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(Eagle News)–The Malolos Regional Trial Court Branch 15 has junked retired Army Maj. Gen. Jovito Palparan’s bid to block his transfer to the New Bilibid Prison. The court dismissed Palparan’s motion to hold the implementation of the mittimus or commitment order, citing SC-OCA circular no.163-2013 which directs all trial court judges to cause the immediate transfer of convicted persons to the NBP, regardless of the pendency of a motion for reconsideration or an appeal. Earlier, […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Antonio Trillanes on Tuesday, Oct. 2, faced officials of the Armed Forces of the Philippines for the first time since the amnesty granted to him for the Oakwood mutiny and Peninsula Manila siege was revoked by Presidential Proclamation No. 572. The proclamation had cited as bases Trillanes’ alleged failure to file an official application for the amnesty based on a certification issued by the military such a file was not available, and his […]
(Eagle News)–Jovito Palparan will be moved to the New Bilibid Prison on Wednesday, Oct. 3. This is according to Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque, who quoted information from Lt. Gen. Carlito Galvez Jr., Armed Forces of the Philippines chief of staff . “Sir, accordingly this coming Wednesday, sir,” Roque quoted Galvez as saying. Palparan, who was recently convicted of kidnapping and serious illegal detention of two University of the Philippines students, Karen Empeño and Sherlyn Cadapan, […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — An American warship has sailed through waters off the contested Spratly Islands in the South China Sea, in the latest implicit challenge to Beijing’s sweeping territorial claims in the region, the Pentagon said Sunday. “Guided-missile destroyer USS Decatur conducted a freedom of navigation operation,” an official told AFP. “Decatur sailed within 12 nautical miles of Gaven and Johnson reefs in the Spratly Islands.” The official said all US military […]
Abu Sayyaf sub-leader among those hurt (Eagle News)–Seven members of the Abu Sayyaf were killed and several others were hurt in an encounter with government troops in Sulu on Friday, Sept. 14. ASG sub-leader Hatib Hajan Sawadjaan was among the six ASG members injured in the encounter between members of the bandit group and the military in Patikul. Seventeen soldiers were also hurt. The military is pursuing the other bandits who fled from the scene, […]
by Maxime Popov Agence France Presse CHITA, Russia (AFP) — Russia launched Tuesday what it called its largest ever military drills, with hundreds of thousands of troops taking part along with Chinese soldiers in a show of force NATO condemned as a rehearsal for “large-scale conflict.” President Vladimir Putin is expected to attend the games after hosting an economic forum in Russia’s far eastern city Vladivostok where his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping is one […]
PYONGYANG, North Korea (AFP) – Thousands of North Korean troops followed by artillery and tanks paraded through Pyongyang Sunday as the nuclear-armed country celebrated its 70th birthday, but it refrained from displaying the intercontinental ballistic missiles that have seen it hit with sanctions. Instead leader Kim Jong Un showed off his friendship with China, raising the hand of President Xi Jinping’s envoy as they saluted the crowd together afterwards. The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Antonio Trillanes IV is only “pretending to be a crusading soldier.” This is according to President Rodrigo Duterte, who gave a speech upon his arrival in the country from Jordan and Israel, where he was on official visit. “And now, he is taking the cudgels of the military, but he has not only abandoned the vision of the military, he became corrupt by collecting sa mga negosyante. Para siyang abogado,” Duterte said. Duterte […]
by W.G. Dunlop Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The US military plans to cancel $300 million in aid to Pakistan due to Islamabad’s lack of “decisive actions” in support of American strategy in the region, the Pentagon said Saturday. The US has been pushing Pakistan to crack down on militant safe havens in the country, and announced a freeze on aid at the beginning of the year that an official said […]
(Eagle News) — The Palace on Tuesday, Aug. 28, defended President Rodrigo Duterte’s decision to bring retired police and military officials with him in his trip to Israel in September. “For security personnel, a trip to Israel would entail collaborating and mingling with security forces of Israel in order for our men in uniform to benefit from the experience of Israel, particularly in their drive against extremism and terrorism,” Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said. Earlier, President […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — The United States will return to the Philippines church bells seized by American forces in a bloody campaign more than a century ago, its embassy said on Sunday, following a demand by President Rodrigo Duterte. American forces took three bells from the Catholic church of Balangiga town on the eastern island of Samar in 1901 as war booty in what historians said was a particularly brutal military operation in the […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — The US military said it had launched a search and rescue operation after reports a marine may have fallen overboard from an American warship as it sailed through Philippine waters. The US 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit said a member, who was not named, may have gone overboard Thursday morning. Aircraft on board the USS Essex are searching waters off the Sulu Sea and the Surigao Strait while multiple searches are […]
