(Eagle News)—The Manila International Airport Authority announced the cancellation of some flights on Saturday, Feb. 23. The cancellation was due to bad weather in Guam, it said. Below is a list: UA 184: Manila – Guam UA 183: Guam – Manila
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DepEd mulls “no vaccination, no enrollment” policy in public schools
(Eagle News)—-The Department of Education is studying the Department of Health’s proposed “no-vaccination, no-enrollment policy” in public schools following the increase in measles cases in the country. “As much as there is a growing need to reinvigorate the campaign for the importance of vaccination, Education Secretary Leonor Magtolis Briones emphasizes that the proposed policy must take into consideration the human rights of learners, especially their access to quality basic education,” the DepEd said. According to […]
Light rains to prevail in parts of PHL as northeast monsoon affects Luzon, Visayas
(Eagle News)—-Light rains are expected in some parts of the country as the northeast monsoon affects Luzon and Visayas. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Bicol Region, Eastern Visayas and the provinces of Aurora and Quezon will experience partly to cloudy skies with isolated light rains. Mindanao, on the other hand, will experience partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers caused by localized thunderstorms. Metro Manila and the rest of the […]
SWS: Number of families victimized by any common crime rises
(Eagle News)–The number of families who reported being victimized by any common crimes within the past six months has increased, a Social Weather Stations survey said. According to the Fourth Quarter 2018 Social Weather Survey, done on December 16-19, 2018, the 7.6% or an estimated 1.8 million families reporting victimization by either pickpocket or robbery of personal property, break-ins, carnapping, and physical violence was 1.5 points above the 6.1% (or an estimated 1.4 million) in […]
Duterte defends Andanar’s attendance at PDP-Laban sortie
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday, Feb. 22, defended Communications Secretary Martin Andanar’s attendance at a PDP-Laban sortie. According to Duterte, Andanar, the son of Wencelito Andanar, a PDP-Laban stalwart, was exempted from the ban on government officials campaigning as he was an “ideologue” whose guidance was crucial. “The law says they can campaign,” Duterte said. He said he “did not allow the other members because they might, they will be campaigning if they want […]
After Germany summoned PHL envoy, Locsin seeks meeting with German ambassador
(Eagle News) — Foreign Affairs Secretary Teddy Locsin wants a meeting with the German ambassador after Germany’s Federal Foreign Office summoned the Philippine envoy for his supposed defense of President Rodrigo Duterte’s Nazis statement in 2016. “Yes, what now? Berlin embassy is handling it; I already told them to tell the German Foreign Ministry to send the German ambassador to me because I’d rather finish my own fights than have others do it,” Locsin said […]
President Duterte swears in Bangsamoro Transition Authority members; MILF chair named its interim chief minister
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday, February 22, swore in 80 members of the Bangsamoro Transition Authority led by its interim chief minister Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) chair Al Hajj Murad who will now ensure the peaceful transition of the regions which approved the Bangsamoro Organic Law into the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao. The President also received the resolution containing the results of the plebiscite on Republic Act No. […]
Makati court sets resumption of Trillanes trial for rebellion to March 20
(Eagle News) — The trial for the rebellion charges filed against Senator Antonio Trillanes IV for his alleged role in the Manila Peninsula Siege in 2007 will resume on March 20. On that day at 2 p.m., the prosecution is slated to present its evidence against the senator before Makati Regional Trial Court Branch 150 Judge Elmo Alameda. The resumption of the trial comes more than four months after it was supposed to resume after […]
Palace says gov’t exerting all efforts to secure release of Abu Sayyaf hostages; stands firm on no-ransom policy
(Eagle News)–The Palace on Friday, Feb. 22, gave the assurance the government was doing all that it could to secure the release of the Malaysian and Indonesian hostages of the Abu Sayyaf. In a statement issued after videos circulating online showed alleged Abu Sayyaf members threatening to behead the hostages, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo reiterated, however, the government’s no-ransom policy. “To give in to the demands of terrorists and other lawless groups would embolden them […]
Catholic Archbishop Tagle admits clergy abuse, cover-up in Vatican meeting; cites need for healing, justice
(Eagle News) – Manila Archbishop Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle admitted publicly in a world meeting of Catholic bishops on Thursday, February 21, in Vatican City on how priests had sexually abused children and minors, and stressed the need for all priests to “bring healing” to the wounds they had inflicted. Tagle was the first to give the formal talk in the meeting called by the Catholic Church’s Pope Francis to address the widespread abuse […]
Comelec official calls out some candidates over illegal campaign materials
(Eagle News) — Commission on Elections Commissioner Rowena Guanzon on Friday, Feb. 22, called out several candidates for what she said were their illegal campaign materials. Among those Guanzon berated were former Metropolitan Manila Development Authority Chair Francis Tolentino, who is running for a Senate seat in the elections. “I’m calling on the candidates especially candidate Tolentino whose billboard is still there in Pasay and I see that billboard every time I go to the […]
Sandiganbayan acquits former AFP chief Villanueva of graft
(Eagle News) — The Sandiganbayan has acquitted former Armed Forces of the Philippines Chief Diomedio Villanueva of graft. In acquitting Villanueva, the First Division said the prosecution failed to prove beyond reasonable doubt that he committed the offense when he, as postmaster general at the Philippine Postal Corp., supposedly refunded PhilPost USA, a private company $1,031,936.04 or P53,043,834.52. The amount supposedly represented “Terminal Dues paid for mail matters sent to Royal Mail (UK post office).” […]
