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DOTr: BURI, its joint venture members barred from participating in bidding for major rail projects

(Eagle News) — Busan Universal Rail Inc. and its joint venture members are not qualified to participate in the bidding for major rail projects of the Department of Transportation, after all. This is according to the DOTr that issued a statement to this effect on Monday. This was after Puwersa ng Bayaning Atleta partylist Rep.Jericho Nograles said that Busan Transportation Corporation and Edison Development and Construction had such a qualification. “(They) are disqualified from participating […]

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5.2-magnitude quake strikes off Sarangani

(Eagle News) — A  5.2-magnitude earthquake struck at sea off Sarangani  in Davao Occidental on Monday. The quake struck at 8:47 p.m. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said that it had a depth of focus of 12 kilometers. The epicenter was some 236 kilometers southeast of Sarangani. No damage was reported.

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More than 30 dead in Davao mall fire; criminal probe on

  by Ferdinandh Cabrera Agence France Presse Firemen Monday found the bodies of “around” 36 people after a deadly blaze at a shopping mall in Davao, a fire official said as the government launched a criminal investigation. The discovery raised to 37 the confirmed death toll from the NCCC shopping mall fire in the city of Davao on Mindanao island. The Davao region chief of the Bureau of Fire Protection, Wilberto Rico Neil Kwan Tiu, […]

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Philippines storm death toll climbs to 240, scores missing

MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — The death toll from a storm that unleashed landslides and floods across the southern Philippines has climbed to 240 with scores of others still missing, officials said Monday. Tropical Storm Tembin (Vinta) on Friday struck the country’s main southern island of Mindanao, which often escapes the 20 or so storms that batter the rest of the archipelago nation each year. Civil defence officials said the number of confirmed deaths from Tembin […]

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Sara Duterte: The President knew of Davao Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte’s plan to resign

(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte knew beforehand that his son, Davao Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte, would resign from his post. But Davao Mayor Sara Duterte, the President’s daughter, said that the chief executive has yet to accept the vice mayor’s decision. “Once the resignation is accepted, it is deemed effective,” she said. She said while awaiting the President’s decision, her brother would be “on leave” from the Office of the Vice Mayor. “I can […]

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More bodies recovered; “Vinta” death toll tops 200

At least 200 people have been killed and scores are missing in the southern Philippines after “Vinta” triggered severe flooding and landslides that also wrecked the holidays for tens of thousands of survivors. The tropical storm lashed Mindanao island, home to 20 million people, on Friday with strong gusts and torrential rain, wiping out at least one mountain village and prompting a massive rescue operation. Police said 144 people remained missing while more than 40,000 had fled […]

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“Vinta” exits PAR

(Eagle News)– “Vinta” is now outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said as of 9:30 a.m., the eye of “Vinta” was located at 290 kilometers south of Pagasa Island, Palawan. “Vinta” is packing maximum sustained winds of 120 kilometers per hour near the center and gustiness of up to 145 kilometers per hour. All storm signals have been lifted, but scatteredto widespread moderate to occasionally heavy rains will […]

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37 feared dead in Davao mall blaze: Vice Mayor Duterte

by Ayee Macaraig Agence France Presse Thirty-seven people were believed killed in a fire that engulfed a shopping mall in Davao, local authorities said on Sunday. A Bureau of Fire Protection commander at the scene said the chances of the 37 surviving were “zero,” Paolo Duterte, Davao’s vice mayor, who is also the president’s son, wrote in a Facebook post. The blaze started at the four-storey NCCC Mall on Saturday morning and people were trapped […]

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President Duterte visits kin of Davao mall fire victims

(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte visited  the kin of the victims of a Davao mall fire that broke out on Saturday. The President reportedly stayed with the relatives who were anxiously waiting for any development. The President left around 4 a.m. on Sunday. More than 30 people are believed to ave died after a blaze hit the New City Commercial Corporation Mall Davao at the corner of Mac Arthur Highway and MAA road.

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“Vinta” intensifies into typhoon; is expected to leave PAR today

(Eagle News) — “Vinta” has intensified into a typhoon as it approaches the western boundary of the Philippine Area of Responsibility. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said the eye of “Vinta” was seen 355 kilometers south southeast of Pagasa Island in Palawan. It is packing maximum sustained winds of 120 kilometers per hour near the center and gustiness of up to 145 kilometers per hour. It is forecast to move west at 25 […]

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PHL expresses “serious concern” over missile attacks vs Saudi Arabia

(Eagle News) — The Philippines on Saturday expressed “serious concern” over the series of ballistic missile attacks against Saudi Arabia, including the recent launches that it said targeted populated areas of Riyadh. In a statement, Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano said “this puts innocent civilians, including many of our kababayans there, at serious risk.” Cayetano was referring to a ballistic missile fired by a Yemeni group and which was intercepted by Saudi Arabia on […]

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