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(Eagle News)—A bill that reduces electricity rates has been approved by the bicameral conference committee. The Murang Kuryente Act seeks to tap the Malampaya Fund to pay the debts incurred by the National Power Corporation and the Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corporation, thereby reducing universal charges. The Senate version had sought to allot the government’s share from the Malampaya fund to a special trust fund to be administered by PSALM, which will be included […]
(Eagle News)–Interior Secretary Eduardo Año on Thursday, March 7, defended National Capital Region Police Office chief Guillermo Eleazar, saying his outburst against an erring policeman was “understandable” and merely a “manifestation of frustration.” “It was a classic case of a ‘father losing his cool over his son’s behavior’ with the goal of correcting it and sending a message to his other children that bad behavior will not be tolerated in his household,” Año said. Instead, […]
(Eagle News)–The unemployment and underemployment rates in the country in January 2019 have gone down, the Philippine Statistics Authority said. According to results of the Labor Force Survey posted on the PSA website, the employment rate last month was at 5.2 percent, 0.1 percent less than the 5.3 percent registered in January 2018. According to the survey, Cagayan Valley and Western Visayas had the highest employment rates, at 96.9 percent and 96.1 percent respectively. The […]
(Eagle News)—At least four people were killed and others were hurt after a man fired at attendees of a wake in Quezon on Wednesday, March 7. A report said Herman Cuento; Leon Cuento; Michael Cuento; and Manuel Cuerdo died while being rushed to the hospital after they sustained injuries from the incident in Barangay Ilog, Infanta past 8 p.m. Maximo Cuento and Napoleon Miras were also hurt. The gunman then fled on board a motorcycle. […]
Two PHL cities among those with most polluted air in Asian region (Eagle News) — Eleven cities in the Philippines were among the cities with the cleanest air in Southeast Asia, a Greenpeace report said. The 2018 World Air Quality Report, which based its ranking from cleanest to dirtiest city on air quality data derived from “public monitoring sources” that include government monitoring networks and private individuals and organizations, listed Calamba, Laguna as the cleanest city in the […]
(Eagle News)—-Philippine National Police Chief Oscar Albayalde on Thursday, March 7, defended National Capital Region Police Office director Guillermo Eleazar for his outburst against a policeman who was caught extorting from a drug suspect in exchange for the dropping of charges against him. In a television interview, Albayalde said Eleazar only lost his temper in front of Corporal Marlo Siblao Quibete, whose group allegedly extorted P80,000 and a motorcycle from the suspect, because Quibete did what […]
(Eagle News)—Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad is in the country for an official visit. Mahathir arrived at the Villamor Air Base in Pasay City on Wednesday, March 6, around 7 p.m. Mahathir is expected to hold a bilateral meeting with President Rodrigo Duterte in Malacañang. According to the Presidential Communications Operations Office, Duterte and Mahathir are expected to discuss matters covering “the economy, trade and investments, people-to-people exchanges, and other areas of mutual cooperation.” The […]
(Eagle News)—President Rodrigo Duterte wants a meeting with the Ombudsman and the Commission on Audit so they could come out with more simplified auditing procedures. President Duterte made the comment in a speech marking the anniversary of the Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission in Malacañang on Wednesday, March 6, as he slammed the existing auditing regulations that delay government projects. “Kasi kung ano ano nalang pinaglalagay…There are more and more regulations,” he said. He said he wanted […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday, March 6, said he was backing National Capital Region Police Office chief Guillermo Eleazar. Duterte issued the statement after a visibly irate Eleazar gave the Eastern Police District’s P02 Marlo Quibete, who had been arrested after his group allegedly extorted P80,000 from the live-in partner of a drug suspect, and took their motorcycle in exchange for the dropping of drug charges against him, a tongue-lashing before the media as he held […]
(Eagle News)—Newly installed United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet slammed the Philippines’ drug war, saying it was “not a good model” for any country. In her address before the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Bachelet noted what she said was the drug campaign’s “lack of respect for rule of law and international standards,” and the “27000” people who she said may have been killed based on “several sources.” “Only one case, a […]
(Eagle News)–Isolated rains are expected in some parts of the country on Thursday, March 7, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms are expected in Mindanao and Eastern Visayas because of the easterlies. Partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rains are also expected in Batanes and the Babuyan Group of Islands as the northeast monsoon affects extreme northern Luzon. In Metro Manila and […]
by Sebastian Smith with Claire Lee in Seoul WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President Donald Trump said Wednesday he’d be “very, very disappointed” with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un if reports that work is underway to rebuild a long-range rocket site are confirmed. Speaking to reporters, Trump said “it’s too early to see” if the information about work at the North Korean site is true. Warning he’d be disappointed, he added: “I don’t think […]
