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(Eagle News)–Classes were suspended in some areas after a 6.4-magnitude quake struck Cotabato on Tuesday, Oct. 29. Below is a list: Samal Island — all levels, private and public schools Davao City — all levels The earthquake came weeks after a 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck the province.
(Eagle News)–A 6.6-magnitude earthquake struck Cotabato on Tuesday, Oct. 29, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said. PHIVOLCS earlier said the quake that hit 26 kilometers northeast of Tulunan at 9:04 a.m. was a 6.3-magnitude one. In its upgraded advisory, PHIVOLCS said the earthquake hit 25 kilometers southeast of Tulunan. PHIVOLCS said it had a depth of focus of seven kilometers. The following intensities and instrumental intensities were recorded: Intensities Intensity VII – Tulunan […]
(Eagle News)–Cloudy skies and rains are expected in parts of the country today, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services said. PAGASA said MIMAROPA, CALABARZON and the provinces of Aklan, Antique and Capiz will have cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms due to a low pressure area spotted northwest of Puerto Princesa City, Palawan. Batanes and Babuyan Islands will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated light rains as the northeast monsoon affects […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday, Oct. 28, said he was ready to appoint Vice President Leni Robredo as drug czar if she thought she could do better. The President said this was what he meant when he said he would “surrender my powers to enforce the law” to Robredo for six months. Duterte made the comment after Robredo said there was a need to reassess the drug war after it failed to curb the […]
(Eagle News)–The Nueva Ecija court hearing the charges filed by Mary Jane Veloso against her alleged recruiters has tentatively set the taking of her testimony against them to December 12. Edre Olalia, National Union of People’s Lawyers president, said, however, that the date was “subject to” the resolution of the motion for reconsideration which alleged recruiters Maria Cristina Sergio and Julius Lacanilao plan to file to challenge the Supreme Court decision that allowed Veloso to […]
(Eagle News)–Newly installed Chief Justice Diosdado Peralta on Monday, Oct. 28, laid out his ten-point program as the country’s top magistrate, thanking President Rodrigo Duterte for the opportunity to serve. In his first speech as Chief Justice during the SC’s flag ceremony, Peralta said under his ten-point program, he wishes to eliminate backlog in the SC and other courts, continue to revise the Rules of Court and other rules of procedure so they will become […]
(Eagle News) — A third case of polio since over a decade has been recorded in the Philippines. The Department of Health said the case involved a four-year-old female from Datu Piang, Maguindanao who did not receive any dose of the oral polio vaccine. The DOH said the case was initially reported as a case of acute flaccid paralysis after consultation at the Cotabato Regional Medical Center. In September, the DOH declared a polio outbreak […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte will push through with his flight this week to Thailand, where he will attend the 35th Association of Southeast Asian Nations Summit, a Palace official said on Monday, Oct. 28. Chief of Presidential Protocol Robert Eric Borje made the announcement days after President Duterte had to cut short his trip to Japan on Oct. 22 due to “unbearable pain in his spinal column near the pelvic bone.” Duterte, who […]
(Eagle News)–The Department of Foreign Affairs is urging Filipinos to postpone their travel to Iraq amid the violent protests in the country. The DFA said if the travel cannot be delayed, however, Filipinos should avoid flights with early morning or late night arrivals in Baghdad, Basra, and the Kurdistan Region. “Curfews are currently imposed in several cities,” the DFA said. According to the agency, Filipinos in Iraq who need assistance may contact the Philippine Embassy […]
SAN MIGUEL, Zamboanga del Sur (Eagle News) — At least six people, including a two-year-old girl, died and several others were injured after a forward truck slammed into a fence in Zamboanga del Sur on Saturday, Oct. 26. Authorities identified the fatalities in the incident in Barangay Limonan as John Bryant Albaño, 19; Boboy Magallanes Cuesta, 34; Gerelyn Chavez, 2; Liza Albaño Berano, 40; Elizabeth Montañez Magallanes, 48; and Reyan Gabotero Salba, 20. The injured […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine National Police is now on full alert in anticipation of the increased volume of people going to the provinces in the following days. Lt. Gen. Archie Gamboa, PNP chief, said the leaves of PNP personnel were also cancelled to ensure a 100 percent deployment. The PNP has said more than 35,000 personnel will be deployed in time for the holidays. The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority has already announced the suspension […]
(Eagle News)–Cloudy skies with rainshowers are expected in parts of the country today, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said. PAGASA said Metro Manila, CALABARZON, MIMAROPA, Bicol Region, Zamboanga Peninsula, Visayas and the provinces of Basilan, Sulu and Tawi-Tawi will have cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms due to a low pressure area off Dumaguete City in Negros Oriental. PAGASA said Batanes and Babuyan Islands will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies […]
