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(Eagle News) – A new witness has come out in the open and pointed to former Immigration Deputy Commissioner Marc Red Mariñas as the mastermind in the so-called “pastillas” scheme at the Bureau of Immigration, and how this corruption scheme is continuing up to now. Immigration officer 2, Jeffrey Dale Ignacio, said he was a member of the pastillas group which collects money from tourists, particularly Chinese nationals who frequent the country, during a hearing […]
Two others may do so, too, senator says (Eagle News)–Senate President Tito Sotto on Sunday, Sept. 8, said two more witnesses could testify before the Senate on corruption in the Bureau of Corrections involving the accreditation of inmates’ Good Conduct Time Allowances. Sotto, who made the revelation in an interview over radio DWIZ, said this was apart from a third witness who would definitely testify during the hearing. According to Sotto, the witnesses, whom he […]
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AFP) — A suspect shouted out “Allahu Akbar” (God is Greatest) before causing an explosion at a Brussels railway station on Tuesday, a witness said. “I went down to the mezzanine level, someone was shouting. Then he cried ‘Allahu Akbar’, and he blew up a trolley,” Nicolas Van Herrewegen, a railway sorting agent, told reporters. “I was behind a wall when it exploded. I went down and alerted my colleagues to evacuate everyone. […]
LOS ANGELES, California (Reuters) — After weeks of promotion, a 96-hour livestream and an attempt to end some bad blood with Taylor Swift, Katy Perry’s “Witness” made its debut atop the U.S. Billboard 200 chart on Monday (June 19), the singer’s third chart-topping album. “Witness,” in which Perry infuses political themes into pop music, sold 162,000 albums, 51,000 songs and was streamed more than 19 million times in its opening week, totaling 180,000 album units, […]
(Eagle News) — A woman who was allegedly being developed as a witness to be presented to the International Criminal Court (ICC) against President Duterte by senators Antonio Trillanes IV and Leila de Lima, has come out in the open to denounce the actions of the two senators and a Catholic priest who was allegedly tasked to look for witnesses against Duterte. The witness is Guillermina Barrido Arcillas, a former Liberal Party supporter, who held […]
LHOKNGA, Indonesia (AFP) — Indonesian authorities faced pressure Friday to allow dozens of Sri Lankan migrants stranded on a boat for almost a week to disembark, as witnesses said a warning shot was fired in chaotic scenes near the vessel. The 44 migrants, who include many women and children, have been stuck on the Indian-flagged vessel resting in shallow waters off Aceh province since last Saturday after it broke down en route to Australia. The […]
