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(Eagle News) — The state’s weather bureau on Friday announced that two low pressure areas (LPAs) that are now inside the country could develop into tropical cyclones over the weekend. On its announcement posted in its website at 3:00 a.m. on Friday, June 1, the two Low Pressure Areas (LPAs) were estimated based on all available data at 335km West Southwest of Puerto Princesa City, Palawan (9.0N, 115.8E) and at 900km East Southeast of Hinatuan, […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte led the inauguration of the newly completed 420-megawatt Pagbilao Unit 3 project coal-fired power plant here that is expected to stabilize energy supply in Luzon as well as boost the economy. In his speech, President Duterte said that the opening of the Pagbilao Unit 3 plant will also provide employment and business opportunities to resident of Quezon province – even communist rebels should they decide to lay down […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippines has a new emergency hotline number. This was after President Rodrigo Duterte signed Executive Order 56 setting telephone number 911 as such. According to the EO, this was because there was a need to comply with international standards on emergency numbers for public telecommunication networks. The new hotline number replaces the Patrol 117 hotline network which President Duterte earlier launched. All calls made to the 911 hotline will be free of charge. […]
(Eagle News) — The Palace on Friday, June 1, slammed United Nations Special Rapporteur Diego Garcia-Sayan after he said President Rodrigo Duterte’s “vulgar” pronouncements against Maria Lourdes Sereno “constitute direct intimidation” and “a vicious attack on the independence of the judiciary.” “We reiterate that the President’s dislike of the ousted Chief Justice is not an attack on the judiciary or an affront to judicial independence,” Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said in a statement. He said the executive “recognizes […]
(Eagle News) — The Commission on Audit has flagged what it said were the excessive allowances received by Solicitor General Jose Calida and several lawyers of the Office of the Solicitor General. In its 2017 report, COA said Calida, Henry Angeles, Herman Cimafranca, James Candangan, Renan Ramos, Rex Bernardo Pascual, Bernard Hernandez, Ma. Antonia Edita Dizon, Raymund Rigodon, Danilo Leyva, Lilian Abenojar, John Dale Ballinan, Perfecto Adelfo Chua Cheng, Laney Layug-Delfin, and Gift Mohametano received allowances above […]
(Eagle News) — A Muntinlupa court has denied Senator Leila de Lima’s appeal for her to be allowed to attend her son’s graduation rites this weekend. Branch 205 Judge Amelia Fabros-Corpuz earlier denied De Lima’s request to attend Vincent Joshua De Lima Bohol’s graduation ceremonies at San Beda College School of Law in Alabang, saying she “cannot be given a different treatment as that of other prisoners whose liberty is curtailed, pending the final resolution of their […]
(Eagle News) — The killing of South Korean businessman Jee Ick Joo by rogue policemen is not on the agenda when President Rodrigo Duterte visits South Korea from June 3 to 5. Foreign Affairs Undersecretary for Strategic Communication and Research Ernesto Abella said, however, that if the issue was raised, the President “will reassure (South Koreans) that everything that needs to be done is being done and that we will assure that justice will be done.” […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Grace Poe on Friday, June 1, said the government should be giving subsidies to drivers who were affected by the increase in prices of gasoline. “May mga safeguards diyan katulad ng pagbibigay ng umento at vouchers din sa ating mga drivers para sa gasoline. So nais nating tanungin ang DOF, ano ba ang mga ginagawa nila para matulungan ang mga drivers?” Poe asked. “Masasabi ko sa DOF, ‘nasaan na ang pinangako […]
BEIJING, China (AFP)– China has rejected accusations from top US officials that it seeks hegemony in Asia and is pushing militarization in the South China Sea. Outgoing US Navy Admiral Harry Harris, set to become Washington’s ambassador in South Korea, had said on Wednesday that while North Korea posed the most imminent threat to the United States, China’s “dream of hegemony in Asia” was his country’s biggest long-term challenge. The comments were not surprising, […]
By Mar Gabriel Eagle News Service Philippine National Police Chief Oscar Albayalde on Friday, June 1, implemented a reshuffle of key posts in the police force. Chief Supt. Guillermo Eleazar is replacing Chief Supt. Camilo Cascolan at the helm of the National Capital Region Police Office. Cascolan has been assigned to the Civil Security Group, while Chief Supt. Edward Carranza of the Cordillera region police office will replace Eleazar at the helm of the Calabarzon […]
(Eagle News) — Dumarami na ang mga nais makapag-aral sa pamamagitan ng Alternative Learning (ALS). Sinabi ni Education Secretary Leonor Briones, umabot na sa 89,000 enrollees ang nagpalista upang makapag-aral sa als program ng ahensya. Ang pagtaas sa bilang ng ALS enrollees ay maaaring kasunod ng mga inilatag na ALS special registration booths sa Brigada Eskwela sa buong bansa.
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday, May 31, attended the birthday celebration of Davao Mayor Sara Duterte in Davao. Based on pictures posted by Jefry Tupas of Davao City’s public information office, also present were Sara’s mother and the President’s former wife Elizabeth Zimmermann, Sara’s husband Manases Carpio, and Sara’s brothers Paolo and Sebastian. Tupas described the celebration as “simple and intimate.” The President was accompanied by Special Assistant to the President Bong […]
