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MANILA, Philippines, August 17 (Eagle News) — Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago supports the proposal of the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) to hold a debate between presidential candidates for the 2016 elections. Santiago added that she has a pending bill that proposes the same. She added that the debate is the proper forum for the voters to assess the candidates. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)
MANILA, Philippines, August 17 (Eagle News) — According to Senate President Franklin Drilon, after the sponsorship of the new proposed bill that aims to replace the Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL), the Senate will start the debate on the said law to ensure that it will passed as soon as possible. Drilon added that the Senate will ensure the constitutionality of the said bill. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)
ORMOC, Leyte, August 17 (Eagle News) — The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) is now taking appropriate measures in preparation of a possible oil spill due to the burning of the ship MV Wonderful Star in the sea of Ormoc. An estimated 10, 000 liters of gas is carried by the ship, which belongs to the Robles Line. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)
SULTAN Kudarat, Philippines, August 17 (Eagle News) — A clash between two opposing factions of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) in Sultan Kudarat left 8 dead. Due to the clash, an estimated 3, 000 residents of the nearby areas were immediately evacuated. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)
ISABELA, Philippines, August 17 (Eagle News) — The local government of the province of Isabela declared a state of calamity due to the prolonged dry spell that caused intensive damages to the corn industry of the said province. Said agricultural damage reached Php 705 million. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)
QUEZON City, Philippines, August 17 (Eagle News) — Viva Entertainment uploaded the trailer of the epic movie “Felix Manalo”, which immediately went viral. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)
QUEZON City, Philippines, August 17 (Eagle News) — The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) is going to take actions against the New People’s Army’s (NPA) “permit to campaign” especially now that the 2016 presidential elections are near. According to the AFP, the NPA usually asks for payment from running candidates in exchange for protection and also the guarantee that they will not sabotage said candidates’ campaign. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, […]
(Reuters) — Indonesian search and rescue officials said on Monday (August 17) that the crashed aircraft with 54 people on board had been detected in a forested, mountainous area in remote Papua province. The Trigana Air Service ATR 42-300 plane crashed on Sunday (August 16), the latest in a string of aviation disasters in Southeast Asia. Heavy cloud initially delayed plans for an aerial survey to locate the plane that took off from Sentani Airport […]
MANILA, Philippines, August 17 (Eagle News) — While the congress deleted some provisions of the Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL), the senate, for its part, has replaced the entire version of the bill with its own, through the efforts of Senator Ferdinand Marcos Jr., Chairman of the local government committee tackling the proposed measure. Marcos said he was prepared to defend his substitute bill and urged the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) to exercise flexibility. The […]
MANILA, Philippines (August 17) — Cagayan De Oro Representative Rufus Rodriguez, Chairman of the 75-member house Ad-Hoc Committee on the Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL), reiterated that the deletions of said provisions are necessary to make the bill constitutionally compliant. Rodriguez also added that if these provisions are restored, the bill may not be able to pass the Supreme Court’s constitutional scrutiny. Rodriguez also warned that restoring the deleted or amended provisions could erode support for […]
(Reuters) — Japan’s economy shrank at an annualized pace of 1.6 percent in April-June, government data showed on Monday (August 17) as exports slumped and consumers cut back spending, a bad omen for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s policy drive to lift the economy out of decades of deflation. China’s economic slowdown and its impact on its Asian neighbours have also heightened the chance that any rebound in growth in July-September will be modest, according to […]
(Reuters) — Hundreds of angry residents whose homes had been destroyed in the Tianjin explosions gathered outside an official news conference venue on Monday (August 17), demanding answers. People from a residential area near the blast site held banners reading “Give back our homes” and marched to a hotel where a government news conference was due to take place. The residents said they wanted answers from the government. “Now our homes have been destroyed, can’t […]
