Breaking News, Latest Philippines Headlines, World, Entertainment, Politics, Weather & Video News
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte said that the number of Filipinos using illegal drugs has significantly decreased during his administration. In his recent address to the nation, the President reported that based on the figures from the Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB), there were about 1.67 million who are currently still hooked onto illegal drugs. He said that around two out of 100 Filipinos are still using drugs. Duterte said that this is significantly […]
(Eagle News)–Tourist departures have so far remained low despite the government’s decision to allow non-essential outbound travel for Filipinos, the Bureau of Immigration said. In a statement, the bureau said as of early evening on Wednesday, the first day the restrictions on international leisure travel were lifted, only 95 Filipinos left under a tourist visa of the total 1,172 Filipinos who departed. The bureau said this was in contrast to the 64 who left on […]
(Eagle News)–Authorities have intercepted two containers of illegally imported waste coming from the United States, the Bureau of Customs said. In a statement, the bureau said the containers which were consigned to Bataan 2020 Inc. were among the 30 containers issued an alert order, and declared as American Old Corrugated Cartons for Repulping. The bureau said the two containers were intercepted as they exited the Subic Bay International Terminal Corp. on Oct. 21. The operation […]
by Daniel SILVA Agence France Presse Spain has become the first European Union nation to record a million coronavirus infections, official data showed on Wednesday, as the government mulled fresh restrictions on public life to curb the spread of the disease. The country recorded 16,973 confirmed cases of Covid-19 over the past 24 hours, the health ministry announced, taking the total to 1,005,295 since its first case was diagnosed on January 31 on the […]
(Eagle News)–Voter registration is now from Mondays to Fridays, the Commission on Elections said. According to Comelec spokesperson James Jimenez, the commission deemed it “necessary” to revert to the weekday schedule from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. each day to allow for a disinfection on Saturdays of all Offices of the Election Officer nationwide. When voter registration resumed on Sept. 1, it was scheduled from Tuesdays to Saturdays. In critical areas that may be localized […]
(Eagle News) – Storm Pepito has caused close P121.7 million damage to agriculture and infrastructure, mostly in Region 2 or in Cagayan Valley, according to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC). The damage to agriculture alone amounted to P92.46 million in Cagayan, Isabela, Nueva Vizcaya and Quirino. Damage to infrastructure amounted to 29.24 million in Ifugao and Isabela. But the NDRRMC said that this is just the initial amount based on […]
BERLIN, Germany (AFP) — Germany recorded 11,287 new Covid-19 infections in 24 hours, a sharp jump from the previous day and a record for the country since the outbreak of the pandemic, according to official data Thursday. The figure far exceeds the next highest total of 7,830 recorded last Friday, and is a steep jump from the 7,595 cases reported on Wednesday by the Robert Koch Institute. A press conference was expected later Thursday morning, […]
(Eagle News) — “Pepito” has intensified into a typhoon after leaving the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) on Thursday morning, according to the country’s weather bureau, PAGASA. In its 11 a.m. weather bulletin, PAGASA said that Pepito left the country at 7:30 a.m. today, Thursday, Oct. 22, and is forecast to make landfall over central portion of Vietnam by Sunday. “Pepito” intensified into a typhoon at 8 a.m.today, PAGASA said, and “may reach its peak […]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRRoCEM8xvs&feature=youtu.be (Eagle News) — Baguio City and some provinces in the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) were affected by rains and winds brought about by storm Pepito on Wednesday, Oct. 21 as can be seen in this video. Most of these CAR provinces were under Signal No. 1 on Wednesday, but was later lifted as “Pepito” moved over the West Philippine Sea. Local officials in these areas, where landslides usually occur during storms, were on […]
(Eagle News)–The Department of Information and Communications Technology and the National Telecommunications Commission are calling for an amendment to a Department of Public Works and Highways order that bans phone cable posts and posts of mobile service providers along national roads. In asking the DPWH to look into the feasibility of amending Department Order 73 s. 2014, the ICT department and the NTC noted that the provision that also prohibits the “posts and towers of […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The US government announced approval Wednesday to sell $1 billion worth of advanced air-to-ground missiles to Taiwan as the island shores up its defenses against the threat from China. The State Department said it had agreed to sell 135 of the AGM-84H SLAM-ER missiles, precision-guided, air-launched cruise missiles, and related equipment. Also approved was the sale of six MS-110 reconnaissance pods for air reconnaissance, and 11 M142 mobile light rocket […]
(Eagle News)–The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration is monitoring a tropical depression and a low pressure area outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility. PAGASA said the tropical depression was apart from Severe Tropical Storm “Pepito,” which is expected to exit PAR today or later in the afternoon. The weather bureau said the tropical depression was estimated 1835 kilometers east northeast of extreme Northern Luzon. It is packing maximum sustained winds of 55 kph […]
