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(Eagle News)–The proclamation of winning Senate and party-list bets will not push through today, May 21. Commission on Elections spokesperson James Jimenez said the National Board of Canvassers was still awaiting the arrival of Certificates of Canvass from Los Angeles, California in the United States. Earlier, the poll body said the proclamation might push through on this day, with the winning partylists to be proclaimed in the morning, and the winning senators at night. As […]
Meanne Corvera Eagle News Senator Francis Pangilinan has resigned as president of the Liberal Party. Pangilinan’s resignation came after the loss of all Otso Diretso Senate bets in the May 13 elections. As of May 21, the highest-ranking Otso Diretso senatorial candidate was Bam Aquino, in fourteenth place, still outside the winning circle. Apart from Aquino, Otso Diretso fielded as Senate bets former Interior Secretary Mar Roxas, Erin Tañada, lawyer Romulo Macalintal, Chel Diokno, Pilo […]
(Eagle News)–The Senate has approved on third and final reading the creation of a Philippine Space Agency. Under Senate Bill No. 1983 authored by Senator Bam Aquino, a Philippine Space Development and Utilization Policy is also created to serve as the Philippines’ strategic roadmap for space development. “Satellites can improve disaster management, from providing accurate information that allow early warnings and predicting of disasters to reliable and quick communication during relief and recovery operations,” Senator […]
(Eagle News)—Batanes and the Babuyan Group of Islands will have cloudy skies with scattered rains and thunderstorms today, May 21, as a frontal system affects Extreme Northern Luzon. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said flash floods or landslides during severe thunderstorms are also possible. Metro Manila and the rest of the country, on the other hand, will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers, this time, due to localized thunderstorms. […]
(Eagle News)—A yellow alert is in effect over the Luzon grid on Tuesday, May 21. The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines said the alert, which means reserves do not meet the required minimum capacity, will be hoisted from 10 a.m. to 12 noon and from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Available capacity is at 11933 megawatts, while peak demand was at 11163 MW. Details on the cause will be announced by the Department of […]
(Eagle News)—-Chinese clam harvesting fleets have returned to the South China Sea in force over the last six months after a drop-off in activity from 2016 to late 2018, a think-tank said. According to the Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative, the fleets, which “typically include dozens of small fishing vessels accompanied by a handful of larger ‘motherships,’” have also returned to Scarborough Shoal. “AMTI has not found clear evidence of new clam harvesting in the Spratly […]
(Eagle News)—The Palace on Monday, May 20, gave the assurance President Rodrigo Duterte’s health was “not a serious matter” at this point. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo made the statement after rumors circulated over the weekend that the chief executive had been confined in the Cardinal Santos Medical Center in San Juan due to cardiac arrest. The Palace immediately issued a statement denying the rumors, saying Duterte was merely resting in Malacañang. Panelo quoted the President […]
(Eagle News)–Opposition senator Leila de Lima has expressed disappointment over the loss of Otso Diretso Senate bets in the recently concluded polls. “I could not understand how the objectively undeserving – those who are known to have committed crimes against the nation, who presented no concrete plans of action, who could show no accomplishment except their ‘loyalty’ to one man, and those who are fencesitters- could win the votes of the Filipino people,” De Lima, […]
(Eagle News)–The Commission on Elections sees the proclamation of winning Senate and party-list bets on Tuesday, May 21. Comelec spokesperson James Jimenez made the remark in a press conference on Monday, May 20, with only a few Certificates of Canvass left to be counted exactly a week after the May 13 polls. Jimenez said 1,050,681 votes from Isabela province are expected tonight. The National Board of Canvassers also has yet to canvass COCs from Isabela, […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Cynthia Villar continued to lead the Senate race on Monday, May 20, based on partial and unofficial results from the Commission on Elections transparency server. Villar had 25,116,310 votes as of 11:17 a.m., over 3 million votes more than Grace Poe’s 21,911,481 votes. Bong Go was still in third place, with 20,453,347 votes. Below are the other Senate bets in the winning circle: 4. Pia Cayetano- 19,632,440 votes 5. Bato dela Rosa- 18,802,305 […]
(Eagle News)–A 4.4-magnitude earthquake struck Masbate on Monday, May 20. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake, of tectonic origin, hit 4 kilometers northeast of Pio. V. Corpuz in Limbuhan at 6:45 a.m. An instrumental intensity I was reported in the cities of Masbate and Legazpi. No damage to property nor aftershocks were recorded.
(Eagle News)–Metro Manila and the rest of the country will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies on Monday, May 20. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said isolated rainshowers caused by localized thunderstorms are also expected. Landslides or flashfloods during severe thunderstorms are possible. In general, the whole country, the weather bureau said, will have light to moderate winds and slight to moderate coastal waters.
