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(Eagle News)- Cloudy skies with rains are expected in parts of the country today. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Mindanao and Eastern and Central Visayas will have cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms due to the low pressure area 65 km south southwest of Davao City, Davao del Sur. Flash floods or landslides due to scattered light to moderate to at times heavy rains are possible. Bicol will have cloudy […]
(Eagle News)–A new tropical depression may enter the Philippine Area of Responsibility on Monday. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said the tropical depression was so far located 2115 kilometers east of Mindanao, packing maximum sustained winds of 45 kph and gustiness of 60 kph. It is moving west at 20 kph. PAGASA said the low pressure area already inside PAR 55 kilometers east southeast of Hinatuan, Surigao del Sur will in the […]
(Eagle News)-President Rodrigo Duterte’s approval rating surged to 87 percent in December, a Pulse Asia survey showed. The 87 percent registered by the President was nine points higher than the 78 percent he garnered only three months earlier, in September. Duterte’s rating increased in Balance Luzon, from 69 percent in September to 83 percent in December; Visayas, from 84 percent to 93 percent; and in Mindanao, from 92 percent to 98 percent. In Metro Manila, […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) would protect and rehabilitate more bodies of water in the country after its successful rehabilitation efforts in Boracay and Manila Bay, according to Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu. “If we can rehabilitate Boracay and Manila Bay, we can give the same protection to all water bodies in the country by strictly adhering to our annual target and even going beyond it,” Cimatu said. He […]
(Eagle News)-The Court of Appeals has reinstated murder charges against former Palawan Gov. Joel Reyes over the death of environmentalist Gerry Ortega. In its amended decision promulgated on Nov. 29, the special former eleventh division, special division of five, also ordered the arrest of Reyes, who had been cleared by the appellate court in January last year, citing lack of sufficient evidence for a finding of probable cause for his indictment. For this, the then-former […]
(Eagle News)-The Judicial and Bar Council has shortlisted five people to the post of associate justice in the Supreme Court. In the shortlist submitted to President Rodrigo Duterte were Manuel M. Barrios, Samuel M. Gaerlan, Ramon Garcia, Jhosep Lopez, Jose Midas Marquez and Eduardo Peralta Jr. Majority of those in the shortlist are CA justices: Gaerlan, Barrios, Garcia, Lopez and Peralta. Marquez is the Supreme Court administrator. The shortlist was signed by JBC chair Chief […]
(Eagle News)–Communist Party of the Philippines founder Jose Maria Sison on Friday, Dec. 20, denied the New People’s Army had a “hit list,” as claimed by the government. In a statement, Sison said National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon Jr.’s “hype of an alleged ‘NPA hit list’ only aims to sow intrigue in order to sabotage the planned resumption of formal peace talks.” He said it was in fact the military and the police “who keep […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte is still open to reviving peace talks with Communist rebels. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo made the statement days after the President directed the military to crush the New People’s Army and keep the country safe. The President “always leaves…the window ajar for any peace negotiation..but will not allow..assaults against our forces,” he said. Earlier, Duterte directed Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III to fly to The Netherlands, where Communist Party of the […]
(Eagle News)-President Rodrigo Duterte will make an announcement on the “onerous” water concession deals on Jan. 6, the Palace said. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo made the revelation as he noted that the President “still want(s) to hear why they allowed this kind of treason against the interest of the Filipino people.” “Sabi niya (Duterte), hindi siya papayag na walang mangyayari sa kasong ito,” he said. The President had slammed the concession agreements with Manila Water […]
(Eagle News)-Cloudy skies and rains are expected in parts of the country today, Dec 20. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Caraga, Davao Region, Northern Mindanao, Eastern Visayas, and Central Visayas will have cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and isolated thunderstorms due to the trough of the low pressure area affecting the northeastern section of Mindanao. The LPA is located 795 km east southeast of Hinatuan, Surigao del Sur. Cagayan, Isabela, Aurora and […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippines inked on Thursday, Dec. 19, a $400-million loan accord with the World Bank, which represented the first tranche of a three-part financing package that aims to further boost the country’s competitiveness and fiscal sustainability amid the threat of climate change. Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III, on behalf of the Philippine government, and acting Country Director Achim Fock, representing the World Bank, signed the agreement for the development policy loan on […]
(Eagle News)-The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration is monitoring a low pressure area off Surigao del Sur. PAGASA said the trough of the LPA 860 kilometers east southeast off Hinatuan was affecting the northeastern section of Mindanao. Cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms will be experienced over the provinces of Cagayan, Isabela and Aurora while partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms are forecast over Batanes, Quirino, Nueva Vizcaya, […]
