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(Eagle News) — The Palace on Tuesday, Sept. 18, said Senator Antonio Trillanes IV appeared to be suffering from “paranoia” after he said his house was under surveillance based on footage he released to the media. “First it’s drama. And now it appears to be (that),” Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said. Earlier, Trillanes released footage of vehicles that he said were roaming his house, proof, therefore, he said, that he was being monitored. Trillanes, who […]
(Eagle News)– Albay Rep. Edcel Lagman on Tuesday, Sept. 17, denied he was among those who benefited from what were alleged to be P55-billion insertions in the proposed 2019 budget. “I have no participation whatsoever in the allocation of funds or the funding of projects as contained in the President’s National Expenditure Program (NEP),” he said in a statement. He noted that the NEP was prepared by the Department of Budget and Management. “To my mind, […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Antonio Trillanes IV on Tuesday, Sept. 17, released what he said was footage proving that his house was under surveillance. In the footage, a vehicle was seen stopping briefly in front of what was supposed to be Trillanes’ house, and then speeding away. The footage was time-stamped 9:25 p.m., on Sept. 11, 2018. Earlier, Trillanes said he was leaving the Senate, but changed his mind after he said motorcycle-riding men tailed […]
(Eagle News) — Vast rice and cornfields are damaged by typhoon Ompong’s powerful winds and rainds that slammed into Ilagan City in Isabela. Initial estimated pegged the damage to agriculture at more than P370 million. In the Philippines, the over-all damage to agriculture was estimated at more than P14 billion, according to the Department of Agriculture. (Ricky Laggui, Eagle News Service correspondent in Ilagan, Isabela)
(Eagle News) — Typhoon “Ompong” damaged P14.27 billion worth of agriculture after it destroyed more than half a million hectares of farmland, according to the Department of Agriculture. The agricultural damage affected rice, corn, high value crops and livestock covering a total of 553,704 hectares. This has an estimated volume of production loss at 731,294 metric tons (MT). The DA said that the rice sector had the largest share of losses since 397,204 hectares […]
(Eagle News)—-Senator Antonio Trillanes IV was given ten days to submit a counter-affidavit to the libel charges filed against him by former Davao Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte and lawyer Mans Carpio. The charges, filed before the Davao Prosecutors Office, stem from a radio interview Trillanes gave in 2017 in which he accused the presidential son and the presidential son-in-law of asking money from Uber and other firms regulated by the Road Board, the Department of […]
(Eagle News)–France extended its condolences to the Philippines for the lives lost during the onslaught of Typhoon “Ompong.” France extended “its most sincere condolences to the families of the victims of Typhoon Mangkhut (Ompong), which killed dozens of persons in Northern Luzon, and injured and displaced many others” in a statement sent by the French Embassy in Manila. According to France, “we stand ready to examine the assistance and aid they may need to face […]
(Eagle News)–Classes on Tuesday, Sept. 18, were suspended due to “Ompong.” Below is a list: Apayao – all levels, public and private Benguet, Pangasinan Cagayan – all levels, public and private Calasiao, Pangasinan – all levels, public and private Calumpit, Bulacan – all levels, public and private Candaba, Pampanga – Barangays Sto. Rosario, Gulap, Lanang, Paralaya, Pasig, Buas, Pescadores, San Agustin, Mandasig, Bambang (public and private all levels) Dagupan, Pangasinan – all levels, public and private La Trinidad, […]
(Eagle News) — The European Union expressed readiness to provide the Philippines with assistance amid the onslaught of Typhoon “Ompong” that left at least 50 dead. “The EU Delegation expresses its sincerest sympathies to the victims and to those severely affected by typhoon Ompong,” the EU delegation in Manila said in a statement. “Ompong” left 59 people dead, the Philippine National Police said. Over 500,000 were affected by the typhoon, the National Disaster Risk Reduction Management […]
CAGAYAN, Philippines (AFP) — Homes stripped of their roofs and vast cornfields drowned in muddy floodwaters: this is the aftermath of Typhoon Mangkhut as seen from the air. The world’s worst storm of the year has left scores dead in the Philippines. https://youtu.be/KBn-z9Tt7-E
(Eagle News)—-Over 500,000 people were affected after Typhoon “Ompong” hit the country, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office said on Monday, Sept. 17. The NDRRMC said that of the 591762, 286,730 people came from Region III; 109,472 individuals from Region I; and 90,523 individuals from Region II. The NDRRMC said 229 areas were flooded in Regions I and III and in Calabarzon. Classes were also suspended in 957 cities and municipalities in Regions […]
By Mar Gabriel Eagle News Service (Eagle News) – The death toll due to the onslaught of typhoon Ompong in Northern Luzon is feared to further increase as search and retrieval operations come into full gear in the mining town of Itogon, Benguet, according to presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque. President Rodrigo Duterte is now on its way to Benguet to attend a press briefing that will be led by Gov. Cresencio Pacalso, as the […]
