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List of class suspensions in NCR as of July 8 due to heavy downpour

JULY 8 (Eagle News) — Typhoon Falcon has entered the Philippine area of responsibility (PAR) Tuesday evening and expected to enhanced the southwest monsoon rains. Due to heavy rains brought by typhoon “Falcon”, most areas in National Capital Region (NCR) have cancelled their classes. Here’s the list of the following areas with class suspensions announced from the Department of Education (DepEd): All levels Cainta, Rizal Caloocan City Limay, Bataan Makati City Malabon City Mandaluyong City […]

Classes suspended in some areas

MANILA, Philippines, July 8 (Eagle News) — Due to heavy rains brought by typhoon “Falcon”, most areas in Metro Manila have cancelled their classes. All levels on public and private schools in Mandaluyong city, Manila, Makati, Marikina City, Quezon City, Pasay, Parañaque and Pateros have declared their respective suspension of classes. Pre-school, elementary and high school in public and private schools in Caloocan City, Dagupan City, San Mateo, and Rizal have also announced suspension of […]

Typhoon Falcon enters Phl; class suspensions announced in all levels in NCR, other areas

(Eagle News) – Typhoon Falcon (international name Chan Hom) has entered the country Tuesday night (July 7), with maximum sustained winds of 130 kilometers per hour and gustiness of 160 kph. Class suspensions in all levels in Metro Manila and other areas (including Dagupan City in Pangasinan and San Mateo, Rizal) were also announced Wednesday because of this, as more rains are expected to affect the whole of Luzon. At 4:00 am today (July 8), […]

More than 100 sacks of smuggled rice from China confiscated in Binondo raid

(Eagle News) — More than 100 sacks of smuggled “Chinese rice” were confiscated by the combined forces of the National Food Authority (NFA) and the Bureau of Customs (BOC) in a raid in Binondo, Manila on Tuesday. According to NFA officials, they have not yet issued any import permit for rice from China. The seized rice from China was allegedly being sold by Binondo traders from P60 to P90 per kilo. The smuggled rice from […]

PAGASA monitoring 2 typhoons outside PAR; next storm to be named “Falcon” if it enters Phl

(Eagle News) — While storm “Egay” has already left the country,  PAGASA is monitoring two new weather disturbances which are still outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR), but which could enter the country anytime this week. One of these is typhoon “Chan-Hom” (international name) which has maximum strong winds of 120 kilometers per hour near the center and gustiness of up to 150 kph.  It is forecast to move west northwest at 20 kph. […]

Greeks react to further bank shut down

JULY 7 (Reuters) — Greek banks will remain closed on Tuesday (July 6) and Wednesday (July 7) and a daily limit on cash withdrawals will stay at 60 euros, the head of the Greek banking association said. Greek banks were shuttered all last week after the collapse of negotiations on an aid deal and had officially been due to reopen on Tuesday, before Greeks voted resoundingly to reject bailout terms sought by creditors in a […]

Several injured in Washington state ice cave collapse

JULY 7 (Reuters) — Several people were injured on Monday (July 6) in the partial collapse of an ice cave in Washington State that U.S. Forest Service officials had warned was too dangerous for exploration due to unseasonably warm weather in the Pacific Northwest. A spokeswoman from the Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office said rescue workers were still trying to confirm how many people were in the Big Four Ice Caves near Granite Falls, 40 miles […]

NEDA reports lowest inflation levels in 20 years

MANILA, July 7 (Eagle News) —The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) reported that the country experienced the lowest level of inflation in June compared to the last two decades due to sufficient supply of food and moderate price pressures in energy and oil rates. According to the Philippine Statistics Authority, headline inflation rate plunged further to 1.2 percent in June 2015 from 1.6 percent in the previous month, and 4.4 percent in June 2014. […]

File footage of various disputed land masses in the South China Sea

JULY 7 (Reuters) — China’s claim to the disputed South China Sea will come under international legal scrutiny for the first time this week, after Philippines filed the case at a U.N. tribunal. Manila’s international legal team has gone to the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague to initially argue that the five-judge panel has jurisdiction to hear the case, Philippines Foreign Ministry officials told Reuters. That is because of concerns China raised in […]

President Aquino approves P3.002 trillion nat’l budget for 2016

MANILA, July 7 (Eagle News) —  President Aquino has approved the proposed P3.002 trillion 2016 national budget after presiding over a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday. The new budget is 15.2 percent higher than the 2015 national budget of P2.606 trillion. It comprises 19.5 percent of the country’s Gross Domestic Product, Communications Operations Office Secretary Sonny Coloma said in a statement. “The proposed budget with the theme, “Paggugol na Matuwid: Saligan sa Tuloy-Tuloy na Pag-Unlad,” is anchored […]

Wildfires lead to evacuation of over 13,000 in western Canada

JULY 7 (Reuters) — Hundreds of wildfires have swept across the western Canadian provinces of British Columbia and Saskatchewan, where the Canadian military was called in to help fight the 112 active fires that have forced the evacuation of more than 13,000 people and threatened several remote towns on Monday (July 6). The provincial government said more than 1,000 soldiers were on their way or already in the Prairie province, with some 600 to be […]

DOH ready to handle new MERS-CoV case, says Palace official

MANILA, July 7 — Malacañang on Monday assured the public that the Department of Health (DOH) is prepared to handle the newest case of the Middle East Respiratory Sydrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) in the country. “The Philippines, through the Department of Health, is fully ready and capable of detecting, isolating and treating any reported case of MERS-CoV in the country,” Communication Secretary Herminio Coloma, Jr. said in a statement. In a press conference Monday morning, DOH […]