The Palace called on the public to participate in the synchronized Metro Manila-wide earthquake drill on Thursday to prepare the metropolis for a possible earthquake triggered by the West Valley Fault. “We ask the public to cooperate in the exercise,” Presidential Spokesperson Edwin Lacierda said during a press briefing on Wednesday. “I think it will be good and beneficial for all of us to be trained as to how to respond to a situation like […]
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Estimated 5-6 million expected to join earthquake drill
METRO Manila, Philippines, July 29 (Eagle News) – According to Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Francisco Tolentino, an estimated 5-6 million is expected to participate in the Metrowide Shakedrill. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)
Malacañang orders public and private agencies to participate in earthquake drill
MANILA, Philippines, July 29 (Eagle News) — The Malacañang ordered government agencies and private organizations to participate in the Metrowide Earthquake Drill through the issuance of Memorandum Circular No. 79. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos) https://youtu.be/KCHTTy822pY
Recorded message to serve as signal for start of earthquake drill
METRO Manila, Philippines, July 29 (Eagle News) — A 30-second recorded message using the voice of Metro Manila Development Authority Francisco Tolentino and Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) Director Renato Solidum will serve as the signal to start the Metrowide Shakedrill which aims to prepare Metro Manila for the expected big earthquake. The public is urged to participate in the said earthquake drill. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos) […]
INC ministers come out in the open to say they were not abducted, hit lies spread in media
(Eagle News) — Iglesia Ni Cristo ministers, who were earlier reported by media to be missing, have come out in the open to belie claims of expelled INC ministers and other critics that they were abducted and tortured. INC ministers Jojo Nemis, Arnel Tumanan, Nolan Olarte, and Lowell Menorca II came out in televised interviews today on NET 25 saying that they are safe and well, and have never ever been kidnapped nor hurt. Another […]
Aquino’s coughs during SONA no cause for alarm, Palace assures President is in good health
The Palace has assured the public that President Benigno S. Aquino III’s overall health condition is good. “Sa pagkabatid ko naman po ang kanya lang naging concern kahapon ay ‘yung vertigo at ito lang ang dahilan kung bakit dumiretso siya doon sa podium ng House of Representatives. Maayos naman po ang kanyang overall health condition,” Communication Secretary Herminio Coloma, Jr. told reporters during a press briefing in Malacañang. Secretary Coloma also noted that the President […]
Aquino urges Congress to pass FOI act
PRESIDENT Benigno S. Aquino III has urged Congress to pass the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act. “To ensure the permanency of transparency policies, we urge Congress to pass the Freedom of Information Act,” the President said in his message to Congress when the proposed P3.002-trillion 2016 National Budget was submitted to the legislative body on Tuesday afternoon. The Department of Budget and Management submitted the proposed budget to Congress on behalf of President Aquino. […]
CHR, muling nagtungo sa T. Sora Manalo residence
By Juliet Caranguian (Eagle News) — Muling nagtungo ang dalawang opisyal ng Commission on Human Rights (CHR) sa tahanan nina Angel Manalo sa no. 36 Tandang Sora Avenue, Quezon City. Ito ay matapos makatanggap ng tawag ang CHR na umano’y hinaharang ng mga pulis ang pagkaing dinadala rito. Pero sa pagtungo ng mga opisyal ng CHR sa lugar, sinabi ni CHR investigator na si Policronio Nalangan Jr., wala naman silang nakitang humaharang at sa halip […]
DOJ, nag-isyu ng subpoena para kay Chris Brown at promoter nito
(Eagle News) — Nagpalabas ang Department of Justice (DOJ) ng subpoena laban sa international singer na si Chris Brown para dumalo sa pagdinig sa reklamong estafa na inihain laban sa kanya. Si Brown at ang kanyang Canadian promoter na si John Michael Pio Roda ay pinahaharap ng DOJ sa unang araw ng preliminary investigation sa Biyernes, July 31. Pinapayagan naman ng piskalya na makadalo ang kinatawan ng dalawang respondent. Ang reklamo laban kina Brown at […]
INC, nagsampa ng kasong libelo laban sa isa sa mga itinawalag na ministro nito
(Eagle News) — Sinampahan na ng kasong libelo ng Iglesia Ni Cristo ang isang itinawalag na ministro nito na si Isaias Samson Jr., dahil sa mga alegasyon nitong illegal detention and torture sa ilan nitong miyembro. Sa anim na pahinang reklamo na inihain sa Quezon City Prosecutor’s Office, sinabi ni INC legal counsel head Glicerio Santos IV na ang ibinibintang ni Samson laban sa Iglesia Ni Cristo ay pambabastos at mapanirang puri. Ayon kay Santos, […]
₱3.002 trillion national budget para sa taong 2016, isinumite na sa Kamara
By Eden Suarez (Eagle News) — Naisumite na ng Aquino administration sa pamamagitan ng Department of Budget and Management ang panukalang ₱3.002 trillion national budget para sa taong 2016. Pinangunahan nina House Speaker Feliciano Belmonte at Budget Secretary Butch Abad ang turnover ceremony ng ₱3.002 trillion proposed national budget. Ayon kay Abad, sesentro ang sectoral allocation ng nasabing pondo sa social services, economic services, defense, general public services, debt burden at interest payment. Nangunguna naman […]
3 INC ministers, nagsumite ng affidavit sa NBI; alegasyong abduction, pinabulaanan
(Eagle News) — Tatlong ministro ng Iglesia Ni Cristo ang nagsumite na ng kanilang affidavit para pabulaanang sila’y dinukot. Ayon sa source mula sa Department of Justice, mismong sa NBI isinumite ang salaysay nina Julius Nemis, Nolan Olarte at Joven Sepillo, pawang mga ministro ng INC, para pabulaanan ang alegasyon ni Eliodoro “Joy” Yuson na sila raw ay dinukot. Si Yuson ay isa sa mga itiniwalag na ministro ng INC. Inalis si Yuson noong nakalipas na […]
