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(Eagle News)—Most Filipinos disagree that the Chinese government has good intentions for Filipinos, a recent Social Weather Stations survey found. According to the Fourth Quarter 2018 Social Weather Survey done from December 16-19, 2018, 44 percent of Filipino adults disagree with the statement, “Most of what the Chinese government wants to happen in the Philippines is good for the Filipinos.” The survey found only 27% agree with the statement, and 29% are undecided about the matter. […]
(Eagle News)—Isolated thunderstorms are expected in parts of the country today, April 6, as the easterlies affect the archipelago. Partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers are expected in Mindanao, Eastern and Central Visayas, and Bicol Region, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said. The weather bureau said flash floods during severe thunderstorms are also possible. Partly cloudy skies on the other hand will prevail over Metro Manila and the rest of […]
By Carlo Valdez EBC New Jersey Bureau BROOKLYN, New York (Eagle News) — A playoff contention preview, or maybe not. The Brooklyn Nets tried to rally to beat the second best team in the NBA, the Toronto Raptors, but fell short losing 115-105 to their Atlantic Division rivals on Wednesday. D’Angelo Russell led the Nets with 27 points but it wasn’t enough against All-Star Kawhi Leonard and the Raptors. Russell heated up in the fourth […]
(Eagle News)—Communist Party of the Philippines founding chair Jose Maria Sison believes President Rodrigo Duterte cannot declare a revolutionary war because he is a “bureaucrat capitalist of the worst kind” in the first place. “Duterte cannot engage in a revolutionary war because he is a counterrevolutionary agent of foreign monopoly capitalists, big compradors and big landlords,” Sison said in a statement. According to Sison, Duterte “should not misappropriate and besmirch the noble calling of revolutionary.” […]
(Eagle News)—-Improve operations or the military takes over. President Rodrigo Duterte issued this warning after the government said it would drop negotiations with a consortium eyeing to rehabilitate the airport if an agreement was not reached by April 30. Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade said the Department of Transportation would take over the rehabilitation if this was the case. “Yang NAIA na ‘yan ‘pag hindi kayo nag-improve diyan, magtake-over diyan Air Force. ‘Yan lang ang paraan […]
(Eagle News)– The Sandiganbayan has found former Laguna Governor ER Ejercito guilty of graft for approving an insurance deal without public bidding when he was mayor of Pagsanjan. Apart from convicting him for one count of violation of Section 3(e) of the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act, the Sandiganbayan’s fourth division sentenced Ejercito to six to eight years in prison, and sanctioned him with perpetual disqualification from public office. Several councilors at that time […]
(Eagle News)—The International Criminal Court has begun its preliminary examination of the communication for crimes against humanity filed against President Rodrigo Duterte by the National Union of People’s Lawyers. This as the tribunal based in The Netherlands said in a letter to the NUPL that the communication, which was filed over the drug war, “relates to a situation already under preliminary examination by the Office of the Prosecutor.” The ICC was apparently referring to the […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Panfilo Lacson on Friday, April 5, volunteered to join President Rodrigo Duterte if the chief executive decides to visit Pag-asa Island. Lacson made the comment after Duterte said he would not allow the Chinese to occupy the island in the South China Sea but also reiterated the country was not ready to go to war. Hours before, the Department of Foreign Affairs issued a strongly worded statement over the “illegal” presence […]
(Eagle News) — The vessel that had attempted to conduct dredging activities in Batangas’ Lobo River has left the area. Seagate Engineering and Buildsystems’ MV Emerald left on Friday morning, after the Philippine Ports Authority canceled its anchorage permit. Earlier, the Coast Guard said the environmental compliance certificate issued to Seagate was also cancelled. The Department of Environment and Natural Resources had issued the ECC, but noted the vessel could not begin any project without […]
(Eagle News) — The family of the businessman who was “abducted” recently in Laguna announced on Friday, April 5, a P1-million reward for any information on his whereabouts. The announcement was made in a press conference led by the family lawyer, Ferdinand Topacio, two days after the reported abduction of Allan Fajardo from a four-star hotel in Nuvali. Apart from Fajardo, his companion Ricky Atienza was “abducted.” Witnesses said the two were forced by bonnet-wearing […]
(Eagle News)–The Philippine Embassy in Tripoli has advised Filipinos in Libya to be vigilant and “avoid unnecessary movement.” The embassy issued the advisory in a Facebook post after the Presidential Council declared a state of emergency with the proclaimed advance of the Libyan National Army towards Tripoli. The embassy said it also earlier monitored some isolated clashes outside the Libyan capital and troop movements in areas outside Tripoli. “Until such time that the situation has […]
(Eagle News)—Inflation continued its downtrend in March, clocking in at 3.3 percent. The Philippine Statistics Authority said the 3.3 percent was slower than the 3.8 percent in January, and than the 4.3 percent in March last year. “The downtrend was primarily due to slower annual increase in the index of the heavily-weighted food and non-alcoholic beverages at 3.4 percent,” the PSA said. According to the PSA, “annual rates also decelerated” in the indices of the […]
