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(Eagle News) — At least two people were injured when a 4.6 magnitude of quake struck Davao City Thursday morning, February 23. According to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs), the quake struck at 9:50 AM local time with the tremor’s epicenter of 9 kilometers northwest of Davao City at a depth of 15 kilometers of Davao Del Sur. According to reports, at least two people were injured after a waiting shed […]
(Eagle News Service) — Senator Panfilo Lacson said on Thursday that he might allow the phone conversation recorded by Ricky Sta. Isabel’s wife to be played in the Senate inquiry looking into Jee Ick-Joo’s killing. Lacson, chair of the committee on public order and dangerous drugs conducting the investigation, said the Jan. 14 recording–which Jinky Sta. Isabel said would prove her husband’s innocence and would implicate her husband’s immediate superior, Supt. Raphael Dumlao—should however first be […]
(Eagle News) — Catholic missionary nuns were among those who attended the Iglesia Ni Cristo (INC) evangelical mission in Rome last Saturday, February 18, held at the INC’s local congregation in the Italian capital. The nuns were among the many people — including those from the religious sector — who were given invitations for the INC evangelical mission in Rome, the most notable of whom was Pope Francis, the head of the Catholic Church. […]
by Marlowe HOOD Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) — Researchers announced Wednesday the stunning discovery of seven Earth-like planets orbiting a small star in our galaxy, opening up the most promising hunting ground so far for life beyond the Solar System. All seven roughly match the size and mass of our own planet and are almost certainly rocky, and three are perfectly perched to harbour life-nurturing oceans of water, they reported in the journal […]
(Eagle News) — The Filipinos and the French have more things in common than just their love for good food, as both share common values that make them strong as a nation. This was what French ambassador to the Philippines Thierry Mathou stressed when he was interviewed at a news studio of Eagle Broadcasting Corp. in Quezon City which he visited on Tuesday to highlight the 70th year of bilateral relations between France and the Philippines. […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Congress questioned the alleged inaction of the Department of Transportation in implementing the “speed limiter” law which aims to place a device limiting public utility buses (PUBs) to their legally-mandated 80 kph speed limit. According to Iloilo City Representative Jerry Treñas, two years have passed since the passage of the law but the DOTr has failed to issue its implementing rules and regulations regarding this. The installation of the […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – The National Economic Development Authority (NEDA) announced that President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday, February 21 has approved the Philippine Development Plan 2017 – 2022 which will serve as the economic blueprint of the Duterte administration. Included in the plan is the eradication of poverty in rural areas through robust economic growth. “We want the Philippines to be an upper-middle income country by 2022. With the right policies and with mutual trust […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — In an interview with Commission on Higher Education Commissioner Prospero De Vera, he discussed the CHED’s moratorium on field trips in the light of the bus tragedy which resulted in the death of 15 students of BestLink Colleges in Tanay, Rizal last Monday. The moratorium covers state colleges and universities as well as private institutions.
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Ernesto Abella denied the allegations made by Senator Antonio Trillanes IV and Leila De Lima that retired police officer Arturo Lascañas is the former right hand of President Rodrigo Duterte when he was still the Davao City mayor. Panelo also said that the President only considers the Special Assistant to the President, Bong Go, as his right-hand man. Eagle News Service
MANILA, Feb. 22 (PIA) – The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warns public anew of “unnotified” or fake cosmetic products being sold in the local market. FDA issued advisories concerning the proliferation of these counterfeit products that may pose health hazards to consumers. Authorities said that following cosmetic products have not gone through the verification process of the agency and have not been issued the proper authorization in the form of acknowledged cosmetic notifications. Pursuant to […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) has issued a show cause order on Panda Coach Tours and Travel Inc., and Harana Tours Inc. on Tuesday, February 21, for a hearing next week after the tragic bus accident in Tanay, Rizal that killed 15 people mostly students from the Best Link College in Novaliches, Quezon City. “By issuing the show-cause order, we are sending a strong message to […]
(Reuters) — Southeast Asian countries see China’s installation of weapons systems in the South China Sea as very unsettling and want to prevent militarisation and urge dialogue to stop “recent developments” from escalating, the Philippines said on Tuesday (February 21). Foreign ministers of the 10-member Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) were unanimous in their concern about Beijing’s reclamation and militarisation of manmade islands, Philippine Foreign Secretary Perfecto Yasay said. Yasay did not […]
