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(Eagle News) — Agriculture Secretary Manny Piñol said the country’s rice and corn production targets can still be met despite El Nino. In a Facebook post, Piñol said this was because reported losses were “only” 0.96 percent, or 197700 metric tons, of the 20 million MT target for rice; while “only” 2.94 percent or 256,766 MT of the 8.64 million MT target for corn represents the losses for the crop. According to the agriculture secretary, […]
(Eagle News)—The easterlies will continue to affect Southern Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao on Friday, April 26, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said. According to PAGASA, Bicol Region, Visayas and Mindanao will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms as a result. Flash floods during severe thunderstorms are possible. PAGASA said Metro Manila and the rest of Luzon will also have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers, […]
(Eagle News)—A 4.4-magnitude earthquake struck Ilocos Norte on Friday, April 26. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake hit 7 kilometers southwest of San Nicolas at 3 a.m. The earthquake, which was of tectonic origin, has a depth of focus of 10 kilometers. The following intensities were reported: Intensity IV – San Nicolas, Ilocos Norte Intensity III – Sarrat, Ilocos Norte The following instrumental intensities were also reported: Intensity IV – Sinait, […]
Toddlers should spend no more than 60 minutes passively watching a screen every day, while babies under 12 months should have none, to ensure that they grow up fit and well, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday, as part of a campaign to tackle the global obesity crisis. In recommendations specifically aimed at under-fives for the first time, the UN health agency said that some than 40 million children around the globe – […]
A powerful cyclone was set to make landfall in northern Mozambique Thursday, barely a month after a super-storm slammed into the country’s centre, leaving hundreds dead and causing devastation. As Cyclone Kenneth barrelled towards to the northeastern coast after swiping the Comoros, the UN warned of flash flooding and landslides. Dozens of schools were closed and all flights between the capital Maputo and Pemba were cancelled. Forecasters at Meteo-France warned that Kenneth could trigger waves […]
The second largest Emperor penguin colony on Earth has suffered a “catastrophic” breeding failure after nearly all chicks born over three years died as their icy Antarctic habitat shrinks, researchers said Thursday. The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) used satellite imagery to study the behaviour of the Halley Bay colony in the Weddell Sea due south of Cape Hope, which normally sees up to 25,000 penguin pairs mate each year. They found that in 2016, when […]
(Eagle News)–The Philippines is “ready to pursue more projects” with China under the Belt and Road Initiative, President Rodrigo Duterte said on Thursday, April 25. Duterte made the remark as he congratulated Chinese Premier Li Keqiang for the “successful” hosting of the forum in Beijing, its second so far. “The Philippines’ continued participation in this forum is an acknowledgment of the vision of a global connectivity for shared prosperity,” Duterte said. Duterte’s attendance in the […]
2093 hurdle tests for master electricians (Eagle News)—Over 1000 passed the Electrical Engineer Licensure Examination given in April, while over 2000 passed the tests for master electricians, the Professional Regulation Commission said. The 1,600 who passed the electrical engineer licensure exams in Manila, Baguio, Cagayan De Oro, Cebu, Davao, Iloilo, Legazpi, Lucena and Tacloban represent 62.79 percent of the 2,548 who took them. The 2,093 who passed the master electricians exams, on the other hand, […]
(Eagle News)–The Manila Times on Thursday, April 25, clarified its managing editor Felipe Salvosa II resigned because he was “asked to do so.” Slamming publications that “twisted” this fact, The Manila Times said this was asked of Salvosa because he “behaved unethically when he posted a statement on social media without first notifying or clarifying with our Chairman Emeritus, Dr. Dante A. Ang, the issues that he had with the story ‘Oust-Duterte plot bared,’ written […]
(Eagle News)–The dismissal of Malay, Aklan Mayor Cicero Cawaling should serve as a “warning” against local executives they should be “proactive” and take steps to protect and preserve the environment in their respective localities, the Department of the Interior and Local Government said. According to the DILG, local public officials should not wait for cases to be filed against them, and should “serve as local ‘Avengers’ because disaster risk reduction and protecting the ecological health […]
(Eagle News) — The Palace on Thursday, April 25, welcomed the results of the recent Social Weather Stations survey that found that hunger incidence among Filipino families went down in March. According to Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo, the drop to “a single-digit 9.5 percent” in the first quarter of 2019 “indicate that the President’s sincere efforts in addressing soaring prices and running a bureaucracy that efficiently delivers basic services to the poor and marginalized are […]
(Eagle News) — Three people were killed after a private chopper crashed in a fishpond in Malolos, Bulacan on Thursday, April 25. Authorities said Liberato Laus, chair of the Laus Group of companies, was killed after the helicopter, with body number RPC8098, crashed in Barangay Anilao at 12:50 p.m. His bodyguard and the pilot were also killed. An investigation into the cause of the incident is still ongoing.
