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QUEZON City, Philippines, May 18 (Eagle News) — The National Food Authority (NFA) assured the public that there will be an ample supply of rice during the lean months of July to September. The NFA added that due to the sufficient supply, the price of NFA rice was lowered to Php 2.00. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Dexter Magno, MRFaith Bonalos)
MAKATI City, Philippines, May 18 (Eagle News) — The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) is taking steps to prepare for possible movements of the West Valley fault. The MMDA already drafted an executive order which will authorize an annual metro-wide earthquake drill. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Dexter Magno, MRFaith Bonalos)
QUEZON City, Philippines, May 18 (Eagle News) — According to the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP), several parts of Pagadian City and Lanao Del Norte will experience nine-hour brownouts due to the annual preventive maintenance. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Dexter Magno, MRFaith Bonalos)
MANILA, May 18 (OPAPP) — Congress should heed the voice of the majority of the people in the proposed core territory of the Bangsamoro who favor the replacement of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) government by the Bangsamoro. This was the appeal aired to Congress last Friday by government chief negotiator Prof. Miriam Coronel-Ferrer as she attended a forum held at the University of the Philippines where Asia Foundation country director Steven Rood and […]
PRESIDENT Benigno S. Aquino III has ordered that the Philippine flag be flown at half mast, from sunrise to sunset, in the Department of Foreign Affairs Main Office, its Foreign Service Posts and Regional Consular Offices, on the day of Ambassador Domingo Lucenario, Jr.’s burial on Saturday (May 16). The Chief Executive issued the order through Proclamation No. 1020, signed by Executive Secretary Paquito Ochoa, Jr. on Wednesday (May 13), as a sign of respect, […]
VALENZUELA City, Philippines (Eagle News) – The city government of Valenzuela decided to temporarily bury the victims of a fire in the rubber slipper factory, while authorities help the victims’ relatives in identifying the remains of their loved ones through DNA testing. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, Vince Alvin Villarin)
VALENZUELA City, Philippines (Eagle News) – After the fire in a warehouse that left 72 dead. the city government of Valenzuela declared a state of mourning in its social media acocunt and placed the flags at half-mast on all local government offices. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, Vince Alvin Villarin)
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) – According to the initial investigation of the Department of Labor and Employment, Kentex Manufacturing made use of an unregistered sub-contractor to provide workers for its warehouse which burned down in the Valenzuela City. This act is a violation of the Labor Code, according to DOLE Secretary Rosalina Baldos, making Kentex liable for the fate suffered by its workers. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, Vince Alvin Villarin)
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) – Congressman Winston Castelo of Quezon City asked President Aquino to issue an executive order for the conduct of occupational safety investigation of all establishment all over the country to alert everyone and make them comply with the National Building Code. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, Vince Alvin Villarin)
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) – Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago proposed a bill criminalizing the violation of building code after the fire in Valenzuela City. The senator added that owners of residential or commercial buildings will be held liable for the death, injury, and damages suffered by anyone due to said safety violations. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, Vince Alvin Villarin)
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) – Senator Jinggoy Estrada asked the Supreme Court in a twenty-eight-paged petition to not use the inquiry report of the Anti-Money Laundering Council as evidence against him, saying that said report violated his constitutional right against unreasonable searches and seizure. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, Vince Alvin Villarin)
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) – According to survey conducted by the Social Weather Station, one in five Filipinos agree with the framework agreement of the Bangsamoro entity as well as the proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL). (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, Vince Alvin Villarin)
