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INFANTA, Pangasinan (Eagle News) – Bawal pa ring pumalaot ang mga mangingisda sa Pangasinan dahil sa nararanasang sama ng panahon sa lalawigan. Batay sa inilabas na gale warning, hindi muna pinapayagang pumalaot ang mga bangkang pangisda dahil sa banta ng malalakas na hangin at ulan sa karagatan. Nakabantay ngayon ang Coast Guard na nakabase sa baybayin ng Sual, Alaminos, Infanta at Bolinao upang babalaan ang mga mangingisda kaugnay nito. Sa dam update, patuloy na […]
(Eagle News) — In these pictures taken by Eagle News correspondent Rebert Soriao in Legazpi, people are seen lining up to buy National Food Authority rice priced at P32 per kilogram. Each person is only allowed to purchase three kilograms of the cheap rice.
(Eagle News)–Classes were suspended in some areas on Friday, Aug. 24, due to bad weather. Below is a list: Abra – Pre-school to High School; public/private Atok, Benguet – Pre-school to High school; public/private Buguias, Benguet- Pre-school to elementary Kapangan, Benguet – Pre-school to Elementary School Baguio City, Benguet- all levels; public/private Itogon, Benguet – all levels; public/private Bokod, Benguet- Pre-school to Elementary Kibungan, Benguet – Pre-school to High School La Trinidad, Benguet- Pre-school to […]
(Eagle News) — An Abu Sayyaf member was killed and 22 soldiers were wounded in a clash between the military and alleged members of the kidnap-for-ransom group in Sulu on Thursday, Aug. 23, the Armed Forces of the Philippines said. Killed in the firefight in Patikul, Barangay Langhub at 9:30 a.m. was Alpata Abdurasa. The AFP said more could have been killed or wounded from the enemy side, composed more or less of 40 people, headed by […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Transportation has ordered the suspension of three Private Emission Testing Centers (PETC) for alleged falsification of emission test results. In an advisory, the DoTR said ordered suspended on Aug. 17 were Victory Emission Testing Center in Barangka Drive, Mandaluyong City; Six Eleven Emission Test Co. in Southwestern Poblacion, Calamba, Misamis Occidental; and RNJ Emission Testing Center in Muzon, San Jose Del Monte City, Bulacan. The DoTR said copies of the suspension orders […]
(Eagle News) — The Bureau of Immigration has arrested a German national who allegedly attempted to take with him to Germany four Filipinas who were “made to lie about the circumstances of their travel.” In a statement, the BI said one Herbert Joseph Vogt, 72, was nabbed on Monday, Aug. 21, as he and the four attempted to board a flight to Doha, Qatar at the Clark International Airport. Immigration officer in charge Deputy Commissioner […]
By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service The National Food Authority is under fire from some legislators following the alleged rice crisis in Zamboanga that saw a whopping increase in the prices of the staple food. Senator Sherwin Gatchalian said the NFA as a whole “has become a liability to the government,” noting the drop in its revenues “every year.” He said that from the P29.3 billion it earned in 2016, its earnings dropped to P17.93 […]
(Eagle News) — A magnitude 3.3 quake jolted the town of Jomalig in Quezon province on Wednesday morning. The quake’s epicenter was recorded at 65 kilometers north east of Jomalig, Quezon around 4:13 AM. According to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS), the tectonic earthquake has a depth of 28 kilometers No aftershocks and damages are expected, it said. https://youtu.be/7byz-FvQ8Ao
(Eagle News) — Hinihimok ng Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) ang mga nawalan ng trabaho sa Boracay Island na hindi pa nakatatanggap ng kanilang anim na buwang compensation na magtungo sa pinakamalapit na regional office ng ahensya para kunin ang kanilang financial assistance. Ayon kay DOLE USec Joel Maglunso, ang mga displaced worker ay bibigyan ng buwanang financial assistance na mahigit Php 4,200 pesos para sa maximum na anim na buwan. Katumbas aniya ito […]
(Eagle News) — A high value target who is also in the drug watch list of the Philippine National Police-Negros Oriental Police Provincial Office was arrested in a joint drug buy bust operation in Dumaguete City on Thursday, August 16. The arrested suspect was identified as Janmark Abadilla alias “Biboy” of Barangay Bajumpandan, Dumaguete City. Recovered from the anti-drug operations were two kilograms of methamphetamine also known as shabu worth of P23 million, a weighing […]
(Eagle News) — Malacanang has declared Aug. 20 a special non-working day in Lucena City, Quezon. The declaration–done in celebration of the city’s Charter Day anniversary–was done via Proclamation No. 554 signed by Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea. “..It is but fitting and proper that people of Lucena City be given full opportunity to celebrate and participate in the occasion with appropriate ceremonies,” the proclamation read. Lucena was inaugurated as a city in 1962.
(Eagle News) — Seven alleged members of the terrorist group New People’s Army were killed in a clash encounter with policemen in Antique. According to San Jose Municipal Police Station, the encounter happened Wednesday dawn, August 15, in Purok 7, Barangay Atabay, San Jose, Antique province. Authorities said they were about to serve a warrant arrest against two persons, Jason Talibo and Joven Ceralvo, who were facing murder charges when a group of eight people […]
