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(Eagle News)—President Rodrigo Duterte skipped an event in Leyte on Friday, Feb. 1, because he had a slight fever, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said on Monday, Feb. 4. According to Panelo, there was however no cause for alarm about the news coming from former Special Assistant to the President Bong Go as Duterte was still in the pink of health. “He may have felt that his body was not up to performing any activity that […]
(Eagle News)—-President Rodrigo Duterte has returned the power to approve land reclamation projects to the Philippine Reclamation Authority. Under Executive Order 74, which was released on Monday, Feb. 4, the PRA, now under the Office of the President, will assume the authority from the National Economic Development Authority, which was designated as the approver during then–President Benigno Aquino III’s time. Prior to this, it was the PRA that had the mandate to approve land reclamation […]
Ni Mar Gabriel Eagle News Service (Eagle News) — Nasa kustodiya na ng Special Investigation Task Group Mt. Carmel, ang pangunahing suspek sa Jolo bombing na si Kammah Pae alyas ‘Kamah’ matapos itong mapilitang sumuko sa militar nitong weekend. Sumuko na rin sa mga awtoridad ang apat na iba pang kasamahan ni Kamah na pawang mga miyembro ng Abu Sayyaf Group Dawlah Islamiah na kinabibilangan nina Sait Ali alyas Popong at ang mag-aama na sina […]
(Eagle News)–Former Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque on Monday, Feb. 4, said he was “open” to returning to the Cabinet. Roque made the statement in a television interview, days after he announced he had withdrawn his senatorial bid due to health concerns. “But that’s being presumptuous. I don’t even want to go there,” Roque was quick to add. Roque served as President Rodrigo Duterte’s spokesperson for almost a year until he resigned to pursue his senatorial […]
(Eagle News) — Hihigpitan na ng Commission on Elections (Comelec) ang pagmomonitor sa social media at online advertisements para sa 2019 midterm elections. Batay sa Comelec Resolution 10488, dapat nang iparehistro ng mga kandidato at political party sa education at information department ng Comelec, ang lahat ng kanilang website at social media page na ginagamit o gagamitin sa kampanya. Ito ang unang beses na i-re-regulate ng Comelec ang mga campaign blog at social media post […]
(Eagle News) — Patuloy pa ring nararamdaman sa buong bansa ang malamig na panahon dahil sa pag-ihip ng northeast monsoon o hanging amihan. At dahil pa rin sa epekto ng amihan, makararanas ng maulap na kalangitan na may mahihinang pag-ulan ang Cagayan Valley, Bicol Region, mga lalawigan ng Aurora at Quezon, Eastern Visayas at buong Mindanao ngayong araw. Sa nalalabing bahagi naman ng bansa kabilang na ang Metro Manila ay maalinsangang panahon na may posibilidad […]
(Eagle News)–The Palace on Monday, Feb. 4, slammed a House resolution that requires the approval of the plenary–or over 200 congressmen—before a congressman’s Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth is released. In a statement, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said that “while the executive does not intrude into the internal rules and procedures adopted” by the legislature, House Resolution No. 2467 “may be perceived as a transgression of Article XI of the Constitution, requiring any public […]
(Eagle News) — Magsasagawa ng malawakang immunization ang Department of Health (DOH) sa gitna ng dumaraming kaso ng tigdas. Layunin ng nasabing hakbang na maprotektahan ang mga komunidad laban sa tigdas. Tatagal ng isang taon ang massive immunization sa buong bansa, sa lahat ng mga bata at sa mga lugar na may naitalang kaso ng tigdas na isang supplementary immunization activity bilang proteksyon laban sa naturang sakit. Paliwanag pa ng opisyal, sa kabila ng pagkabahala […]
Several others also yield (Eagle News)–An Abu Sayyaf commander who was allegedly a suspect in the twin blasts in Jolo, Sulu that killed at least 21 people has surrendered to authorities. Philippine National Police chief Oscar Albayalde said “Kamah” of the Abu Sayyaf’s Ajang Ajang group was accompanied by four other Abu Sayyaf members when they yielded to the police. He said 14 suspects in the blasts remain at large. Interior Secretary Eduardo Año has […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Panfilo Lacson on Sunday, Feb. 3, “thanked” two congressmen for allegedly making the public know about the “evil pork” in the proposed national budget. “What Speaker [Gloria Macapagal Arroyo’s] talking heads obviously do not realize is that they’re actually advancing my cause in educating the public more about the ‘evil pork’ in the national budget,” Lacson said, referring to House Majority Leader Fredenil Castro and COOP-NATCCO party-list Rep. Anthony Bravo. Lacson made the statement […]
(Eagle News) — Metro Manila mayors and the Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA), have passed a resolution supporting the Manila Bay Rehabilitation program of the National Government, including the moves to close establishments polluting its waters and resettle informal settlers living along river tributaries. The mayors together with MMDA chairman Danilo Lim, passed the resolution on Thursday, January 31, according to the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG). DILG Secretary Eduardo Año said […]
(Eagle News)–At least eight members of the Islamic State-inspired Daulah Islamiyah were killed after the military captured a bandit stronghold in Maguindanao. 6th Infantry Division commander Major General Cirilito Sobejana said 10 other bandits, including a Daulah Islamiyah sub-commander, Salahudin Hassan of the Toraype group, were also wounded in the operation in the camp in Sultan sa Barongis on Saturday, Feb. 2. Hassan was reportedly a student of Zulkifli bin Hir, alias Marwan, the Indonesian […]
