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QUEZON City, Philippines – An estimated 300,000 customers will experience a cut-off of their water supply starting Monday, December 5 to Wednesday, December 7, according to Maynilad. This is for Maynilad to be able to replace defective water pipes. Maynilad said water supply will be cut from 8 p.m. Monday until 4 p.m. Wednesday in the following areas: Apolonio Samson Baesa Bahay Toro Bungad Damayan Del Monte Katipunan Mariblo Paltok Paraiso San Antonio Sangandaan Talipapa […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Hiniling ng mga kaanak ni Gat Andres Bonifacio kay Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte na ipagkaloob na ang State Funeral sa Supremo ng Katipunan. Ayon kay Paolo Bonifacio na apo sa tuhod ng bayani, panahon na upang ibigay ang nararapat na parangal sa kanilang lolo na lumaban para sa kalayaan ng bansa.
(Eagle News) — The whole country has been placed under terror alert level 3, after police presented two of five suspects who were involved in the failed bomb try in Manila, particularly near the United States Embassy along Roxas boulevard. Philippine National Police (PNP) Director General Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa said that this means that there would be mobile checkpoints all over the country, but clarified that this does not mean that the public […]
MANILA, Dec. 1 – The Department of Finance (DOF) is pushing for the implementation of its proposed restructuring of the excise tax on automobiles not only to partly ensure the financial sustainability of the government’s 10-point socioeconomic agenda on inclusive growth, but also to help deal with the worsening traffic crisis in Metro Manila and other highly congested urban centers. Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III said that under the DOF timetable, the implementation of the automobile tax […]
MANILA, Dec. 1 – President Rodrigo Duterte appealed to the Muslim people to help his administration achieve peace in Mindanao that in the end would bring economic prosperity in the region. Addressing the troops in Butig, Lanao del Sur on Wednesday, Nov. 30, the President said he does not want to wage war with fellow Filipinos and this is the reason why the government has embarked on peace initiatives on different fronts. B ut […]
(Eagle News)– Alleged drug lord Kerwin Espinosa’s bid for state protection will not move until the court handling his cases in Leyte will approve his transfer to be placed under the custody of National Bureau of Investigation (NBI), Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II said Tuesday (November 29). “After ma-approve ng court, doon pa lang maaaring i-transfer si Kerwin dito sa DOJ (Department of Justice) and begin with the process of provisional coverage of the WPP (Witness […]
(Eagle News)– A wreath-laying ceremony was held at the Bonifacio Monument in Caloocan City to celebrate the 153rd birthday of Andres Bonifacio on Wednesday (November 30). The program began with the raising of the Philippine flag followed by the Pledge of Allegiance to the Philippine Flag. Attendees then offered flowers to the monument. President Rodrigo Duterte and the local government of Caloocan City sent flowers to the event. The event was led by several Caloocan […]
(Eagle News)– Ronnie Dayan, the former bodyguard and driver of Senator Leila De Lima, did not appear on Tuesday (November 29) at the Department of Justice (DOJ) where he was expected to apply for state protection due to his supposed knowledge on the illegal drug trade inside New Bilibid Prison (NBP). Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II said they have not received any word from Dayan or the police assigned to him if he would go […]
(Eagle News) — Police have already arrested the suspect who planted an improvised explosive device (IED) near the United States Embassy. The suspect was identified as 34-year old Rayson Kilala also known as Rashid Kilala of Barangay Bagumbayan in Bulacan. He was arrested by combined operatives of the Manila Police District and the Bulacan provincial office around 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday (November 30) in Bulacan, just a day after police released computer generated sketch of the […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte said he would push through with his planned trip to Marawi City in Lanao del Sur even after the ambush on his advance party Wednesday where seven of his aides from the Presidential Security Group and two soldiers were wounded. Duterte said he would also take the same route taken by his aides, going against the advice of his top men not to push through with the trip […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — The Philippines criticized Tuesday as “irresponsible and alarming” a UN envoy’s warning that life sentences meted out to two ex-Khmer Rouge leaders should serve as a warning to Manila over human rights abuses. Last week, a United Nations-backed court in Cambodia upheld life sentences for crimes against humanity for two senior leaders of the Khmer Rouge regime, which was responsible for the death of up to two million Cambodians from 1975-1979. […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — Seven military bodyguards of President Rodrigo Duterte and two other soldiers were wounded Tuesday in an ambush by suspected Islamic militants on the eve of his planned visit to the southern Philippines, the military and president said. Military spokesmen said a bomb hit the soldiers’ convoy as it drove on a road in a southern region where an armed group which had pledged allegiance to the Islamic State (IS) group operated, […]
