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(Eagle News)–Fewer families consider themselves poor, a recent Social Weather Stations survey found. The survey, conducted from September 27 to 30, found 42% of families, or an estimated 10.3 million families, consider themselves as such, a decline from the 45%, or the estimated 11 million families that rated themselves as such in June. According to the SWS, this is a 7-point bounce from the record-low 38%, or an estimated 9.5 million families,in March. The survey […]
(Eagle News)–Parts of the country, including Metro Manila, will have cloudy skies and isolated rainshowers today, Tuesday, Oct. 22. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said the partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers are expected due to localized thunderstorms. Flash floods or landslides during severe thunderstorms are possible. Extreme Northern Luzon, PAGASA said, will have moderate to strong winds and moderate to rough waters. The rest of Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao, […]
(Eagle News)–In these pictures posted on Senator Bong Go’s Facebook account, President Rodrigo Duterte is seen accompanied by his former longtime aide in Japan. Duterte left for the country on Monday, Oct. 21, to attend the enthronement ceremony of Emperor Naruhito. This is expected to take place today, Tuesday, Oct. 22. Duterte has assigned Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea as the government’s office-in-charge during his trip that is expected to end on Oct. 24.
by Natsuko FUKUE TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Japan’s new Emperor Naruhito will formally proclaim his ascension to the throne on Tuesday in a ritual-bound ceremony, but the after-effects of a deadly typhoon will cast a shadow over proceedings. Naruhito officially assumed his duties as emperor on May 1, a day after his father became the first Japanese monarch to abdicate in 200 years. But the transition will not be complete until his new role is […]
(Eagle News)–Interior Secretary Eduardo Año has recommended three police officials to the post of Philippine National Police chief to President Rodrigo Duterte. Año has recommended Police Lieutenant General Camilo Pancratius Cascolan, Police Major General Guillermo Eleazar and Police Lieutenant General Archie Francisco Gamboa to the post vacated by Oscar Albayalde following allegations he intervened in the cases filed against 13 of his men who were behind an irregular drug raid in Pampanga in 2013. Eleazar […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte left for Japan today, Monday, Oct. 21, to attend the enthronement ceremony of Emperor Naruhito which is to take place, the following day, Tuesday, Oct. 22. Duterte has assigned Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea as the government’s office-in-charge (OIC) during his trip to Japan from Oct. 21 to 24. He signed Special order No. 1125 on October 18 tasking Medialdea to be the OIC “to take care of the […]
(Eagle News)–Metro Manila will have cloudy skies with isolated rains, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said. PAGASA said the rest of Luzon will also have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated light rains as the northeasterly surface windflow prevails over Luzon. Visayas and Mindanao will also have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers, this time due to localized thunderstorms. Flash floods or landslides during severe thunderstorms are possible. Extreme […]
Beijing, China (AFP) — China’s defense minister made an uncompromising call Monday for the “reunification” of Taiwan with the mainland, telling a high level defense forum that the process was something “no force” could stop. Self-ruled Taiwan is viewed by China as a renegade province which will eventually be unified with the mainland, by force if necessary, after the two sides split in 1949 after a civil war. China will not stop in its efforts […]
(Eagle News)–A thunderstorm advisory has been hoisted over Nueva Ecija and several areas. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said moderate to heavy rainshowers with lightning and strong winds are also expected over Bulacan within the next two hours. These conditions are also being experienced in Zambales, particularly in Iba, Palauig, Masinloc, SanMarcelino, Olongapo; in Bataan, particularly in Dinalupihan; Pampanga in Floridablanca; and Tarlac in San Jose. “All are advised to take precautionary […]
(Eagle News)–The Presidential Task Force on Media Security on Monday, Oct. 21, condemned the killing of a columnist in Arayat, Pampanga. The PTFoMS said it was also “deeply saddened” by the killing of Jupiter Gonzales of Remate, who was ambushed while driving a Nissan Almera, with plate number AQA 8441, bound for Olongapo-Gapan road at Barangay Cacutud at 10:30 p.m. The vehicle crashed in a plant box beside the road. Gonzales was rushed by a […]
by Michel COMTE Agence France Presse OTTAWA, Canada (AFP) — Canadians vote in a general election Monday with polling predicting a minority government as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal Party risks losing its majority or even being kicked out of office. The Liberals and the Conservatives, led by Andrew Scheer, could be set for a near dead heat with pundits calling it one of the nation’s closest elections ever. But neither of the two […]
(Eagle News) — The number of persons killed due to the magnitude 6.3 quake that struck Mindanao on Oct. 16 rose to 7, while those injured rose to 215, according to the latest report from the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC). The fatalities include a mother and her child who died when their house was buried in landslide triggered by the earthquake in Magsaysay, Davao del Sur, and another girl from […]
