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BANGKOK, Oct 12, 2023 (AFP) – The first flight of Thai evacuees fleeing the conflict between Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas landed in Bangkok on Thursday, with several recounting harrowing escapes as they were reunited with tearful family members. Worried families gathered at the airport hours before the arrival of a flight carrying 41 Thais, including 15 evacuees, who were flown out with assistance from their country’s diplomats. Around 30,000 Thais work in Israel, […]
(Eagle News)–Twenty people, including children, were killed on Tuesday, Sept. 17, after the truck they were on fell off a cliff in South Cotabato. A police report said the incident took place in Barangay Lamsalome in T’boli at 10:35 a.m. In a Tweet, the Philippine Red Cross said the truck, with plate number WNN 207, was on its way to Surallah from General Santos when the incident took place. The dead included children aged […]
(Eagle News)–Two people, including a psychiatric patient, were killed in a shooting incident in the National Center for Mental Health in Mandaluyong on Thursday, May 9. Hospital authorities did not reveal the identities of those killed in the incident past 2 p.m., citing the “sensitivities of the issue involving the patient.” Police reports said, however, that apart from the patient, who has a pending case, killed was his wife. The suspect was reportedly the couple’s […]
(Eagle News)—At least seven people were killed and 81 others were reported injured after a 6.1-magnitude earthquake that struck the country on Monday, April 22. National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council spokesperson Edgar Posadas said in an interview over GMA’s dzbb that authorities were still looking for 24 people reported missing as of Tuesday morning. Many of those, he said, were believed trapped after the Chuzon Supermarket in Porac, Pampanga collapsed as a result […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday, April 2, said someone wanted him killed, as he spoke behind a bullet-proof glass in a PDP-Laban campaign rally in Malabon. But the President downplayed the alleged plot, saying he believed “ang buhay ay swerte-swerte lang.” “Kung panahon ko na talaga, wala na akong magawa,” Duterte said. He said he, however, had no control over the security arrangements of the Presidential Security Group. He said he was used to […]
Over P2 million worth of “shabu” seized, five arrested (Eagle News) — One suspected drug pusher was killed in a buy-bust operation in Taguig on Thursday, March 7, that also yielded over P2 million worth of suspected shabu. The Quezon City Police District said Alex Abdul, alias Manila Boy, was killed in the shootout that ensued after Abdul fired at authorities who were out to arrest him in Barangay South Signal Village at 1:27 p.m. […]
(Eagle News) — Four suspected car thieves were killed in a shootout with police in Muntinlupa on Friday, March 8. According to an initial report, the shootout in Barangay Poblacion ensued after the four opened fire on authorities who had flagged down the Hyundai Accent, with conduction number MP 0669, they were on in Barangay Poblacion at 5:25 a.m. The authorities reportedly did this as the car had been reported stolen. The police are still […]
(Eagle News)—At least four people were killed and others were hurt after a man fired at attendees of a wake in Quezon on Wednesday, March 7. A report said Herman Cuento; Leon Cuento; Michael Cuento; and Manuel Cuerdo died while being rushed to the hospital after they sustained injuries from the incident in Barangay Ilog, Infanta past 8 p.m. Maximo Cuento and Napoleon Miras were also hurt. The gunman then fled on board a motorcycle. […]
(Eagle News)—A four-year-old boy was killed after a fire hit a residential area in Quezon City on Sunday, Feb .10. The fatality in the blaze in Barangay North Fairview around 9 p.m. has not been identified at press time. Around eighty houses were affected by the fire that reached the second alarm. It was put out before midnight.
(Eagle News) — The Armed Forces of the Philippines is still verifying reports Abu Sayyaf sub-commander Idang Susukan was killed in Jolo, Sulu. Brig. Gen. Edgard Arevalo, AFP spokesperson, made the statement after a report from The Star Malaysia said Susukan was injured in military offensives launched on Feb. 2 in the area. The offensives were launched following the twin blasts at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Cathedral on January 27. Five soldiers and three […]
(Eagle News)—-Two people were killed after a fire razed a residential area in Cainta, Rizal on Sunday, Feb. 3. The fatalities in the incident on Ortigas Avenue and Felix Avenue in Barangay Santo Domingo were identified as Maria Refol Cabucas, 81, and John Bell Lorenzo, 26. Authorities said the two may have suffocated because of the blaze that hit at 5:06 p.m. and spread to an adjacent subdivision. The fire reached the Task Force Alpha alarm […]
(Eagle News) — A Filipina domestic helper who was found guilty of murder was executed in Saudi Arabia, the Department of Foreign Affairs said on Thursday, Jan. 31. Ambassador Adnan Alonto told the DFA main office the sentence was carried out against the 39-year-old on Tuesday, Jan. 22. Alonto said the embassy provided her with a lawyer to assist her in all stages of her trial, sent representatives to visit her, and provided her family […]
