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(Eagle News)—–A motorcycle left on a roadside in Maguindanao exploded on Tuesday, Feb. 5. Maj. Arvin John Encinas, spokesperson of the 6th Infantry Division, said the motorcycle left in Sitio Nes Talayan past noon had been rigged with explosives. He said the vehicle had been left there by a man who did not want to go through the military checkpoint where soldiers were conducting inspections. No one was reported hurt in the incident, which the military […]
(Eagle News)–The Palace on Tuesday, Feb. 5, welcomed the decline in the inflation rate in January, attributing the same to the efforts of the administration. “Last year, soaring prices caused by uncontrollable factors tested our will as a nation. Not disheartened nor cowed, we rose to the challenge as a people,” Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said. According to Panelo, “with the President’s strong and decisive action, we remained focused and steadfast as we addressed the […]
(Eagle News) – The country’s inflation in the first month of the year continued to slow down at 4.4 percent, much lower than last December’s 5.1 percent, according to the latest data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA). Although this was relatively lower compared to the last half of the year, the inflation in January this year was still higher than January 2018’s 3.4 percent. The PSA said that this was “primarily due […]
(Eagle News)—The Senate on Monday, Feb. 4, passed on third and final reading a bill that would institutionalize the 4Ps poverty reduction program of the government. Senate Bill No. 2117, authored by Senator Leila de Lima, was approved with 18 votes, zero votes against it and zero abstentions. The 4Ps is an existing national poverty reduction strategy and a human capital investment program under which poor households are given conditional cash for a maximum period […]
(Eagle News)–Daraga, Albay Mayor Carlwyn Baldo, tagged by police as the mastermind in the killing of Rep. Rodel Batocabe, was transferred back to jail from the hospital on Monday, Feb. 4. Authorities said Baldo, who faces murder, frustrated murder and illegal possession of firearms charges, was now in the Legazpi City Jail following his stay at the UST-Legazpi Hospital for days. Baldo was taken to the hospital after he supposedly hyperventilated following his arrest. Apart from […]
Charges for damage to property also filed vs them (Eagle News)–Charges on Monday, Feb. 4, were filed against several suspects in the Jolo, Sulu blasts that killed at least 23 people and injured 95 others. Twenty-three counts of murder, 95 counts of frustrated murder charges and charges for damage to property were filed against Hatib Hajan Sawadjaan alias Imam, Usman Absara aliad Usman, Barak Ingog alias Bars, Makrim Habisi alias Makrim, Kammah Pae alias Kamah, […]
(Eagle News)—The National Bureau of Investigation has arrested Kenneth Dong, the alleged middleman in the P6.4-billion shabu shipment in 2017. Dong was nabbed by NBI operatives in a house in Katarungan Village ini Muntinlupa City at 2 p.m. The arrest was by virtue of the alias Warrant of Arrest issued by Judge Rainelda H. Estacio-Montesa of Branch 46 of the Regional Trial Court of Manila for importation of illegal drugs. Dong was also charged with rape […]
(Eagle News) – The country’s business sector, including bankers and foreign businessmen, has issued a joint statement fully backing the bill seeking to impose tariffs, recognizing it as measure that will liberalize the economy and eventually free consumers from “food supply apprehension,” according to the Department of Finance. The joint statement was signed by the Management Association of the Philippines (MAP), American Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines (AmCham), Bankers Association of the Philippines (BAP), […]
(Eagle News) — Nagsama-sama ang iba’t ibang mga relihiyon, mga non-government organizations, Armed Forces of the Philippines, Philippine National Police, maging ang mga Muslim community sa Metro Manila at sa iba’t ibang panig ng bansa sa isang solidarity walk sa Quezon City. Dala ang kani-kanilang mga poster na may panawagan na iwaksi ang karahasan. Nanawagan ang mga ito na maiwasan at matapos na ang mga nangyayaring mga pag-atake ng mga terorista sa Mindanao. Kasunod ito […]
(Eagle News) — Aabot umano sa 2,000 pamilya na nakatira sa Manila Bay partikular sa Isla Puting Bato ang apektado ng isinasagawang rehabilitasyon ng pamahalaan. Kaugnay nito, ipagkakaloob naman ng Philippine Ports Authority ang limang ektarya ng kanilang lupa sa Tondo, Maynila para malipatan ng mga apektadong pamilya. Sa pagdinig ng Oversight Committee on Housing na ipinatawag ni Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, napag-alamang karamihan sa mga residente sa Isla Puting Bato ay nakatira sa lupang pagmamay-ari […]
(Eagle News)—President Rodrigo Duterte skipped an event in Leyte on Friday, Feb. 1, because he had a slight fever, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said on Monday, Feb. 4. According to Panelo, there was however no cause for alarm about the news coming from former Special Assistant to the President Bong Go as Duterte was still in the pink of health. “He may have felt that his body was not up to performing any activity that […]
(Eagle News)—-President Rodrigo Duterte has returned the power to approve land reclamation projects to the Philippine Reclamation Authority. Under Executive Order 74, which was released on Monday, Feb. 4, the PRA, now under the Office of the President, will assume the authority from the National Economic Development Authority, which was designated as the approver during then–President Benigno Aquino III’s time. Prior to this, it was the PRA that had the mandate to approve land reclamation […]
