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(Eagle News)–There are so far no indications of foul play in the drowning of a Philippine Military Academy cadet in the school’s pool. In an interview over radio dzbb on Saturday, Nov. 9, Baguio City police chief Police Colonel Allen Rae Co said 4th Class Mario Telen Jr. was not a strong swimmer based on the initial information gathered by the police. “Fifteen feet po ang lalim ng pool,” Co said. He said they were […]
(Eagle News)–The Palace on Saturday, Nov. 9, urged the public to give Vice President Leni Robredo space to allow her to perform her task as drug czar. “The Vice President must be given a wide latitude in outlining her own anti-illegal drug scheme and pursue, without interference from other quarter backers, her own agenda which she envisions to be effective in addressing the drug menace,” Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said in a statement. Panelo issued […]
(Eagle News)–Typhoon “Quiel” has exited the Philippine Area of Responsibility. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said moderate to occasionally heavy rains, however, are being experienced over Baggao, Gattaran, Gonzaga and Lallo in Cagayan and in Ilagan City and Maconacon in Isabela. Light to moderate rains on the other hand are being experienced in Tineg, Abra; Apayao; Cagayan; Adams and Pagudpud in Ilocos Norte; Burgos,Cabagan, Delfin Albano, Divilacan, Gamu, Mallig, Quezon, Quirino, Roxas, […]
(Eagle News)–Another Philippine Military Academy cadet has died. The PMA said Cadet 4th Class Mario Telen, Jr. was found dead in the 15-foot deep end of the PMA pool. Telen had been unaccounted for after he attended his swimming class from 11 a.m. to 12 noon, the PMA said. He was rushed to the hospital but was declared dead on arrival at the PMA Station Hospital. PMA spokesperson Captain Cheryl Tindog said a “thorough investigation” […]
(Eagle News) – Vice- President Leni Robredo conducted her first meeting with the different members of the Inter-Agency Committee on Anti-Illegal Drugs (ICAD) on Friday, Nov. 8, and said that it had been “really a listening exercise” for her. “Kasi before today, I did not have access to the data that I had today,” she said. Robredo thanked all the efforts of the agencies under ICAD for their efforts to wage the war against drugs. […]
(Eagle News)–“Quiel” has intensified into a typhoon, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said. PAGASA said “Quiel” was last spotted 430 kilometers west of Coron, Palawan, packing maximum sustained winds of up to 120 kilometers per hour near the center and gustiness of up to 150 kph. “Quiel” is moving southwest at 10 kph. Between today and tomorrow afternoon, moderate with occasional heavy rains will be experienced over Cagayan including Babuyan Islands, Isabela, […]
(Eagle News)–“Quiel” is forecast to intensify into a typhoon in the next 24 hours, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said. According to PAGASA, the weather disturbance, however, is less likely to make landfall in any part of the country, and will exit the Philippine Area of Responsibility between tonight and tomorrow morning. The center of “Quiel” was last spotted 430 kilometers west of Coron, Palawan, packing maximum sustained winds of up to […]
(Eagle News) — The Supreme Court’s Office of the Court Administrator has granted the request of the Quezon City judge hearing the Maguindanao massacre case for a 30-day extension from the due date to decide the case. In her Nov. 5 petition, Judge Jocelyn Solis-Reyes said the request for the extension was due to the “voluminous records” of the case, which she said have reached a total of 238 volumes. Of the 238 volumes, 165 were […]
(Eagle News) — Severe tropical storm “Quiel” has maintained its strength as it remained almost stationary, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said. PAGASA said the center of “Quiel” was estimated 375 kilometers west northwest of Coron, Palawan, packing maximum sustained winds of up to 110 kilometers per hour near the center and gustiness of up to 135 kph. “Quiel” is forecast to intensify into a Typhoon within 24 hours but remains less […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — Philippine authorities rescued dozens of people on Thursday after a ferry sank in rough seas, but search teams were still working to confirm all aboard were accounted for, the coast guard said. Rescuers plucked 59 people from waters off the central island of Cebu, while another three swam to shore after the vessel took on water and capsized. The manifest showed 60 crew and passengers aboard, the coast guard said, […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte is mulling a ban on plastics use. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said Duterte made the suggestion during the Cabinet meeting in Malacañang on Wednesday, Nov. 6. According to Panelo, Duterte said the ban would require legislation. There are already pending bills banning plastics use in the Senate. Apart from Senator Cynthia Villar, who filed Senate Bill No. 333 or the Single-Use Plastic Product Regulation Act of 2019, Senator Francis Pangilinan filed […]
(Eagle News)–The Palace on Thursday, Nov. 7, said the administration’s “very good” rating in the third quarter of 2019 is proof that a “significant number” of Filipinos see beyond the “endless politicking managed by the opposition.” “The rating, classified by the independent pollster as very good, demonstrates that a significant number of our countrymen possesses discernment that can stand and see beyond the endless politicking managed by the opposition, as well as the rhetorical aspersions […]
