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(Eagle News)–Severe Tropical Storm “Trami” is expected to enter the Philippine Area of Responsibility on Sunday, Sept. 23. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said as of 3 a.m., the eye of “Trami” was located 1580 kilometers east of center Luzon, packing maximum sustained winds of 100 to 120 kilometers per hour, and moving west northwestward at 20 kilometers per hour. If it enters the PAR, it will be named “Paeng.” Scattered rains […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Sonny Angara has been named the new president of the Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino. The announcement was made in a statement issued by Angara’s office on Saturday, Sept. 22. “Sa totoo nga, dapat magsilbing inspirasyon ang aking ama para patuloy nating isulong ang mga mahahalagang reporma,” he said of the late Senate President Edgardo Angara, who founded the political party in 1988. The statemet said these reforms include widening access to education, better […]
by Amir Havasi Agence France Presse Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani vowed a “crushing response” after gunmen shot dead at least 29 people including women and children Saturday in an attack on an Iranian military parade. The Islamic State (IS) jihadist group claimed to have carried out the rare assault in the southwestern city of Ahvaz, while Iranian officials accused “a foreign regime” backed by the United States of being behind it. “The response of the […]
(Eagle News)–Blogger Drew Olivar on Saturday, Sept. 22, apologized for his post on a possible bomb on Edsa during rallies to commemorate the 46th anniversary of the declaration of martial law in the country. He clarified, however, that he had no intention of scaring anyone, and that he only wanted to inform people. He admitted his post though was based only on information that circulated on social media as early as Sept. 8. As to […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Grace Poe is likely to top the senatorial elections should they be held around this time, a recent Pulse Asia survey showed. According to the survey conducted from Sept. 1 to 7, Poe garnered a voter preference of 70.1 percent, making her the only individual in the top spot. In second to third place was Senator Cynthia Villar, who got a voter preference of 57.7 percent. Rep. Pia Cayetano occupies the second to […]
(Eagle News)–The Palace on Saturday, Sept. 22, said President Rodrigo Duterte admitted to undergoing a colonoscopy and endoscopy. In a statement, the Palace said the President made the admission before doctors at the Asia Pacific Association of Gastroenterology (APAGE) 3rd Inflammatory Bowel Disease Clinical Forum in Lapu-Lapu, Cebu on Friday. He said the colonoscopy, which allows a medical specialist to look inside a person’s colon and rectum, and the endoscopy, which allows the specialist to look […]
(Eagle News)–“Stop acting like an anxious puppy.” Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo had this to say to Senator Antonio Trillanes IV, who he said “keeps on engaging the media by claiming that he must continue seeking the protection of the Senate since the President has personally ordered for his arrest.” “If he truly believes that there is no basis for his arrest and that he is practically doing service to the Filipino people by continuously […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday, Sept. 21, blamed the rise in inflation on the prices of oil. In a speech in Lapu Lapu, Cebu, Duterte clarified however that it was “not an excuse.” “I admit there is an inflation. But the number one culprit is price of oil,” he said. Inflation reached 6.4 percent in August. The Department of Finance recently released measures the government was undertaking to arrest inflation, noting that the “highest contributors […]
(Eagle News)—The Supreme Court has upheld Imelda Marcos’ acquittal from charges of dollar-salting, or the stashing of foreign money in bank accounts abroad without authority from the Central Bank. This was after the High Court upheld the Court of Appeals’ decision denying the former solicitor general Frank Chavez’s petition against the refusal of Judge Silvino Pampilo Jr. of the Manila Regional Trial Court to inhibit from the case. “There was nothing remarkable about the denial of the motion […]
(Eagle News) — Rescuers on Friday, Sept. 21, dug out a survivor from the landslide in Itogon, Benguet. Authorities have yet to release information on the survivor. At least a dozen people have so far died in the tragedy.
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday, Sept. 21, visited the victims of a landslide in Naga City, Cebu. The President was accompanied by Department of the Interior and Local Government officer in charge Eduardo Año, Special Assistant to the President Bong Go, Office of the Civil Defense Deputy Administrator Nicanor Faeldon, among others. Operations to rescue possible survivors continue.
(Eagle News) — The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration is monitoring a tropical depression outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility. PAGASA said that as of 4 p.m., the weather disturbance was located 2,175 kilometers east of southern Luzon. The eye of the tropical depression is packing maximum sustained winds of 55 kilometers per hour near the center and gustiness of up to 65 kilometers per hour. The weather disturbance is moving north northwest at […]
