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(Eagle News) – There might still be hope for decongesting the heavy traffic along EDSA, with the proposal of San Miguel Corporation (SMC) to build an “elevated EDSA” — a 10 lane elevated 22 kilometer expressway that will run fro Macapagal Avenue in Pasay City to Samson Road in Balintawak. Ramon S. Ang, President and Chief Operating Officer of San Miguel Corporation (SMC) has already submitted partial documents on the proposal to the Department […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte’s back pain was merely due to “muscle spasms,” Senator Bong Go said on Wednesday, Oct. 22. Go, who worked for the President for a long time until he was elected, said this was according to the President’s long-time neurosurgeons, whom Duterte consulted after going to former Senate President Nene Pimentel’s wake on Tuesday night. Go said the President had a magnetic resonance imaging done “….at wala naman pong nakitang dapat ikabahala.” […]
(Eagle News) –The Supreme Court announced its new Chief Justice, Associate Justice Diosdado M. Peralta, after he was chosen for the top post by President Rodrigo Duterte. Malacanang forwarded Peralta’s appointment papers signed by President Duterte to the Supreme Court on Wednesday, Oct. 23, along with the directive from Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea to Acting Supreme Court Chief Justice Antonio Carpio to immediately “notify and furnish” Peralta with his appointment paper. Peralta becomes the […]
(Eagle News)–The decision on whether or not the three contenders for the Philippine National Police post should undergo a lifestyle check is for President Rodrigo Duterte to make. This is according to Lt. Gen. Archie Gamboa, who was appointed officer in charge of the police force after Oscar Albayalde stepped down over the ninja cops mess. Gamboa was also among the three shortlisted by Interior Secretary Eduardo Año for the PNP chief post. The other […]
(Eagle News) — A thunderstorm advisory has been hoisted over Tarlac and two other areas. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said moderate to heavy rainshowers with lightning and strong winds are also expected over Zambales and Pampanga within the next two hours. “All are advised to take precautionary measures against the impacts associated with these hazards which include flash floods and landslides,” PAGASA said.
(Eagle News) –The Manila International Airport Authority has reminded travelers to go to the airport early with the expected rise in the volume of passengers who plan to go on trips abroad or to the provinces this season. In a statement, MIAA said passengers should be at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport at least three hours before their international flights and two hours before their domestic flights. “Airlines were however not discouraged to impose longer […]
(Eagle News)– Senator Leila de Lima has slammed a proposal in the House of Representatives to place newly hired workers in a two-year probationary status before they are regularized. In a statement, De Lima said the “ominous fog for a” proposal by Probinsiyano Ako party-list Rep. Jose Singson Jr. “will not only enshroud the actual issue – the abusive ENDO practices – but will also expose our workers to labor malpractice and put them in […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte was “devastated” over the ninja cops controversy, a Department of the Interior and Local Government official said on Wednesday, Oct. 23. Interior Spokesperson Jonathan Malaya made the revelation in an interview over ANC, as he stressed the importance of a new Philippine National Police chief who “would bring back the morale of the organization, bring back the public trust, and the President’s trust.” Malaya made the statement days after Oscar Albayalde […]
(Eagle News) — The Palace on Wednesday, Oct. 23, gave the assurance President Rodrigo Duterte himself would inform the public about the results of his medical consultation scheduled for today. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said the consultation with a neurologist was “aimed at determining the medical condition of (the President’s) body, as well as finding out whether his previous spinal injury from a past motorcycle accident has been aggravated by his recent fall.” It was […]
CAIRNS, Australia (AFP) — A man has died and a woman been left with serious injuries after they plunged up to five storeys from a jungle zipline in far northeastern Australia. The husband and wife from South Australia were harnessed together at the Jungle Surfing Canopy tours in the Daintree rainforest tourist hotspot in Queensland state on Tuesday when the incident occurred. A man in his fifties was pronounced dead at the scene, despite efforts […]
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — Indonesia’s Joko Widodo is set to announce a new cabinet Wednesday in a line-up that could include his election arch-rival, a multi-billion-dollar startup co-founder and the former owner of Inter Milan. Widodo, popularly known as Jokowi, beat Prabowo Subianto — a former military general accused of rights violations — in April elections to secure another term as president of the world’s third-biggest democracy. The victory followed a bitter campaign plagued by […]
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AFP) — A massive fire at the Auckland venue being built to host the 2021 APEC forum raged for a second day on Wednesday, as New Zealand officials insisted the event would go ahead. The blaze broke out at the SkyCity convention centre construction site on Tuesday afternoon and was still blanketing the city with smoke a day later, despite the efforts of more than 100 firefighters. Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters […]
