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MANILA, June — Tomorrow, June 30, 2016, Rodrigo Roa Duterte will take his oath as the 16th President of the Republic of the Philippines. The ceremonies will be less of a spectacle than tradition requires but bellowed of the Filipino pride. Incoming Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Secretary Martin Andanar has revealed preparations have already been finalized from the program down to the food. The program drafted by the Malacañan estimates the day’s activities to begin […]
MANILa, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Information Communication Technology Office (ICTO) said that around 93 percent of the country will be able to access the free public Wi-Fi by the end of the year. According to ICTO Undersecretary Louis Napoleon Casambre, they have fast-tracked the roll-out of public wifi in public places recognizing the importance of this to the public.
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — President Benigno S. Aquino III is all set to leave his office in Malacañang on Thursday, June 30, the day of the inauguration of President-elect Rodrigo Duterte, a Palace official said. Communications Secretary Herminio “Sonny” Coloma Jr., said that President Aquino will no longer deliver a departure speech. Instead, Aquino will have a one-on-one meeting with President-elect Duterte before the inauguration ceremony and will be given departure honors at the […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — The incoming Duterte administration has vowed to push for a new budget reform act, according to incoming Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno. Diokno said that the next administration will also follow the Supreme Court’s decision on the issue of the Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP).
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Senator Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos is set to file an election protest on Wednesday, June 29 against incoming Vice President Leni Robredo before the Supreme Court which will serve as the presidential electoral tribunal. In an interview with Net 25’s Liwanagin Natin, Marcos’ campaign manager, ABAKADA representative Jonathan Dela Cruz, said they are to present a 3,000-page detailed and comprehensive protest. This, he said, covers 40 thousand precincts or almost […]
Matapos ang malaking Lingap-Pamamahayag ng Iglesia Ni Cristo sa Philippine Arena sa Ciudad De Victoria sa Bocaue, Bulacan nitong Linggo, Hunyo 26, sinundan na naman ito ng kaparehong aktibidad na isinagawa naman sa Philippine Sports Arena o ULTRA sa Pasig City kung saan libu-libo ang dumalo at nakatanggap ng lingap na ipinapamahagi sa bawat dumalo. Nitong Martes, Hunyo 28, sa 10,000 seater ULTRA o Philippine Sports Arena sa Pasig City idinaos ang malaking gawain na […]
ONTARIO, Canada (Eagle News) — A huge explosion in a residential area in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada flattened a house and damaged at least 50 more houses in the area where several had been reported injured, and at least one was feared dead. The explosion happened along Hickory Drive near Dixie Road and Rathburn Road East in Mississauga, Ontario on Tuesday, around 4 in the afternoon. One house exploded causing major damages on nearby properties. The […]
(Reuters) — The race to develop a vaccine and successfully test and immunize people against the Zika virus continues. Connecticut-based Protein Science Corporation is one of several companies in pre-clinical stages, developing and manufacturing a Zika vaccine for review by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The vaccine is based on production of recombinant variations of the E protein from the Zika virus. The production process is based on an FDA approved process for […]
NORTH Cotabato, Philippines (Eagle News) — Close to 1,500 families in two towns of north Cotabato were forced to flee their homes after torrential rains brought by tropical depression “ambo” hit the province on Tuesday dawn (June 28). The rains caused rivers and other waterways to overflow toward residential and vast agricultural areas in the low-lying villages of Kabacan and Matalam towns. In Kabacan, hundreds of farmlands planted with palay were inundated in barangays Kuyapon, […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Outgoing House Speaker Feliciano Belmonte said that there’s zero possibility that he would lead an impeachment trial against President-elect Rodrigo Duterte in the 17th congress to favor Vice President-elect Leni Robredo. In an interview after the turnover of the 1935 bronze bust of National Hero Jose Rizal by Guillermo Tolentino to the House of Representatives, Belmonte called all these talk as “intrigues” or speculations. He said he saw no […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Leni Robredo will take her oath as Vice President of the country at her new office at the Quezon City reception house on June 30. The head of Robredo’s transition team, Boyet Dy, said Vice President-elect Robredo’s inauguration will take place at the QC reception house—-located in an upscale neighborhood in new manila. It will start at 9 a.m. and end at 10 a.m. Her camp said, the ceremony […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Incoming and President Elect Rodrigo Duterte will be inaugurated as the 16th President of the Philippines on Thursday, June 30. Duterte is the first president hailing from Mindanao. In a radio interview in Radyo Agila, incoming Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) head Martin Andanar , said a dry run was conducted to ensure the smooth transition as well as the positioning of guests and visitors in the two-hour inauguration. […]
