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(Eagle News) — The Philippine Coast Guard has opened its first-ever station in the eastern part of Sulu. In a statement, the PCG said the station was located in Barangay Tanduh Bato in Luuk. PCG Commandant Admiral George Ursabia said the new station was aimed at providing Coast Guard personnel deployed there with a venue to ensure maritime safety, maritime security, and marine environment protection. “Ginawa po ang PCG station na ito (We had […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine National Police has launched the Global Coalition of Lingkod Bayan Advocacy Support Groups and Force Multipliers as part of its efforts to intensify the campaign against the country’s long-lasting communist insurgency. Participating in the launch, the PNP said, were 11 international and local organizations: Kabataan Kontra Droga At Terorismo (KKDAT), National Coalition of Information Technology Advocates for Change (NCITAC), Joint Industrial Peace Concerns Office/Alliance for Industrial Peace Program (JIPCO/AIPP), KALIGKASAN, […]
(Eagle News) — Eighty-five more overseas Filipinos have tested positive for COVID-19. According to recent Department of Foreign Affairs data, the additional cases pushed the COVID-19 cases among Filipinos outside the country to 20747. Six more recoveries also pushed the recovery total to 12234. No additional death was reported, which means fatalities remain at 1227. The Middle East and Africa are still the regions with the most COVID-19 cases, recoveries and deaths among Filipinos overseas, […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Foreign Affairs warned the public against passport application scams online, following reports of unwitting applicants showing up at the DFA with fake appointment documents they supposedly secured through social media in exchange for a fee. In a statement, the DFA said only appointments secured from the official website, which is www.passport.gov.ph, will be honored, as it noted that it would open ten more temporary satellite offices to address the […]
Eleazar orders intensified pursuit ops (Eagle News) — Philippine National Police Chief Guillermo Eleazar has ordered police forces in Caraga region to intensify pursuit operations against members of the New People’s Army he said were responsible for the attack on a construction site in Surigao Del Sur that killed a worker and wounded two others. Eleazar issued the statement after he said around 20 rebels allegedly members of the NPA North Eastern Mindanao Regional Committee-Guerrilla […]
Southern Mindanao affected by ITCZ (Eagle News) — The southwest monsoon is affecting extreme Northern Luzon. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) is also affecting Southern Mindanao. As a result, PAGASA said Western Visayas, Zamboanga Peninsula, SOCCSKSARGEN, Bangsamoro Region, and Negros Oriental will have cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms. Flash floods or landslides due to moderate to at times heavy rains are possible. PAGASA […]
(Eagle News) — The Manila International Airport Authority has released its list of operational commercial flights for Sunday, June 27: MIAA advised passengers to confirm their flights with their airlines before proceeding to the airport. It said only those with the confirmation will be allowed entry into the airport premises. Flight schedules may be subject to changes, in which case MIAA advised passengers to coordinate with the airlines as well. Metro Manila and Bulacan are […]
Canadian PM says he had spoken directly with Catholic Church’s Pope Francis, seeking an apology for the abuse by Michel COMTE Agence France Presse Prime Minister Justin Trudeau apologized Friday for “harmful government policies” and did not rule out a criminal probe after hundreds of unmarked graves were discovered at a former indigenous residential school in western Canada. The public mea culpa for the policy of indigenous assimilation and other historical wrongs comes one […]
(Eagle News) – Former President Benigno Simeon “Noynoy” Aquino III was laid to rest beside his parents’ tombs at the Manila Memorial Park on Saturday, June 26, with full military honors and a 21-gun salute, two days after his death that surprised the nation. It was at around 1:40 p.m. that the urn containing his ashes was put inside the tomb beside the resting place of his mother, former President Corazon Aquino, and his […]
MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AFP) — A shootout between suspected drug cartels left 18 people dead Friday in Mexico, a government official said. The gunfight happened in a remote area of Zacatecas state in the country’s north, said Rocio Aguilar, a spokeswoman for the state government. Drug-related violence has claimed more than 300,000 lives in Mexico since 2006, when the government started deploying federal troops to fight the cartels. “There were 18 dead, and the confrontation […]
Haiti, Malta, Philippines and South Sudan were placed Friday on a “grey list” of countries under increased monitoring to counter money laundering and terrorist financing. The Financial Action Task Force, an international organisation that coordinates global efforts to crack down on money laundering and terrorism financing, said nations on the list are working with it to correct deficiencies in their financial systems. The additions bring to 22 the number of countries currently under increased […]
(Eagle News)–COVID-19 cases in the Philippines climbed to 1391911 on Saturday, June 26, after the Department of Health reported 6871 additional cases. The DOH said of the total cases, 53447 were active. Of these, 89.4 percent were mild, 5.7 percent asymptomatic, 1.4 percent critical, 2.0 percent severe, and 1.44 percent were moderate. Recoveries increased to 1314220 , including the additional 8720 ones. The death toll is now at 24244 , including the additional 92 ones. […]
