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GENERAL SANTOS, Philippines (AFP) — Manny Pacquiao said Monday he was good for “two or three” more fights, naming Terence Crawford, Vasyl Lomachenko or Floyd Mayweather as possible opponents a day after winning a new world title. The 39-year-old Filipino shrugged off renewed calls by friends including President Rodrigo Duterte to hang up his gloves after stopping World Boxing Association welterweight champion Lucas Matthysse, saying he would be “lonely” outside the ring. Pacquiao flew […]
(Eagle News)—The Supreme Court suspended work in all courts in Metro Manila on Wednesday, July 18. Acting Chief Justice Antonio said the suspension, which applies to the SC, Court of Tax Appeals, Sandiganbayan, and Court of Appeals, was in view of the heavy rains and “persistent threats of flooding.” Monsoon rains caused flooding in several areas overnight.
(Eagle News)–Classes on Wednesday, July 18, have been suspended in some areas due to the expected continuous rains. Below is the list: All levels Bani, Pangasinan Bataan Agoncillo, Batangas Calatagan, Batangas Balayan, Batangas Bamban, Tarlac Lemery, Batangas Lian, Batangas Metro Manila Nasugbu, Batangas Tanauan City, Batangas Malvar, Batangas Bulacan province Cavite San Pedro, Laguna Abra de Ilog, Occidental Mindoro Mamburao, Occidental Mindoro Rizal Zambales Pampanga Elementary to senior high school Lipa, Batangas Guiguinto, Bulacan Tarlac […]
(Eagle News) — Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Zhao Jianhua on Tuesday, July 17, denied the Philippines was headed for a debt trap with its availing of Chinese loans to finance projects under the “Build, Build, Build” program. “Let me make it quite clear, these projects, these two bridges are going to be financed by Chinese grants. That is, we’re going to build it for free,” Zhao, who graced the groundbreaking ceremony for the Binondo-Intramuros bridge on […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippines will never be a province of China. “It has never been any part of China. No, not now, not ever,” Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Zhao Jianhua told reporters on Tuesday, July 17. Zhao made the comment in response to the “Welcome to the Philippines, Province of China” banners that were hung in some overpasses in Metro Manila on July 12, two years after the Philippines won the arbitration case against […]
(Eagle News) — The government has allowed the establishment of a trust fund funded by express lane fees to increase the salaries of Bureau of Immigration personnel. “There is a need for an interim measure to augment the salaries of BI employees, in recognition of the indispensability of their functions, the apparent disparity between the basic pay of BI employees and employees of government agencies performing comparable functions, and to promote the continuous and unhampered […]
(Eagle News) — The Supreme Court unanimously endorsed the appointment of Associate Justice Samuel Martires to the post of Ombudsman, a media briefer said on Tuesday, July 17. The briefer said Martires obtained 11 votes of the 12 justices who were present. Martires did not take part in the voting, while Associate Justices Alfredo Caguioa and Estela Perlas-Bernabe were not present. Only three applicants to the Ombudsman post received votes from the SC. Apart from […]
(Eagle News) — The Supreme Court has reprimanded ousted Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno after she lashed out at the justices while a quo warranto petition was pending against her. In a media briefer shown to the media on Tuesday, July 17, the SC said it gave Sereno a “stern warning a repetition of the same acts will merit a heavier penalty.” The SC issued a show-cause order against Sereno after she went around universities […]
(Eagle News) — Former President Benigno Aquino III on Tuesday, July 17, said there was a lack of due process in the National Bureau of Investigation’s filing of a technical malversation complaint against him and several others over the Dengvaxia mess. “Ang punto lang dito, to give your evidence on a certain investigation…pero ‘di mo matukoy sa pinadalang subpoena ano ‘yung nirereklamo sa’yo para masagot mo,” Aquino, who filed his rejoinder to the complaint also […]
(Eagle News) — “Henry” has intensified into a tropical storm and is now outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility. Although signal number one has been lifted over the Babuyan Group of Islands and the northern portion of Ilocos Norte, the southwest monsoon will bring monsoon rains over Metro Manila, Zambales, Bataan, Cavite, Batangas, Mindoro Provinces, Palawan and Western Visayas, and scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms over the rest of the country, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical […]
(Eagle News) — Flooding is seen in Pres. Quirino Avenue going to Osmeña Highway due to heavy rains. (Photos courtesy of Eagle News Correspondent Nelski Duran)
(Eagle News) – Nagkansela na ng pasok ang ilang mga lokal na pamahalaan ngayong Martes, Hulyo 17. Sa abiso na inilabas ng mga local government, ang kanselasyon ng pasok ay bunsod ng masamang panahong dala ng bagyong Henry. Kabilang sa mga walang pasok ang mga sumusunod: Bataan (lahat ng antas, pribado at pampubliko) Hagonoy, Bulacan (pre-school hanggang high school) Naic, Cavite (lahat ng antas, pribado at pampubliko) Batangas (lahat ng antas, pribado at pampubliko) Morong, […]
