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(Eagle News)–“Betty” has further weakened into a low pressure area and no longer poses any direct threat to any part of the country, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said on Friday, March 1. In its 4 a.m. advisory, PAGASA said the LPA, which entered the Philippine Area of Responsibility as a tropical depression around 7 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 28, was located 1,380 kilometers east of Aparri, Cagayan. Isolated light rains, however, […]
(Eagle News) — (Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte had a closed door meeting Thursday night, February 28, with US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo who came to the Philippines straight from the historic second summit of President Donald Trump in Vietnam with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Pompeo, immediately after arriving in Manila, said he intended to “work closely” with the Philippines “to address regional issues such as #NorthKorea, the South China […]
(Eagle News) – Parents are advised to be vigilant of their children’s online activity in light of the “Momo challenge,” a sinister form of cyberbullying that entices kids and young adults to do harm on themselves and on their peers, up to the extreme of committing suicide. The “Momo challenge” — which uses a creepy image of a long haired woman with bulging eyes and a devilish grin, and having bird-like thin legs – […]
(Eagle News) – China will not adopt a “tit-for-tat” approach should the Philippines decide to deport illegal Chinese workers, the Chinese embassy said on Thursday, Feb. 28. According to the Chinese embassy, in the first place, China “adheres to the principle of non-interference in other countries’ internal affairs.” Secondly, it said China “respects the laws and regulations of the Philippines, and therefore “holds that Chinese nationals should not stay or work illegally in foreign countries […]
(Eagle News)—-The government is not looking to ink a written peace agreement with the Moro National Liberation Front, Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea said on Thursday, Feb. 28. According to Medialdea, what the government wanted was “more of a gentleman’s (agreement).” “Mag-usap na lang tayo dito para magtulungan na lang tayo’,” he said. Medialdea issued the clarification after President Rodrigo Duterte said in a speech on Tuesday, Feb. 26, that he had ordered Interior Secretary Eduardo […]
(Eagle News)–Malaysia’s Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad will be in the country from March 6 to 7, the Department of Foreign Affairs announced on Thursday, Feb. 28. According to the DFA, President Rodrigo Duterte, who invited Mahathir, will officially welcome him in ceremonies in Malacañang on March 7. Duterte had gone to Malaysia in July 2018. According to the DFA, this would be followed by a bilateral meeting “to survey and discuss cooperation in the political, economic, […]
(Eagle News)—President Rodrigo Duterte has vetoed a bill banning corporal punishment on children. In vetoing the consolidated Senate Bill No. 1477 and House Bill No. 8239, Duterte said he did not share the “overly sweeping condemnation” of such a practice. He said he was “of the firm conviction that responsible parents can and have administered corporal punishment in a self-restrained manner, such that the children remember it not as an act of hate or abuse, but […]
(Eagle News) — Makatitiyak na ang publiko na de-kalidad ang mga binibiling fuel sa ilalim ng fuel marking program ng gobyerno. Ito ang isa sa mandatong nakasaad sa Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN) law kung saan required na lagyan ng fuel marking ang lahat ng refined, manufactured o mga imported petroleum products sa bansa. Kabilang sa mga ito ang gasolina, denatured alcohol na ginagamit sa motive power, kerosene at diesel. Ayon kay Finance […]
(Eagle News)–The Palace on Thursday, Feb. 28, said the government has no tolerance for rogue policemen. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo issued the statement after a latest Social Weather Stations survey said that the majority of Filipinos believe some men in uniform were engaged in illegal activities. The December 2018 survey said 68 percent believe policemen themselves were definitely or probably behind the illegal drug trade, while 66 percent believe they were definitely or possibly engaged […]
(Eagle News) — A total of 5,176 drug personalities were killed in the war on drugs from July 1, 2016 to January 31, 2019. In a press conference, the Philippine National Police and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency said 170,689 drug suspects were arrested in the 119,841 anti-illegal drugs operations conducted since President Rodrigo Duterte assumed the post. Based on the government’s figures, P19.4 billion worth of shabu was seized in January 2019 alone, an increase […]
(Eagle News) — The Commission on Human Rights on Thursday, Feb. 28, called on the government to ensure the protection of “leftist lawyers,” noting what it said were their “harassment and vilification.” CHR spokesperson Jacqueline Ann de Guia specifically mentioned the members of the Union of People’s Lawyers in Mindanao and the National Union of People’s Lawyers, whose member, Atty. Ben Ramos, was gunned down by motorcycle-riding men in November last year. “Lawyers who choose to […]
Ni Mar Gabriel Eagle News Service (Eagle News) — Lumalaki ang posibilidad na hindi talaga para sa Pilipinas ang mga bloke ng cocaine na narecover sa iba’t-ibang baybayin sa Eastern Seaboard ng bansa. Ayon kay Philippine National Police Chief Oscar Albayalde, base sa kanyang pakikipag-usap sa Australian counterparts maaari daw na ang mga narecover na cocaine sa bansa ay bahagi ng mga 500 kilo ng cocaine na narecover ng Australian Federal Police sa Solomon Islands […]
