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(Eagle News)–Fewer families consider themselves poor, a recent Social Weather Stations survey showed. The survey, done from March 28 to 31, showed a record-low 38%, or an estimated 9.5 million families, who believe this to be the case. The figure is 12 points below the 50%, or an estimated 11.6 million families, in December 2018, and 4 points below the previous record-low of 42% in September 2016 and March 2018. The SWS said the 12-point […]
(Eagle News) – The crew of a Vietnamese fishing vessel that rescued 11 Filipino fishermen adrift at sea said that the Filipinos they rescued were “clinging to plastic barrels and pieces of wood from the shipwreck” when they found them at Recto Bank. The account, as reported by VN Express, a Vietnamese online newspaper, of the Vietnamese crew who rescued the Filipino fishermen matched the account of the Filipino victims left drifting at sea […]
(Eagle News)–Cloudy skies will prevail in parts of the country today, June 19. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Caraga and Davao Region will have cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms due to the Intertropical Convergence Zone affecting Mindanao. Flash floods or landslides during severe thunderstorms are possible. Metro Manila and the rest of the country will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers, this time due to localized […]
(Eagle News)–The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation on Tuesday, June 18, withdrew its accreditation of WellMed Dialysis Center. PhilHealth said it made the move in light of the ghost dialysis mess that has led to charges being filed against one of its owners, Bryan Sy, and the two whistleblowers, Edwin Roberto and Liezel Aileen de Leon. Charges were filed against seven other WellMed employees. “PhilHealth accreditation is a privilege granted to qualified health care providers for […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has named a career official of the National Food Authority as a member of the NFA council and the new NFA administrator, replacing Jason Aquino who had been earlier relieved from office by the Office of the Ombudsman. The President signed the appointment papers of Judy Carol Dansal on June 11. She previously served as the NFA deputy administrator for marketing operations. Dansal’s appointment comes in the midst […]
(Eagle News)–The Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday, June 18, filed criminal charges against Kapa-Community Ministry International, Inc. for allegedly operating a Ponzi scheme. Charged for violation of Republic Act No. 8799, or the Securities Regulation Code, before the Department of Justice were Kapa founder and president Joel A. Apolinario, trustee Margie A. Danao and corporate secretary Reyna L. Apolinario. Also charged were Marisol M. Diaz, Adelfa Fernandico, Moises Mopia, Catherine Evangelista and Rene Catubigan […]
This is only an accidental collision, it adds (Eagle News)–China has expressed sympathy for the 22 Filipinos whose boat was rammed and sunk by a Chinese vessel near Recto Bank, but added the incident was merely an accident. “We express our sympathy to the Filipino fishermen who were in distress…I’d like to stress that this is only an accidental collision between fishing boats at sea,” China’s Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Lu Kang said. According to Lu, […]
(Eagle News)–There will be no work in Manila courts on Monday, June 24. The Supreme Court made the announcement in a Tweet on Tuesday, June 18. According to the SC, this was in view of Proclamation No. 731 , series of 2019, that declared the day a special non-working holiday in Manila. The proclamation, signed by Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea, said this was to allow the people of Manila to participate in activities organized in […]
(Eagle News)–Agriculture Secretary Manny Piñol on Tuesday, June 18, denied claims President Rodrigo Duterte was downplaying the Recto Bank incident. In an interview over ANC, Piñol said the President was actually just “listening to all angles of the story before making a statement..” “..And that is the mark of a true leader,” he said. In a speech on Tuesday, June 17, Duterte ordered the Philippine Navy to “stay out” of the incident, as it was […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Panfilo Lacson on Tuesday, June 18, said President Rodrigo Duterte’s comment on the Recto Bank incident “left us heartbroken.” According to Lacson, Duterte, after all, “forgot to explore all resources available before exercising his last option of surrender.” “The MDT is one yet untapped weapon,” he said, referring to the Mutual Defense Treaty signed between the Philippines and the United States. The MDT, signed in 1951, states that the US and the Philippines […]
(Eagle News)–The Palace on Monday, June 17, said the Chinese are not allowed to fish in Recto Bank in the West Philippine Sea. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo issued the statement days after a Chinese vessel hit a Filipino fishing boat causing it to sink in the area. The vessel also abandoned the 22 Filipinos on board the fishing boat. But Panelo added it was still unclear if the crew of the Chinese vessel fished in […]
(Eagle News)–A group on Monday, June 17, asked the Commission on Elections to disqualify Ronald Cardema as representative of Duterte Youth Party-list. In arguing for Cardema’s disqualification, Millenials’ PH, which is backed by poll lawyers Sixto Brillantes and Emil Marañon III, said he was overaged. The partylist law says qualified youth representatives are aged 25 to 30. Cardema is 34 years old. The Commission on Elections had allowed Cardema to substitute for his wife Duciella, […]
