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(Eagle News) — The Palace on Friday, Dec. 6, gave the assurance the higher inflation rate in November was “not a cause for alarm.” Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said that although the country registered a 1.3 percent rate, higher than the 0.8 percent in October this year, “for the first 11 months of this year, inflation rate averaged at 2.5%, which the Department of Trade and Industry says is ‘still a very tamed inflation rate..” […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte paid tribute on Thursday, Dec. 5, to the policeman who used his body to shield students from a grenade that had been hurled by an assailant in Misamis Oriental on Nov. 28. The President posthumously awarded Police Master Sergeant Jason Magno with an Order of Lapu-Lapu Magalong Medal and the Philippine National Police Medal of Valor, while his family received financial assistance. Also recognized was Master Sergeant Alice Balido, who responded […]
(Eagle News)– The Office of the Solicitor General on Friday, Dec. 6, said it would exhaust “all available legal remedies” against the decision issued by the Permanent Court of Arbitration in Singapore that ordered the Philippine government to indemnify Manila Water for losses it supposedly incurred due to the state’s refusal to implement higher water rates. In a statement, the OSG said that while “the OSG respects its obligation to keep confidential the arbitration proceedings, […]
(Eagle News) – The Philippines continued to dominate the 30th Southeast Asian Games after Day 5 with 63 gold medals, 45 silvers and 32 bronze medals. The host country now has a total medal haul of 140. Second is Vietnam with 31 golds, 35 silvers and 41 bronze medals, or 107 medals in all. Third is Indonesia with 27 golds, 36 silvers and 39 bronze medals, or 102 medals in all. Fourth is Singapore […]
(Eagle News)–Rains are expected in parts of the country as the tail-end of a cold front affects the eastern section of Northern Luzon and the northeast monsoon. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Cagayan Valley and Cordillera Administrative Region will have cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms. Flash floods and landslides due to moderate to heavy rains are possible. Ilocos Region will have cloudy skies with light rains, while Metro Manila […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte’s government will not pay Manila Water and Maynilad for losses the firms incurred due to the state’s refusal to increase water rates, despite an order from the Permanent Court of Arbitration in Singapore. This is according to Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo in a radio interview on Thursday, Dec. 5. According to Panelo, in the first place, the concession agreements that contain the indemnification clause were “onerous” and “too disadvantageous” […]
(Eagle News) — Regional trial courts cannot interfere with or restrain the execution of Ombudsman decisions in disciplinary cases. This was the reminder of the Supreme Court’s Office of the Court Administrator, in view of what it said were persistent reports that some RTCs issue temporary restraining orders and writs of preliminary injunction against the anti-graft body’s decisions in cases of that nature. The reminder, contained in a circular signed by Court Administrator Midas Marquez, […]
(Eagle News) — “Tisoy” is now outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said “Tisoy” has also weakened into a tropical depression, and no longer has any direct effect on the country. PAGASA said heavy rains may still be experienced over most of Northern Luzon, Aurora, and Northern Quezon, though, due to the combined effects of the surge of the northeast monsoon and the tail-end of a cold […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte’s administration has adopted the recommendation to revoke the memorandum of agreement that extended the water concession period “prematurely” up to 2037. This was according to Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra, who gave an interview over radio dzmm on Thursday, Dec. 5. According to Guevarra, the recommendation was adopted during a Cabinet meeting on Nov. 6. Guevarra had said the extension of the concession period in the case of Manila Water […]
(Eagle News) – The country bidding for the next 2030 Asian Games is now a possibility after the Olympic Council of Asia said it was impressed with how the Philippines had handled so far the 30th Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games). House Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano, who chairs the Philippine Southeast Asian Games Organizing Committee (PHISGOC), said he would write a long memo to President Rodrigo Duterte asking him if the country can submit a […]
(Eagle News) — Unemployment rate in the country went down to 4.5 percent in October, the lowest since 2005, the Philippine Statistics Authority reported on Thursday, Dec. 5. The PSA said this was also a decrease from the 5.1 percent in October last year. Among the regions, Zamboanga Peninsula (1.9%), Cordillera Administrative Region (2.8%), Ilocos Region (3.5%), Northern Mindanao (3.5%) and MIMAROPA Region (3.7%) had the lowest unemployment rates, the PSA said. Based on the […]
(Eagle News) – The Philippines continued to dominate the 30th Southeast Asian Games after Day 4, on Wednesday, Dec. 4, with 56 gold medals, 41 silver medals and 22 bronze medals. The Philippines now has a total medal haul of 119. It is followed by Vietnam with 27 golds, 32 silvers and 33 bronze medals; Malaysia with 21 golds, 12 silvers and 22 bronze medals; and Singapore with 18 golds, 12 silvers, and 20 […]
