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QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority is conducting “estero clean-up” operations as part of its preemptive anti-flood measures before the rainy season. According to MMDA Chairman Tim Orbos, the MMDA is not only concerned with the traffic problem but also with the flooding in Metro Manila due to clogged sewers.
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — A party-list representative is asking the commissioners of the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) to resign due to numerous accusations of graft and corruption. House Committee on Energy Senior Member and Bayan Muna Representative Carlos Zarate is challenging the ERC commissioners to step down because of various irregularities involving the commission when he is investigating. “One of the most controversial among these deals is the midnight deal on seven (7) […]
(Eagle News) — Malacañang said that the two-month suspension of “Oplan Tokhang” and “Oplan Double Barrel” has resulted in a rise in the crime rate in the first quarter of 2017. “The First Quarter 2017 (of a Social Weather Station) survey showing 6.3 (percent) of families lost to street robbery, burglars (break-ins), or carnappers within the past six months, validates earlier reports showing an increase in crime after the Philippine National Police suspended Oplan Tokhang and Project […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — It is about time that the Philippines exert its sovereign rights over the Pag-asa Islands, this according to Dr. Renato De Castro, an international relations expert. The expert from Dela Salle University also said that the Philippines should fund projects to construct facilities in the island in order to match the aggressiveness of China and Vietnam in the disputed territories, especially with the ruling of the United Nations arbitral tribunal holding […]
Ni Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service Obligado pa ring magbayad ang mga miyembro ng grupong Kalipunan ng Damayang Mahihirap na iligal na tumira sa mga housing units para sa mga sundalo at pulis sa Pandi, Bulacan. Ayon kay Senador JV Ejercito, chairman ng Senate committee on urban planning and housing resettlement, kailangang maibalik ang ginastos ng gobyerno sa pagpapatayo ng mga housing units. Ito aniya ay upang magamit naman ito sa pagpapatayo ng ibang pabahay para sa mga sundalo at pulis […]
Ni Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service Pinaaamyendahan sa Senado ang ilan sa mga umiiral na road safety policies at regulations matapos ang nangyaring aksidente sa Carranglan, Nueva Ecija na ikinamatay ng mahigit 30 katao. Ayon kay Pacquiao, na siyang naghain ng Senate Resolution 346, kailangan nang amyendahan ang ilan sa mga umiiral na batas dahil hindi na aniya naproprotektahan ang milyon milyong pasahero at mga pedestrian ng mga ito. Nakakabahala aniya ang sunod-sunod na aksidente na nangyayari sa mga lansangan kung […]
Ni Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service Sinusulong ngayon sa Senado ang panukalang ideklarang ecotourism destination at protected area ang Kalayaan Group of Islands, kabilang na ang Pag-asa island, na inaangkin din ng Tsina at iba pang bansa. Sa Senate Bill 944, ipinanukala ni Senador Sonny Angara ang pagbuo ng governing board na mangangasiwa sa development ng grupo ng mga isla upang maging mga major tourist destination ang mga ito. Ang Pag-asa island, halimbawa, aniya, ay isang magandang isla at hindi […]
Ni Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service Paiimbestigahan sa Senado ang diumano’y impormasyon na front ng mga grupong komunista ang Kalipunan ng mga Damayang Mahihirap, na nang-agaw ng mga pabahay ng mga sundalo at pulis sa Pandi, Bulacan. Naghain si Senador Antonio Trillanes IV ng Senate Resolution 345 para paimbestigahan ang natanggap umano niyang intelligence report kaugnay nito. Nais ng senador na makabuo ng batas at matiyak na hindi maaring gamiting basehan ang paggamit ng dahas […]
(Eagle News) — Sa kaniyang naging talumpati, hinimok ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte ang mga kabataan na paigtingin ang pagmamahal sa bayan at maging disiplinado upang maging mga responsableng mamamayan. “You must be by now must have the sense of responsibility,” paunang pahayag ng Pangulo para sa mga kabataan. “Pinakaimportante ito, yung sense of love mo sa bayan, huwag mong hayaan na this country will be deteriorate and go to the dogs.” Inihayag ito ni […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Sunday reiterated his call for family planning and a mandatory Reserved Officers Training Corps program. For the first, Duterte said there was a need for this as the country’s resources were “not in parity” with its population. “Di mag-abot. Even tabla (hindi),” he said during the opening of the Palarong Pambansa in Antique on Sunday. But the President reserved the specifics at another time, saying that he would discuss […]
(Eagle News) — The police has not monitored any “specific imminent threat” to the Association of Southeast Asian (ASEAN) Summit happening in Manila, according to Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Director General Ronald dela Rosa. In a press briefing, Dela Rosa said that they have done all the security preparations needed to make sure that the ASEAN Summit and the related meetings will be safe and secure. “Lahat na ginawa namin. Kung meron pa ring magyayari, […]
(Eagle News) – Liberal Party members in Congress who are allied with the House of Representatives’ majority bloc have issued their position that they would reject any impeachment complaint against President Rodrigo Duterte and their chairman, Vice-President Leni Robredo – a move which Malacanang welcomed. Deputy Majority Leader and Marikina City Rep. Miro Quimbo said their group, consisting of 15 LP members, have already told Robredo of their decision. Quimbo said the impeachment moves […]
