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President Benigno S. Aquino III signed the unilateral cease-fire between the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the New Peoples’ Army (NPA) during the holiday season, said ceasefire would take effect on December 23 midnight until January 3 midnight. <em>(Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)</em>
National Food Authority (NFA) has assured the residents of typhoon-damaged Northern Samar that there is enough rice. National Food Authority (NFA) Administrator Renan B. Dalisay inspected on Wednesday ground zero of Typhoon Nona in Catarman, Northern Samar after receiving initial reports Tuesday, December 15, that two of the agency’s warehouses in the area were damaged by Typhoon Nona. Around 31,000 bags of rice amounting to P38 million stored in NFA warehouses in Bobon and Rawis […]
Mayor Junjun Binay of Makati City is once again facing a new plunder case worth Php 828 million, which is connected to contracts made with bogus IT companies. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)
According to the Department of Agriculture, the damage cause by “Nona” in the agricultural sector is now at Php 700 million. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos) https://youtu.be/7v8UOF-PnKI
The Tuguegarao City government is facing the possibility of declaring a city-wide state of calamity as the flood caused by “Nona” keeps most of the city submerged. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)
The Commission on Elections (COMELEC) will start accepting applications for gun ban exemptions for the 2016 elections. This is in order to issue the necessary permits in an earlier period. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau beats United States President Barack Obama when the chair that he used in the APEC summit was sold in an auction for the price of more than Php 2 million. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)
According to the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP), the supply of electricity in Northern Samar may not be returned for several months due to the damages caused by “Nona”, which uprooted 84% of the electric posts in the said region. <em>(Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)</em> https://youtu.be/gaAs0BWF0rc
The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) placed 19 areas in Mindanao due to “Onyok”. The storm was spotted near Surigao. To find out the areas under storm signal number 1, please see the accompanying video. <em>(Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)</em>
The Department of Transportation and Communications’ (DOTC) first Public-Private Partnership Project, the Contactless Automated Fare Collection System (AFCS), has reached Full Systems Acceptance (FSA), marking the end of the trial period. “We have reached another milestone through the roll-out of a modern, unified ticketing system. We have been informed that we are the fastest in the world to achieve FSA, which means the system passed the standards and requirements we have set. This is certainly […]
The Social Security System (SSS) released P3.88 billion and P1.65 billion for maternity and sickness claims, respectively, for the first nine months of 2015, with corresponding double-digit growths of 21 percent and 18 percent in benefit payments due to the increase in number of availing members. SSS Vice President for Benefits Administration Agnes E. San Jose said the state-run agency granted maternity benefits for 191,064 members within January to September this year, higher by 19 […]
As of 8 a.m. today, a total of 205,846 families or 904,110 persons have been affected by Typhoon Nona, of which 15,268 families or 64,957 persons are inside 329 evacuation centers set up by local government units in Regions III, IV-A, IV-B, V, and VIII. As the lead agency of the Camp Coordination and Camp Management Cluster under the humanitarian cluster system of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC), the Department of Social Welfare and […]
