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(Eagle News)–Vice President Leni Robredo “is always ready to help,” her camp said on Friday, Nov. 1. Barry Gutierrez, Robredo’s spokesperson, said, however, that what she “will not stand for is being made a scapegoat for all the shortcomings of the ‘drug war’ for the past three and a half years.” “This admin made the impossible promise to end crime and drugs in six months, and if they are now being called to account for […]
(Eagle News)–The Palace on Friday, Nov. 1, welcomed the results of a Social Weather Stations survey showing fewer victims of common crimes in the last six months. In a statement, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said the lower rate of 5.6 percent of Filipino families who reported being victims of crimes such as as theft, robbery, break-ins, carnapping, among others, in the September victimization survey was proof that the administration’s drug war was “working effectively and […]
(Eagle News) – A magnitude 5.5 hit Sarangani, Davao Occidental Friday morning, at 10:33 a.m., according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS). It had a depth of 33 kilometers, and its epicenter was located at 334 kilometers southeast of Sarangani, Davao Occidental. Phivolcs, however, did not yet say if this was an aftershock of previous quakes in Mindanao, or if it was an altogether separate quake caused by movement in another […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered local government units to look into the structural integrity of their buildings following a series of earthquakes in Mindanao. Duterte said the LGUs “should start now,” adding that it was unclear when the next earthquake would come, if it does. The most recent earthquake, a 6.5-magnitude one, caused the collapse of the Eva’s building in Kidapawan, and led to serious damage on Ecoland 4000, a condominium complex in Davao. […]
(Eagle News) – The number of people killed in the combined 6.6 magnitude quake of Oct. 29 and the 6.5 magnitude quake of Oct. 31 has risen to at least 21, according to the latest report of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) issued on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2019 The NDRRMC also said that there are at least 331 reported injured in the successive quakes (down from the previous NDRRMC report […]
(Eagle News)–Don’t vote for Leni Robredo in the next elections. President Rodrigo Duterte had this to say about the vice president, who had called the administration’s drug war a failure for supposedly failing to curb the number of drug users in the country. “Huwag kayong magboto kay Leni. Kawawa kayo,” Duterte said in a speech on Thursday night. Duterte said she has never said anything good about the police, and has always been hurling criticisms […]
(Eagle News)–Cloudy skies with rainshowers are expected in the country today, Nov. 1. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Bicol Region, Visayas, Caraga, Northern Mindanao , Zamboanga Peninsula and Palawan will have cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms due to a low pressure area off Hinatuan, Surigao del Sur. PAGASA said Ilocos Region, Cordillera Administrative Region, Batanes and Babuyan Islands will have cloudy skies with light rains as the northeast monsoon […]
(Eagle News) — These photos show just how the Eva Hotel in Kidapawan City, Cotabato is reduced to near rubble as it partially collapses, with its facade appearing more like an accordion, because of the severe damage after the 6.5 magnitude quake that hit Cotabato on Thursday morning, Oct. 31. This was just two days after the magnitude 6.6 quake that also hit Cotabato, followed by hundreds of aftershocks. But authorities clarified that […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte has reiterated his offer for Vice President Leni Robredo to be the country’s drug czar, and even offered her the rank of Cabinet. In a statement on Thursday, Oct. 31, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said the offer includes placing “all offices, bureaus, agencies or government instrumentalities involved in the enforcement of the law on prohibited drugs placed under her command and supervision..” According to Panelo, the offer was “to dispel all […]
(Eagle News)–Cloudy skies with rainshowers are expected in the country today. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Bicol Region, Visayas and Mindanao will have cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms due to a low pressure area off Davao City . Cagayan Valley and the provinces of Aurora and Quezon will have cloudy skies with isolated light rains as the northeast monsoon affects Northern Luzon. Metro Manila and the rest of the […]
(Eagle News)–At least five people died in Cotabato after a 6.5-magnitude earthquake hit Mindanao on Thursday, Oct. 31. The Cotabato provincial disaster risk reduction and management office identified the victims as Juve Gabriel Jauod, 7; Tessie Alcaide; Cesar Bangot; Romel Galicia, 20; and Precilla Verona, 70. All five were from Makilala, the provincial office said. Jauod, it said, died due to fallen debris, while Alcaide and Galicia perished in a landslide. It was unclear what […]
(Eagle News)–Authorities on Thursday, Oct. 31, said it found signs of life in a Davao condominium complex that sustained heavy damage following the 6.5-magnitude earthquake in Mindanao. Rodrigo Bustillo, the city’s disaster risk reduction management operation and warning officer, made the conclusion after a rescue team went to the second floor of Ecoland 4000 developed by DMCI. “When we tapped the ground, meron din silang narinig na parang nagrespond,” Bustillo said. He said prior to […]
