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Scattered rainshowers, thunderstorms to prevail in parts of the country today, May 12

(Eagle News)–Scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms are expected in the country today, May 12. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Caraga, Davao Region, Northern Mindanao and Central Visayas will hace cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms due to the low pressure area located  355 kilometers east of Hinatuan, Surigao del Sur as of 2 a.m. Flash floods or landslides due to scattered light to moderate rains and severe thunderstorms are possible. Ilocos […]

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Liberal Party to question before SC Comelec’s choice of Nacionalista party as dominant minority party

  (Eagle News) – Liberal Party president Senator Francis Pangilinan said that they would question before the Supreme Court the recent resolution of the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) which picked the Nacionalista Party as the dominant minority party. Pangilinan said that the Comelec’s ruling was “completely unacceptable,” saying that the Nacionalista Party was also allied with the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte. The Partido Demokratiko Pilipino–Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) was also chosen the dominant majority […]

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Comelec declares PDP-Laban as dominant majority party, Nacionalista party as dominant minority party

(Eagle News) – The Commission on Elections has declared the ruling Partido Demokratiko Pilipino – Lakas ng Bayan as the “dominant majority party” while the Nacionalista Party was declared the “dominant minority party,” a move which is now being questioned by the opposition Liberal Party. With the decision, this entitled the PDP-Laban and the Nacionalista Party to receive the fifth and sixth copies of election returns respectively from the vote counting machines, and get the […]

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Comelec chooses poll watchdog, LENTE, to replace Namfrel in random manual audit of polls

https://youtu.be/DCDI5ZDx6Jc   (Eagle News) – The Commission on Elections has chosen another poll watchdog, the Legal Network for Truthful Elections (LENTE), to replace the National Movement for Free Elections (NAMFREL) in the random manual audit of the May 13, 2019 elections. This was after NAMFREL withdrew its accreditation as Comelec’s citizens’ arm on May 3 allegedly because it failed to get direct access to the electronic copies of the certificates of canvas and statement of […]

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Less than 50 percent pass May 2019 Civil Engineer Licensure Exam

(Eagle News)–Less than 50 percent of takers passed the May 2019 Civil Engineer Licensure Examination, results released by the Professional Regulation Commission showed. According to the PRC,  out of the 8,855 who took the exams given in the cities of Manila, Baguio, Cagayan de Oro, Cebu, Davao, Iloilo, Legazpi, Lucena, Pagadian, Tacloban, Tuguegarao and Zamboanga, 3372 passed. This translates to a 38.08 percent passing rate. Ronie Tanilon Tarriga II from the University of Cebu (UC) bested all takers, with […]

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DepEd to deploy more than 500,000 teachers, other personnel for May 13 polls

(Eagle News)–The Department of Education is deploying more than 500,000 teachers and personnel for the elections on Monday, May 13. In a statement, Education Secretary Leonor Briones said apart from deploying 531,307 officials, teachers and personnel, the agency is turning 36,830 schools into poll centers. “DepEd stands one with the country in hoping and working for honest and peaceful elections,” Briones said. Briones also reminded all those on duty that they are prohibited from electioneering and […]

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Duterte says Trillanes behind production of “Bikoy” videos; Magdalo, Otso Diretso also involved, he adds

(Eagle News)—President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday, May 10, said Senator Antonio Trillanes IV was behind the production of the “Bikoy” videos. In a speech in Davao, Duterte said Magdalo and Otso Diretso also  had a hand in the  videos that figured the yellow-hooded person accusing members of Duterte’s family and others of being involved in  illegal drug activities. Duterte’s family has denied the allegations. “Actually ‘yang Bikoy Bikoy, Magdalo ‘yan at Otso Diretso. Production ni […]

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Scattered rainshowers, thunderstorms to prevail in parts of country as LPA affects Mindanao

(Eagle News)—Scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms are expected to prevail in parts of the country today, May 11, as a low pressure area affects Mindanao. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Caraga, and Northern Mindanao will have cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms due to the LPA embedded in the Intertropical Convergence Zone  and located 70 kilometers east northeast of Hinatuan, Surigao del Sur as of 2 a.m. Flashfloods or landslides due […]

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Scattered rainshowers, thunderstorms to continue to prevail in parts of PHL as LPA affects Visayas, Mindanao

(Eagle News)–Scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms continue to prevail in parts of the country on Friday, May 10, as a low pressure area affects Visayas and Mindanao. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Eastern Visayas, CARAGA, Northern Mindanao and Davao region will also have cloudy skies, while flash floods or landslides due to scattered light to moderate to at times heavy rains are possible. PAGASA said as of 2 p.m., the LPA was […]

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PNP launches manhunt for Advincula who has arrest warrants for estafa, illegal recruitment issued in 2007

  (Eagle News) – The Philippine National Police has launched a manhunt for Peter Joemel Advincula, alias Bikoy, who has pending cases for estafa and large scale illegal recruitment before local courts. “The manhunt operation is underway to find him and to serve the pending warrants of arrest against Advincula, who surfaced before the Integrated Bar of the Philippines as ‘Bikoy’,” said PNP chief Gen. Oscar Albayalde, in a statement, on Friday. The PNP chief […]

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IBP president, vice chair face disbarment cases for “abetting Advincula in commission of slander, inciting to sedition”

(Eagle News)–Two high-ranking officials of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines are facing disbarment cases for allegedly helping Peter Joemel Advincula commit slander and inciting to sedition. The cases were filed against IBP president Abdiel Dan Elijah Fajardo and vice chair and incoming president Domingo Cayosa by the Kabalikat partylist led by Tomas Jose Cabrido a day after Solicitor General Jose Calida called for Fajardo’s resignation for “politicizing” the lawyers’ organization. In filing the cases, […]

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President Duterte tells candidates to shun violence, “allow everybody to vote freely”

  (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte called on all candidates running for public office to shun violence and let the people exercise their right to vote freely in the face of reports of election violence in some areas. “So you just be careful allow everybody to vote freely, this is a democracy. This is an exercise of the right of the people to choose their leader. Iyan ang mandato ng Constitution natin so we […]

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