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(Eagle News) — Pasok ang Cebu City at Kuala Lumpur sa sampung lugar na kilalang binibisita ng mga Taiwanese tuwing holiday season. Sa annual report ng online travel company na Expedia, pasok sa top 10 most visited cities ng mga turista mula Taiwan ang mga sumusunod: Hong Kong Tokyo Bangkok Seoul Osaka Shanghai Cebu Macau Singapore Kuala Lumpur Ito ay base sa kanilang online travel booking statistics. Ito ang kauna-unahang pagkakataon na nakapasok ang Cebu […]
(Eagle News)–Philippine National Police Chief Oscar Albayalde has ordered the relief of three police officers from the intelligence unit for allegedly leaking information on the alleged profiling of members of the Alliance of Concerned Teachers. In a press conference, Albayalde, without giving names, said the relieved officers came from Manila’s Station 3, Quezon City’s Station 6 and a station in Zambales. “Kung ganong intel officer, hindi dapat nagli-leak ‘yung trabaho mo, if really may utos na […]
(Eagle News)—-The Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission is currently investigating three Cabinet members. The PACC identified them as Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III, National Commission on Indigenous People Chair Leonor Oralde-Quintayo and former Customs Commissioner and now-Technical Education and Skills Development Authority director-general Isidro Lapeña. The probe stems from complaints filed against the three, the PACC said, without revealing more details. The PACC findings will be transmitted to President Rodrigo Duterte.
(Eagle News) — Walang namamataang sama ng panahon ang Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) sa loob ng Philippine area of responsibility (PAR) sa kasalukuyan. Ayon sa PAGASA, tanging hanging amihan lamang ang makakaapekto sa malaking bahagi ng bansa ngayong araw. Dahil sa amihan, makararanas ng bahagyang maulap hanggang sa maulap na kalangitan na may pulo-pulong pag-ulan ang Luzon, kabilang na ang Metro Manila at ang buong Visayas. Ang Mindanao naman ay makararanas […]
(Eagle News)–The Palace has expressed confidence the Supreme Court will junk the petition seeking to stop the third extension of martial law in Mindanao. In a statement, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said the grounds after all that were cited by the members of the opposition led by Rep. Edcel Lagman in questioning the third extension of martial law were “more or less similar with the grounds cited in their previous petition to nullify the second extension […]
(Eagle News)—The Commission on Elections on Monday, Jan. 7, said the official list of candidates for the 2019 elections will be released before Jan. 23. In a television interview, Comelec spokesperson James Jimenez said those who would not be included in the official list would not be included in the official ballots. He said the printing of the ballots would start by the third week of January. The 2019 elections are slated on May 13. […]
(Eagle News) — Magpapataw na ng mas mataas na multa ang Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) sa illegal parking simula ngayong araw, Enero 7. Mula sa dating Php 200.00, ang mga attended vehicle na mahuhuling iligal na nakaparada ay mayroon nang Php 1,000.00 na multa. Mula naman sa Php 500.00, tataas na sa Php 2,000.00 ang multa ng mga mahuhuling unattended vehicle. Maliban sa iligal parking, tinaasan din ng mmda ang multa sa traffic obstruction […]
(Eagle News) — Tataas ang presyo ng mga produktong petrolyo ngayong linggo. Pero nilinaw ng ilang oil industry sources na hindi pa ito ang epekto ng excise tax na nakatakdang ipataw sa mga oil products ngayong taon. Inaasahang maglalaro sa Php 0.80 hanggang Php 0.90 ang dagdag sa presyo ng gasolina kada litro. Una nang sinabi ng Department of Energy na aabot sa isang buwan ang buffer stock ng mga kumpanya ng langis kaya dapat […]
(Eagle News)—The administration’s drug war sees no political nor social status, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said in a statement on Sunday, Jan. 6, after a former Maguindanao mayor was killed in an anti-drug operation. “Regardless of the social and political status of persons involved and /or engaged in the illegal drug industry, the same fate will necessarily befall them if they resist arrest and shoot it out with the arresting officers,” Panelo said. According to […]
(Eagle News)–Over 100 people were killed and more than 70 were injured after Tropical Depression “Usman” hit the country. Based on the National Disaster Risk Reduction Management’s latest count, as of 6 a.m. om Sunday, deaths due to “Usman” reached 126 and 75 others were injured in Regions IV-B, V, and VIII. Twenty-six people were also reported missing. According to the NDRRMC, 150,877 families or 657,777 individuals were affected in 952 barangays in Regions IV-A, […]
(Eagle News)—The Lakas CMD has revoked its nomination of Daraga, Albay Mayor Carlwyn Baldo, who is seeking reelection in the 2019 electons. The revocation came after Baldo was tagged as the mastermind in the killing of Rep. Rodel Batocabe, who had announced plans of running for the post of Daraga mayor. “Violence in any form and for whatever reason has no place in our democratic institutions,” a statement from Lakas CMD said. Baldo has been […]
(Eagle News)—Speaker Gloria Arroyo on Saturday, Jan. 5, welcomed the slowdown in inflation rate in December last year. In a statement, Arroyo said the “focus must now be on implementing things quickly and efficiently, in all fronts.” “In general, to the extent that so-called domestic supply side factors are involved, the government’s agencies must act quickly on the implementation side, to get the plans and programs going on the ground and produce results our people will […]
