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(Eagle News) — Senator Ronald dela Rosa has reiterated the war on drugs, while not perfect, was not a failure. “With all honesty masasabi natin na yung ating war on drugs is not perfect… talagang hindi perfect. Bigyan mo ako ng isang bansa, pinakamagaling na bansa na perfect yung kanilang war on drugs,” Dela Rosa said at the Dangerous Drugs Board’s culminating event for the Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Week 2019 in Quezon City […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Bong Go on Wednesday, Nov. 7, urged Filipinos to help each other instead of pointing fingers, amid some issues hounding the country’s hosting of the Southeast Asian Games. In a statement, Go lamented how many Filipinos were rejoicing “for the wrong reasons.” “Pumapalakpak dahil gusto nila tayong pumalpak,” Go said. In the first place, he said the organizers led by Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano were working “double time” and doing everything […]
(Eagle News) — More than P2.5 billion worth of suspected shabu was seized on Tuesday night in Makati. The Philippine National Police said on Wednesday, Nov. 27, the P2.522 billion worth of suspected illegal drugs were seized in a buy-bust operation in Barangay San Antonio. Chinese national Liu Chao, the PNP said, was arrested. Charges are slated to be filed against the suspect.
(Eagle News) — Work on the Metro Rail Transit-7 depot formally started on Tuesday, Nov. 26, after nearly two years of court hearings and appeals to obtain a site, the Department of Transportation said. In a statement, the DOTr said this was after the writs of possession issued by the Quezon City Regional Trial Court Branch 92 and 98 in favor of the agency and its concessionaire, SMC Mass Rail Transit 7, Inc. (SMRT7), were […]
(Eagle News) — Senate President Tito Sotto on Wednesday, Nov. 27, called on all parties to “stop bickering about petty things” following the logistical problems that hounded the Philippines’ hosting of the Southeast Asian Games. “We are too hospitable!” Sotto lamented, as he recalled his participation in the 1978 Asian Games and in the 1977, 1978 and 1981 SEA Games as a player of bowling or coach. He also participated in the World Cup in […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Panfilo Lacson on Wednesday, Nov. 27, expressed support for a proposal to have both the President and Vice President of the country voted in tandem. Lacson made the statement in an interview over ANC, after President Rodrigo Duterte fired Vice President Leni Robredo as co-chair of the Inter-Agency Committee Against Illegal Drugs. The Palace had said Duterte made the move following taunts from Robredo herself and members of her party, the […]
(Eagle News) — Several flights on Wednesday, Nov. 27, were cancelled due to bad weather. Below is a list: (5J) Cebu Pacific 5J 504 – Manila-Tuguegarao 5J 505 – Tuguegarao-Manila The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration has said a tropical storm was slated to enter the Philippine Area of Responsibility between Saturday and Sunday. Once it enters PAR, PAGASA said it would be called “Tisoy.”
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte wants a probe into the logistical problems that hounded the Philippines’ hosting of the Southeast Asian Games. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said the probe would cover the organizers of the SEA Games, including Philippine Southeast Asian Games Organizing Committee head Alan Peter Cayetano, who was Duterte’s running mate in the 2016 elections. He said the P50-million cauldron would also be probed. A parallel investigation by Congress could also be […]
(Eagle News) — A 3.9-magnitude earthquake struck Davao Occidental on Wednesday, Nov. 27. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake, of tectonic origin, hit 137 kilometers southeast of Sarangani at 9:38 a.m. Depth of focus was 10 kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were recorded.
(Eagle News) — Tropical Storm “Kammuri” is forecast to enter the Philippine Area of Responsibility between Saturday, Nov. 30, and Sunday, Dec. 1. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said once it enters PAR, it will be named “Tisoy.” “Kammuri” was last spotted 2,165 km east of Visayas, packing maximum sustained winds of up to 75 kph near the center, and gustiness of up to 90 kph. It is moving westward at 40 […]
by Briseida MEMA DURRES, Albania (AFP) — Albanian rescuers searched rubble through the night looking for survivors trapped in buildings that toppled Tuesday in the strongest earthquake to hit the country in decades, with more than 20 dead and hundreds injured. Teams of soldiers, police and emergency workers sifted through the debris of shredded apartment blocks and hotels in towns near Albania’s northwest Adriatic coast, close to the epicenter of the 6.4 magnitude earthquake that […]
(Eagle News)–It was Vice President Leni Robredo herself and her Liberal partymates who prompted President Rodrigo Duterte to fire her as Inter-Agency Committee Against Illegal Drugs co-chair. In an interview over radio dzbb, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said it was LP president Kiko Pangilinan who was himself asking Duterte to fire Robredo. “…Ang pinakamatindi, si VP Leni, nung magsalita si Presidente, ano ang naging tugon niya? Sabi niya ‘Kung ayaw mo sa akin, sabihin mo.’ […]
