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(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte has signed a law mandating the protection of Gabaldon school buildings in the country as part of the country’s preservation of its cultural heritage. Under Republic Act 11194 signed by the President on Jan. 18 but which was made available to the media on Thursday, Feb. 7, the Department of Education , National Commission for Culture and the Arts, the National Historical Commission of the Philippines, and the National Museum are tasked to implement […]
(Eagle News) — Over 700 of the more than 1,000 takers passed the licensure exams for physical therapists, the Professional Regulation Commission said. The 772 who passed represent 59.9 percent of the 1,287 who took the examinations in Manila and Cebu. Gea Gabrielle Serafica Rosales of Silliman University topped the exams, with a rating of 86.6 percent. The full text of the successful examinees can be found here: https://www.prc.gov.ph/sites/default/files/PTOT0219se.pdf
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday, Feb. 7, admitted he walked out of a Cabinet meeting once due to dismay over the slow processing of documents in government. In a speech before the oath-taking of new government officials in Malacanang, Duterte recalled how some of those attending the meeting were talking about applications before the National Economic Development Authority that were pending for 25 years. “Sinabi ko, this I would not like to […]
(Eagle News) — The Indonesian couple who carried out the twin blasts at Jolo, Sulu in January left their 10-year-old daughter with an Abu Sayyaf supporter days before. This is according to Interior Secretary Eduardo Año, who spoke to reporters on Thursday, Feb. 7. According to Año, they were now looking for the child of Abu Huda and his wife, who was not identified. Earlier, Año said Huda arrived in the country way before his wife, who […]
(Eagle News) – Not one of the six towns in Lanao Del Norte which sought to be included in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) managed to get the required “double majority” votes to be included in the new autonomous region, according to the latest plebiscite results. Lanao del Norte provincial election officer Atty. Joseph Cuevas made this announcement on Thursday, February 7, just a day after the historic second round of […]
(Eagle News) — The Armed Forces of the Philippines is still verifying reports Abu Sayyaf sub-commander Idang Susukan was killed in Jolo, Sulu. Brig. Gen. Edgard Arevalo, AFP spokesperson, made the statement after a report from The Star Malaysia said Susukan was injured in military offensives launched on Feb. 2 in the area. The offensives were launched following the twin blasts at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Cathedral on January 27. Five soldiers and three […]
(Eagle News) — Citing “infirmities,” the Court of Appeals junked the petition filed by the Alliance of Concerned Teachers to stop what it said was the police’s profiling of its members. In a four-page resolution dated Feb. 4, the eleventh division said in the first place, the petition was not accompanied by “certified true copies” of the Philippine National Police memoranda that allegedly ordered the “profiling” and which the group was assailing. ACT had argued […]
(Eagle News) — Aabutin ng isa at kalahating kilometro ang bakod na ilalagay sa Manila Bay upang bigyang-daan ang rehabilitasyon at maiwasan na ang pagsi-swimming sa karagatan. Sa panayam ng Radyo Agila, sinabi ni Environment Undersecretary Benny Antiporda na bubuksan ang kanal at lalagyan ng daluyan patungo sa outfall upang masigurong wala nang maruming tubig na babagsak sa karagatan. Mula aniya sa seawall ay dalawang metro ang layo ng itatayong bakod. “The main objective is […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippines’ recent construction work on Thitu Island (Pag-asa Island) has provoked a “paramilitary response” on the part of China, which has claims on the same as well, an American think-tank said in a recent report. In its report published on Feb. 6, the Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative said China deployed a “large fleet of ships from Subi Reef, just over 12 nautical miles southwest” off the island after satellite imagery from […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of the Interior and Local Government has ordered over 100 local government units to explain why they failed to submit the required 10-year solid waste management plans to the Solid Waste Management Commission and to the DILG. Assistant Secretary Jonathan Malaya said in an interview over CNN Philippines on Thursday, Feb. 7, that the 108 LGUs in Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao have ten days upon receipt to respond to the […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered a “vigorous campaign to promote the complete immunization of children,” the Palace said on Thursday, Feb. 7. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said the President gave the order during the Cabinet meeting on Wednesday, Feb. 6. Duterte’s order came on the day the Department of Health declared a measles outbreak in Metro Manila. A day later, the DOH expanded its declaration to other areas–Ilocos Region, Cagayan Valley, Central […]
(Eagle News) — Tinawag na “media blitz” ni Public Attorney’s Office (PAO) Chief Atty. Persida Rueda Acosta ang paninisi sa kaniya ng Department of Health (DOH) na kaya nagkaroon ng measles outbreak ay dahil sa pagsisiwalat niya na marami ang namatay sa dengue vaccine na Dengvaxia. Maging si DOH secretary Francisco Duque III ay tinukoy si Acosta kaya’t marami ang natakot na magpabakuna kontra tigdas. Giit ni Acosta, hindi siya ang dapat sisihin kundi ang […]
