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Tropical depression to enter PAR; rains over Batanes, other parts of PHL expected

(Eagle News) — The low pressure area found west northwest of Batanes has developed into a tropical depression, and is expected to enter the Philippine area of responsibility between Thursday night and Friday morning. Once it enters PAR, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said it will be named Ester. According to Pagasa, occasional rains with gusty winds will prevail over Batanes as the weather disturbance approaches, and is expected to make landfall over southern […]

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Duterte to Kadamay members who occupied vicinity of NHA project in Rizal: Leave by 12 noon on Friday or SAF will move in

(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday, June 14, gave Kadamay members who occupied the vicinity of a National Housing Authority project in Rodriguez, Rizal until 12 noon the following day to leave the area. In a speech during the oath-taking ceremonies of newly elected barangay chiefs in Calabarzon in Sta. Rosa, Laguna, Duterte said he would order members of the Philippine National Police-Special Action Force to move in if they do not comply. […]

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Duterte: Talks with Joma Sison may resume in July

(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday, June 14, said talks with Jose Maria Sison, founder of the Communist Party of the Philippines,  may resume in July. “Yung kay Sison, maybe July. I will invite him for 60 days,” Duterte said during oath-taking ceremonies of newly elected barangay chiefs in Calabarzon in Sta. Rosa, Laguna. The President made the statement minutes after Peace Secretary Jesus Dureza announced the June 28 date  Sison said the […]

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Duterte to decide on whether to allow open-pit mining or not “before December”

(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday, June 14, said he would decide on whether or not to allow open-pit mining in the country. The President made the announcement during the oath-taking of newly elected barangay chiefs in the Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal and Quezon region in Sta. Rosa, Laguna. The President did not lift the ban on open-pit mining imposed by then-Environment Secretary Gina Lopez, after he rejected the proposal of the Mining […]

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JUST IN: No resumption of peace talks with Communist rebels just yet — Dureza

(Eagle News) — The government will not resume peace talks with the Communist rebels just yet. Peace Secretary Jesus Dureza made the announcement in a press conference on Thursday, June 14. This was after Jose Maria Sison, founder of the Communist Party of the Philippines, said the negotiations would resume on June 28. Although the government never made an announcement the peace talks would resume on that date, Dureza earlier said the government was doing […]

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Sanofi admits risk of “severe disease” higher in people who never had dengue but were given Dengvaxia shots

(Eagle News) — Drug manufacturer Sanofi Pasteur on Thursday, June 15, acknowledged that the risk of “severe disease” in those administered the dengue vaccine Dengvaxia was higher if they did not previously contract dengue. “In this supplementary analysis, we found an increased incidence of (such) in vaccinated people without a prior infection compared to unvaccinated people without a prior infection,” Sanofi Pasteur said in a statement. The drug company’s pronouncement was essentially an acknowledgment also […]

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House minority to reject proposed Comelec budget for 2019 if Smartmatic not replaced

(Eagle News) — Members of the House minority bloc on Thursday, June 14, said they would move for the rejection of the Commission on Elections’ budget proposal for 2019 if the poll agency does not replace Smartmatic as the midterm elections’ technology provider. “Glaring na glaring naman ‘yung lapses nila,” House minority leader Danilo Suarez said. BUHAY party-list Rep. Lito Atienza cited as an example Smartmatic’s alleged lapses during the 2016 elections. He said such […]

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DFA opens additional 100,000 passport application slots

(Eagle News) — The Department of Foreign Affairs opened an additional 100,000 passport application slots  on Thursday, June 14. According to the DFA, 50,000 slots were made available past 12 noon today, while the other 50,000 will be made available at 9 p.m. The additional slots were opened following complaints the DFA website did not show available dates. Earlier in the day, Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano launched the DFA’s Passport ePayment Portal  in Market! […]

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Paolo Duterte to sue Trillanes for libel

(Eagle News) —  Former Davao Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte said he would file complaints against Senator Antonio Trillanes IV for “viciously destroying my name, maligning my reputation and integrity, and for deliberately manufacturing lies and spreading black propaganda against me.” The libel charges stem from Trillanes’ statements implicating the presidential son in the P6.4-billion shabu shipment mess in May 2017 last year. Trillanes had alleged in a Senate inquiry into the shabu shipment mess that […]

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Sara Duterte slams Trillanes; “Leave me alone,” she says

(Eagle News) — Davao Mayor Sara Duterte slammed Senator Antonio Trillanes IV on Wednesday, June 13, after the opposition lawmaker claimed she would run for the presidency in 2022 under President Rodrigo Duterte’s “plan C” so the Duterte family could allegedly stay in power. “LEAVE ME ALONE, Senator Trillanes. The last time a person irked me, I made sure to make it difficult for him to bring me down and Speaker Boy Nograles lost that […]

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President Duterte visits wake of former national security adviser Roilo Golez in Taguig

  (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte visited the wake of former National Security Adviser Jose Roilo Golez early Thursday morning, June 14. This was hours after he presided over the joint Armed Forces of the Philippines-Philippine National Police command conference in Malacanang. The President arrived in Golez’s wake at the Heritage Park in Taguig past 1:43 a.m. He was received by National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon. He did not entertain questions from the media. […]

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Monsoon rains to persist in several parts of PHL

(Eagle News) — The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said monsoon rains are still expected in several parts of the country. In its 7 a.m. advisory on Thursday, June 14, Pagasa said monsoon rains are expected over Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, La Union, Pangasinan, Abra, Benguet, Mt. Province, Ifugao, Apayao, Kalinga, Batanes and the Babuyan group of Islands, while cloudy skies with light to moderate rains and isolated thunderstorms were expected over Aurora, […]

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