Provincial News

DILG orders 108 LGUs to explain their failure to submit required solid waste management plans

(Eagle News) — The Department of the Interior and Local Government has ordered over 100 local government units to explain why they failed to submit the required 10-year solid waste management plans to the Solid Waste Management Commission and to the DILG. Assistant Secretary Jonathan Malaya said in an interview over CNN Philippines on Thursday, Feb. 7, that the 108 LGUs in Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao have ten days upon receipt to respond to the […]

Comelec postpones canvassing of votes cast in areas covered by second round of BOL plebiscite

(Eagle News)– The Commission on Elections has postponed the canvassing of votes cast by residents of certain areas in Lanao del Norte and North Cotabato in the Bangsamoro Organic Law plebiscite. The Comelec on Thursday, Feb. 7, said the canvassing would take place at 2 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 11, instead, as the certificates of canvass have yet to reach the Comelec main office in Manila. On Feb. 6, residents of six municipalities of Lanao del […]

5.5-magnitude quake jolts Pangasinan

(Eagle News) — A 5.5-magnitude earthquake struck Pangasinan on Wednesday, Feb. 6, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said. According to PHIVOLCS, the quake struck at 6:25 p.m. six kilometers southeast of Aguilar. The earthquake had a depth of 137 kilometers and was tectonic in origin. Intensity V was registered in Villasis, Pangasinan, while Intensity IV was recorded in Baguio City. According to PHIVOLCS, Intensity II was felt in Subic, Zambales; Pasay; Manila; Mandaluyong […]

Five suspects in twin blasts in Sulu charged in Jolo court

(Eagle News) — Multiple murder and frustrated murder cases were filed against five suspects in the Jolo, Sulu blasts that killed at least 23 others and injured several others. Justice Undersecretary Markk Perete said the  cases against Mukammar L. Pay alias Kammah, Albaji K. Gadjali alias Apah, Radjan B. Gadjali, Kaiser Gadjali and Said Alih were filed before the Jolo Regional Trial Court, after the Sulu Prosecutors’ Office found probable cause for the same. The […]

Palace: No terrorist act will scare off BOL plebiscite voters in Lanao del Norte, North Cotabato

(Eagle News) — The Palace on Wednesday, Feb. 6, downplayed any possible effect of the three blasts in Lanao del Norte the day before on the conduct of the Bangsamoro Organic Law plebiscite in North Cotabato and Lanao del Norte. “No amount of bombing or terroristic act will scare, intimidate nor threaten the voters from participating in today’s plebiscite,” Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said in a statement. According to Panelo, the Armed Forces of the […]

Duterte meets with kin of soldiers slain in Abu Sayyaf encounter, Jolo blasts in Sulu

(Eagle News)—President Rodrigo Duterte met with families of soldiers who were killed in the line of duty in two separate incidents in Sulu, the Palace said on Wednesday, Feb. 6. In a statement, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said the President met with the kin of  soldiers who died in an  encounter with the Abu Sayyaf in Patikul on Feb. 2 and with the kin of a soldier who was among those killed after the twin […]

Comelec: Conduct of BOL plebiscite in North Cotabato, Lanao del Norte peaceful, so far

(Eagle News)–The Bangsamoro Organic Law plebiscite in several towns in North Cotabato and Lanao del Norte kicked off “peacefully” on Wednesday, Feb. 6, the Commission on Elections said. James Jimenez, Comelec spokesperson, made the statement in an interview over Radyo Inquirer, a day after blasts in Lanao del Norte. Jimenez noted that apart from the blasts, there were no untoward incidents. “Nagpapasalamat tayo na medyo peaceful pa rin ang proceso natin,” he said. The plebiscite […]

President Duterte visits wake of wife of former CDO mayor

(Eagle News)—President Rodrigo Duterte visited on Tuesday night the wake of the wife of former Cagayan de Oro mayor Reuben Canoy. Canoy, a member of the Consultative Commission that drafted the proposed federal charter, was seen speaking to the President in this picture released by former Special Assistant to the President Bong Go. Solona Canoy passed away on Feb. 3.  

49 pulis, idineploy para sa seguridad ng BOL plebiscite

(Eagle News) — Nagpadala ng apatnaput-siyam na pulis ang Misamis Occidental Provincial Police Office sa Lanao del Norte kaugnay ng ikalawang plebisito para sa ratipikasyon ng Bangsamoro Organic Law. Ang send-off ceremony ay pinangunahan nina Police Senior Supt. Danilo Tumanda, acting director ng Misamis Occidental Provincial Police Office at Police Supt. Lemuel Gonda, commander ng 1st Provincial Mobile Force Company. Ang nasabing mga pulis ay tutulong sa pagpapanatili ng kaayusan at kapayapaan sa anim na […]

Motorcycle rigged with explosives blows up in Maguindanao; no one reported hurt so far

(Eagle News)—–A motorcycle left on a roadside in Maguindanao exploded on Tuesday, Feb. 5. Maj. Arvin John Encinas, spokesperson of the 6th Infantry Division, said the motorcycle left in Sitio Nes Talayan past noon had been rigged with explosives. He said the vehicle had been left there by a man who did not want to go through the military checkpoint where soldiers were conducting inspections. No one was reported hurt in the incident, which the military […]

Daraga, Albay Mayor Baldo back in jail after spending days in hospital

(Eagle News)–Daraga, Albay Mayor Carlwyn Baldo, tagged by police as the mastermind in the killing of Rep. Rodel Batocabe, was transferred back to jail from the hospital on Monday, Feb. 4. Authorities said Baldo, who faces murder, frustrated murder and illegal possession of firearms charges, was now  in the Legazpi City Jail following his stay at the UST-Legazpi Hospital for days. Baldo was taken to the hospital after he supposedly hyperventilated following his arrest. Apart from […]