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(Eagle News) — The local government of Itogon, Benguet has implement forced evacuation of its residents near the site of a landslide that killed more than 50 people due to Typhoon Ompong, as another typhoon entered the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR). Even though typhoon Paeng has no direct effect yet in any part of the country, Itogon mayor Victorio Palangdan enforced evacuation of residents near the landslide sites to make sure there will be […]
(Eagle News) — The damage brought by Typhoon Ompong in the country’s agriculture and infrastructure has reached to more than P18.8 billion after it hit the country a week ago, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said on Monday, September 24. For agriculture alone, the damage to crops and livestock reached more than P14.3 billion in Ilocos region, Cagayan Valley, Central Luzon, Calabarzon (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, Quezon), Bicol region, and the […]
(Eagle News)–The Palace on Monday, Sept. 25, allayed fears President Rodrigo Duterte was sick, saying he underwent colonoscopy and endoscopy as part of “routine.” “To him it was so routine na he had no qualms telling everyone, the whole world that he he had it. I think human nature naman ‘yan. It was no big deal to disclose it,” Roque said in a press briefing. According to Roque, if the President were seriously ill, he […]
By Moira Encina Eagle News Service The Office of the Solicitor General has asked two branches of the Makati Regional Trial Court to dismiss Senator Antonio Trillanes IV’s petition challenging Proclamation No. 572, and issue a warrant against him. According to the comment filed by the OSG before branches 150 and 148, where Trillanes had been charged with coup d’etat and rebellion charges for the Oakwood mutiny and Peninsula Manila siege in 2003 and 2007, […]
(Eagle News)—Philippine National Police Chief Oscar Albayalde on Monday, Sept. 24, welcomed the recent Social Weather Stations survey that showed 78 percent of Filipinos were satisfied with the government’s war on drugs. According to Albayalde, the “acknowledgment of the successful campaign against this 21st century scourge will serve to inspire and challenge us even more to wage the campaign further along with the built-in safeguards to maintain its good intentions sans irregularity or abuse.” Albayalde […]
(Eagle News)–Former Vice President Jejomar Binay is running for a seat in the House of Representatives in 2019. Quoting the Binays’ spokesperson Joey Salgado, a report said Binay will go against Monsour del Rosario for the 1st district congressional seat. Salgado, the report said, also announced Makati Mayor Abby Binay would run for reelection. The elder Binay lost in the 2016 elections.
(Eagle News)–The Department of Justice has found probable cause to indict Mark Taguba and several others in connection with the P6.4-billion shabu shipment that slipped into the country last year. Apart from Taguba, those recommended to be charged for misdeclaration, misclassifaction, undervaluation in goods declaration, and unlawful importation and exportation were Teejay Marcellana, Eirene Mae Tatad, Chen Ju Long, Li Guang Feng, Dong Yi Shen, Fidel Dee, Chen I. Min, Jhu Ming Jyun, and other John and […]
(Eagle News)—–Senator Leila de Lima is proposing a law that will regulate public solicitations and impose stiff penalties for any misuse of funds collected by solicitors. Senate Bill (SB) No. 2014, which repeals what she said was the antiquated Act. No. 4075, as amended by Presidential Decree No. 156, also seeks to “institutionalize the issuance of temporary solicitation permits to individuals or organizations needing aid in times of natural or human-induced calamities or disasters.” “Reported abuses […]
The Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives has already formally endorsed for congressional approval the proposed P18.68-billion budget of the Department of Finance (DOF) under the new cash-based system in which the implementation of projects and the procurement of goods and services are done within the given fiscal year. Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III said the DOF budget for 2019 is 3 percent or P630 million lower than the appropriation for the […]
(Eagle News)–“Trami” continues to intensify on Monday, Sept. 24, as it moves west northwest toward Taiwan. As of 1 a.m., the eye of “Paeng,” as it is locally called, was located 1100 kilometers east of Tuguegarao. The typhoon is packing maximum sustained winds of 170 kilometers per hour near the center and gustiness of up to 210 kilometers per hour, moving at 20 kilometers per hour. It may exit the Philippine Area of Responsibility on […]
(Eagle News)—-Seventy-eight percent of Filipinos are satisfied with President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs, a recent Social Weather Stations survey said. The second quarter 2018 survey conducted from June 27 to 30 showed only 13% were dissatisfied with the administration’s campaign against illegal drugs, yielding a net satisfaction rating of +65, classified by SWS as very good. SWS said this was 1 point above the +64 (75% satisfied, 12% dissatisfied) in March 2018, also classified as very […]
(Eagle News) – Thousands of students seeking to enter law school took the required Philippine Law School Admission Test (PhiLSAT) on Sunday, Sept. 23, at the New Era University in Quezon City, and in seven other testing centers nationwide. More than 4,000 students took the test at the NEU which successfully hosted the law admission test in Metro Manila. The other test sites were the University of the Cordilleras in Baguio City; Cagayan State University […]
