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(Eagle News) — The Philippine National Police is looking at the possibility Communist groups were behind the recent explosions in Sultan Kudarat and in Masbate. In a press conference, PNP Spokesperson Senior Supt. Benigno Durana said this was based on evidence they found in the scenes. According to Durana, the orange PVC pipes found were the “preferred materials” of Communist groups in their attacks. Durana said also recovered were “scattered parts of the speedboats.” Earlier, […]
(Eagle News) — The Palace on Wednesday, Aug. 29, condemned the blast in Sultan Kudarat that killed two and injured over 30 people on Tuesday night. “We vow to bring the perpetrators of this brazen attack to (sic) justice,” he said. The military so far dismissed reports the Islamic State was behind the bombing, airing their suspicions instead that the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters were behind the attack. “We will apply the full force of the […]
Count of injured now at 39 (Eagle News)—The death toll in the bomb explosion in Sultan Kudarat on Tuesday night has risen to two, the police said. The number of those injured was also now at 39, the police said, as they looked for those responsible behind the incident in Isulan. In a television interview Wednesday, Isulan police chief Supt. Celestino Daniel dismissed reports the Islamic State had a hand in the explosion. “Hindi pa po […]
(Eagle News) — At least two members from the government side were killed in a clash with suspected New People’s Army members in Masbate on Friday, Aug. 3. The military said members of the 22nd Infantry Battalion were on patrol operations when they were ambushed by the suspected NPA rebels in Barangay Mactan past 8 a.m. It was unclear if there were casualties on the side of the rebels. On Wednesday, an explosion allegedly triggered by […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Foreign Affairs is monitoring the situation in Guatemala following the eruption of Volcán de Fuego. In a statement, the DFA said the Philippine Embassy situated in Mexico was in touch with leaders of the Filipino community to determine if any of the 200 Filipinos living and working in the Central American country needed assistance. The DFA said the Philippine Consulate in Guatemala also urged Filipinos to donate to help those […]
(Eagle News) — Three people, including two minors, were killed and several others were hurt after the bus they were riding fell off a bridge in Leyte. The fatalities in the incident that saw a Philtranco Bus, with plate number ACA 9771, fall off a bridge in Tanauan at 11:45 p.m. on Tuesday, May 22, were identified as Wendell Simbajon, 15; Brian Noterte, 30; and Queenly Galagnara, 3. Authorities have yet to determine the cause […]
HAVANA, Cuba (AFP)–Three people have been pulled alive from the wreckage of a Cuban airliner which crashed after takeoff Friday with 104 passengers aboard, and are in a critical condition in hospital, state media said. The country’s President Miguel Diaz-Canel, who visited the crash site, warned earlier that many people were feared dead.
By Mar Gabriel Eagle News Service Five suspected kidnappers and a member of the police force were killed during a shootout in Laguna on Tuesday, April 10. The policewoman who was killed in the shootout in Barangay Maharlika around 6 a.m. was identified as PO1 Zarah Jane Andal, while four of the killed suspects were identified as Adalia, Fernandez, Dizon and Rebadulla, based on the police uniforms they wore. The authorities have yet to determine the identity of […]
(Eagle News) — Seven people were killed and several others were injured after a truck plowed through a roadside eatery and parked vehicles in Taal, Batangas on Wednesday. Cheche Aninio, Susan Hombre, Melencio Atienza, Jennifer Atienza and Babylyn Atienza, and two others who have yet to be identified were killed in the incident that took place past 5 a.m. Many of the fatalities were reportedly having a meal in the eatery at that time. Based on […]
(Eagle News)– Senator Grace Poe on Wednesday reiterated the need for the creation of a National Transportation Safety Board. Poe renewed her call after a bus fell off a bridge in Occidental Mindoro, resulting in the deaths of 19 people. According to the senator, the body would be in charge of looking into transportation-related incidents—whether on land, by sea, air, railways and pipeline systems—and determine their causes. In pushing for the creation of the board, Poe […]
(Eagle News)–The number of fatalities in the Manila Pavilion fire incident has risen to six. According to the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp., Jennilyn Figueroa, 28, died in the early morning of March 21 after being in a critical state for three days. Figueroa, PAGCOR said, worked as a member of the internal security staff at the Casino Filipino Pavilion. She has been in service for six years. The other five fatalities were identified as Treasury […]
Four people were killed in the southern part of the country early Tuesday as “Basyang” unleashed heavy rain and triggered deadly landslides, police said. The storm slammed the east coast of Mindanao Tuesday with gusts of 75 kilometers (47 miles) an hour. The heavy rain triggered landslides that hit mountain villages outside the mining town of Carrascal — 760 kilometers south of the capital Manila — killing four people, municipal police chief James Alendogao told […]
