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(Eagle News) — Pinag-aaralan pa ng Philippine National Police kung sasampahan ng kasong kriminal ang babaeng Iranian na nanakit ng pulis sa Puerto Galera. Patuloy pa kasing ino-obserbahan ang lagay ng iranian na nagpakita ng hindi normal na behavior. Ayon kay PNP Spokesperson Police Senior Supt. Nernard Banac, sakaling mapatunayan na wala ito sa normal na pag-iisip ay nakahanda naman ang pulis na magpatawad at hindi na ituloy ang kaso. Ang iranian national ay sumasailalim […]
CAIRO, Egypt (AFP) — An explosion in Cairo on Monday killed two policemen who were chasing a man believed to have targeted security staff near a mosque last week, Egypt’s interior ministry said. “As security surrounded the man and was set to arrest and control him, an explosive device in his possession went off,” the ministry said. The blast in the crowded Darb al-Ahmar district in downtown Cairo also killed the bomber and injured three other policemen. The man was being pursued […]
(Eagle News)–The police have formed a task force to investigate the shooting incident along Edsa that killed at least two and injured another on Sunday, Feb. 18. Special Investigation Task Force Yulo of the Eastern Police District will look into the deaths of Jose Luis Yulo, 62; and Esmeralda Ignacio, 38; who sustained injuries after men on board a motorcycle strafed the Toyota Hi-Ace van, with plate number NOS 361, they were using past 3 p.m., […]
Four people arrested (Eagle News) — Authorities seized around P3.5 million worth of illegal drugs in a buy-bust operation in Quezon City on Thursday, Feb. 7. The National Capital Region Police Office said the police and Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency operatives also arrested Ruby Balani, Mary Jane Duran, Joshua Salazar, and Mineya Amorine in their joint operation in an apartelle on Araneta Ave. in Cubao. Confiscated from the suspects were 500 grams of shabu with a street value […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Four young men were arrested in New York state for allegedly planning a “potentially lethal” attack on a Muslim community regularly targeted by US extremist sites, police said Wednesday. Police in Greece, New York recovered three explosive devices and 23 weapons — mostly shotguns — from the homes of the suspects, according to spokesman, Jared Rene. The four, whose ages range from 16 to 20, were accused of planning […]
Scuffles broke out in central Athens Sunday as tens of thousands of people protested a planned name change for neighbouring Macedonia that parliament is due to ratify this week. After some 30 masked youths tried to force the closure of the parliament building by throwing stones, riot police responded with tear gas volleys to break up the crowd there. Hundreds of buses, especially from northern Greece, had brought protesters in for the rally, on […]
by Hector Velasco Agence France Presse BOGOTA, Colombia (AFP) — Colombia’ s government declared three days of mourning Thursday after at least 21 people died in a car bomb at a Bogota police cadet training academy, and 68 were wounded — the worst such incident in the city in 16 years. The defense ministry said the “terrorist act” was carried out using a vehicle packed with 80 kilograms (around 175 pounds) of explosives. “Unfortunately, the […]
by Hector Velasco Agence France Presse BOGOTA, Colombia (AFP) — A car bomb attack on a police cadet training academy killed 10 people and wounded 65 on Thursday in Bogota, making it the worst such incident in the Colombian capital in 16 years. The defense ministry said the “terrorist act” was carried out using a vehicle packed with 80 kilograms (around 175 pounds) of explosives. “All Colombians reject terrorism and we’re united in fighting it,” […]
(Eagle News) — Interior Secretary Eduardo Año on Wednesday, Jan. 16, directed the Philippine National Police to intensify its measures in order to protect candidates running in the 2019 elections. “The PNP should take offensive and preventive measures. We should be several steps ahead of those who resort to violence to win an election,” Año said. According to Año, in particular, the PNP should intensify “police interventions, operations, and police visibility.” He said the police should coordinate with […]
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AFP) — Three people have been arrested in Malaysia for allegedly insulting the former king on social media after his shock abdication, sparking anger Thursday from activists at the use of “draconian” laws. Sultan Muhammad V stepped aside at the weekend after just two years on the throne. No official reason was given, but it came after he reportedly married a Russian ex-beauty queen while on medical leave. It was the […]
(Eagle News)– Daraga, Albay Mayor Carlwyn Baldo had also planned to kill former Mayor Gerry Jaucian, a police official said on Monday, Jan. 7. Quoting the statement of Emmanuel Jaduvar, the police’s main witness in the killing of Rep. Rodel Batocabe, Criminal Investigation and Detection Group director Chief Supt. Amado Corpuz said Baldo had offered P350,000 for the job to the same people who killed the congressman in December 2018. Batocabe’s security aide SP01 Orlando […]
(Eagle News)–Interior Secretary Eduardo Año on Thursday, Jan. 3, said he has placed the Philippine National Police on “heightened alert” to “monitor the activities of all candidates” as the 2019 elections draw near. Año made the statement as he said that what happened to Daraga, Albay Mayor Carlwyn Baldo should “serve as a stern warning against all politicians not to intimidate, harass, or do violence against their political opponents” in the polls. Baldo and six […]
