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(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday, April 26, issued a proclamation declaring a state of calamity in Boracay. Special Assistant to the President Bong Go said in particular, placed under a state of calamity were the barangays of Balabag, Manoc-Manoc, and Yapak in the town of Malay, Aklan. Go said the move, which took place on the day the island was closed down to pave the way for the six-month rehabilitation of the […]
By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service Senate Majority Leader Vicente Sotto III bared on Thursday, April 26, the candidates the Nationalist People’s Coalition was likely to support in the 2019 elections. Included in the initial list were Senators Grace Poe, Nancy Binay, Cynthia Villar, Sonny Angara and Taguig Rep. Pia Cayetno. Also included were Senate President Koko Pimentel, Davao Mayor Sara Duterte and Special Assistant to the President Bong Go. Sotto said Senator Bam Aquino would […]
(Eagle News) — A graduate from the University of St. La Salle in Bacolod topped the 2017 bar examinations, the Supreme Court announced on Thursday, April 26. Mark John Simondo garnered a rating of 91.05%, the highest among the 6759 who took the test in November. Only 25.5 percent, or 1724, passed the gruelling exams, the SC said. In second place was Christianne Mae Balili of the University of San Carlos (90.80%); in third, Camille Remorosa […]
(Eagle News)– A Japanese ship docked in a Manila port on Thursday, April 26, for a three-day goodwill visit. The Japan Maritime Self Defense Force’s Osumi (LST-4001) carried over 100 crew members when it docked at Pier 15 of the South Harbor. The Japanese ship , which is the frontrunner of the Japanese Navy’s Osumi-class tank landing ships, will be in the country until April 28. This is the third ship of the Japanese Navy […]
By Moira Encina Eagle News Service Only 25.55 percent out of more than 6,000 law graduates who took the 2017 Bar Exam have passed. According to court sources, only 1724 passed the 2017 bar exams taken by 6759 individuals. The sources said the top 1 of the bar exams got a 91.05 % rating, while the one in tenth place got an 88.4 % rating. The names of those who passed will be released around […]
(Eagle News) — Russia is being eyed as a new destination for Overseas Filipino Workers. Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III made the statement on Wednesday, April 26. “Negotiations with (the) Russian Federation are ongoing….,” he said, noting that a technical working group was already looking at Russia’s labor market policies. Members of the TWG, Bello said, will meet to hopefully come up with a pact on the deployment of OFWs in Russia, where the labor […]
(Eagle News) — “Uncalled for and unwarranted.” This was how Senator Chiz Escudero described Kuwait’s moves to expel Philippine Ambassador Renato Villa, and to recall its Manila representative. In a statement on Thursday, April 26, Escudero said this was because they took place after President Rodrigo Duterte himself issued an apology over the rescue of Overseas Filipino Workers which Kuwait deemed illegal. Overseas Workers Welfare Administration deputy administrator Arnel Ignacio said the rescue was a […]
(Eagle News) — Philippine ambassador to Kuwait Renato Villa was expelled from the Middle Eastern country because the Philippine embassy did not respond to the Kuwaiti government’s request that the names of the Filipinos who had “committed the offense of smuggling Filipina workers in three months” be delivered, a report said. The act of smuggling cited by the report published on KUNA was apparently made in reference to the Philippine embassy’s rescue of Overseas Filipino Workers […]
The government shuttered its most famous holiday island Boracay to tourists on Thursday, April 26, for a six-month clean-up. Police were posted at entry points to the once-pristine island. President Rodrigo Duterte had ordered the shutdown this month after calling the resort a “cesspool,” dirtied by tourism-related businesses dumping raw sewage directly into the ocean. Regional police head Cesar Binag told AFP the closure began past midnight, with tourists barred from boarding the ferry that […]
By Jerold Tagbo Eagle News Service Several senators expressed different opinions about the Bureau of Immigration’s deportation order against Australian nun Patricia Fox. “The general rule is, if you are a foreigner, do not interfere in the domestic politics of the country that you are in…So, including Filipinos who are abroad, ‘wag rin tayong makialam sa mga kilos protesta sa kanilang bansa, kasi I am sure, kahit hindi ko pa nabasa ‘yung batas ng bansang […]
(Eagle News) — “Deeply disturbing.” This was how the Department of Foreign Affairs described Kuwait’s reported move to expel Philippine ambassador Renato Villa, and the recall of the Middle Eastern country’s representative in Manila. In a statement early Thursday, the DFA said “the action taken by the Kuwaiti government,” was, after all, “inconsistent with the assurances given by Kuwaiti Ambassador Musaed Saleh Ahmad Althwaikh during his meeting with (Foreign Affairs) Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano in […]
