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(Eagle News) — House appropriations committee chair Rolando Andaya Jr. wants Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno cited in contempt for his failure to appear anew in the panel’s hearing on Friday, Feb. 8, on alleged anomalies in the proposed national budget for 2019. Andaya said Diokno should be held liable for snubbing the hearing and those before that even after the Budget chief said “there was no proper notice and not enough time to allow him […]
Rescue operations for pilot, passenger start (Eagle News) — The Cessna plane that was reported missing on Monday, Feb. 4, has been found. In a radio interview, Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines spokesperson Eric Apolonio said the Cessna C-152 training aircraft was photographed in a forested area in Bataan on Thursday, Feb. 7. The two-seater plane that took off from the Subic Airbase and disappeared since was allegedly piloted by Indian national Capt. Navern Nagaraja. His […]
(Eagle News) — Japan Foreign Minister Taro Kono will visit the Philippines this month. In a statement, the Department of Foreign Affairs said Kono will undertake the official visit from Feb. 9 to 11, upon the invitation of Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. According to the DFA, on Feb. 10, Locsin will hold bilateral discussions with Kono on “areas of mutual interest, including political, economic and people-to-people engagement, especially Japan’s support for infrastructure development […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Leila de Lima has filed a bill declaring July 12 of every year as a “West Philippine Sea (WPS) Victory Day” in observance of the country’s victory in the Permanent Court of Arbitration against China. In filing Senate Bill No. 2201, De Lima, who, as then-justice secretary, was part of the delegation that argued for the Philippines’ case in the tribunal in 2013, said it was but “fitting and compelling that the 12th of […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte has signed a law mandating the protection of Gabaldon school buildings in the country as part of the country’s preservation of its cultural heritage. Under Republic Act 11194 signed by the President on Jan. 18 but which was made available to the media on Thursday, Feb. 7, the Department of Education , National Commission for Culture and the Arts, the National Historical Commission of the Philippines, and the National Museum are tasked to implement […]
(Eagle News) — Two Filipinos were among those killed in a fire that razed an apartment building in Paris, France on Tuesday, Feb. 5. The Department of Foreign Affairs made the announcement after receiving confirmation from the Crisis Center of the Paris Prefecture that the couple were among ten killed in the blaze on Rue Erlanger at the 16th Arrondissement of the city. Earlier, the embassy had already been assisting the couple’s daughter, who had […]
(Eagle News) — The Metro Rail Transit 3 has released a list of liquids that it said would be allowed in its trains. Below is the list: Baby formula or breast milk in bottles, if the passenger is traveling with a baby or small child Drinking water to be used by the baby or small child All prescription and over-the-counter medications Liquids including water, juice and liquid nutrition or gels for passenger with a disability […]
CALGARY, Canada (Eagle News) — The historic Enoch Sales house in Calgary’s Victoria Park was destroyed by an early morning fire on Saturday, February 2, 2019. Built in 1904 by merchant Enoch Samuel Sales, this Victorian Mansion is one of the last pre-WWI homes in the area and had significant heritage value. (Eagle News Service)
(Eagle News) — Over 700 of the more than 1,000 takers passed the licensure exams for physical therapists, the Professional Regulation Commission said. The 772 who passed represent 59.9 percent of the 1,287 who took the examinations in Manila and Cebu. Gea Gabrielle Serafica Rosales of Silliman University topped the exams, with a rating of 86.6 percent. The full text of the successful examinees can be found here: https://www.prc.gov.ph/sites/default/files/PTOT0219se.pdf
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday, Feb. 7, admitted he walked out of a Cabinet meeting once due to dismay over the slow processing of documents in government. In a speech before the oath-taking of new government officials in Malacanang, Duterte recalled how some of those attending the meeting were talking about applications before the National Economic Development Authority that were pending for 25 years. “Sinabi ko, this I would not like to […]
(Eagle News) — The Indonesian couple who carried out the twin blasts at Jolo, Sulu in January left their 10-year-old daughter with an Abu Sayyaf supporter days before. This is according to Interior Secretary Eduardo Año, who spoke to reporters on Thursday, Feb. 7. According to Año, they were now looking for the child of Abu Huda and his wife, who was not identified. Earlier, Año said Huda arrived in the country way before his wife, who […]
(Eagle News) — The Armed Forces of the Philippines is still verifying reports Abu Sayyaf sub-commander Idang Susukan was killed in Jolo, Sulu. Brig. Gen. Edgard Arevalo, AFP spokesperson, made the statement after a report from The Star Malaysia said Susukan was injured in military offensives launched on Feb. 2 in the area. The offensives were launched following the twin blasts at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Cathedral on January 27. Five soldiers and three […]
