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(Eagle News) — Kasalukuyang nagsasagawa ang Eagle Broadcasting Corporation ng blood donation drive sa tanggapan nito sa No. 25 Central Avenue Diliman, Quezon City. Ang nasabing blood donation drive ay bahagi ng EBC Cares (Enabling a Better Community) katuwang ang Philippine Red Cross. Ang tema ng blood donation drive sa taong ito ay “Dugong Alay, Pandugtong Buhay.” Ito na ang ikaapat na pagkaktaon na nagsagawa ang Eagle Broadcasting Corporation ng blood donation drive sa ilalim […]
(Eagle News) — Interior Secretary Eduardo Año on Friday, Feb. 22, said the “narco-politicians” who he said figured in the agency’s list will be identified within the election period. Año made the statement in a radio interview days after President Rodrigo Duterte publicly expressed his support for the release of the list ahead of the May polls. According to Año, there was a need to validate the names on the list before it was released. He said […]
(Eagle News) — Matagumpay na naisagawa sa buong bansa ang pinaka-unang Nationwide Simultaneous Earthquake Drill sa unang quarter ng 2019. Iba’t-ibang lugar, mga ahensya sa gobyerno, mga paaralan maging ang nasa pribadong mga sektor ang lumahok at pinagsanayan ang pagdu-duck, cover at hold. Ang Nationwide Simultaneous Earthquake Drill ay pinangunahan ng National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council at ng Office of Civil Defense. 1st quarter simultaneous earthquake drill, isinagawa sa Baguio City Nakiisa rin […]
(Eagle News)–Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Morteza Sarmadi has gone on a visit to the Philippines, and paid a courtesy call on Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. on Thursday, Feb. 21. In a brief statement, the Department of Foreign Affairs said the Iranian official met with Locsin at the DFA main office. The DFA said the two discussed the “status of bilateral relations between Manila and Tehran and regional developments.” Diplomatic relations between the two […]
(Eagle News) – -For Commission on Elections commissioner Rowena Guanzon, appointive officials who campaign for candidates should not receive their salary for that day. In a Tweet on Friday, Feb. 22, Guanzon said this was “because it means they were not doing their regular duties.” The Comelec official, however, did not give names. The 90-day campaign for over 60 senatorial candidates and 154 party-list groups kicked off on Feb. 12. It will end on May […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippines welcomed home Miss Universe Catriona Gray on Thursday, Feb. 21, with a colorful parade through the capital that inspired and brought joy to thousands of Filipino adoring fans who waited amid the heat of the sun for a glimpse of the 25-year old beauty that brought pride and honor to the country. Gray wore a Sampaguita-inspired terno jumpsuit adorned with anahaw, the national leaf, which made her all the more […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration is still monitoring a weather disturbance outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility as it intensified into a typhoon on Friday, Feb. 22. PAGASA said “Wutip” intensified from a severe tropical storm as of 3 a.m., and was located 2400 kilometers east of Mindanao. It is packing maximum sustained winds of up to 130 kilometers per hour near the center, and gustiness of up to […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine National Police on Thursday, Feb. 21, lauded President Rodrigo Duterte’s signing of a law that modifies the rank classification of policemen. In a statement, PNP spokesperson Senior Supt. Bernard Banac said the modified rank classification will “definitely” lead to “more performance output and productivity from PNP uniformed personnel..” He said this was because they would have a “high morale as they will be called again the way they were addressed before.” According […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte has signed a law modifying the ranks of policemen. Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea made the confirmation on Thursday, Feb. 21. A copy of the law has, however, yet to be released to the media. Under the law, which amended Section 28 of the Department of the Interior and Local Government Act of 1990, the following are the ranks of policemen: From Director-General to Police General From Deputy Director-General to Police Lieutenant […]
(Eagle News) — In these pictures taken by Eagle News reporter Moira Encina, former Customs Commissioner and now Technical Education Skills Development Authority Director General Isidro Lapeña is seen filing his counter-affidavit in the cases filed against him in connection with the supposed discovery of illegal drugs in magnetic lifters last year, on Thursday, Feb. 21. Lapeña was accompanied by his lawyer John Telan during the filing in the Department of Justice. The NBI has […]
(Eagle News) – Philippine sports officials are upbeat that the country’s sports training would greatly improve after President Rodrigo Duterte signed into law the Republic Act 11214 or “the Philippine Sports Training Center Act.” President Duterte presented the signed Philippine Sports Training Center Act on Wednesday, February 20, in Malacanang, along with several other significant laws that would “further support the administration’s development agenda.” Among these laws signed or presented Wednesday are the Universal Health […]
(Eagle News) — Interior Secretary Eduardo Año on Thursday, Feb. 20, said over 300 politicians were financing the New People’s Army. Año said the 349 politicians in the Department of the Interior and Local Government’s list, whom he did not name, gave their support either by paying the amount being extorted from them, or by paying what the rebels call permit-to-campaign fees. The interior secretary said of the 349,11 were governors and five were vice governors. He […]
