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(Eagle News)–The percentage of Filipino families who experienced involuntary hunger in December 2019 dropped to 8.8 percent, the lowest in 15 years, a Social Weather Stations survey found. The SWS said the December 2019 hunger rate, which translates to 2.1 million families, was lower than the 9.1 percent hunger rate recorded in September of 2019, and lower than the 7.4 percent in March 2004. The December 2019 rate also represented a decline from the rates […]
(Eagle News)–Cloudy skies and rains are expected in parts of the country today as the easterlies affect the eastern section. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Aurora, Quezon, Mindoro Oriental, Bicol Region, Eastern Visayas, Caraga, Davao Region and SOCCSKSARGEN will have cloudy skies with scattered rains and thunderstorms. Flash floods or landslides during moderate to at times heavy rains are possible. Metro Manila and CALABARZON, on the other hand, will have cloudy […]
(Eagle News)–The five-year-old boy who arrived from Wuhan, China, in Cebu has tested negative for the 2019 novel coronavirus. This was according to the Department of Health, which made the announcement on Friday, Jan. 24, following the release of the results of the tests on the child’s oropharyngeal and serum specimens. The tests were conducted at the Victorian Infectious Disease Reference Laboratory in Melbourne, Australia. The DOH said the child had yielded “a positive result […]
Man came from Wuhan, China, seat of novel coronavirus outbreak (Eagle News) — (Eagle News)– The Department of Health is monitoring a man in Tacloban for showing signs of a respiratory infection after arriving from Wuhan, China, where the novel coronavirus was first identified. Undersecretary Eric Domingo said the 36-year-old man worked in the Chinese city and arrived in the country on Jan. 17. The man is now isolated in a health facility. Earlier, the […]
(Eagle News) — Almost 89,000 families have been affected by the Taal Volcano’s activities since it erupted on January 12, according to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC). In its 12 noon update, it listed the number of families affected 88,842 or equivalent to 346,244 individuals. Of this number, a total of 37,230 families or 137,538 persons are “taking temporary shelter in 488 evacuation centers.” Meanwhile, 37,230 more families or 144,907 […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte believes the country has stronger ties with Russia and China than with the United States because the two countries respect Philippine sovereignty. “Because America continues to look at us as a vassal state because we were under the Americans for 50 years and they lived off the fat of the land before we got our independence,” Duterte told RT television. According to the President, “it’s not only the Philippines, but it’s […]
(Eagle News) – Nearly 500 tourists who came to the Philippines through the Kalibo International Airport from Wuhan City before the lockdown began, will be transported back to China. According to the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB), air carriers Royal Air Philippines and Pan Pacific Airlines will be sending back the visitors to Wuhan, China on Friday night, Saturday and Monday. CAB Executive Director Carmelo Arcilla, in an interview with CNN Philippines, said that the […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Panfilo Lacson believes President Rodrigo Duterte can scrap the Visiting Forces Agreement without the Senate’s approval or consent. In a statement, Lacson said this was “in the absence of a Supreme Court ruling on the President’s power to unilaterally break a treaty/bilateral agreement like the VFA without the consent of 2/3 supermajority vote of the Senate.” “Having said that, the SC should act on the pending petition filed by a number […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Leila de Lima has said she was “disappointed” over the Supreme Court’s decision to dismiss her petition for a writ of habeas data petition against President Rodrigo Duterte, adding that it had the effect of “emboldening attacks against women.” The writ of habeas data is a remedy available to any person whose right to privacy in life, liberty or security is violated or threatened by an unlawful act or omission of […]
(Eagle News)–Communist Party of the Philippines founder Jose Maria Sison on Friday, Jan. 24, welcomed President Rodrigo Duterte’s desire to resume peace negotiations. In a statement, Sison said it was, however, “best for the (Philippine government) and the (National Democratic Front of the Philippines) to prepare” for his “one-on-one meeting” with Duterte “by formally resuming the peace negotiations and accomplishing the interim peace agreement in a neutral venue abroad.” According to Sison, in the first […]
(Eagle News) — Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra on Friday, Jan. 24, confirmed the Department of Justice has been asked to study the procedure for terminating the Visiting Forces Agreement. “Yes, the DOJ has been asked to study the procedure for terminating the VFA,” Guevarra said in a brief message. Guevarra’s revelation came a day after President Rodrigo Duterte threatened to scrap the deal, which allows US bases in the country, following the US’ cancellation of […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte met with the family of the Overseas Filipino Worker who has been detained for several years in Bahrain for killing a Pakistani national, the Palace said on Friday, Jan. 24. In a statement, the Palace said the President met the family of Roderick Aguinaldo at the Villamor Air Base in Pasay City on Thursday, Jan. 23. Members of the family of Aguinaldo, who has been in detention for three […]
