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(Eagle News) — Ilang oras bago ang pagbisita ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte, inihatid na sa gymnasium ng Western Mindanao Command (Wesmincom) sa Zamboanga City kanina ang labi ng mga sundalong nasawi sa bakbakan ng militar kontra sa bandidong Abu Sayyaf (ASG) sa Patikul, Sulu. Pagdating ng pangulo, isa-isa nitong nilapitan ang mga kabaong at larawan ng mga sundalo saka sinaluduhan. Kaugnay nito, binigyan ng cash assistance ang pamilya ng mga napatay na sundalo. Ayon sa […]
QUEZON CIty, Philippines – Senate minority leader Ralph Recto has submitted a proposal for the release of old and sick inmates in the country’s various jails. He said this measure will cut government expenditures and, at the same time, de-clog jails. Furthermore, once all the inmates who received pardon from the Bureau of Corrections (BOC) have been released, every taxpayer will save Php 46,000 each year. Government will also save Php 19,000 for each old […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – Pasig City will implement an experimental odd-even scheme starting September 1 on designated roads in the city. Vehicles with license plates ending in even numbers will not be allowed to enter roads on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays while vehicles that have license plates ending in odd numbers will not be allowed to use the designated roads on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays.
QUEZON City, Philippines – The Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA), which is now part of the Inter-Agency Committee on Traffic or I-ACT, has warned its personnel that it would implement the one-strike policy against erring men who would be caught asking for bribes. MMDA office-in-charge Thomas Orbos said traffic enforcers engaging in corrupt practices will be immediately pulled out of the streets and investigated. “I will not allow traffic enforcers to taint the image of […]
QUEZON Citty, Philippines – The Light Rail Transit or LRT Line 1 will now run with a speed of 60 kph, and with less vibration and noise due to installation of new rails. The installation of new rails started in April 2016 with a target completion date in September 2017. Despite the changes and the innovation of the LRT 1 with the new rails, the Department of Transportation (DOTr) turned down the request for an increase […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – Malacañang proudly reported that China has agreed to allow Filipino fishermen to enter Panatag Shoal in the West Philippine Sea. According to Presidential spokesman Ernesto Abella, this was due to the personal efforts of President Rodrigo R. Duterte who raised the issue after meeting with Chinese Ambassador Zhao Jianhua last Friday. Abella, however, clarified that although China gave its permission, there is still no specific date on when this will actually […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Petitioners against the burial of the late President Ferdinand E. Marcos on Wednesday, August 3, faced the representatives of the government in front of the highest court in the land as the Supreme Court opened oral arguments on the plan to bury Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani.
JOLO, Philippines (AFP) — The Philippine military deployed thousands of extra troops on Tuesday to destroy an Islamic extremist group notorious for kidnapping foreigners, after 15 soldiers were killed, authorities said. President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered his security forces to wipe out the Abu Sayyaf, which has declared allegiance to the Islamic State group and recently beheaded two Canadian hostages. But an assault that began last week on the heavily forested island of Jolo, […]
(Eagle News) – A total of 30 persons are said to be identified in the affidavit submitted by Albuera, Leyte Mayor Rolando Espinosa as having connections to his son Kerwin Espinosa who had previously been tagged as a drug lord. Among those in the list are more officials of the Philippine National Police, some lawmakers, and even one senator. Mayor Espinosa admitted that his life is now more in danger now that he had […]
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) –A 6.7-magnitude earthquake struck off Papua New Guinea on Wednesday, officials said, but no Pacific-wide tsunami warning was issued. The tremor was estimated at a depth of close to 500 kilometers (around 300 miles) some 900 kilometres northeast of the capital Port Moresby, the United States Geological Survey said. “Based on all available data a destructive Pacific-wide tsunami is not expected,” the Hawaii-based Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said. Australian seismologists estimated the […]
by Kyoko HASEGAWA TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Surging flood water brought by a powerful typhoon left nine people dead in an elderly care home in Japan, officials said Wednesday. The bodies were discovered in a riverside care complex half buried in mud and rubble after Typhoon Lionrock ripped through the region, dumping torrential rain over a wide area. Footage from public broadcaster NHK showed a helicopter hovering over the building in Iwaizumi, as rescuers tried to […]
by Andreas SOLARO AMATRICE, Italy (AFP) — Italy on Tuesday held a poignantly symbolic funeral for victims of last week’s earthquake amid the ruins of Amatrice, the small town that bore the brunt of the disaster. President Sergio Mattarella, Prime Minister Matteo Renzi and a senior representative of Pope Francis were among hundreds of mourners at the service on the edge of the hilltop beauty spot where 231 of the quake’s 292 confirmed fatalities occurred. […]
