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(Eagle News)–Over 1000 have passed the January 2020 Architecture Licensure Exam, the Professional Regulation Commission said. The 1,242 who passed the exams held in Manila, Baguio, Cebu, Davao, Legazpi and Zamboanga last January 24 and January 26 represent 55.7 percent of the 2229 who took them. Rhicel Gonzales Sapasap of Saint Louis University topped the tests with a rating of 84 percent. In second place were University of the Philippines-Diliman alumna Megan Joyce Herrera Cruz […]
(Eagle News)–Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra has instructed the Bureau of Corrections to implement the Ombudsman’s dismissal of three of the bureau’s officials over the Good Conduct Time Allowance-for-sale scheme. According to Guevarra, he gave the instruction for the order against Ramoncito Roque, officer in charge of the BuCor’s inmates documents processing unit; Mabel Bansil; and Veronica Buño to be implemented “without prejudice to the resolution of any appeal that the respondents may take.” Guevarra said […]
(Eagle News)–Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo on Wednesday, Jan. 29, said it “might be difficult” to repatriate Filipinos from Wuhan, China. He said this was because “we might even be risking them to contamination.” “The best way, I suppose, is to let them stay there and follow protocols in China,” he said. Panelo issued the remark after the Department of Health said Filipinos there could return to the Philippines for as long as they undergo a […]
(Eagle News)–Cloudy skies and rains are expected in parts of the country today, Jan. 29. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Ilocos Region, Cordillera Administrative Region and Cagayan Valley will have cloudy skies with light rains as the northeast monsoon affects Northern Luzon. PAGASA said Metro Manila and the rest of Luzon, on the other hand, will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated light rains. Visayas and Mindanao will have […]
(Eagle News) –Over 30 percent of Filipinos said their lives improved in the last 12 months, a Social Weather Stations survey found. The SWS said the 39 percent of Filipinos who said this, as opposed to the 21 percent of Filipinos who said their lives worsened yielded a net gainers score of +18. The net gainers score, or the result of subtracting those who said their lives improved and those who said it worsened, the […]
(Eagle News) — A special team of officers will handle immigration procedures for Filipinos returning from Hubei, China, where Wuhan, the seat of the outbreak of the novel coronavirus, is situated. According to Justice spokesperson Markk Perete, the officers will be provided protective gear. He said they have also been briefed by the Bureau of Quarantine. On Wednesday, the Department of Health said Filipinos from China could return provided they undergo a 14-day quarantine upon […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Health on Wednesday, Jan. 29, said there was still no confirmed case of the novel coronavirus in the country, noting that four of the 27 people the agency had said were closely being monitored had already been discharged. Of the 23 persons now under investigation, Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said 17 were in the National Capital Region, one in Western Visayas, one in Mimaropa, one in Eastern Visayas, […]
(Eagle News) — A Senate panel will start reviewing the Visiting Forces Agreement and other Philippine-US military agreements next week. Senator Koko Pimentel, chair of the foreign relations committee, said apart from the VFA, which allows US bases in the country, the Enhanced Development Cooperation Agreement and the Mutual Defense Treaty would be reviewed. Pimentel made the disclosure after the Department of Justice revealed it had been asked to study the process for terminating the […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Leila de Lima on Wednesday, Jan. 29, slammed the government’s move to terminate the Visiting Forces Agreement, calling it “irrational.” “To be clear: canceling the VFA is not the best move for the Filipino people and Philippine interests. It can only be good for certain foreign interests,” De Lima said, without elaborating. She said in the first place, “decisions on matters of national interest should not be based on one man’s […]
Ombudsman also finds probable cause to indict Roque, Bansil, Buño for graft, direct bribery (Eagle News) — The Office of the Ombudsman has ordered the dismissal of three Bureau of Corrections officials over the Good Conduct Time Allowance-for-sale scheme. The Ombudsman also found probable cause to indict SPO2 Ramoncito Roque, head of the Inmate Documents and Processing Service; Belinda Bansil; and Veronica Buño for one count of direct bribery and one count of violation of […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Kiko Pangilinan on Wednesday, Jan. 29, called on the government to suspend the issuance of all visas from people coming from China, the seat of the novel coronavirus outbreak, as he slammed the government for what he said was the lack of coordination among agencies. “Visa upon arrival lang ang suspended para sa mga Chinese. Yung tours, delegates, at businessmen, tulad nung cruise ships sa Subic, tuloy-tuloy pa. Dapat lahat,” Pangilinan said. According […]
Earthquakes also monitored (Eagle News)-An alert level 3 remains hoisted over Taal as it continued to spew steam-laden plumes 600 to 800 meters tall, and earthquakes continued to be monitored. In its latest bulletin, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said sulfur dioxide emission was at 64 tons per day. The day before, PHIVOLCS said emission was “below instrumental detection.” The Taal Volcano Network, PHIVOLCS said, recorded 123 volcanic earthquakes including three low-frequency events […]
