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(Eagle News)–A heavy rainfall warning has been hoisted over parts of Mindanao. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said an orange warning level was up over Surigao del Sur and Surigao del Norte, which means flooding is threatening in low-lying areas and landslides are possible in mountainous areas. A yellow warning level, on the other hand, is hoisted over Agusan del Sur and Davao Oriental. Flooding is possible in flood-prone areas in these […]
(Eagle News)–The percentage of Filipino families who experienced involuntary hunger in December 2019 dropped to 8.8 percent, the lowest in 15 years, a Social Weather Stations survey found. The SWS said the December 2019 hunger rate, which translates to 2.1 million families, was lower than the 9.1 percent hunger rate recorded in September of 2019, and lower than the 7.4 percent in March 2004. The December 2019 rate also represented a decline from the rates […]
(Eagle News)–A 4.2-magnitude quake struck Ilocos Norte on Saturday, Jan. 25. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake, which struck at 5:08 a.m., had its epicenter 15 kilometers northeast of Carasi. It had a depth of focus of one kilometer. No damage to property nor aftershocks were recorded.
(Eagle News)–Cloudy skies and rains are expected in parts of the country today as the easterlies affect the eastern section. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Aurora, Quezon, Mindoro Oriental, Bicol Region, Eastern Visayas, Caraga, Davao Region and SOCCSKSARGEN will have cloudy skies with scattered rains and thunderstorms. Flash floods or landslides during moderate to at times heavy rains are possible. Metro Manila and CALABARZON, on the other hand, will have cloudy […]
(Eagle News)–The five-year-old boy who arrived from Wuhan, China, in Cebu has tested negative for the 2019 novel coronavirus. This was according to the Department of Health, which made the announcement on Friday, Jan. 24, following the release of the results of the tests on the child’s oropharyngeal and serum specimens. The tests were conducted at the Victorian Infectious Disease Reference Laboratory in Melbourne, Australia. The DOH said the child had yielded “a positive result […]
Man came from Wuhan, China, seat of novel coronavirus outbreak (Eagle News) — (Eagle News)– The Department of Health is monitoring a man in Tacloban for showing signs of a respiratory infection after arriving from Wuhan, China, where the novel coronavirus was first identified. Undersecretary Eric Domingo said the 36-year-old man worked in the Chinese city and arrived in the country on Jan. 17. The man is now isolated in a health facility. Earlier, the […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte believes the country has stronger ties with Russia and China than with the United States because the two countries respect Philippine sovereignty. “Because America continues to look at us as a vassal state because we were under the Americans for 50 years and they lived off the fat of the land before we got our independence,” Duterte told RT television. According to the President, “it’s not only the Philippines, but it’s […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Panfilo Lacson believes President Rodrigo Duterte can scrap the Visiting Forces Agreement without the Senate’s approval or consent. In a statement, Lacson said this was “in the absence of a Supreme Court ruling on the President’s power to unilaterally break a treaty/bilateral agreement like the VFA without the consent of 2/3 supermajority vote of the Senate.” “Having said that, the SC should act on the pending petition filed by a number […]
(Eagle News)–The easterlies are affecting the eastern section of Southern Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said. As a result, PAGASA said Bicol Region, Quezon, and Northern Samar will have cloudy skies with scattered rains and thunderstorms. Some parts of the country will also have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms due to, apart from the easterlies, localized thunderstorms. Because of the northeast monsoon, PAGASA […]
(Eagle News) — Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra on Friday, Jan. 24, confirmed the Department of Justice has been asked to study the procedure for terminating the Visiting Forces Agreement. “Yes, the DOJ has been asked to study the procedure for terminating the VFA,” Guevarra said in a brief message. Guevarra’s revelation came a day after President Rodrigo Duterte threatened to scrap the deal, which allows US bases in the country, following the US’ cancellation of […]
(Eagle News) — Inflation continued to ease in the fourth quarter of 2019, bringing year-to-date average inflation well within the the government’s announced target range, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas said on Friday, Jan. 24. According to the BSP, the headline inflation of 1.6 percent in the fourth quarter of last year, down from the 1.7 percent in the third quarter, brought year-to-date average inflation to 2.5 percent, which is within the target range of […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte met with the family of the Overseas Filipino Worker who has been detained for several years in Bahrain for killing a Pakistani national, the Palace said on Friday, Jan. 24. In a statement, the Palace said the President met the family of Roderick Aguinaldo at the Villamor Air Base in Pasay City on Thursday, Jan. 23. Members of the family of Aguinaldo, who has been in detention for three […]
