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(Eagle News)–Senator Leila de Lima is proposing the creation of a Philippine Road Safety Institute that will improve road safety in the country. In filing Senate Bill No. 85, De Lima noted a report from the World Health Organization that said that pedestrians make up 19 percent of road deaths in the Philippines. She also cited data from the Department of Transportation that said that fatalities due to road crashes increased by almost 14.6 percent […]
(Eagle News)–Former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV thumbed down the proposal for a prolonged allowable detention of up to 60 days for arrested terror suspects. According to Trillanes, who now teaches in two universities, “in truth, we should be protected from [President Rodrigo] Duterte first.” He noted the estimated 30,000 deaths under the Duterte administration’s campaign illegal drugs, a number he said was “way more deaths than any terrorist has inflicted in history.” “What makes them […]
(Eagle News)–Several former rebels on Wednesday, Aug. 14, confirmed the Communist group was recruiting students to be its members. One of those who made the confirmation before the Senate panel on public order and dangerous drugs was Allen, who was wearing a hoodie and was very emotional when she spoke. According to Allen, she was recruited by the League of Filipino Students in 2014, when she was a 16-year-old student of the Polytechnic University of […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte has declared September 8 of every year a special working holiday. The declaration was made through Republic Act 11370 signed on August 8. According to the law, the declaration was in observance of the Catholics’ Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. A working holiday means there will be classes and work on that day.
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte has declared November 17 of every year the National Students’ Day. Duterte signed Republic Act 11369 on August 8. In celebration of National Students’ Day, the law said an annual program of activities should be prepared and promoted. The National Youth Commission shall serve as the lead agency, while the Department of Education and the Commission on Higher Education will extend their support. The law said activities for the youth shall […]
(Eagle News)–A 3.5-magnitude earthquake struck Surigao del Sur on Wednesday, Aug. 14. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake, of tectonic origin, hit 29 kilometers northeast of Bayabas at 6:12 a.m. The depth of focus of the quake was 24 kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were recorded.
(Eagle News)–Two branches of the Muntinlupa Regional Trial Court have granted Senator Leila de Lima’s very urgent motion she be allowed to visit her ailing mother. In separate 3-page orders, Branch 205 Judge Liezel Aquiatan and Branch 256 Judge Gener Gito allowed De Lima to travel to Naga from Aug. 14 to 15, with a maximum period of 48 hours, after the prosecution posed no objection to De Lima’s motion provided certain conditions such as […]
(Eagle News)–Cloudy skies will continue to prevail in parts of the country as the southwest monsoon affects the western sections of Northern and Central Luzon. Ilocos Region, Cordillera Administrative Region, Cagayan Valley, Zambales, and Bataan will have cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said. Flash floods or landslide due to scattered light to moderate to at times heavy rains are possible. Metro Manila and the rest […]
(Eagle News)–Several flights to and from Hongkong were cancelled on Wednesday, Aug. 14, due to public protests in the special administrative region. Below is a list: Philippine Airlines PR 313 (Hong Kong – Manila) PR 306 (Manila – Hong Kong) PR 307 (Hong Kong – Manila) Cathay Pacific CX 901 (Hong Kong – Manila) CX 919 (Hong Kong – Manila) CX 930 (Manila – Hong Kong) CX 935 (Hong Kong – Manila) CX 939 (Hong […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte has signed into law the Anti-Obstruction of Power Lines Act. Republic Act 11361, signed on Aug. 8, bans the planting of tall-growing plants, the construction of hazardous improvements, and the conduct of any hazardous activities within the power line corridor. The law says this is to ensure there is no impediment to the distribution of electricity to consumers. “[W]e will now be able to put in place a mechanism that will […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte has signed into law a measure that seeks to bring down electricity rates in the country. Under Republic Act 11371, or the “Murang Kuryente Act,” a portion of the net national government share from the Malampaya natural gas project is allocated for the payment of the “stranded contract costs and stranded debts” of the National Power Corporation. At present, the debts of Napocor have been transferred to and assumed by the […]
(Eagle News)–Foreign Affairs Secretary Teddy Locsin Jr. on Tuesday, Aug. 13, said the Philippine government should immediately bring to justice those behind the death of a Chinese national in Las Piñas City. In making the remark, Locsin noted that the Chinese could retaliate following the death of Yang Kang, 27. The Chinese national died after jumping, while handcuffed, from the sixth floor of his office building in Pamplona. “We go down this road of letting […]
