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(Eagle News)–Work in all courts nationwide on Monday, Sept. 23, is suspended starting 2 p.m. The Supreme Court said this was pursuant to Civil Service Commission Announcement No.53,s.2019, which announces the celebration of the 27th national family week. In the announcement, the CSC urged government agencies and state universities and colleges to hold a simultaneous ringing of bells at 12 noon “as a symbol of nationwide awareness and commitment to commemorate the solidarity and unity […]
(Eagle News)–Net satisfaction with the administration’s war against illegal drugs remains at “excellent,” based on a recent Social Weather Stations survey. The SWS survey conducted from June 22 to 26 found that 82% of adult Filipinos were satisfied , 6%, undecided and 12% dissatisfied, giving a net satisfaction rating of +70. The net satisfaction rating ties the excellent+70 recorded in March. Net satisfaction with the campaign has always been either very good or excellent in the past 11 […]
(Eagle News)–The southwest monsoon is affecting Northern Luzon today, Sept. 23. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Metro Manila and the rest of the country will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers due to localized thunderstorms. Flash floods or landslides during severe thunderstorms are possible. Luzon, PAGASA said, will have moderate to strong winds and moderate to rough coastal waters, while Visayas and Mindanao will have light to moderate […]
(Eagle News)–Releasing “truly reformed” convicts of heinous crimes should not be considered an injustice against their victims. Senator Leila de Lima had this to say on Sunday, Sept. 22, as she expressed hope the new implementing rules and regulations of the Good Conduct Time Allowance law were merely “meant to be a temporary solution to prevent irreversible damage caused by the ‘GCTA-for-sale’ fiasco that hounded this administration.” She said the GCTA law, which reduces the […]
(Eagle News)–Several flights on Sunday, Sept. 22, were cancelled due to bad weather. Below is a list: Cebu Pacific (5J) 5J 922- Manila to Fukuoka 5J 923- Fukuoka to Manila The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Services Administration said the southwest monsoon will bring rains in parts of the country as it affects Northern and Central Luzon. PAGASA said Zambales, Bataan, Palawan and Mindoro provinces will have cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers and thunderstorms. Metro Manila […]
(Eagle News)–A thunderstorm advisory has been hoisted over Mindanao. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said moderate to heavy rainshowers with lightning and strong winds due to thunderstorms are expected over Zamboanga del Sur and Zamboanga Sibugay within 1 to 2 hours. The same conditions are being experienced in Davao de Oro, particularly in Maco, Mawab, New Bataan and Nabunturan; in Davao del Norte, in Panabo, Carmen and Tagum; in Zamboanga del Norte, […]
(Eagle News)–Martial law “necessarily arises only upon constitutional dictates,” and is precisely the “very tool to save the exercise of democracy,” the Palace said on Sunday, Sept. 22. In a statement a day after the 47th anniversary of the proclamation of martial law under then-President Ferdinand Marcos, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said that in that case, martial law “instilled discipline among the citizenry at its inception, as well as reaping success in dismantling the then spreading […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Koko Pimentel has urged Congress to revisit the proposal to grant emergency powers to President Rodrigo Duterte to address what he said was the worsening traffic in Metro Manila. Pimentel, however, stopped short of saying the powers should be granted to the President, who had requested for the same upon assumption of office. This even as he acknowledged that those emergency powers may allow the government to immediately enter into projects that can […]
(Eagle News)–The Department of Labor and Employment has so far not received reports of Filipinos affected by the attacks on oil fields in Saudi Arabia. This is according to Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III, who gave an interview over radio dzbb on Sunday, Sept. 22. “Wala pang nakarating sa amin na report galing sa tatlong labor attaché namin—isa doon sa Jeddah, isa sa Riyadh at isa sa Dammam,” he said. The Department of Foreign Affairs, […]
(Eagle News)–The southwest monsoon will bring rains in parts of the country as it affects Northern and Central Luzon. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Services Administration said Zambales, Bataan, Palawan and Mindoro provinces will have cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers and thunderstorms. Flash floods or landslides due to moderate to heavy rains are possible. Metro Manila and the rest of the country will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers due to localized […]
(Eagle News)–The Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission will suspend its probe into the Good Conduct Time Allowance mess. The PACC said this was after the Office the President itself ordered the suspension, with a probe into the controversy already being undertaken by the Ombudsman and the Senate. The PACC said the investigation being conducted by the Department of Justice and the National Bureau of Investigation is also suspended. The Ombudsman has already suspended over 27 Bureau of […]
(Eagle News)–Former Health spokesperson Lyndon Lee Suy has passed away. Reports said he died of cardiac arrest at the Philippine Heart Center. He was 55 years old. Suy was also Health assistant secretary for the Office of Health Policy and Systems Development Team.
