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(Eagle News)–The Department of the Interior and Local Government will ask Congress to pass legislation that will require those who want to buy a car to present proof they own a garage first. “.. If you cannot prove that you have parking, you should not be sold a car,” Interior Undersecretary Jonathan Malaya said in an interview over ANC on Thursday, Aug. 1. Malaya issued the statement following a directive from President Rodrigo Duterte for […]
(Eagle News)–The airport terminal fee for students will be waived starting Thursday, Aug. 1. The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines said in a memorandum issued to all airport managers that exempted from paying the fee were pre-school to college students, including those in trade, arts, technical vocational schools and training centers. The memo said those enrolled in driving and dancing schools, schools of culinary arts and in “seminar-type” courses, masteral and doctoral, and law […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Edgardo Angara on Thursday, Aug. 1, said the Department of Health should explain what he said was the overstocking of medicines worth billions of pesos in its warehouses. In a statement, Angara said close to P20 billion worth of drugs and medicine are there, as cited by the Commission on Audit in its 2018 report on the agency. Angara said the wastage “is becoming like dengue, it has become an annual thing.” “And […]
(Eagle News)–“Abuse of power.” This was how Senator Leila de Lima described President Rodrigo Duterte’s order to shut down all forms of gambling operations within the mandate of the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office. “Shutting down PCSO does not make sense and obviously warrants deep scrutiny. Who gains from the closure of PCSO operations?Obviously, not the indigent stakeholders, nor the PCSO employees and lottery operators and staff. Are vested interests behind this abuse of power?,” De […]
(Eagle News) – A low pressure area east of Catanduanes and the Southwest Monsoon will continue to bring rains in various parts of the country today, Thursday, August 1, according to the country’s weather bureau. The LPA was monitored as of 3 a.m. today at 460 kilometers east of Virac, Catanduanes, and its through will bring scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms to the Bicol region, Eastern Visayas, Caraga and Davao region. The southwest monsoon, on […]
(Eagle News)–A rainfall advisory has been hoisted over Northern Luzon. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said moderate to heavy rains are expected over Pangasinan, in Sual and Labrador, in an hour. The weather bureau said these may affect nearby areas. The same conditions are being experienced over Mabini, Dasol, Agno, Burgos, Infanta, Alaminos and Bani, also in Pangasinan. “All are advised to take precautionary measures against the impacts associated with these hazards,” […]
(Eagle News) – Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr said that the Philippines should consider stopping the practice of giving visas upon arrival to foreigners, reacting to reports on the influx of so many undocumented Chinese workers in the country. “We need to put an end to visas upon arrival; all visas should be issued by consular offices after vetting. We must take extra care in outsourcing any part of the visa application process, […]
(Eagle News)–Peter Joemel Advincula, who claims to be the yellow-hooded figure “Bikoy” in the Ang Totoong Narco-list videos against President Rodrigo Duterte’s family, has been released from detention. This was after Advincula posted a P10,000 bail for cyberlibel before Quezon City Regional Trial Court Branch 220. Advincula had surrendered to the police on Monday after a warrant of arrest for the charge was issued against him. He had since been detained at the Criminal Investigation […]
(Eagle News)–For Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio, the Philippines should require warships passing through the country’s territorial sea to keep their automatic identification system on. Carpio issued the statement after Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana revealed some Chinese vessels that passed through Sibutu Strait in Tawi-Tawi had their AIS turned off. According to Carpio, these vessels are passing through our territorial seas after all. “Because they are passing through our waters and they should […]
(Eagle News)–Vice President Leni Robredo on Wednesday, July 31, visited victims of recent earthquakes in Itbayat, Batanes. A statement from Robredo’s office said she went there to “personally inspect the damage of the earthquake and to distribute relief goods to the affected community.” At least eight people were killed after a series of earthquakes, the one with the highest magnitude at 5.9, struck the province over the weekend. President Rodrigo Duterte vowed to give P40 […]
(Eagle News)–The Philippines has “fired off” a diplomatic protest against China over the Chinese fishing vessels recently seen swarming around Pag-asa Island in the South China Sea. Foreign Affairs Secretary Teddy Locsin Jr. made the revelation in a Tweet, after he was asked if he would follow National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon’s recommendation for the same. “I did,” Locsin said. Prior to this, Locsin shared a news story on Hermogenes’ recommendation with the Tweet “Diplomatic […]
(Eagle News) – Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana branded as “bullying” China’s actions in the West Philippine Sea, particularly how it took over the Scarborough Shoal also known as Panatag Shoal. Lorenzana said that unless China matched its rhetoric with action, most people will continue to have low trust on the Asian giant. “The way they took over Scarborough Shoal, to me, that is bullying,” Lorenzana said on Tuesday. “The Chinese, since they started grabbing […]
