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DOJ panel indicts Trillanes, ten others for conspiracy to commit sedition

Robredo, others cleared in sedition case (Eagle News)–A Department of Justice panel has cleared Vice President Leni Robredo and other opposition figures of sedition but found probable cause to indict for conspiracy to commit sedition former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV and several others over an alleged plot to oust President Rodrigo Duterte. In its 57-page resolution, the DOJ panel also recommended for indictment Peter Joemel Advincula alias “Bikoy,” dismissed police official Eduardo Acierto, priest Albert […]

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Gov’t mulls including Taiwan in travel ban amid 2019-nCoV threat

(Eagle News)–The government is mulling extending the temporary ban on travelers from Taiwan to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus. Health Undersecretary Gerardo Bayugo said the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases in the Philippines would discuss that possibility first. “It will still be subjected to a discussion and agreement among the member agencies of the inter-agency task force,” Bayugo said. So far, the government’s ban includes travelers from mainland […]

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#WalangPasok: Class suspension(s) on Monday, Feb. 10

(Eagle News)–Classes in at least one area were suspended on Monday, Feb. 10, due to bad weather: Tacloban City – all levels The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said the northeast monsoon is so far affecting the entire country. PAGASA said it will bring cloudy skies and rains in several parts.

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Go on filing of Senate reso seeking VFA review: It’s each Senator’s right to express views

(Eagle News)–Senator Bong Go said he respects the filing of a Senate resolution seeking for a review of the  Visiting Forces Agreement before its planned termination. In a statement, Go said the Senate was, after all, a separate branch of government. “..At karapatan po ng bawat senador to express our views, their views. ‘Yung resolution naman po ay isang suggestion… baka magbago pa ang isip ng ating mahal na Pangulo,” Go said. Asked if he […]

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Alert level 3 still hoisted over Taal; quakes, emissions continue

  (Eagle News)–An alert level 3 remains hoisted over Taal volcano as it continues to spew steam-laden plumes and sulfur dioxide, and its seismic activity continues. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the weak emission of steam-laden plumes rising 20 to 50 meters high took place in the last 24 hours. Sulfur dioxide emission was measured at an average of 116 tons per day on February 8. The Taal Volcano Network, PHIVOLCS said, […]

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Cloudy skies with rains expected in parts of PHL today

(Eagle News)–Cloudy skies with rains are expected in parts of the country today, Feb. 10. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Eastern Visayas and Caraga will have cloudy skies with scattered rains as the northeast monsoon affects the country. Flash floods or landslides due to scattered moderate to at times heavy rains are possible. Cagayan Valley, Cordillera Administrative Region, Bicol Region, the rest of Visayas, Aurora, Quezon, Marinduque, Romblon, and Oriental Mindoro […]

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China virus deaths rise past 900, overtaking SARS toll

by Patrick BAERT / Helen ROXBURGH BEIJING, China (AFP) — The death toll from the novel coronavirus surged past 900 in mainland China on Monday, overtaking global fatalities in the 2002-03 SARS epidemic, even as the World Health Organization said the outbreak appeared to be stabilizing. With 91 more people dying in Hubei, the province at the center of the outbreak, the toll is now higher than the 774 killed worldwide by Severe Acute Respiratory […]

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Panelo: President Duterte to issue order on planned termination of VFA on Monday, Feb. 10

(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte will issue the order for Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea to inform Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. about the planned termination of the Visiting Forces Agreement on Monday, Feb. 10. This is according to Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo, who gave a radio interview on Sunday, Feb. 9. It was Panelo who said the President had directed Medialdea to inform Locsin to send the US government the notice of termination. But Medialdea […]

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Northeast monsoon affects Luzon, Visayas

(Eagle News)–Cloudy skies with scattered rains are expected over Cagayan Valley and other areas due to the northeast monsoon affecting Luzon and Visayas. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Bicol Region, Aurora and Quezon will also have the same conditions. Flash floods or landslides due to scattered moderate to at times heavy rains are possible. Metro Manila, Ilocos Region, Cordillera Administrative Region, Eastern Visayas, the rest of Central Luzon and of CALABARZON, […]

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Año: Quarantine of repatriated Filipinos from China poses no risk to residents of Capas, Tarlac

(Eagle News)–Interior Secretary Eduardo Año has said the quarantine of repatriated Filipinos from China in Capas, Tarlac poses no risk to residents there. Wuhan, the seat of the novel coronavirus outbreak, is situated in China. “How could that be when they will not even see a glimpse or shadow of our OFWs in the Athletes’ Village,” Año said in a statement. Año added those with symptoms will not be allowed to board the plane for […]

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Rio says he offered to resign from DICT because he was being “sidelined”

(Eagle News)–Information and Communications Undersecretary Eliseo Rio Jr. said the principal reason he offered to resign was because he felt he was no longer needed in the department. He said his resignation had nothing to do with supposed anomalies in the disbursement of confidential funds of the department. In the first place, he said in a Facebook post he “never said  there is an anomaly involving said confidential funds as in fact, I have no […]

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Alert level 3 still hoisted over Taal as its crater, fissures spew steam; quakes also monitored

(Eagle News)–An alert level 3 remains hoisted over Taal as its crater and fissures continue to spew steam and its seismic activity. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said activity in the main crater in the past 24 hours has been characterized by moderate emission of the white to dirty white steam-laden plumes rising 200 to 300 meterd high. PHIVOLCS said it also observed a weak steaming from fissure vents along the Daang Kastila […]

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