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Amid El Niño, NDRRMC releases P18.3 million for cloud-seeding operations

(Eagle News) — The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council has released P18.3 million to regional offices of the Department of Agriculture for the conduct of cloud-seeding operations that will supposedly help mitigate the effects of El Nino. In a statement, the NDRRMC said the operations, which aim to change the amount or type of precipitation that falls from the clouds by dispersing substances into the air that modify microphysical processes, have been recommended for Regions […]

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Following slay of Cebu student, VACC renews call for reinstatement of death penalty

(Eagle News)—-The Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption on Thursday, March 14, renewed its call for the reinstatement of death penalty, following the death of 16-year-old Cebu student Christine Silawan. In a statement, VACC founding chair Dante Jimenez called on legislators, “especially those running for reelection in the midterm elections in May,” to “seriously consider the implications of the incident in terms of law and order and public safety.” He said the  murder of Silawan, after […]

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Sison: Duterte “must be crazy” for reiterating preconditions to peace talks with Communists

(Eagle News)—Communist Party of the Philippines founding chair Jose Maria Sison on Thursday, March 14, said President Rodrigo Duterte “must be crazy or clowning”  to be “reiterating the preconditions” to peace talks with Communists. Duterte has repeatedly called on Communist rebels to lay down their arms for peace talks, which he ended in November 2017, to resume. According to Sison, the preconditions “amount to having the armed revolutionary movement commit political suicide before even going […]

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Duterte signs law enabling farmers to dispose of agricultural lands without restrictions for credit

(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte has signed a law that allows farmers  holding agricultural free patents to  sell their land or use it as collateral without restrictions. Republic Act 11231, or the Agricultural Free Patent Reform Act, signed by Duterte on Feb. 22, essentially amends the Commonwealth Act 141 or the Public Land Use Act which prohibits land owners from selling and mortgaging their land within the first five years of the patent grants. The time restriction allows […]

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SWS: “Record-high” 47% of adult Filipinos use the Internet

(Eagle News)—-A “record-high” 47 percent of adult Filipinos use the Internet, a recent Social Weather Stations found. According to the SWS, this was 6 points more than the 41% registered in September 2018, and 5 points more than the 42% posted in March 2018. The SWS said the proportion of Filipino adults using the Internet has been “steadily increasing” since the pollster first asked about it in June 2006, when it was at 8%. The proportion ranged […]

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PAGASA: Light rains to prevail in parts of PHL

(Eagle News)—Light rains are expected in parts of the country on Thursday, March 14, as the tail-end of a cold front affects Northern and Central Luzon. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said cloudy skies with light rains will prevail over the Cordillera Administrative Region, Cagayan Valley, and Aurora. The rest of  Central Luzon and Quezon will experience partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated light rains. In Mindanao, on the other hand, […]

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Duterte to fire another set of officials anew

(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday, March 13, said he would fire another set of officials anew. “I’m sorry,” Duterte said in a speech in Cauayan, Isabela. The President did not elaborate. In his speech, he, however, railed at corruption in the Bureau of Customs, saying this was precisely the reason why he appointed a military man,  Rey Leonardo Guerrero, as its head. “Parang aswang ang mga y**a na ito ayaw… Sinabi nang huminto kayo,” he said. […]

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Senate to probe unusual water service interruptions in Metro Manila, Rizal

  (Eagle News) – The Senate will investigate the unusual water shortage being experienced in Metro Manila and parts of Rizal which are being serviced by the Manila Water Company. Senators expressed alarm about the extended water service interruptions, as they noted that only one water concessionaire is having problems with water supply. Senator Juan Edgardo “Sonny” Angara observed that while Manila Water had been suffering supply woes, its west zone counterpart Maynilad was not. […]

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Military official says EU will hold funds for Philippine NGOs linked to Communists

(Eagle News) — The European Union will so far hold the funds for non-government organizations which have links to the Communist Party of the Philippines, a military official said on Wednesday, March 13. Armed Forces of the Philippines deputy chief of staff for civil-military operations Brig. Gen. Antonio Parlade Jr. made the revelation in a press conference in Malacanang on Wednesday, March 13, following what he said was a meeting of government and military officials […]

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US 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge arrives in Manila; Fil-Am sailors among crew, excited with visit

  The United States 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) arrived in Manila on Wednesday, March 13, for the ship’s first port visit to the Philippines since 2016. The 7th fleet team and Blue Ridge crew, including Filipino-American soldiers, will also engage in community service and cultural exchange events ashore. “Our nations are longstanding allies and our navies have worked together for generations,” said Vice Adm. Phillip Sawyer, commander of the U.S. 7th […]

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Albayalde orders police regional directors to implement stringent selection process in setting up police drug units

(Eagle News)—Philippine National Police Chief Oscar Albayalde has reminded regional directors to conduct a stringent selection process in setting up drug enforcement units. The PNP said in a statement that Albayalde gave the order in a recent memorandum. The order came following the recent arrests of policemen who were assigned at the DEU for alleged extortion. Only recently, Police Corporal Marlo Quibete of the Eastern Police District’s anti-illegal drugs unit  was nabbed after his  group allegedly de­manded […]

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Lacson: Arroyo may face falsification raps for signing “House-manipulated” 2019 budget

(Eagle News)—Speaker Gloria Arroyo may be charged for signing the P3.757-trillion budget bill that contains provisions that were not approved by the bicameral conference committee nor ratified by both houses of Congress, Senator Panfilo Lacson said on Wednesday, March 13. Lacson was referring to the bill which the House of Representatives printed and transmitted to the Senate but which, according to him, was only a “manipulated” version of the budget bill that has already been […]

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