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(Eagle News)– Classes on Monday, Dec. 2, and on Tuesday, Dec. 3, are suspended in Sorsogon. Sorsogon Gov. Chiz Escudero said in Executive Order No. 77-2019 that the suspension, which applies to all levels in both public and private schools, was in view of the expected entry into the Philippine Area of Responsibility of typhoon “Kammuri,” which will then be called “Tisoy.” Escudero noted that based on the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration’s […]
TORONTO, Canada (AFP) — Five Americans and two Canadians were killed when a light aircraft crashed in a wooded area on the north shore of Lake Ontario, Canada’s transport safety agency said Thursday. The US-registered single-engine Piper PA-32 departed Toronto’s Buttonville Airport and was apparently headed to Quebec City when it crashed on approach to the Kingston, Ontario airport on Wednesday just after five pm (2200 GMT), Transportation Safety Board (TSB) investigator Ken Webster told […]
(Eagle News) — Typhoon “Kammuri” has remained almost stationary in the last six hours but is still forecast to enter the Philippine Area of Responsibility over the weekend. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said as of 3 p.m., “Kammuri” was located 1455 kilometers east of Southern Luzon, packing maximum sustained winds of 140 kilometers per hour and gustiness of up to 170 kph. PAGASA said “Kammuri” is forecast to enter PAR between […]
(Eagle News) – Philippine Southeast Asia (SEA) Games organizers reminded those who will be watching the 30th SEA Games opening ceremonies on Saturday, Nov. 30, as well as other SEA Games events, not to bring any of the items they have prohibited during the event for security reasons. The Philippine Sea Games Organizational Committee (Phisgoc) chaired by House Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano has issued a “clear bag policy” for the SEA Games opening to be […]
(Eagle News) — Classes in San Juan are suspended on certain days because of the Southeast Asian Nations Games. In a memorandum dated Nov. 29, Mayor Francis Zamora said the suspension on the school days that coincide with scheduled game days at the FilOil Flying V Center applies to all levels in both public and private schools. Zamora said the 3 on 3 basketball games and e-sports competitions will be held on December 1, 2, […]
(Eagle News)–Almost 100 Metropolitan Manila Development Authority enforcers will be added to the current deployment of enforcers on Edsa for the Southeast Asian Games. In a briefing in Manila on Friday, Nov. 29, MMDA Edsa traffic manager Col. Bong Nebrija said the additional 95 enforcers would assist the convoy of delegates going to the Philippine Arena for the biennial event’s opening ceremonies on Saturday, Nov. 30. He said the enforcers, like the 120 enforcers initially […]
by Mario Florencondia Eagle News Correspondent GLORIA, Mindoro Oriental – Kinikilala at sinusuportahan ngayon ng Department of Science and Technology (DOST), ang kakaibang feed mill machine na naimbento ng isang livestock farmer sa Gloria, Mindoro Oriental. Ang mill machine na ito, na ginawa ni G. Nelson Diona, ay pawang push button ang operasyon at may limang function, na nagpro-produce ng 60 sako kada oras ng malinis na pagkain para sa hayop mula sa mais. […]
(Eagle News) — Tickets for all Southeast Asian Games competitions, except basketball, volleyball and football, will be given for free to the public. Ramon Suzara, chief operating officer of the Philippine Southeast Asian Games Organizing Committee, made the confirmation in a televised press conference at the New Clark City on Friday, Nov. 29. According to Suzara, the complimentary tickets were upon the instructions of President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday, Nov. 28. He said the free […]
(Eagle News) — Metro Manila policemen deployed for the Southeast Asian Games will receive a P300 daily meal allowance. This is according to National Capital Region Police Office chief Debold Sinas, who gave the assurance on Friday, Nov. 29, that his men were well taken care of. “Lahat ‘yan sa first pa lang na deployment, you receive P500 saka P100, for the allowance and cellphone (load)..,” he added. In Metro Manila, he said around 10,000 […]
HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Low-cost carrier Hong Kong Airlines said Friday it will delay salary payments to some staff, warning its business has been “severely affected” by the political unrest in the city. Nearly six months of protests in the international finance hub have dealt with its tourism sector a massive blow, and airlines serving the city have struggled. “Hong Kong Airlines’ business is severely affected by the social unrest in Hong Kong and […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Former Japanese Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone, an ardent conservative who worked to forge a stronger military alliance with the United States, has died at the age of 101, local media said Friday. In-office for five years from November 1982 to November 1987, Nakasone was known for trying to integrate the nation defeated in World War II as a full-fledged member of the West during the Cold War era. He poured his […]
(Eagle News) — The Senate on Wednesday, Nov. 27, approved the increase in the basic salary of nurses in government hospitals to P31,545 per month. In a statement, Senator Bong Go said the increase to a salary grade not lower than a salary grade 15 , was made possible by an appropriation of P3.173 billion for that purpose in the proposed national budget for 2020. Senator Panfilo Lacson had recommended sourcing the amount from the […]
