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Task Force Bangon Marawi ordered to wind up ops (Eagle News)–President Bongbong Marcos has signed an administrative order that aims to fast-track the recovery, rehabilitation and reconstruction of Marawi City. In signing Administrative Order No. 14, the President effectively ordered Task Force Bangon Marawi to wind up its operations on Dec. 31, 2023, noting that it shall be deemed “functus officio” by March 31, 2024. As part of this, the task force was directed to […]
(Eagle News)–President Bongbong Marcos called on Filipinos to strive to walk with the same purpose, passion and nationalism as the country’s national hero, Dr. Jose Rizal, amid a world still afflicted by greed, oppression and injustice. In his message on the 127th anniversary of the martyrdom of Rizal, the President urged Filipinos to “keep emulating the timeless values we can learn from his life and works.” “I also call on everyone to let the genuine […]
(Eagle News)–The government has launched a task force to stop the spread of the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza virus in the country, the Food and Drugs Administration said. According to the FDA, Task Force Alectryon shall focus on a streamlined evaluation of application of avian influenza drugs and vaccines that are “safe, efficacious, and of good quality..” In launching the task force, the FDA noted that while the Philippines successfully managed its first HPAI epidemic […]
Rest of country affected by easterlies (Eagle News)–The northeast monsoon is affecting Northern Luzon. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said the easterlies are also affecting the rest of the country. As a result, Batanes and Babuyan Islands will have cloudy skies with rains. Flashfloods or landslides due to moderate to at times heavy rains are possible. Ilocos Region, Cordillera Administrative Region, and the rest of Cagayan Valley, meanwhile, will have partly cloudy […]
(Eagle News)–A 4.1-magnitude earthquake struck off Surigao del Sur early Friday, Dec. 29. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake hit at 4:35 a.m. The epicenter was 31 kilometers northeast of Cagwait. The depth of focus was 10 kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were reported.
(Eagle News)–The Department of the Interior and Local Government welcomed to the police force the almost 300 recruits from the country’s Moro Islamic Liberation Front and Moro National Liberation Front recruitment program. Interior Secretary Benhur Abalos led the oath-taking of the 255 men and 39 women joining the Police Regional Office-Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Camp Pendatun, Parang, Maguindanao del Norte for a six-month field training program. Prior to this, the recruits, who will fill some […]
(Eagle News)–The northeast monsoon is affecting Northern and Central Luzon. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said the easterlies are also affecting the rest of the country. As a result, Batanes and Babuyan Islands will have cloudy skies with rains. Flashfloods or landslides due to moderate to at times heavy rains are possible. Visayas, Mindanao, Bicol Region and MIMAROPA, meanwhile, will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers and thunderstorms. […]
Laws establishing a College of Medicine in at least four SUCs also signed (Eagle News)–President Bongbong Marcos has signed new laws upgrading the status of two state universities and establishing a College of Medicine in at least four. According to the Presidential Communications Office, with the signing of Republic Act No. 11968, the San Isidro Satellite campus of the Leyte Normal University (LNU) in San Isidro, Leyte will now be a regular campus and will […]
(Eagle News)–A 4.9-magnitude earthquake struck off Davao Occidental on Thursday, Dec. 28. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake hit at 9:35 a.m. The epicenter was 12 kilometers southeast of Jose Abad Santos. The following intensities and instrumental intensities were reported: Intensity V – Malungon, Sarangani Intensity IV – City of General Santos Intensity III – Alabel, Sarangani Intensity II – Kiamba, Sarangani Instrumental Intensities: Intensity V – Malungon, Sarangani Intensity IV […]
Rest of country also affected by easterlies (Eagle News)–The northeast monsoon is affecting Northern and Central Luzon. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said the easterlies are also affecting the rest of the country. As a result, Cagayan Valley, Aurora and Quezon will have cloudy skies with rains. Flashfloods or landslides due to moderate to at times heavy rains are possible. Visayas, Mindanao, Bicol Region and MIMAROPA, meanwhile, will have partly cloudy to […]
(Eagle News)–The Philippine National Railways reopened the Naga-Legazpi-Naga route on Wednesday, Dec. 27. The reopening came six years after the route was suspended due to what the PNR said was an insufficient number of coaches and locomotives. According to the PNR, the first trip of the newly reopened route from Naga City to Legazpi City started at 5:45 a.m. The trip from Naga going to Legazpi is scheduled at 5:30 p.m., while the trip […]
(Eagle News)–President Bongbong Marcos has named and renamed eight Philippine National Police camps and real properties. The following will now be known by their corresponding new names after the President signed Proclamation Nos. 429 and 30: -donated lot to the PNP in Pasacao, Camarines Sur as Camp Brigadier General Ludovico Padilla Arejola -donated lot to Provincial Regional Office V as Camp Captain Salvador Jaucian del Rosaro, Sr. -Camarines Sur Police Provincial Police Office as Camp […]
