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(Eagle News)–Vice President Leni Robredo deferred the release of her report on the drug war, following the 6.9-magnitude quake that struck Davao del Sur. Robredo, who was supposed to release the report today, said there was a need to give attention to victims of the quake, which has claimed at least three lives. Robredo was co-chair of the Inter-Agency Committee Against Illegal Drugs until she was fired by President Rodrigo Duterte. The Palace had cited […]
(Eagle News) — Search and rescue operations continue in Padada public market, including a grocery store which collapsed in the area after the 6.9 magnitude quake struck the province of Davao del Sur on Sunday afternoon, Dec. 15, 2019. The search operations started within an hour after the quake that struck at 2:11 p.m., Sunday. There is still no number of those feared trapped in the rubble. (Video taken at around 3 p.m., Dec. 15, […]
by Cecil MORELLA Agence France Presse A powerful earthquake hit the southern Philippine island of Mindanao on Sunday, killing a child, injuring dozens and damaging buildings in an area still recovering from a string of deadly quakes in October. Police said a rescue operation had been launched at a heavily damaged market building in Padada near the 6.9 magnitude quake’s epicenter, which is about 90 kilometers (55 miles) south of the major city of […]
(Eagle News)–Communist Party of the Philippines founder Jose Maria Sison is “responsible” for the Eastern Samar attack that left at least two dead, including a baby, and several injured on Friday, the Department of the Interior and Local Government said. For this, Interior Secretary Eduardo Año noted Sison “praised and applauded the massacre.” “We hold all of them responsible for this treachery against the people—Joma and his CPP for ordering this attack, its armed wing […]
(Eagle News)–Cloudy skies with rains are expected in parts of the country today. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said cloudy skies with rainshowers and isolated thunderstorms are expected in Mindanao due to the easterlies. The Cordillera Administrative Region, Cagayan Valley, and the provinces of Aurora and Quezon will have cloudy skies with light rains due to the northeast monsoon affecting Northern and Central Luzon. Ilocos Region and the rest of Central Luzon […]
(Eagle News) – A magnitude 6.9 quake rocked Davao del Sur Sunday afternoon, Dec. 15, and was felt at intensity 7 in at least two towns, Matanao and Magsaysay. Malacanang said that President Rodrigo Duterte and his family were safe after the quake struck Davao. The tremor was felt at intensity 5 in Davao City where President Duterte’s family are. A Palace statement said that President Duterte was with her youngest daughter Kitty in […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Leila de Lima on Sunday, Dec. 15, slammed the Palace for criticizing a United States Senate panel passage of a resolution calling for her release. “Mr. Panelo, my case is a test case for your boss’ attempt to flex his tyrannical ambitions. The whole world knows that. Malacañang, backed up with its troll army, is a veritable mill of massive disinformation campaigns,” she said. De Lima was referring to Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo, […]
Pushes for passage of his own measure in Senate (Eagle News)–Senator Kiko Pangilinan has lauded a House of Representatives’ panel approval of a measure taxing single-use plastics, as he pushed for the passage of his own measure pending before the Senate. In a statement, Pangilinan said imposing the taxes, as specified in House Bill 178 or “An Act Imposing Excise Tax on Single-use Plastic Bags” passed by the House Ways and Means Committee was a […]
Says gov’t should continue searching for, developing water sources (Eagle News)–Senator Grace Poe has reiterated what she said was the need for the creation of a single agency that will address all the country’s water concerns, and called on government to continue to look for other sources of water. Poe reiterated the call amid President Rodrigo Duterte’s threat to take over water services, following the Department of Justice’s discovery of allegedly onerous provisions in the […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Leila de Lima on Saturday, Dec. 14, hailed the passage of a United States Senate panel resolution calling for her immediate release and for an end to the alleged harassment of Rappler’s Maria Ressa. “‘Ive always believed that standing strong for one’s convictions and fighting always for what is true and just, for human rights and humanity have many friends around the globe,” De Lima said in a brief statement from Camp Crame, […]
(Eagle News)–The Palace on Saturday, Dec. 14, slammed a United States Senate panel approval of a resolution calling for the release of Senator Leila de Lima and an end to the alleged harassment of Rappler’s Maria Ressa, calling it a “brazen and heedless affront against the dignity” of the country’s sovereignty. “It is an undisguised and outrageous intrusion to a sovereign state. There can be no excuse for the US Senate Committee not to know […]
(Eagle News)–A Jetstar Asia plane was stalled for hours at a Ninoy Aquino International Airport runway early Saturday, Dec. 14, after it overshot a turn and veered off. In a statement by the Manila International Airport Authority, runway 13-31 had to be closed for operations after the Airbus A320 jet made an excursion towards the Runway Safety Area while positioning for takeoff at 2:32 a.m. According to the statement, Jetstar Asia flight GK40 bound for […]
