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(Eagle News)–An alert level 2 is maintained over Taal on Thursday, Feb. 20. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said activity in the main crater in the past 24 hours has been characterized by “weak emission of steam-laden plumes rising 50 to 100 meters high.” Sulfur dioxide emission was “below instrumental detection due to weak plume activity,” PHIVOLCS said. According to PHIVOLCS, the Taal Volcano Network recorded 25 volcanic earthquakes, one of which was […]
(Eagle News)–The northeast monsoon is affecting the country today. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Cagayan Valley, Bicol Region, Eastern Visayas, Aurora, Quezon, Oriental Mindoro, Marinduque, Romblon, and Panay Island will have cloudy skies with light rains as a result. Metro Manila and the rest of the country will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated light rains, too. The weather bureau said Northern Luzon and the eastern sections of Central […]
(Eagle News)–Suspended Bureau of Corrections legal officer Fredric Santos had expressed readiness to tell all on the Good Conduct Time Allowance mess before he was killed, Senate President Tito Sotto said on Wednesday, Feb. 19. According to Sotto, Santos gave this information to him through Senator Panfilo Lacson. “Yes. The Department of Justice should get to the bottom of this dastardly act,” Sotto said. Senator Richard Gordon, chair of the blue ribbon committee that probed […]
(Eagle News) — Construction of “underground areas” of the Metro Rail Transit-7 will continue, the Department of Transportation said on Wednesday, Feb. 19. According to Transportation Spokesperson Goddess Libiran, the DOTr will, on the other hand, coordinate with the Quezon City government for the construction of the aboveground structure. Libiran issued the statement after Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte put a temporary stop to the construction of the Quezon Memorial Circle station, noting that the […]
(Eagle News) — Philippine National Police Chief Archie Gamboa on Wednesday, Feb. 19, said he intends to submit his recommendation on the policemen included in the drug watchlist to President Rodrigo Duterte on March 5. Gamboa said in a press conference the recommendation was to be made on the same day the PNP and the Armed Forces of the Philippines were set to have a joint command conference with the President. “As a matter of […]
(Eagle News) — Graft charges were filed on Wednesday, Feb. 19, against current and former high-ranking PhilHealth officials for their alleged failure to act on the supposed issuance of fake receipts to Overseas Filipino Workers. Charged before the Ombudsman were Dennis Mas, former regional vice president for PhilHealth’s Metro Manila office; Ruben Basa, PhilHealth’s former chief operating officer; Narisa Sugay, then-PhilHealth vice president for member management group; and Gilda Diaz, vice President of PhilHealth’s Office […]
(Eagle News) — Philippine National Police Chief Archie Gamboa on Wednesday, Feb. 19, said the case of Lt. Col. Jovie Espenido was “purely an internal issue.” Gamboa issued the remark in a televised press conference after Espenido blamed some unscrupulous politicians behind his inclusion in the drug list. According to Gamboa, he “will deal with Espenido squarely as the chief PNP and he being a member of the PNP.” He said the PNP would also […]
(Eagle News) — Police Lt. Col. Jovie Espenido on Wednesday, Feb. 19, said “greedy” politicians were behind his inclusion in the drug list. Espenido did not say who exactly these were, but said these were the kinds of people “na nabangga natin” even when he was just P01. “But one thing I can tell you — greedy, a greedy kind of person,” he said in a nationally televised press conference following his inclusion. Espenido issued […]
(Eagle News) — An alert level 2 remains hoisted over Taal. In its advisory on Wednesday, Feb. 19, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said activity in the main crater in the past 24 hours has been characterized by a “weak emission of steam-laden plumes rising 50 to 100 meters high.” Sulfur dioxide emission, PHIVOLCS said, was “below instrumental detection due to weak plume activity.” The Taal Volcano Network also recorded 30 volcanic earthquakes […]
(Eagle News) — Mayon Volcano’s seismic monitoring network recorded five volcanic earthquakes during the latest 24-hour observation period, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said on Wednesday, Feb. 19. In an advisory, PHIVOLCS said sulfur dioxide emission at the volcano, which remains on alert level 2, was also measured at an average of 288 tons per day on February 17. “Recent electronic tilt data showed inflation of the middle to upper portions of the […]
Filipinos and their foreign spouses and children also allowed entry (Eagle News) — Filipinos and their foreign spouses or children, and holders of diplomatic visas will now be allowed into the country even if they come from China, Macau and Hong Kong. According to the Department of Health, based on a recently revised resolution of the Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases, they will, however, still be subjected to the required 14-day quarantine to […]
(Eagle News)–Lt. Col. Jovie Espenido can still clear his name, Interior Secretary Eduardo Año said. According to Año, Espenido can “present his side” in the “ongoing adjudication and validation.” He said in a separate statement that the evidence should be presented before the PNP, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency, the National Intelligence Coordinating Agency, and the Intelligence Service of the Armed Forces of the Philippines. All four agencies, he said, should give the clearance for […]
