(Eagle News)–At least two people were killed and one was hurt after a portion of a budget hotel in Manila collapsed on Monday, Sept. 23. The bodies of construction workers Melo Ison and Jerome Fabello were recovered separately hours after a part of the Sogo hotel on Mabini St., Malate collapsed around 9:30 a.m. Edson Ison, for his part, managed to jump as the building was collapsing. He was rushed to the hospital for treatment. […]
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Duterte meets with local executives; discusses country’s illegal drugs problem
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte met with mayors and governors across the country on Tuesday night to discuss the issue of illegal drugs. The meeting took place at the Manila Hotel, a day after President Duterte railed about the same in his State of the Nation Address. Apart from illegal drugs, Duterte said in his fourth SONA that corruption continued to pervade in the country. Duterte has met with local chief executives in the past, and […]
UPDATED2: P40 million worth of shabu seized in Manila hotel room raid; Taiwanese arrested
(Eagle News) — The police on Friday, Aug. 24, arrested a Taiwanese national after seizing around P40 million worth of suspected shabu in a raid in his hotel room in Manila. According to the police, the six kilograms of suspected shabu had been placed in seven plastic bags in the room of Chong Chin Hao in the hotel on P. Mapua St. in Binondo. Authorities also recovered drug paraphernalia inside a suitcase in the room, […]





