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METRO Manila, Philippines, July 10 (Eagle News) — According to the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG), a total of 278 passengers were stranded in ports in Luzon and Visayas due to bad weather brought about the monsoon rains. (Eagle News Service) https://youtu.be/PPZ8_sOnzMk
MANILA, Philippines, July 10 (Eagle News) — President Benigno S. Aquino III appointed Lt. General Hernando Iriberri on Friday (July 10) as the new commanding general of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP). (Eagle News Service)
MANILA, Philippines, July 10 (Eagle News) — Two domestic flights were cancelled due to inclement weather. In Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA’s) advisory, the two domestic flights were cancelled Friday morning due to heavy downpour brought by monsoon rains, said flights are from Cebu Pacific. (Eagle News Service) https://youtu.be/mAuPrd2H0Zk
QUEZON City, Philippines, July 10 (Eagle News) — The water levels of La Mesa Dam, located in Quezon City may reach its spilling level due to continued heavy monsoon rains. As of 7:00 am today, the water level in the La Mesa Dam, has reached the 79.98 meters, close to its spilling level of 80.15 meters. Engineer Teddy Angeles of La Mesa Dam Headworks advised the public to prepare for a possible evacuation, especially to […]
QUEZON CITY — With the onset of the rainy season, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) as vice-chair of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC), assures that response measures are in place to ensure provision of timely and appropriate interventions to disaster-affected families in an orderly and coordinated manner. During the recently concluded full-council meeting of the NDRRMC, DSWD Assistant Secretary Vilma Cabrera shared that the Department has upgraded the operational […]
JULY 10 — The Department of Education (DepEd) is doing a series of orientations on earthquake preparedness for principals and school administrators from 1,134 public schools from the National Capitol Region, Region IV-A, and Region III, surrounding the Valley Fault System. The orientation aims to equip school heads and administrators with the right information to increase the level of preparedness of schools not just for earthquakes but also for other possible risks. “There is no […]
JULY 10 (Eagle News) — Local government units have announced class suspensions on all levels for July 10, Friday, due to countinued heavy rains and threat of floods. Typhoon “Falcon” continues to enhance the “hanging habagat” or the southwest monsoon that induce rains in most part of the country. As collated by the Department of Education (DepEd), these are the areas where classes in all levels have been suspended today, July 10, 2015: National Capital […]
(REUTERS) Chinese stocks rebounded around 6 percent on Thursday (July 9), as Beijing’s increasingly frantic attempts to arrest a sell-off that has roiled global financial markets finally appeared to gain some traction. China’s securities regulator took the drastic step late on Wednesday of ordering shareholders with stakes of more than 5 percent from selling shares for the next six months, in a bid to halt a plunge in stock prices. The banking regulator said […]
(REUTERS) Thai Prime Minister General Prayuth Chan-ocha insisted on Thursday (July 9) that Bangkok was only a middle country and the conflict should be resolved between Ankara and Beijing, after it confirmed it had forcibly returned nearly 100 Uighur migrants to China. “We are not part of the conflict so please stop trying to get us involved with all of the conflicts. We are a middle country, no matter the case, we have to follow […]
09 July 2015 – As New Zealand and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) celebrates 40 years of partnership this year, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) organized a highly successful and well-attended event entitled “Doing Business with ASEAN” in the context of the ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement (AANZFTA) on June 25 at the Stamford Plaza Hotel in Auckland. Economic Development, Science and Innovation and Tertiary Education Minister Steven Joyce […]
(REUTERS) The number of Syrian refugees in neighbouring countries has passed 4 million, the U.N. refugee agency UNHCR said on Thursday (July 9). UNHCR said that the total was on course to reach 4.27 million by the end of 2015. Some 630,000 Syrians are now living in Jordan, according to the UNHCR figures. But having escaped their war-torn homes, many of the refugees have found their new lives a struggle. According to the UNHCR […]
(REUTERS) Greece is a small part of the world economy, and its possible exit from the euro zone should have limited impact on the rest of the world, the IMF’s chief economist said on Thursday, though he warned similar crises could happen in other countries. Greece is racing to find a last-minute third bailout from its IMF and European Union creditors to avoid bankruptcy and exit from the euro zone. “In a world in which […]
