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(Eagle News) — Over 4,800 passengers have been stranded in different ports across the country due to Typhoon “Ompong.” Below is a list of stranded passengers posted by the Philippine Coast Guard in its Facebook account as of 8 a.m.: The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said “Ompong” will make landfall over northern Luzon on Saturday, but its effects will be felt as early as Friday, Sept. 14.
(Eagle News) — Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra on Friday, Sept. 14, announced a P500,000 reward for any information that would lead to the arrest of Peter Go Lim. Guevarra said the government was ready to give the reward “provided that such information will lead to the actual arrest of said fugitive.” “The DOJ warns persons coddling (Lim) who has been indicted for conspiracy to trade in illegal drugs, that they will be prosecuted for obstruction of justice […]
(Eagle News) — A group from the Philippine Military Academy Alumni Association Inc. has sought the expulsion of Senator Antonio Trillanes IV from the rolls of the alumni organization for “unbecoming acts that damaged the Academy’s honor and prestige.” In a paid advertisement in several newspapers, the Eagle Fraternal Chapter of the PMAAI based in Mindanao said Trillanes should be expelled because of “the crime of coup d’etat and graft, disrespect and arrogant behavior toward senior officers and the […]
(Eagle News) — Ten areas are now under the Signal No. 3 as Typhoon “Ompong” approached the Isabela-Cagayan area, where it is expected to make landfall on Saturday. According to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration, the ten areas were: Cagayan including the Babuyan group of islands, Apayao, Abra, Kalinga, Mountain Province, Ifugao, Nueva Vizcaya, Quirino and Northern Aurora. Signal No. 2 is up over Batanes, Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, La Union, Benguet, Pangasinan, […]
(Eagle News) — Only 533 out of 3,100 passed the Basic Competency on Local Treasury Examination in June. The Civil Service Commission said the figure represents only 17.19% of the total number of examinees. Grace Quintana from Davao region and Jed Dares Tonogan from Western Visayas, bested the examinees, with an 89.73 rating each. Other top performers were Anna Liza Gaspar (Ilocos region) with 89.19 percent; Bernadette Duya (Central Luzon) and Eddieflor Laurejas, Jr. (Eastern Visayas) with 88.38 […]
(Eagle News) — There is no warrant of arrest for Senator Antonio Trillanes IV just yet. This was after the Makati Regional Trial Court Branch 150 on Friday, Sept. 14, instead gave the prosecution five days to reply to Trillanes’ written comment and opposition to the prosecution’s motion for alias warrant and hold departure order. Trillanes, who was charged with rebellion in the court, was also given five days to respond to the prosecution’s reply. […]
(Eagle News) — The Manila International Airport Authority announced additional cancelled flights from Friday, Sept. 14, to Sunday, Sept. 16, due to Typhoon “Ompong.” Below is a list: Sept. 14 – Friday Terminal 1 MF 819/820 XIAMEN-MANILA-XIAMEN MF 8667 XIAMEN-MANILA Terminal 3 5J 504/505 MANILA-TUGUEGARAO-MANILA Terminal 4 M8 816/817 MANILA-BASCO-MANILA M8 421/422 MANILA-SIARGAO-MANILA M8 715/716 MANILA-BUSUANGA-MANILA Sept. 15 — Saturday Terminal 2 PR 2196/2197 MANILA-LAONG-MANILA PR 2198/2199 MANILA-LAONG-MANILA Terminal 3 5J 504/505 MANILA-TUGUEGARAO-MANILA 5J 506/507 […]
(Eagle News) — Consular services in areas which may be affected by Typhoon “Ompong” have been suspended today, Sept. 14. The Department of Foreign Affairs said the operations in the following areas were suspended: Angeles, Pampanga Calasiao, Pangasinan San Fernando, Pampanga San Fernando, La Union Santiago, Isabela San Nicolas, Ilocos Norte Tuguegarao, Cagayan According to the DFA, “applicants with confirmed passport appointments on those dates when the operations were suspended will be accommodated on later […]
(Eagle News) — For Senator Leila de Lima, there was no need to oust President Rodrigo Duterte from office. According to her, “God will take care of it.” “Mr. Duterte, it’s your filthy and vicious mouth that destroys you,” she said. De Lima made the statement after Duterte accused Senator Antonio Trillanes IV, Communist rebels and other members of the opposition of planning to oust him by October. Duterte had said he had proof of […]
(Eagle News) — The number of Filipinos who are jobless went down in the second quarter of 2018, a Social Weather Stations survey said. According to the SWS, adult joblessness was at 19.7 percent, or equivalent to 8.6 million adults. The pollster said this was 4.2 points below the 23.9 percent rate, equivalent to 10.9 million adults, registered in March 2018, but four points above the December 2017 rate. According to the SWS, the June […]
(Eagle News) — Work on Friday, Sept. 14, has been suspended in courts located in the Manila City Hall. Chief Justice Teresita Leonardo-De Castro said that other than those courts, there is no work suspension in courts in Metro Manila. She said, however, that executive judges, “due to their personal knowledge of the circumstances of their locality,” had the discretion to order a work suspension later in the day. In its 8 a.m. advisory, the […]
(Eagle News) — Signal Number 3 has been hoisted over Isabela, Cagayan and northern Aurora as “Ompong” nears the Cagayan-Isabela area, where it is expected to make landfall early Saturday morning. In its 8 a.m. advisory, Ezra Bulquerin, weather forecaster of the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said “Ompong,” which has a 900-kilometer diameter, was located 605 kilometers east of Baler, Aurora, moving in a west northwest direction. Its center is packing maximum […]
