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Southern Luzon at malaking bahagi ng Visayas at Mindanao, apektado pa rin ng habagat

(Eagle News) — Magpapaulan pa rin sa southern Luzon at malaking bahagi ng Visayas at Mindanao ang hanging habagat. Ayon sa Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA), magiging maulap ang kalangitan na may kalat-kalat na pag-ulan, pagkulog at pagkidlat sa Mindoro Provinces, Palawan, western Visayas, Zamboanga peninsula at ARMM dahil sa habagat. Pinapayuhan ang mga residente sa naturang mga lugar ng posibilidad ng pagbaha at pagguho ng lupa. Sa nalalabing bahagi naman ng […]

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JBC to interview aspirants for Chief Justice post on Aug. 16

(Eagle News) — The Judicial and Bar Council will interview all five candidates for the position of Chief Justice on August 16. The Supreme Court’s Public Information Office said the public interview at the High Court’s division hearing room will start around 9 a.m. The proceedings, the SC said, will be live-streamed by its PIO. The Chief Justice post aspirants are SC Associate Justices Teresita Leonardo-de Castro, Diosdado Peralta, Lucas Bersamin and Andres Reyes Jr. […]

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Mahigit 8,000 tiwaling pulis, kinasuhan

(Eagle News) — Dalawang taon mula nang maupo sa pwesto ang administrasyong Duterte noong Hulyo 2016, umabot na sa mahigit walong libong pulis ang sinampahan ng kasong administratibo. Mahigit 1800 sa kanila ang nasibak na sa serbisyo. Kasama sa mga sinibak sa serbisyo ang 261 na uniformed at non-uniformed personnel na nagpositibo sa paggamit ng iligal na droga habang 29 ang nasuspinde at siyam ang demoted dahil sa pagkakasangkot sa drug activity. Sa mahigit 8,000, mahigit […]

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Isang wika sa buong mundo, namamatay sa bawat dalawang taon – UNESCO

(Eagle News) — Sa pag-aaral ng United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) isang wika sa buong mundo ang namamatay sa bawat dalawang taon. Sa Pilipinas, may ilang wika ang itinuturing na rin na endangered o nanganganib na ring na mawala. Lumabas sa pagsusuri ng Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino (KWF) na marami sa mga katutubong wika sa bansa ang hindi na halos ginagamit ng isang partikular na grupo. Dumagat Binanggit ni National Artist For […]

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Rape cases, crimes vs property decline in first two years of Duterte gov’t

(Eagle News) – Rape cases and crimes against property, such as robbery and theft, have declined since President Rodrigo Duterte assumed office, according to the Philippine National Police. PNP Chief Director General Oscar Albayalde said that the number of crimes against properties has decreased by almost 50 percent, while rape cases declined by as much as 20 percent, in the first two years of the Duterte government. Among the crimes against property which declined were […]

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Rep. De Vera: I am the House minority leader

(Eagle News) — For ABS Rep. Eugene de Vera, he is the new leader of the minority bloc of the House of Representatives. In a television interview on Friday, Aug. 3, De Vera said this was after he was elected to the post by 13 congressmen, including former majority leader Rodolfo Fariñas and former Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez on Thursday night. De Vera said Rep. Danilo Suarez, who has also laid claim on the post, could […]

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PAGASA: No storms expected in PHL in next 2 to 3 days

  (Eagle News) — No storms are expected in the country in the next two to three days, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said on Friday, Aug. 3. Although the low pressure area PAGASA monitored outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility is not expected to enter PAR, the weather bureau said  the southwest monsoon will continue to affect the Southern Luzon area, and a large portion of Visayas and Mindanao. Cloudy to […]

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Tax court stops BIR from collecting Pacquiao couple’s alleged P3.3-billion tax deficiency while case is pending

(Eagle News)– The Court of Tax Appeals has lifted the seizure orders issued by the Bureau of Internal Revenue then-headed by Kim Henares on the assets of Senator Manny Pacquiao. The First Division also ordered the BIR to refrain from collecting the over P3 billion in supposedly underpaid taxes  for 2008 and 2009 from Pacquiao and his wife, Jinkee—the reason for the seizure orders—while the civil case was ongoing. According to the division, Pacquiao was not […]

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China wants military drills with ASEAN in disputed South China Sea, excluding US

by Martin Abbugao and Ayee Macaraig Agence France Presse SINGAPORE, Singapore — China wants to stage joint military exercises with Southeast Asian nations in disputed waters, according to a draft document, but says other countries should be excluded in what analysts say is a bid to diminish US influence. Beijing’s suggestions, which also call for joint oil and gas exploration, are part of efforts to expand its influence in the South China Sea, which it […]

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Palace welcomes indictment of Napoles, 5 others by US federal grand jury

(Eagle News) — The Palace on Thursday, Aug. 2, welcomed the indictment of alleged pork barrel scam queen Janet Lim Napoles and five others by a United States federal jury for money laundering. According to Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque, the indictment for conspiracy to commit money laundering, domestic money laundering, and international money laundering of Napoles; her children Jo Christine, Jeane Catherine, James Christopher; brother Reynald Luy Lim, and his wife Ana Marie was a “positive […]

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Pimentel: “Healthy” PDP-Laban in its “golden age”

(Eagle News) — PDP-Laban president Koko Pimentel on Thursday, Aug. 2, said the ruling party was “healthy” and in its “golden age.” Pimentel gave the assurance during a top-level meeting of the party in Quezon City, days after a faction claimed they “elected” their own set of party leaders–Rogelio  Garcia of Region 12 and Willy Talag of Metro Manila as president and secretary-general, respectively. This was after Pimentel recently stepped down as Senate President, and […]

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Ousted Speaker Alvarez throws support behind De Vera in squabble over who should lead House minority bloc

(Eagle News) — Ousted House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez is throwing his support behind ABS Rep. Eugene De Vera in the squabble over who should be the minority bloc leader following the change of leadership in the House of Representatives. Alvarez himself made the pronouncement in a meeting of PDP-Laban members on Thursday, Aug. 2, breaking his silence for the first time since he was removed as Speaker by a majority of his colleagues in the […]

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