Provincial News

Mahabang pila, nawawalang pangalan at mainit na panahon naman ang reklamo ng mga botante sa Surigao City

SURIGAO CITY, Surigao del Norte (Eagle News) – Maaga pa lamang ay mahaba na ang pila ng mga boboto sa iba’t ibang presinto sa Surigao City. May mga nakatalagang pulis at naglagay din ng information table ang Commission on Elections (Comelec)  para sa mga gustong magtanong o nagkaproblema sa kanilang precinct number at polling place. Marami ang nagrereklamo dahil hindi nila makita ang kanilang pangalan sa master list ng Comelec at ang iba ay nalipat ng […]

Farmer arrested for alleged vote-buying

TAYUG, Pangasinan (Eagle News) – A farmer was arrested after he allegedly tried to buy votes in Tayug, Pangasinan on Monday, May 14. The suspect was identified as Martin Fabia, 62, resident of Brgy. Lichauco, Tayug. Based on initial investigation, Fabia offered Php300 to Criselda Sardon in exchange for her support for Felomino Vidad, but she refused to accept the money. He allegedly made the offer twice. Incumbent Brgy. chair Antonio Jacob passed by and […]

Kakulangan ng mga voting official dahilan ng pagbagal ng botohan sa ibang presinto sa isang paaralan sa Bulacan

  STA. MARIA, Bulacan (Eagle News) – Ilang oras mula nang opisyal na mag-umpisa ang halalan ay nag-uumpisa na rin ang build-up ng mga pila sa bawat presinto sa Paaralang Elementarya ng Sta. Clara. Ito ay hindi katulad kaninang alas 7:00 ng umaga na mabilis lang ang proseso ng pagboto. Ayon sa mga watchers, ang matagal ay ang pamamahagi ng mga balota. Mapapansin rin na mayroon lamang tatlong opisyal sa bawat presinto: Una ay ang […]

Davao Mayor Sara Duterte casts vote in Davao

(Eagle News) –  Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte  cast her vote in her precinct inside the Daniel R. Aguinaldo High School in Barangay Matina in Davao on Monday, May 14. Mayor Sara arrived in the area past 9:40 accompanied only by her security. She cast her ballot at 9:45 a.m. President Rodrigo Duterte is also expected to cast his vote today at the same school.

US ready to offer North Korea security assurances, investment: Pompeo

    by James Mannion © Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The United States is prepared to offer North Korea security assurances and bountiful private investment if it makes the strategic choice to give up its nuclear weapons, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo pledged Sunday. The US price for normalization — complete, verifiable and irreversible denuclearization — is one Pyongyang has never before been willing to pay, seeing nuclear weapons as the ultimate […]

Alleged narco-general Loot, family survive strafing incident; at least 3 wounded

(Eagle News)—Daanbantayan, Cebu Mayor Vicente Loot, who was named a narco-general by President Rodrigo Duterte, survived a strafing incident on Sunday, May 13. The nanny of his grandchild and his two drivers were however wounded when five men carrying high-powered firearms shot at them  at a port in Barangay Maya, Daanbantayan. The mayor and his family, who had just arrived from Malapascua around 7 a.m., were unhurt because they were on a pumpboat at that […]

5.5-magnitude quake hits Davao Occidental

(Eagle News)–A magnitude-5.5 quake hit Davao Occidental on Saturday, May 12, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) said. According to PHIVOLCS, the quake struck 15 kilometers east of Malita at 4:56 a.m. The quake—tectonic in origin— had a depth of focus of 100 kilometers. An instrumental intensity III was felt in Alabel, Sarangani and in General Santos City. According to PHIVOLCS, no damage nor aftershocks were expected.  

Kakandidato bilang SK chairman, arestado matapos mahulihan ng baril

TANDAG CITY, Surigao del Sur (Eagle News) – Arestado ang isang lalaking na tumatakbo bilang Sangguniang Kabataan chairman sa Barangay Carromata, San Miguel, Surigao del Sur matapos na mahulihan siya ng baril kamakailan. Kinalala ang suspek na si Junnel Vasquez, 21 taong gulang, residente sa nabanggit na lugar. Naaresto ang suspek sa pamamagitan ng isinagawang operation na “Oplan Kapkap Bakal” ng mga personnel ng Tandag CPS sa pangunguna ni Chief Insp. Ray Sorreda sa Nicos Garden Park. […]

BFAR at bangus industry nagpulong para maiwasan ang insidente ng fish kill sa Pangasinan

Ni Nora Dominguez Eagle News Service BOLINAO, Pangasinan (Eagle News) – Isang pagpupulong ang ginawa ng Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) Regional Office 1, Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) at mga fish cage operators sa bayan ng Anda at Bolinao upang maiwasan ang posibleng insidente ng fish kill. Ayon kay Nestor Domenden, Regional Director ng BFAR RO-1, hiniling ng BFAR sa mga LGU ng Anda at Bolinao na magpatupad ng moratorium […]

4 na katao, arestado sa isinagawang buy-bust operation sa Biñan, Laguna

BINAN, Laguna (Eagle News) — Arestado sa isinagawang buy-bust operation ang apat na katao sa isang  bahay na matagal nang minamanmanan ng otoridad nitong Huwebes ng gabi, ika-10 ng Mayo. Ang mga suspek na naaresto sa bahay na diumano’y bagsakan ng iligal na droga sa Tramo, Barangay Canlalay, Biñan City ay kinilalang sina Joel Fernandez Casbadillo, 44;  Ronamay Casbadillo Haca, 22;  Aiza Rheygene Zara Casbadillo Haca, 24; at ang kasama nito na si Ryan Ignacio […]

Fish kill, tumama sa Pontevedra, Negros Occidental

(Eagle News) — Matapos ang nangyaring fish kill sa Obando, Bulacan, isa na namang insidente ng fish kill ang naiulat sa Pontevedra, Negros Occidental. Ayon sa Environment Management Bureau ng Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), nakita nila ang polusyon sa mga fish pen sa lugar. Sa ngayon, isinagawa na ang water sample analysis sa mga fish pen, gayunman, hindi pa nila matiyak kung ano ang naging resulta nito. Ang water sample analysis ay […]

Successive quakes hit Davao Occidental

(Eagle News) — Successive earthquakes hit Davao Occidental early Friday,  May 11, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said. At 4:06 a.m., a 5.0-magnitude earthquake hit 169 kilometers southeast of Sarangani. Seconds later, a 4.7-magnitude one struck 123 kilometers southeast of Jose Abad Santos. Depth of focus of the 5.0-magnitude earthquake was at 51 kilometers, while the 4.7-magnitude earthquake had a depth of focus of 86 kilometers.   Both earthquakes were of tectonic origin. PHIVOLCS […]