Provincial News

DOT-Mimaropa, kasalukuyang nagsasagawa ng visitor survey sa mga pasyalan sa Palawan

Ni Anne Ramos Eagle News Correspondent PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, Palawan (Eagle News) – Nakatakdang magsagawa ng visitor survey ang Department of Tourism-Mimaropa katuwang ang pamahalaang panlalawigan ng Palawan ngayong buwan ng Abril sa mga pangunahing destinasyon sa lalawigan. Ito ay kinabibilangan ng Coron, El Nido at Puerto Princesa City. Layunin ng naturang visitors’ surveys na mangangalap ng mahahalagang datos katulad ng accommodation establishment visitor survey, tourist attraction visitor survey at departure points visitor survey. Sinimulan […]

Six killed in shootout between police, suspected kidnappers in Laguna

By Mar Gabriel Eagle News Service Five suspected kidnappers and a member of the police force were killed during a shootout in Laguna on Tuesday, April 10. The policewoman who was killed in the shootout in Barangay Maharlika around 6 a.m. was identified as PO1 Zarah Jane Andal, while four of the killed suspects were identified as Adalia, Fernandez, Dizon and Rebadulla, based on the police uniforms they wore. The authorities have yet to determine the identity of […]

Duterte to mining companies: Plant trees within six months or face revocation of permits

(Eagle News)—-Plant trees within six months or have your mining permits revoked. President Rodrigo Duterte issued this stern warning to mining companies before he departed for China on Monday, April 9. “I do not want to see any bald (patch). ‘Yung dinaanan niyo, I want trees as tall as me by six months. Kapag wala ‘yung kahoy na iniwan ninyo sa winasak niyong lupa, then consider your permit revoked,” he said. He said he was […]

9 katao arestado sa isinagawang buy-bust operation ng Cainta Police

CAINTA, Rizal (Eagle News) – Arestado ang siyam na indibidwal sa isinagawang buy-bust operation ng Cainta Police na ikinasa sa iba’t ibang barangay ng Cainta, Rizal nitong Linggo, April 8. Ang mga suspek ay nasa target list ng Municipal Anti-Drug Enforcement Team (MADET). Pinangunahan ang buy-bust operation ni Supt. Arturo Brual, Jr. Ayon kay  Brual ang suspek ay may standing warrants of arrest sa kasong Sec. 5 RA 9165 at walang piyansang sa kanilang kasong […]

1 sundalo sugatan, mahigit 70 pamilya ang inilikas sa bakbakan ng militar at NPA sa Sarangani

(Eagle News) — Isang sundalo ang nasugatan sa naging bakbakan sa pagitan ng militar at New People’s Army (NPA) sa Alabel, Sarangani. Hindi pa naman tiyak kung may nasugatan sa panig ng NPA. Sinabi ni 1st Lt. Daryll Cansancio ng 73rd Infantry Battalion, plano ng komunistang grupo na mangikil sa barangay Tokawal. Noong nakalipas na linggo pa aniya nila binabantayan ang kilos ng Front Committee 71. Narekober sa pinangyarihan ng insidente ang improvised explosive device […]

Moderately strong quake off southern Philippines

MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — A moderately strong 5.9-magnitude earthquake struck at sea off the main southern Philippine island of Mindanao on Thursday, the US Geological Survey said, though local authorities said they did not expect any damage. The quake was recorded shortly before midday (0353 GMT) with the epicenter at 45 kilometers (28 miles) southeast of the town of Tarragona, the USGS added. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, which separately measured it at […]

Quiboloy, iniimbestigahan ng FBI sa umano’y human trafficking

MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Iniimbestigahan ng US Federal Bureau of Investigation o FBI ang Kingdom of Jesus Christ o KJC leader na si Apollo Quiboloy dahil sa alegasyon ng human trafficking. Sa report ng Hawaii news, partikular na ini-imbestigahan ng FBI ang natanggap na reklamo hinggil sa umano’y pagpapadala ng mga miyembro nito sa Hawaii para magbenta ng mga pagkain bilang bahagi ng kanilang fund- raising activities. Isang witness at umano’y biktima ang nagsabing […]

President Duterte approves 6-month closure of Boracay

Closure to start on April 26 (Eagle News)—President Rodrigo Duterte has approved the six-month closure of Boracay to pave the way for its rehabilitation. The President approved the proposal of the Department of Tourism, Department of the Interior and Local Government and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources during the 24th Cabinet meeting in Malacañang on Wednesday. According to Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque, the closure will start on April 26. President Duterte had called […]

Nasa 8,000 driver’s license, naipamahagi na ng LTO Camarines Norte; backlog mataas pa rin

DAET, Camarines Norte (Eagle News) – Mataas pa rin ang backlog ng mga hindi pa kumukuha ng drivers license na 5-year validity sa Land Transportation Office-Camarines Norte. Nasa 8,000 mula sa 20,000 pa lamang ang nakakakuha nito ayon kay LTO-Camarines Norte chief Nenita Llaban. Tuloy-tuloy naman anila ang pag-iimprenta ng naturang lisensiya sa kanilang tanggapan. Patuloy naman sa pagsasagawa ng alternatibong paraan ang ahensya upang masolusyunan ang naturang suliranin. Orlando Encinares

Promotional campaign ng iba pang tourist destination sa Western Visayas, hiniling sa DOT

(Eagle News) — Hiniling ng mga opisyal mula sa Western Visayas sa Department of Tourism (DOT) na bigyan ng prayoridad ang iba pang tourist destination sa rehiyon sa kanilang promotional campaign. Kasunod ito ng nakaambang closure ng Boracay. Ayon kay Antique Governor Rhodora Cadiao, susunod sila sa rekomendasyon ng Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) at DOT na isara sa loob ng anim na buwan ang […]

Presyo ng mga gulay sa Urdaneta Agri-Pinoy Trading Center, bumaba

 URDANETA, Pangasinan (Eagle News) – Bumaba ang mga presyo ng mga gulay sa Urdaneta Agri-Pinoy Trading Center o mas kilala sa tawag na Bagsakan Market sa Urdaneta City, Pangasinan. Ayon sa mga nagbebenta ng mga gulay ay marami ang supply ng gulay ngayon kaysa mga mamimili kaya biglang bumaba ang mga presyo nito. Rusell Failano

Barangay chair, tanod killed in Cotabato ambush

CARMEN, North Cotabato (Eagle News) – A barangay chair and a barangay tanod were killed in what police said could be a politically motivated attack in Cotabato province on Tuesday. Supt. Bernard Tayong, spokesperson of the Cotabato Police Provincial Office, said Barangay Tonganon chair Juaquin Segumban, 56, and Joey Gamotia, 57, were on board a multicab and were on their way to Barangay Poblacion from Carmen when the suspects fired at them in Sitio Galay, Barangay […]