Breaking News, Latest Philippines Headlines, World, Entertainment, Politics, Weather & Video News
DAGUPAN CITY (Eagle News) — Hindi halos naramdaman ang epekto ng transport strike sa lungsod ng Dagupan matapos na magkaloob ng libreng sakay ang city government para sa mga commuters. Nagsimula kaninang alas sais ng umaga ang pagdeploy ng mga libreng sasakayan sa mga barangay papuntang downtown area upang ihatid ang mga pasahero at vice versa. Ayon kay Gabriel Cardinoza, city information officer, labing isang mga sasakyan ng city government ang ideneploy upang umayuda sa […]
(Eagle News)–The Senate has approved on final reading a measure that would postpone the May 2020 barangay elections. Twenty-one senators voted to approve the measure, which seeks to move the barangay polls to December 2022 instead. If passed into law then, there will be two elections in 2022–one the May 2022 presidential polls, and the other the barangay elections. Senator Imee Marcos, chair of the committee on electoral reforms, more than six months is enough […]
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AFP) — Unemployment in the eurozone fell in August to 7.4 percent, its lowest level since May 2008, according to official data released Monday. The figure, which brought the number of unemployed in the single currency bloc to 12.17 million, was lower than a forecast by financial data provider Factset, which predicted unchanged unemployment at 7.5 percent. Unemployment in the eurozone thus fell below the rate just prior to the world financial […]
(Eagle News) –Starting October 6, all landline customers in Metro Manila and neighboring areas will have eight-digit telephone numbers in accordance with a National Telecommunications directive. Globe Telecom Inc., and PLDT Inc., had already issued separate advisories announcing their intention to comply with the directive, ) in its memorandum no. 10–10–2017 which orders all telecoms providers in the Metro Manila area to migrate all their customers to eight-digit telephone numbers “to address the insufficient […]
(Eagle News)–The death of a University of the Philippines student leader after he was implicated in a hazing incident should “serve as a gentle reminder to everyone to extend kindness, patience and understanding to all.” This is according to Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo, who is also a member of the Sigma Rho fraternity of which the deceased, who was not identified by UP, was a member. Panelo said this was all the more important, “especially […]
(Eagle News)–A 4.4-magnitude earthquake struck off Surigao del Norte on Monday, Sept. 30. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake, of tectonic origin, hit 82 kilometers southeast of General Luna at 2:10 p.m. Depth of focus was two kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were recorded.
(Eagle News)–The Palace on Monday, Sept. 30, expressed support for Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon’s proposal to have the passport of Guia Gomez Castro cancelled. In a press conference, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said Drilon’s was a “good idea,” noting that Castro, who law enforcers said bought recycled illegal drugs from ninja policemen, had pending warrants of arrest. Panelo said it was for the Department of Foreign Affairs, however, to ultimately decide. In calling for […]
by Stuart WILLIAMS PARIS, France (AFP) — Dozens of world leaders, including Russian President Vladimir Putin, were expected in Paris on Monday to pay their final respects to France’s late president Jacques Chirac as the country holds a national day of mourning for its charismatic former head of state. Putin and other world leaders were to join President Emmanuel Macron for a church service in the French capital, a day after thousands of people queued […]
SANTIAGO, United States (AFP) — A 6.8 magnitude earthquake struck in the Pacific off the coast of Chile on Sunday, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said. “There is a low likelihood of casualties and damage,” the USGS said of the earthquake, which it earlier reported as a magnitude 7.2, and which occurred 41 miles (66 kilometers) west-southwest of Constitucion, Chile. Chile’s National Seismological Center (CSN) put the quake at 6.6 magnitude. Despite the tremor’s […]
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AFP) — Five people were injured in a fire that broke out at a new high-speed train station in Saudi Arabia’s western city of Jeddah on Sunday, state television reported, with huge palls of smoke seen rising into the air. The station serves the main Haramain High-Speed Rail system. The route opened to the public in October last year, taking passengers between Mecca and Medina, Islam’s holiest sites. “Five people who sustained […]
(Eagle News)–A thunderstorm advisory has been hoisted over Metro Manila and other areas. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said moderate to heavy rainshowers with lightning and strong winds are also expected over Cavite, Batangas and Quezon within the next two hours. These conditions are being experienced in Santa Rosa, Laguna; Cardona, Binangonan in Rizal; Floridablanca, Magalang, Candaba in Pampanga; San Leonardo, Penaranda, San Antonio, Santa Rosa in Nueva Ecija; Concepcion in Tarlac; […]
(Eagle News)–Former Palace communications official Mocha Uson has been appointed to another government post. Based on a list of appointees released by the Palace to the media, Uson was appointed Deputy Executive Director of Overseas Workers Welfare Administration by President Rodrigo Duterte. Uson had run as a nominee for AA-Kasosyo in May, but the party-list failed to secure a seat. Uson was assistant secretary of the Presidential Communications Operations Office until she resigned reportedly to […]
