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(Eagle News) — A Chinese passenger plane skidded off a runway at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport on Thursday night, Aug. 17. According to the Manila International Airport Authority, all 157 passengers and eight crew members of the Xiamen Airlines plane, with flight number MF8667, were safe. Based on a report, the plane experienced a “runway excursion” as it was about to land on the runway at 11:55 p.m. amid the heavy downpour. Initial reports […]
(Eagle News) — Even though he called on Davao Mayor Sara Duterte to run for a Senate seat in 2019, Senator Koko Pimentel said he was not confident he could actually convince her to do so. “Ay hindi ako kumpiyansa kasi kausap ko si Presidente kagabi e. Kilala daw niya si Sara, mukhang magme-mayor lang but still she should give it a second thought,” he said. Nonetheless, he said “I’m encouraging her to run especially now […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Labor and Employment on Thursday, Aug. 16, released the rules on the payment of wages on Aug. 21, which President Rodrigo Duterte declared a holiday. According to Labor Advisory Number 12, if an employee did not work on that day, he/she shall be paid 100 percent of his/her salary for that day. “For work done during a regular holiday that also falls on a special day, he/she shall be paid […]
(Eagle News) — Solicitor General Jose Calida and his family have asked the Supreme Court to stop Senator Antonio Trillanes IV from conducting his own probe into their security agency’s contracts with the government. In seeking a temporary restraining order or a permanent injunction on the inquiry which starts on Aug. 16, Calida, his wife Milagros and children Josef, Michelle, and Mark Jorel said such a probe into Vigilant Investigative and Security Agency’s contracts will result in […]
(Eagle News) –The Partido Demokratiko Pilipino–Lakas ng Bayan revealed on Thursday, Aug. 16, the names of personalities who may comprise its senatorial slate in the 2019 elections. Among those included in the letter submitted by PDP-Laban President Koko Pimentel for President Rodrigo Duterte’s comment were the senator’s own name, and “friends of the party” Davao Mayor Sara Duterte and actor Robin Padilla. Duterte is PDP-Laban chair. Pimentel also recommended as possible senatorial bets PDP-Laban members […]
Then Duterte resignation will “never happen,” VP lawyer counters (Eagle News) — If former Senator Bongbong Marcos wins his electoral protest against Vice President Leni Robredo, President Rodrigo Duterte might step down, the Palace said on Thursday, Aug. 16. According to Roque, Duterte “has said that he thinks Senator Bongbong is one of the better qualified leader(s) to succeed him..” Duterte, who said he was “tired” in a previous speech, also vouched for Senator Chiz Escudero, […]
(Eagle News) — The Palace on Thursday, Aug. 16, rebuked Senator Antonio Trillanes IV after he dared President Rodrigo Duterte and his family to undergo a drug test. “Ang Presidente po ay halal ng bayan. Kung gusto pong magpa-drug test ni Presidente gagawin niya pero hindi po para utusan siya ng kahit sino,” Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said. Trillanes made the comment after he tested negative for illegal drug use, based on results of a […]
(Eagle News) — Pinawi ng Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) ang pangamba ng publiko na posibleng magdulot ng tsunami sa baybayin ng Pilipinas. Ito ay matapos ang malakas na lindol na tumama sa Alaska. Ayon sa PHIVOLCS, ang lindol na may lakas na magnitude 6.5 ay tumama sa Andrean Islands at Aleutian Islands sa Alaska, alas 5:57 ng umaga ng Huwebes, Agosto 16, oras dito sa Pilipinas. Unang itinala ng US Geological Survey […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippines crushed Kazakhstan, 96-59, in its opening match in the 2018 Asian Games in Indonesia on Thursday, Aug. 16. This was even without NBA player Jordan Clarkson, who arrived in Jakarta on the same day. It was Stanley Pringle who led the scoring parade for the Filipinos, with 18 points. Christian Standhardinger scored 15, and James Yap, 12. Paul Lee contributed 10 points, and Chris Tiu nine. The Philippines will face […]
(Eagle News) — An official from the Presidential Communications Operations Office reminded its employees and other officials to “be mindful” of what they post and share in their personal social media accounts. Communications Undersecretary Lorraine Marie Badoy issued the reminder in a memorandum dated Aug. 13, or days after a video on federalism posted by Communications Assistant Secretary Mocha Uson and considered offensive by some caused indignation to some sectors. Badoy also reminded her colleagues […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Risa Hontiveros has filed a resolution seeking to declare Aug. 16 as the National Day of Remembrance in commemoration of what she said were the extra-judicial killings in the government’s war on drugs. “We have the duty to remember. Amid the deluge of fake news and the systemic attempt at data obfuscation and revisionism to cover up the thousands who have died under President (Rodrigo) Duterte’s brutal drug war, we must […]
(Eagle News) — The five candidates for the post of Chief Justice are slated to be interviewed by the Judicial and Bar Council today, Aug. 16. Facing the seven-man team are SC Associate Justices Teresita Leonardo-de Castro, Diosdado Peralta, Lucas Bersamin, Andres Reyes Jr., and Davao del Norte Regional Trial Court Branch 1 Judge Virginia Tejano-Ang. The interviews of Bersamin, De Castro and Peralta are scheduled from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. The interviews of […]
