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(Eagle News)–Grab Philippines on Wednesday, Aug. 8, expressed its condolences to one of its partner-drivers who was found lifeless–with 12 gunshot wounds— in the vehicle in Parañaque City. According to Grab, it will “continuously cooperate with the authorities to give justice” to the family of Ananias Antigua, who was found on July 31 in Barangay Galo. “We respect the privacy of the family and they are assured that Grab will extend the support they need in […]
(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 suspect in the killing of an Ombudsman prosecutor was killed on Saturday, July 28, while he allegedly tried to grab the gun of a police officer in Camp Crame. Angelito Avenido Jr., who was charged with the murder of Ombudsman Assistant Special Prosecutor Madonna Joy Tanyag, who was pregnant at that time, allegedly made the attempt while inside the Criminal Investigation and Detection Unit in Camp Karingal, Quezon City, after a mugshot was taken […]
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AFP)- A man stabbed to death two people in an attack at a mosque in South Africa early Thursday, before being shot dead by police, police said. Several people were also wounded in the attack in the town of Malmesbury near the southwestern city of Cape Town. “Malmesbury police were called out to a local mosque and found two people dead with stab wounds and several injured,” Noliyoso Rwexana, spokesperson for the […]
(Eagle News)–A 50-year-old Filipina died in a hit-and-run incident in Toronto, Canada on Monday, June 11. CTV News identified the victim as Isabel Soria. According to the report, Soria was hit by what witnesses said was a silver Ford F150 driven by a male in his 30s in the intersection of Dufferin Street and Briar Hill Avenue. The driver fled the scene. Soria was rushed to the hospital where she succumbed to injuries.
(Eagle News) — A 17-year-old Filipino-American was killed after a brawl ensued in a Seattle park on Saturday, June 2. The Seattle Times reported that Ryan dela Cruz was out with his friends at Martha Washington Park when his group encountered another group, and “mayhem” ensued. The second group allegedly fired shots, and Dela Cruz was hit three times. Police are still investigating the cause of the brawl, but noted that Dela Cruz was not a […]
(Eagle News)~The Department of Foreign Affairs has extended its condolences to the kin of an Overseas Filipino Worker who was killed while defending two women who were being harassed in Slovakia. “Our thoughts and prayers are with the family of our kababayan Henry John Acorda,” Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano said in a statement. “We mourn the loss of another of our own who by all accounts is a hero who came to the […]
(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 […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Foreign Affairs has expressed condolences to the family of Jastine Valdez, the 24-year-old Filipino student who was abducted and whose body was recently found in an old mine in Kilternan, south of Dublin, in Ireland. “We grieve with the loved ones of Jastine Valdez, someone so young and so full of promise, who was suddenly taken away from them. We join the rest of the Filipino Community in […]
(Eagle News)—Five people, including a four-month-old baby, were killed in a fire that hit a residential area in Bacoor, Cavite on Tuesday, April 24. The fatalities were identified as Christopher Moyano, his live-in partner Shirley Abalos and their three children, including the baby. Initial investigation showed the fire started at 2:10 a.m., and was put out past 4 a.m. The cause of the fire and the damage to property have yet to be determined.
(Eagle News) — At least 26 were killed in “one-time bigtime” operations held by police in Manila on Wednesday. Chief Supt. Joel Coronel, Manila Police District director, said the suspects were killed after they fought it out with policemen who were only out to arrest them. He said 166 others were arrested in the anti-criminality operations carried out in Sta. Cruz, Sampaloc, Malate, Tondo, and Abad Santos Ave., among others. Of the 166, he said […]
“He is liable for several reasons,” militant group says (Eagle News) — The militant group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan welcomed on Saturday the Ombudsman’s order to file criminal charges against former President Benigno Aquino III over the botched Mamasapano operation in 2015 that saw 44 members of the police’s elite Special Action Force killed, among others, saying he was indeed “liable” for several reasons. In a statement, Bayan said Aquino, for one, “violated the (then-)suspension order […]
