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By Jane Kathleen Gregorio EBC Texas Bureau AUSTIN, Texas (Eagle News) — On Day 2 of the NCAA Men’s Division I Swimming and Diving Championships, the morning began with preliminary trials that included the 200 freestyle relay, 500 freestyle, 200 individual medley, 50 freestyle, 400 medley relay and one-meter diving. Friends, families and fans from different parts of the United States came to support their favorite athlete or team. The Canty family, who traveled from […]
(Eagle News)—-Partly cloudy skies are expected in the country today, March 31, as the easterlies affect Visayas and Mindanao, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said. PAGASA said Eastern Visayas and Mindanao will experience partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms. Flash floods due to severe thunderstorms are possible. Metro Manila and the rest of the country will have partly cloudy skies, PAGASA said. Extreme northern Luzon will have moderate […]
(Eagle News)–House Majority Leader Fredenil Castro on Saturday, March 30, denied the House of Representatives’ leadership took away P92.3 billion from the proposed national budget. According to Castro, “there is no truth” to the allegations hurled by Camarines Sur Rep. Luis Raymund Villafuerte that the P92.3 billion was also distributed to favored members. “I can say with authority that Rep. Villafuerte is peddling fake news. I pity my good friend L-Ray, but I understand where […]
(Eagle News)—The Palace on Saturday, March 30, welcomed the results of the first quarter 2019 Business Expectations Survey that showed a marked improvement in business confidence in the Philippine economy. In a statement, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said the results were a “good indicator of strong business and investor confidence (in) the decisive leadership of President Rodrigo Roa Duterte and his competent economic team” which he said “resulted in the easing of inflation and higher […]
(Eagle News)–The Palace on Saturday, March 30, slammed Rappler chief executive officer Maria Ressa anew, and accused her of wanting special treatment since she was a journalist. “She wants her profession to shield her from accountability of a wrongdoing that she could be guilty of,” Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said after a US State Department spokesperson called on the Philippine government to allow Ressa to “operate freely.” According to Panelo, Ressa “cannot forever hide behind […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Koko Pimentel has filed a bill seeking a ban on the importation of wastes into the country. In filing Senate Bill No. 2144, Pimentel noted that the Philippines was “well in the path” of being known as a country engaged in the “global waste trade” as evidenced by two incidents of trash dumping in 2017 and 2018. Pimentel also noted that China, formerly the top destination for recyclable trash, has banned the importation […]
(Eagle News)–A 2.7-magnitude earthquake struck Eastern Samar on Saturday, March 30. The earthquake hit 39 kilometers northeast of San Policarpo at 5:12 a.m. The depth of focus of the earthquake, which was of tectonic origin, was 32 kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were expected.
(Eagle News)–Partly cloudy skies are expected in parts of the country today, March 30, as the easterlies affect southern Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao. Bicol Region, Eastern Visayas and Mindanao will experience partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said. According to PAGASA, flashfloods during severe thunderstorms are expected. Metro Manila and the rest of the country will also experience partly cloudy skies. According to […]
(Eagle News) –The Bangsamoro interim parliament held its inaugural session on Friday, March 29, with President Rodrigo Duterte expressing elation over the development at the inauguration of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao later in the day. In his speech, Duterte expressed “extreme happiness,” as he said the inaugurations were proof “we were able to realize at least a part, maybe not all, but a part of what the entire country would have wished […]
(Eagle News) — The Palace on Friday, March 29, urged Rappler’s chief executive officer Maria Ressa to stop using press freedom as an excuse to attack the administration and to just defend herself in court. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo issued the statement after Ressa called her arrest for the charge of violation of the Anti-Dummy Law a type of “harassment.” “She’s charged of a crime and there is a determination of probable cause hence a […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Leila de Lima has filed a resolution calling for a probe into Michael Yang’s alleged drug links. In filing Senate Resolution No. 1033, De Lima said the Senate should look into whether or not Yang’s position as economic adviser to President Rodrigo Duterte was abused for personal benefit and had an impact on national security and welfare, appearing to assume the allegations hurled against Yang by dismissed Colonel Eduardo Acierto were […]
The increasing number of natural disasters and dangers linked to climate change, highlighted in a major UN report released on Thursday, represents “another strong wake-up call” to the world, which must be countered by finding sustainable solutions quickly, UN Secretary-General António Guterres has said. Speaking at the launch of the State of the Global Climate report by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), Mr. Guterres reiterated his call for action, underlining that the alarming conclusion that […]
