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(Eagle News)–Several flights on Wednesday, Oct. 16, were cancelled due to bad weather at the destination. Below is a list: M8 (Skyjet) M8 816 Manila-Basco M8 817 Basco-Manila The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration is monitoring a low pressure area off Aurora.
(Eagle News)–The National Capital Region Police Office has a new chief. Police Brigadier General Debold Sinas on Wednesday, Oct. 16, formally took the reins of the Metro Manila police force from Police Major General Guillermo Eleazar, who was designated the Philippine National Police’s number four man. Sinas was the chief of the Central Visayas police before his appointment. The turnover ceremony was attended by PNP officer in charge Archie Gamboa. In his speech, Sinas thanked […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte has asked the head of the Philippine National Oil Corporation to resign for alleged loss of confidence. In a statement, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said Duterte’s order against Atty. Pedro A. Aquino, Jr., who is also a member of the Board of the PNOC-Exploration Corporation, was “pursuant to his anti-corruption campaign in the government, and underscores once again that there are no sacred cows under this Administration.” Duterte has reiterated his […]
(Eagle News)–A 3.3-magnitude earthquake struck off Basilan on Wednesday, Oct. 16. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake hit 74 kilometers southeast of Tuburan at 2:59 a.m. Depth of focus was three kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were recorded.
(Eagle News)–The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services is monitoring a low pressure area off Aurora. The PAGASA said as of 3 a.m., the LPA was estimated at 1,335 kilometers east of Baler. Batanes and the Babuyan Group of Islands will have cloudy skies with light rains as the northeasterly surface windflow is prevailing over Luzon. Mindanao and Eastern Visayas will have cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms due to the Intertropical Convergence Zone. […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Cynthia Villar remains the richest lawmaker in the Upper House, based on her recently filed Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth. Villar’s P3,534, 412,797 trumps the P3,005, 808,000 of legendary boxer Senator Manny Pacquiao, who came in second place. Senator Ralph Recto was in third place, with P555,324,479.82, while Senator Juan Miguel Zubiri was in fourth, with P182,851,570.34. Senator Bong Revilla landed on fifth place, with P164,203,379.38. Below are the other senators’ […]
(Eagle News)–A thunderstorm advisory has been hoisted over parts of Mindanao. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said moderate to heavy rainshowers with lightning and strong winds due to thunderstorms are expected over Davao City, Davao del Norte, Maguindanao, Misamis Occidental, Lanao del Norte and Surigao del Norte within one to two hours. These conditions are being experienced in Bukidnon in Talakag, Damulog, Pangantucan, Kalilangan, Valencia, Maramag, Kadingilan; Misamis Oriental in Cagayan de […]
https://youtu.be/C6Lv6xFzck4 (Eagle News) — Malacanang said that it is letting the Department of Justice to decide whether to file criminal cases against outgoing Philippine National Police chief General Oscar Albayalde. “Mahirap magsalita dyan dahil hindi naman tayo ang investigator e. It’s the prosecutor who will determine the existence of a probable cause,” said Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo in a press briefing in Malacanang on Tuesday, Oct. 15. He said that the result of the Senate […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — Fans and fellow performers on Tuesday mourned the death of a K-pop star who had long been the target of online bullying, some calling for greater mental health support for those working in the country’s notoriously competitive show business industry. The body of Sulli, a former member of top girl group f(x), was discovered Monday by her manager at her home on the outskirts of Seoul. “There has been […]
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — Indonesian police said they have arrested more than two dozen suspected militants after members of a network linked to the Islamic State (IS) group tried to assassinate a government minister. The world’s biggest Muslim majority nation is on high alert ahead of President Joko Widodo’s second-term inauguration on Sunday, with some 27,000 troops expected to be deployed in the capital Jakarta. Authorities have also banned mass demonstrations in the lead up […]
(Eagle News)–The National Bureau of Investigation has arrested three alleged members of the Abu Sayyaf supposedly involved in kidnapping incidents in Sulu and Basilan in 2001 and 2002, respectively. In a statement, the NBI said nabbed in a span of three weeks were Ibnus Isa alias Jade, Amerudin Parasan alias Mudasier and Abdel-Amin Bandahala, alias Abu Black. The NBI said Isa was arrested on September 27 in Taguig, Parasan on October 3 in Port Area […]
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — Switzerland’s glaciers have lost a tenth of their volume in the past five years alone — a melting rate unmatched during observations stretching back more than a century, a study showed Tuesday. Measurements on 20 Swiss glaciers have shown that melt rates this year have reached “record levels”, according to the annual study on the state of the glaciers, published by the Cryospheric Commission at the Swiss Academy of Sciences. The […]
