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(Eagle News)–The Philippine National Railways will temporarily stop its Governor Pascual-Tutuban and Tutuban-Alabang operations starting March 28. In a statement, the PNR said this was to pave the way for the construction of the North-South Commuter Railway (NSCR) project. The PNR said with the temporary halt, NSCR construction can be expedited by eight months, ensuring savings of at least P15.8 billion. It said the move will also ensure the safety of passengers throughout the construction. […]
(Eagle News)–The country’s employment rate in January 2024 was pegged at 95.5 percent. The Philippine Statistics Authority said this translates to 45.94 million employed persons, lower than the number of employed individuals in the same month last year, pegged at 47.35 million. January 2024’s employment rate was also higher than the employment rate posted in the same month last year–at 95.2 percent—but lower than the employment rate reported in October 2023, at 95.8 percent, the […]
Two other Filipinos ‘severely injured’ (Eagle News)–The Department of Migrant Workers has confirmed the deaths of two Filipino seafarers during the most recent attack by Houthi rebels on ships plying the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden. In a statement, the DMW said two other Filipino seamen, whose identities were also withheld due to “reasons of privacy”—were “severely injured” as well. “We in the (DMW) sincerely extend our deepest condolences to the family and […]
(Eagle News)–President Bongbong Marcos will be in Germany and the Czech Republic from March 11 to 15. According to the Presidential Communications Office, the working visit to Germany of the President–who will be accompanied by First Lady Maria Louise Araneta-Marcos—was upon invitation by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. His state visit to the Czech Republic, meanwhile, was upon the invitation of Czech President Petr Pavel. In Germany, the PCO said the President will meet the German […]
(Eagle News)–The easterlies are affecting Southern Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao. According to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration, as a result, Batanes will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated light rains. Metro Manila and the rest of the country will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms. Flashfloods or landslides during severe thunderstorms are possible. According to the weather bureau, Northern Luzon will have moderate to […]
(AFP) — Republican former UN ambassador Nikki Haley suspended her White House campaign Wednesday, declining to endorse former president Donald Trump but calling on him to earn the support of moderates and independents who backed her in the primary. “It is now up to Donald Trump to earn the votes of those in our party and beyond it who did not support him, and I hope he does that,” Haley said in a televised address […]
(Eagle News)–A 4.3-magnitude earthquake struck off Surigao del Sur on Wednesday, March 6. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake hit at 5:19 p.m. Its epicenter was 62 kilometers southeast of Marihatag. The depth of focus was 31 kilometers. No damage to property was reported but aftershocks were expected.
(Eagle News)–President Bongbong Marcos on Wednesday, March 6, said the Philippines will protest the recent provocations by China in Ayungin Shoal. “We continue to view with great alarm these continuing dangerous maneuvers and dangerous actions that are being done against our seamen, our Coast Guard. And this time, they damaged a cargo ship and caused some injury to some of our seamen and I think that we cannot view this any way but in the […]
(Eagle News)–Former First Lady Imelda Marcos has “no difficulty breathing” and is “resting well.” This is according to President Bongbong Marcos, who gave an update on his 94-year-old mother’s condition after she was hospitalized for pneumonia. According to the chief executive, based on information from his mother’s doctors, while she “is suffering from slight pneumonia and is running a fever,” she has been “put on a course of antibiotics and the doctors are confident that […]
(Eagle News)–The easterlies are affecting Southern Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao. According to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration, as a result, Metro Manila will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms. The rest of the country will experience the same conditions. Flashfloods or landslides during severe thunderstorms are possible. According to the weather bureau, Palawan, Visayas and Mindanao will have moderate to strong winds and moderate to rough […]
By AFP correspondents with Amanda Mouawad in Dubai Agence France-Presse (AFP) — The sinking of a Belize-flagged bulker off Yemen after a Huthi missile attack poses grave environmental risks, as thousands of tonnes of fertiliser threaten to spill into the Red Sea, according to officials and experts. The Belize-flagged, Lebanese-operated Rubymar sank on Saturday with 21,000 metric tonnes of ammonium phosphate sulfate fertiliser on board, according to US Central Command (CENTCOM). It had been taking […]
Says ‘illegal, irresponsible’ actions led to collisions, injuries to four Filipino ship personnel (Eagle News)–The National Task Force for the West Philippine Sea accused the Chinese Coast Guard and Chinese Maritime militia vessels of attempting to “illegally impede or obstruct” a routine resupply at Ayungin Shoal on different occasions on Tuesday, March 5, leading to collisions and injuries to Philippine vessel crew. In a statement, the task force said because of the “dangerous blocking maneuvers” […]
