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PBBM issues EO institutionalizing DSWD’s Pag-Abot Program for street dwellers, other vulnerable individuals

(Eagle News)–President Bongbong Marcos has issued an executive order institutionalizing and expanding the Pag-Abot Program of the Department of Social Welfare and Development. In institutionalizing the program through EO No. 52, the Presidential Communications Office said the aim is to take street dwellers and other poor and vulnerable individuals off the streets and help them become productive members of society. The program covers component assistance packages that involve transportation/relocation and financial assistance, transitory shelter assistance, […]

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Japan ‘Moon Sniper’ lands but ‘not generating power’

By Natsuko Fukue and Katie Forster TOKYO, Jan 19, 2024 (AFP) – Japan on Saturday became only the fifth nation to achieve a soft Moon landing, but the craft’s long-term fate was in doubt after space agency officials said its solar cells were not generating power. With the Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM), Japan followed the United States, the Soviet Union, China and India in landing on the lunar surface. After initial uncertainty, space […]

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4.2-magnitude earthquake strikes off Eastern Samar

(Eagle News)–A 4.2-magnitude earthquake struck off Eastern Samar early Saturday, Jan. 20. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake hit at 4:21 a.m. The epicenter was 26 kilometers northeast of Hernani, while the depth of focus was 10 kilometers. The following instrumental intensities were reported: Instrumental Intensities: Intensity I – Quinapondan, Eastern Samar; City of Catbalogan, Samar No damage to property nor aftershocks were reported.  

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Northeast monsoon affecting Northern Luzon: PAGASA

(Eagle News)–The northeast monsoon is affecting Northern Luzon. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said, as a result, Ilocos Region, Cordillera Administrative Region, and Cagayan Valley will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rains. Metro Manila will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms. Flashfloods or landslides during moderate to at times heavy rains are possible. According to the weather bureau, the eastern sections of Visayas […]

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Japan Moon lander ‘appears to have landed’: space agency

By Natsuko Fukue and Katie Forster TOKYO, Jan 19, 2024 (AFP) – Japan’s precision Moon lander “appeared” to have landed on the lunar surface early Saturday, but confirmation was still awaited, space agency JAXA said. If its Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) mission succeeds, Japan will be the fifth nation to pull off a fiendishly tricky “soft landing” after the United States, the Soviet Union, China and India. Japan’s mission is one of a […]

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US lawmakers avert damaging government shutdown

By Frankie TAGGART WASHINGTON, Jan 18, 2024 (AFP) – The US Congress green-lit temporary funding Thursday to thwart a partial government shutdown that threatened the functions of multiple key federal agencies and could have seen thousands of employees sent home without pay. With large sections of the government due to close at the end of Friday, the House of Representatives voted to keep the lights for at least another six weeks, approving a measure that […]

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Schwarzenegger watch fetches $290,000

VIENNA, Jan 19, 2024 (AFP) – The Swiss watch that got Hollywood star Arnold Schwarzenegger in trouble with German custom officials has been sold for 270,000 euros ($290,000), the actor’s charity said Friday. The action hero-turned-environmental campaigner was held at Munich airport Wednesday for failing to declare the bespoke Audemars Piguet timepiece that was being auctioned for his climate charity. Schwarzenegger called his brush with the law a “wild experience” at the charity dinner Thursday […]

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Hunter Biden to testify in Republicans’ impeachment inquiry

WASHINGTON, Jan 19, 2024 (AFP) – Joe Biden’s son Hunter will testify next month before two congressional committees carrying out an impeachment inquiry against the US president, the Republican chairmen of the panels said Thursday. “Hunter Biden will appear before our committees for a deposition on February 28, 2024,” said James Comer, chair of the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability, and Jim Jordan, chair of the House Committee on the Judiciary. “Hunter’s deposition will […]

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Seven killed in Philippine landslide

MANILA, Jan 19, 2024 (AFP) – At least seven people were killed when a landslide hit a house in the southern Philippines on Thursday, a disaster official said, with the death toll expected to rise. The incident happened in the morning in a mountainous gold mining region of Davao de Oro province on Mindanao island, where heavy rain has triggered flooding and landslides this week. A family of eight — including six children — had […]

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5.6M Quake causes damage in Colombia

BOGOTÁ, Jan 19, 2024 (AFP) – A moderately strong earthquake struck the center-west of Colombia on Friday, causing material damage and possibly contributing to a death, authorities said. “At 6:26 am local time (1126 GMT) an earthquake of magnitude 5.6 was registered at a depth of 33 kilometers (20 miles), located in the municipality of Ansermanuevo,” John Makario London of the Colombian Geological Service said in a media video. He said the “intermediate magnitude” quake […]

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Davao not exempted from PUVMP, DOTr clarifies

(Eagle News) — Davao is not exempted from the Public Utility Vehicle Modernization Program (PUVMP), the Department of Transportation clarified on Friday, Jan. 19. The DOTr issued the clarification following reports jeepney drivers there would not be affected by the government’s program. According to the DOTr, it is embarking on a bus-based public transportation system for Davao – called Davao Public Transport Modernization Project (DPTMP) – that is “separate yet complementary” to the PUVMP. It […]

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Feb. 9 declared a special non-working day

(Eagle News) — President Bongbong Marcos has declared February 9, Friday, as a special non-working holiday. In making the declaration through Proclamation No. 453, the President noted the move would give “the people the full opportunity to celebrate the Chinese New Year.” He said it would also enable them to “avail of the benefits of a longer weekend.” “The Department of Labor and Employment is hereby directed to issue the appropriate circular to implement this […]

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