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President Duterte eyes LTFRB and LTO next in administration’s war against corruption

QUEZON City, Philippines – President Rodrigo Roa Duterte said in his speech during the mass oath-taking of new government appointees in Malacañang that the next targets in his war against corruption are the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) and the Land Transportation Office (LTO). President Duterte said that he already received many complaints from businessmen regarding the widespread and uncontrollable corruption in the two government agencies, especially in their regional offices. (Eagle News […]

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PNP to reveal those behind extra-judicial killings in Senate hearing

QUEZON City, Philippines – The Philippine National Police (PNP) is ready to reveal all information regarding its anti-drug operations in the scheduled Senate hearing next week. According to PNP Chief Director General Ronald Dela Rosa, the PNP has already prepared the data of the PNP anti-drug operations including the number of arrests and killed during the operations but the PNP will not claim responsibility for extra-judicial killings as it is not true that the PNP […]

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Pasig City implements “odd-even” scheme

QUEZON City, Philippines – The Pasig City government started implementing an experimental “odd-even” scheme in one of its roads. The Metropolitan Manila Develepoment Authority (MMDA) issued an advisory, the experimental “odd-even” scheme is effective in the west-bound lane of the F. Legaspi Bridge to M. Eusebio Ave. License plates ending in even numbers cannot pass in the said area during Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays while those with license numbers ending in odd numbers cannot pass in […]

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New passport, no extra charge

QUEZON City, Philippines – The government guaranteed that the new high-security passports to be issued by the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) will remain on its current price of Php 950 despite being upgraded to the standards of the International Civil Aviation Organization except for the encoding of retinal print. Other than the tighter security features, the new passports also feature the distinct regional cultures of the Philippines in its pages. (Eagle News Service Described […]

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Maynilad apologizes for irregular water service

QUEZON City, Philippines – The Maynilad Water Company apologized to its consumers due to the reduction that it conducted on its water supply operations due to the heavy rains causing discoloration in the Ipo Dam. According to Maynilad Media Relations Officer Grace Laxa, the company cannot sacrifice the safety of its consumers. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos) https://youtu.be/ZidylM4-TCM

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Government to give housing for informal settlers

QUEZON City, Philippines – The government, through the National Housing Authority (NHA) is prioritizing the construction of housing projects for informal settlers and those who are living in danger zones in Metro Manila. During the meeting of the European Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Housing, Senator JV Ejercito, the government’s housing backlog is at 5.5 million. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter […]

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Election to blame for widespread power outage in the Luzon grid

QUEZON City, Philippines – The previous May 9 election was pinpointed as the reason why the Luzon grid is suffering from widespread power outages. During a Senate Committee on Energy hearing, Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi, due to the elections, the power generation companies were not able to conduct their scheduled maintenance and was only able to do so recently, resulting in several brownouts. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter […]

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Duterte warns terrorist groups

QUEZON City, Philippines – In an unscheduled speech during an oath-taking ceremony of new government appointees in Malacañang, President Rodrigo Duterte warned terrorists groups like the Abu Sayyaf that he can matched their violent actions. Presidente Duterte also called acts of terrorism “barbaric” and that he will not allow them to destroy the country. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)

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Congress not interested in investigating killing of drug personalities

QUEZON City, Philippines – Chairman of the House Committee on Justice, Congressman Rey Umali said that he’d rather focus on the reform of the justice system in the Philippines instead of investigating the killing of alleged drug personalities as there are government agencies dedicated to such tasks like the Commission on Human Rights (CHR). But Umali also admitted that he is obliged to conduct such investigations if the House of Representatives passed such resolution. (Eagle […]

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Sudan floods kill 100, destroy villages: officials

    by Ashraf Shazly KASALA, Sudan (AFP) — Thousands of houses have been destroyed and several villages submerged after flooding triggered by torrential rainfall killed 100 people across Sudan, officials and an AFP photographer said on Sunday. Thousands of people in the impoverished eastern state of Kasala bordering Eritrea fled their homes after the river Gash burst its banks, flooding entire villages inhabited by farmers. Many people were sheltering in makeshift grass huts on […]

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Bello to bring back remaining stranded OFWs

MANILA, Aug. 16 – Labor and Employment Secretary Silvestre Bello III is set to return to Saudi Arabia  on 15-19 August to bring home the more than 9,000 remaining stranded overseas Filipino workers (OFW) in the said country. “The marching order of President (Rodrigo) Duterte is to bring all our OFWs back home. ASAP,” said Bello.   Secretary Bello added that he already ordered the immediate repatriation of the remaining 9,000 OFWs stranded in various areas in Saudi […]

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Southwest monsoon hits parts of La Union

SAN FERNANDO CITY, August 16 (PIA) – Since last week, southwest monsoon has brought heavy rainfall and inclement weather in some parts of the country. In La Union, more local chief executives have called off classes today both in public and private schools by issuing respective public advisories to safeguard schoolchildren from the effects of the bad weather. Early Tuesday, classes in the following areas in La Union have been suspended: San Fernando City – […]

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