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PEKANBARU, Indonesia (AFP) — Hundreds of people held a mass prayer for rain in a smoke-filled Indonesian city on Friday, desperately hoping that downpours will extinguish forest fires and wash away the toxic haze covering wide swathes of the country. Illegal fires to clear land for farming are raging on Indonesia’s Sumatra and Borneo islands with firefighters battling round the clock through charred forests, and water-bombing helicopters deployed to douse the flames. Dense smoke has […]
(Eagle News)–Tropical Depression “Marilyn” has slowed down as it continued to move in a northwest direction. In its recent weather bulletin, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said as of 10 a.m., the center of “Marilyn” was spotted 1,045 kilometers east of Basco, Batanes, and was moving at 10 kilometers per hour. “Marilyn” is packing maximum sustained winds of up to 55 kilometers per hour near the center and gustiness of up to […]
PEKANBARU, Indonesia (AFP) — With fierce blazes raging in jungles from the Amazon to Indonesia, concerns are mounting about the impact as rainforests play a vital role in protecting the planet against global warming. The latest serious outbreak is in Indonesia, where smog-belching fires started to clear land for agriculture are burning out of control, blanketing the region in toxic smog. Why are rainforests important in fight against global warming? Mankind’s reliance on fossil fuels […]
Panel to seek for deadline extension to complete review of guidelines for GCTA accreditation (Eagle News)–The joint Department of Justice and Department of the Interior and Local Government panel tasked to review the implementing rules and regulations of RA 10592 or the Good Conduct Time Allowance Law has completed its draft IRR, but will ask for extension to review the guidelines on GCTA accreditation. This is according to Justice Undersecretary Markk Perete, who said the […]
(Eagle News)–The Supreme Court has fined two Shari’a Circuit Court judges for what it ruled were their “misjudgments” that cast doubts into the integrity of the 2014 Shari’a Bar Examinations. In a 13-page Resolution promulgated on July 24, the third division upheld the findings of the Office of the Court Administrator that found Judge Kaudri Jainul of the Shari’a Circuit Court of Isabela City, Basilan and the appointed chair of the Board of Examiners; and […]
by Paul RICARD PARIS, France (AFP) — Vaccines have saved tens of millions of lives but immunization rates have stagnated in recent years due in part to fake news stories claiming vaccinations can cause measles, autism or sterility. Here are some key facts about vaccinations: Trends Immunization prevents two to three million deaths every year, and could prevent another 1.5 million if vaccination programs were fully implemented. But vaccination rates have “dangerously” stalled, according to […]
https://youtu.be/-RYD5Cu2tHs (Eagle News) — In this report by Eagle News Service reporter Eden Santos, the country’s weather bureau announced that tropical depression Marilyn could again enter the country, after it leaves the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) on Sunday night. A high pressure area east of Japan could push “Marilyn” to again enter the country on Wednesday. But it is possible that it would re-enter the country as a weakened low pressure area (LPA). PAGASA, […]
(Eagle News)–The Bureau of Immigration has arrested more than 200 Chinese fugitives and undocumented foreign workers in Pasig recently. Immigration Commissioner Jaime Morente said on Friday, Sept. 13, that they were arrested in a corporate center where they were working two days before. The operation was conducted by the BI Fugitive Search Unit, in coordination with the Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission, Philippine National Police’s Integrity Monitoring and Enforcement Group, and the Chinese Ministry of Public Security. […]
https://youtu.be/x3htSbQgS1k (Eagle News) – In this report by Eagle News Service reporter Meanne Corvera, various witnesses detailed the various money-making schemes at the Bureau of Corrections in Muntinlupa City. In the fifth hearing of the Senate Blue Ribbon and Justice Committee, former Bucor officer-in-charge Director Rafael Ragos testified about the privileges which inmates get at the right price. These include the entry of prostitutes – called tilapia by BuCor insiders – and the entry of […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte will visit Russia next month. Foreign Affairs Secretary Teddy Locsin Jr. made the revelation in his introductory remarks before the Senate finance committee hearing the proposed Department of Foreign Affairs budget on Thursday, Sept. 12. According to Locsin, the visit was to “make up for his first state visit that was aborted within half a day of arriving by the fall of Marawi to jihadis including foreign fighters.” Maute terrorists who […]
(Eagle News)–Senate President Tito Sotto believes the three Bureau of Corrections officials who were supposed to testify to corruption in the bureau in the Senate on Thursday, Sept. 12, backed out at the last minute for fear they would be killed. Sotto noted the three backed out right after the killing of prison guard Edgardo Ferrer on the day of the hearing. According to Sotto, based on information he received, Ferrer, the father of a […]
by Luis Jaime CISNEROS Agence France Presse LIMA, Peru (AFP) — Peru’s Supreme Court on Thursday halved the pre-trial detention of Keiko Fujimori, paving the way for the opposition leader to leave jail in April of next year. Fujimori, 44, was ordered held for 36 months last October in a corruption case linked to Brazilian construction giant Odebrecht. Fujimori, who is detained at a women’s prison south of the capital Lima, had petitioned the […]
