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(Eagle News)—A 3.9-magnitude earthquake struck Cagayan on Wednesday, April 17. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake hit 51 kilometers southwest of Calayan at 10:18 a.m. The depth of focus of the quake, which was of tectonic origin, was 11 kilometers. No damage nor aftershocks were expected.
(Eagle News)—Power interruptions are not expected today, April 17, with the Luzon grid operating under normal conditions, the Department of Energy said. According to the DOE, this was despite the forced outages of the SMC Consolidated Power Corporation Limay Unit 2 and the Southwest Luzon Power Generation Corporation Unit 2. It said the SEM-Calaca Power Corporation Calaca Unit 2 was also operating on a reduced capacity. Red and yellow alerts have been hoisted over the […]
(Eagle News)–A Palace official on Wednesday, April 17, said he foresees no “retaliation” on the part of the House of Representatives for President Rodrigo Duterte’s veto of P95.3 billion worth of items in the national budget. Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles issued the statement days after Duterte scrapped the items which included what the Senate said were illegal alignments made by the House after Congress ratified its version of the budget bill. Duterte also subjected to […]
(Eagle News)—The Supreme Court on Wednesday, April 17, reminded judges nationwide to be “very circumspect” in acting on applications for search warrants during election period. SC administrator Jose Midas Marquez issued the reminder in circular no. 64-2019, following reports the courts were being used by unscrupulous politicians to obtain search warrants against their rivals. According to Marquez, all judges should remain “impartial and non-partial,” and their courts should ensure jurisdiction before entertaining such applications, and […]
Mar Gabriel Eagle News Service Naka-full alert na ang buong pwersa ng Philippine National Police sa buong bansa bilang bahagi ng paghahanda sa nalalapit na bakasyon. Ibig sbihin nito, kanselado na ang lahat ng leave ng nasa 91,000 na pulis na magpapatrulya at magduduty sa mga itinalagang police assistance desk, ayon kay PNP Chief Oscar Albayalde. Sina Albayalde at National Capital Region Police Office Chief Guillermo Eleazar ay nag-ikot sa Metro Manila upang masiguro ang […]
(Eagle News)—Communist Party of the Philippines founder Jose Maria Sison on Wednesday, April 17, said there can be “no genuine peace negotiations” between the National Democratic Front of the Philippines and the Philippine government under President Rodrigo Duterte. Sison made the remark a day after Duterte reiterated his proposal for the CPP founding chair, who is in exile in The Netherlands, to return to the Philippines and talk peace. According to Sison, it was Duterte […]
(Eagle News)—A block of cocaine was found floating off Basco, Batanes on Tuesday, police said. Authorities said the cocaine was found by a fisherman off the Naidi Light House at 3:15 p.m. In an interview over GMA 7’s dzbb, Batanes Provincial Police director Colonel Merwin Quarteros said the cocaine was wrapped in layers of plastic. The street value of the illegal drugs has yet to be determined, police said. President Rodrigo Duterte has blamed international […]
(Eagle News)–The Palace has declared a suspension of work in government offices effective noon today, April 17. The Palace made the announcement in memorandum number 60 signed by Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea. According to the memo, the half-day work schedule was “to provide government employees full opportunity to properly observe 18-19 April 2019, regular holidays, and to allow them to travel to and from the different regions in the country.” “However, those agencies whose functions […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Finance on Wednesday, April 17, defended the loan deals entered into by the Philippines with China, including the Chico irrigation loan deal. In a statement, Finance Undersecretary Bayani Agabin said for one that the waiver-of-sovereign immunity clause in the Chico irrigation loan deal, which some have said would lead to a Chinese takeover of the Philippines’ patrimonial properties, was present in other loan accords entered into by the Philippines […]
(Eagle News)—President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday, April 16, reiterated his proposal for Communist Party of the Philippines founding chair Joma Sison to come home and talk peace. Duterte did this after Sison slammed the government’s plans to hold localized peace talks, which he said were “fake”, and were all the more driving a nail into the coffin of peace negotiations. “Ako ang bahala sa iyo. Hindi ako traydor na tao. I give you my honor—word […]
(Eagle News)–Cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers will prevail over the country today, April 17, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said. PAGASA said Ilocos Region, Cordillera Administrative Region, Cagayan Valley and Central Luzon will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers due to localized thunderstorms. PAGASA said flash floods during severe thunderstorms are also possible. Metro Manila and the rest of the country will also experience partly cloudy to cloudy skies […]
(Eagle News)—President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday, April 16, said he would reveal who was behind the videos featuring one “Bikoy” who has hurled drug accusations against his family. In a speech in Tuguegarao, Duterte said he had in his possession an intelligence report detailing this, and which came from “another country.” “What you did not know is you were being listened to habang ginagawa niyo yang kalokohan niyo. Ilabas ko yan in a few days, […]
