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(Eagle News) — The Palace on Thursday said it believes China’s naming of undersea features at Philippine Rise was not done “in bad faith.” “We’re not attributing any bad faith to China, but we’re just saying respect us too that we will give Philippine names to them,” Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said in a press briefing. According to Roque, because of the incident, the Philippines would now nominate its own expert in the International Hydrographic Organization’s […]
(Eagle News) — There are no reported Filipino casualties in Wednesday’s school shooting in Florida that left 17 dead and several injured. The Department of Foreign Affairs said the Philippine Embassy in Washington, D.C. has not received any report of any Filipino being killed or injured in the incident at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. In a statement, Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano condoled with the kin of the victims. “We are deeply saddened […]
Kingdom of Jesus Christ leader later released (Eagle News) — The head of the Kingdom of Jesus Christ church was detained in Hawaii and was later released, a report said. The report said Apollo Quiboloy, who calls himself the Appointed Son of God, was detained on Tuesday, February 13, after Customs agents found $350,000 in cash and gun parts on board a private Cessna plane carrying him and six others. The plane, the report said, was […]
(Eagle News) — Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon said the total ban on the deployment of Overseas Filipino Workers to Kuwait was “necessary.” The Philippines, however, “must be prepared to handle the consequences” for trade relations. According to Drilon, although he “do(es) not know what the details of the trade relations between the two countries” are, “certainly, from (his) experience before, these accepting countries would resort to all kinds of pressure on the Philippines.” “We […]
(Eagle News) — The body of the Filipina who was killed in the 6.4-magnitude earthquake in Taiwan last week is expected to arrive in Tuguegarao, Cagayan today, Thursday. The body of Melody Albano Castro is expected to be brought to her hometown a day after it arrived in the Philippines via a commercial plane from Taiwan. Castro was initially tagged as missing after the earthquake struck the city of Hualien on Tuesday, February 6. A […]
(Eagle News) — The Ombudsman has ordered the suspension of Aurora Governor Gerardo Noveras after he allegedly allowed his own dump trucks to be used in the construction of a barangay project. In meting out the nine-month suspension without pay, the Ombudsman said in a decision approved on January 15 that Noveras was “liable for conduct prejudicial to the best interest of the service” for allowing Remnant Builders–which won the P232,441.50 contract for the project […]
Washington, United States (AFP) — The deadly gun rampage at a Florida high school on Wednesday took to 18 the number of school shootings across the United States so far this year — a phenomenon that authorities seem powerless to prevent. The stunning number underscored how commonplace gun violence has become in America, with students in elementary and secondary schools regularly performing drills on how to react in an “active shooter” situation. According to the independent […]
by Leila Macor Agence France Presse A former student armed with an AR-15 rifle opened fire at a Florida high school on Wednesday, killing at least 17 people, officials said, in a harrowing shooting spree that saw terrified students hiding in closets and under desks as they texted for help. Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel identified the gunman as Nikolaus Cruz, 19, a former student at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland who had […]
(Eagle News) — Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana on Wednesday said he would also assign Philippine names to the features at the Philippine Rise that were named by China. “We will still discuss this with the National Security Adviser and other Cabinet members,” he said. Lorenzana issued the brief statement after the Palace condemned China’s move to name the five undersea features. In a Facebook post, Jay Batongbacal, an associate professor at the University of the Philippines […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – According to Department of Health (DOH), Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) is among the top killers in th Philippines, causing more than half of all deaths annually. This disease which is manifested primarily as heart attacks and strokes are caused by smoking, unhealthy diet, physical inactivity and harmful use of alcohol. That is why the government exerts its full effort to raise people’s awareness about this serious health problem, thus declaring the […]
Scores of holiday resorts on the Philippines’ famous white-sand island Boracay have been given two months to clean up or face closure, officials said Wednesday, after President Rodrigo Duterte warned tourists were swimming in polluted waters. The outspoken leader last week blasted the tiny island’s hotels, restaurants and other businesses, accusing them of dumping sewage directly into the sea and turning it into a “cesspool.” The Department of Environment and Natural Resources said a total […]
The death toll from “Basyang” has risen to nine, officials said Wednesday, as some of the thousands of displaced residents returned home with floods receding. Landslides and flash floods brought by the storm struck Mindanao on Tuesday and killed eight people, the civil defense office in the region said, doubling its earlier figure of four deaths. “Most of the floods have subsided and all roads are now passable, but we have two people still missing […]
