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(Eagle News) — Umakyat na sa walong katao ang nasawi dahil sa pananalasa ng malalakas na mga pag-ulan na nagdulot ng mga pagbaha. Ayon kay National Disaster Risk Reduction & Management Council (NDRRMC) Executive Director at Undersecretary Ricardo Jalad, dalawa ang naitalang nasawi sa Metro Manila habang dalawa rin sa General Nakar sa Quezon Province matapos na mag-collapse ang tunnel sa nabanggit na lugar. Dalawa rin ang patay sa Quezon City, isa sa Iloilo at […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — Maoist rebels waging a decades-old insurgency in the Philippines expressed high hopes for peace Monday before talks in Norway next week, with guerrilla leaders set to be freed within days. President Rodrigo Duterte, who won a landslide election victory in May, is seeking a political settlement to one of Asia’s longest insurgencies which has claimed tens of thousands of lives since 1969. Five previous presidents had failed in that objective, and […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has announced a sharp increase in next year’s national budget to fund his controversial war on crime, with security forces to get big pay rises. The political outsider swept to a landslide election victory in May and immediately implemented an anti-drug crackdown that has seen police and vigilantes kill more than 1,000 people, according to media tallies. In announcing a 3.35-trillion-peso ($72.3 billion) 2017 budget, up […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – The government opened the One-Stop Center for Overseas Filipino Workers or OSSCO wherein OFWs can avail all of the required government services at the first floor of the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA). According to Labor and Employment Secretary Silvestre Bello III, the opening of OSSCO is in compliance with the directive of President Rodrigo Duterte to make more convenient and accessible for OFWs to avail government services. Other than the POEA, […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – President Rodrigo Roa Duterte said in his speech during the mass oath-taking of new government appointees in Malacañang that the next targets in his war against corruption are the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) and the Land Transportation Office (LTO). President Duterte said that he already received many complaints from businessmen regarding the widespread and uncontrollable corruption in the two government agencies, especially in their regional offices. (Eagle News […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – The Philippine National Police (PNP) is ready to reveal all information regarding its anti-drug operations in the scheduled Senate hearing next week. According to PNP Chief Director General Ronald Dela Rosa, the PNP has already prepared the data of the PNP anti-drug operations including the number of arrests and killed during the operations but the PNP will not claim responsibility for extra-judicial killings as it is not true that the PNP […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – The Pasig City government started implementing an experimental “odd-even” scheme in one of its roads. The Metropolitan Manila Develepoment Authority (MMDA) issued an advisory, the experimental “odd-even” scheme is effective in the west-bound lane of the F. Legaspi Bridge to M. Eusebio Ave. License plates ending in even numbers cannot pass in the said area during Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays while those with license numbers ending in odd numbers cannot pass in […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – The government guaranteed that the new high-security passports to be issued by the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) will remain on its current price of Php 950 despite being upgraded to the standards of the International Civil Aviation Organization except for the encoding of retinal print. Other than the tighter security features, the new passports also feature the distinct regional cultures of the Philippines in its pages. (Eagle News Service Described […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – The Maynilad Water Company apologized to its consumers due to the reduction that it conducted on its water supply operations due to the heavy rains causing discoloration in the Ipo Dam. According to Maynilad Media Relations Officer Grace Laxa, the company cannot sacrifice the safety of its consumers. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos) https://youtu.be/ZidylM4-TCM
QUEZON City, Philippines – The government, through the National Housing Authority (NHA) is prioritizing the construction of housing projects for informal settlers and those who are living in danger zones in Metro Manila. During the meeting of the European Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Housing, Senator JV Ejercito, the government’s housing backlog is at 5.5 million. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – The previous May 9 election was pinpointed as the reason why the Luzon grid is suffering from widespread power outages. During a Senate Committee on Energy hearing, Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi, due to the elections, the power generation companies were not able to conduct their scheduled maintenance and was only able to do so recently, resulting in several brownouts. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – In an unscheduled speech during an oath-taking ceremony of new government appointees in Malacañang, President Rodrigo Duterte warned terrorists groups like the Abu Sayyaf that he can matched their violent actions. Presidente Duterte also called acts of terrorism “barbaric” and that he will not allow them to destroy the country. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)
