the rebels and said he would categorize them as a “terrorist” group over deadly attacks against soldiers and police. Late Tuesday, residents reported seeing armed men boarding a van and a truck in the town of Nasugbu 65 kilometers […]
by Jo Biddle with Rusmir Smajilhodzic in Mostar Agence France Presse The United Nations war crimes court for former Yugoslavia descended into chaos during its last judgement on Wednesday when a Bosnian Croat defendant appeared to take poison to protest the upholding of his 20-year jail term. UN judges were handing down judgement in the appeals case of six former Bosnian Croat political and military leaders in the court’s final verdict for war crimes committed […]
(Eagle News) — Supreme Court Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno was acting based on her own discretion when she issued the temporary restraining order on the Commission on Elections’ proclamation of party-lists in 2013. According to her lawyers, this is in accordance with Section 6, Rule 7 of the SC Internal Rules that states that “the Chief Justice is expressly empowered to ‘act’ on urgent cases requiring immediate action, including initiatory pleadings praying for the issuance […]
Apologizes for incident in September (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday apologized for September’s incident that saw two Vietnamese who were poaching in Philippine waters killed in an alleged encounter with the Philippine Navy, and five others arrested. “We are all Asians.. I’m sorry for the incident, I hope it will never happen,” Duterte said in send-off ceremonies for the other five Vietnamese crewmen, in Sual, Pangasinan. After a bilateral meeting with Vietnam President Tran […]
