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(Eagle News)—-Thirteen people have so far been injured in firecracker-related incidents, the Department of Health said. According to the DOH, 12 individuals have been wounded because of fireworks from Dec. 21 to 25. Another one was affected because of “fireworks ingestion,” the DOH said. The DOH said 11 victims were male.
(Eagle News)–In this picture, President Rodrigo Duterte is seen spending time with his family in Davao on Monday, Dec. 24. Also included in the picture are Elizabeth Zimmerman; Davao Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio and her husband Mans; Sebastian Duterte; former Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte who posted the picture on his Facebook page.
(Eagle News)–The Department of Finance has ordered the Bureau of Customs to donate 30,000 bags of undocumented rice shipments to the Department of Social Welfare and Development. Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez made the announcement in an e-mailed statement on Tuesday, Dec. 25. According to Dominguez, he gave the order to Customs Commissioner Rey Leonardo Guerrero last month. Earlier, the BOC under then-Commissioner Isidro Lapeña donated 16,000 rice bags to the same agency. Goods under the […]
(Eagle News)–Communist Party of the Philippines founder Jose Maria Sison on Tuesday, Dec. 25, accused President Rodrigo Duterte anew of being a mass murderer, saying he is the “abominable no.1 violator of human rights.” In a statement posted on his Facebook page, Sison said it was Duterte who has “brazenly used his armed minions to commit mass murders and human rights violations.” Sison made the comment in response to Duterte’s claim it was the CPP […]
(Eagle News)–The parents of the Ateneo student who was seen being physically assaulted by another in a viral video want their son to be remembered as someone who had a “strong moral foundation” and not as the “poster child for a bullied boy.” Breaking their silence for the first time, the parents said in a statement that their son, after all, “did not fight fire with fire, upholding instead his virtues of what is right […]
(Eagle News) — Pumasa sa international security standards ang Ninoy Aquino International Airport ngunit may mga bagay na kailangang baguhin at pagandahin pa. Sinabi ni Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA) Gen. Manager Ed Monreal makikipagtulungan sila sa US Department of Homeland-Transportation Security Administration para sa mga pagbabago sa security protocols sa NAIA. Kasama sa magiging pagbabago ay ang pagsasagawa ng background check sa mga kukuhaning bagong airport personnel dahil susuriin ng National Intelligence Coordinating Agency […]
(Eagle News)—-In these pictures released by Malacañang, President Rodrigo Duterte is seen interacting with children afflicted with cancer at the Southern Philippines Medical Center Cancer Institute Children’s Unit in Davao. The visit took place on Sunday, Dec. 23.
(Eagle News)—The Department of Education on Monday, Dec. 24, said the bullying incident in Ateneo captured in a now-viral video should serve as a wake-up call for people to take bullying seriously. In a statement, the DepEd said bullying is a “societal issue that demands the cooperation of teachers, parents, school administrators, community members, and even the media to instill among learners the culture of peace and the value of respect for one another.” As such, […]
(Eagle News) — Sa ating ulat panahon, inaasahang magiging maulan sa malaking bahagi ng bansa. Ayon sa Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration, ang nararanasang mga pag-ulan ay dahil sa low pressure area na namataan sa layong 80 kilometers hilagang-kanluran ng Cuyo, Palawan. Mababa pa rin ang tyansa na magiging bagong bagyo ito at inaasahan nang lalabas ng bansa bukas. Nararanasan naman ang northeast monsoon o amihan sa buong Luzon. Ngayong araw, maulap na […]
(Eagle News)—–The Integrated Bar of the Philippines has urged the Supreme Court to “take appropriate steps” for an “independent probe” of killings of lawyers since June 30, 2016. The IBP, through its president Abdiel Dan Fajardo, made the call after Ako Bicol partylist Rep. Rodel Batocabe, a lawyer, was shot dead in Albay over the weekend. His bodyguard was also killed. The IBP also urged the Supreme Court to convene a dialogue with its members, […]
Notes that probe of the others involved in bullying still ongoing (Eagle News)–The Palace has commended Ateneo for its dismissal of the student seen physically and emotionally assaulting other boys in viral videos, reiterating bullying should not be tolerated nor condoned in any way. In a statement on Sunday, Dec. 23, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo noted, however, that the probe “as regards the rest of those involved” has yet to be concluded. As for the parents […]
(Eagle News)—The Philippine Taekwondo Association wants an “indefinite ban” on the now-dismissed Ateneo Junior High School student who was seen bullying another in a viral video. In a statement on Monday, Dec. 24, the PTA said it wants the boy, a member of the Ateneo taekwondo varsity team before he was dismissed after the video went viral, banned indefinitely from “all sanctioned events not limited to taekwondo-related events, belt promotions, tournaments, or facilities of member-institutions […]
