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(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte has appointed the brother of Health Secretary Francisco Duque III as administrator of the Philippine Coconut Authority, Senator Bong Go said on Monday, July 29. Go said Gonzalo Duque took his oath before Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea earlier in the day. The PCA reverted under the helm of the Department of Agriculture in September 2018. In December of that year, President Duterte said he wanted the PCA board including PCA administrator […]
(Eagle News)–Headline inflation in the Philippines decelerated to 2.7 percent in June 2019, the lowest recorded since September 2017, the Philippine Statistics Authority said. According to the PSA, the slowdown was due mainly to “slower annual rate posted in the index of the heavily-weighted food and non-alcoholic beverages at 2.7 percent.” The PSA said the “slower annual increments” in the indices of the following commodity groups also contributed to the slowdown: Alcoholic beverages and tobacco, […]
(Eagle News)–Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra has ordered the National Bureau of Investigation to probe the alleged “graft and corrupt practices” in the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office. Guevarra issued the order to NBI director Dante Gierran through Department order number 384 on Monday, July 29. The order comes days after President Duterte ordered the termination of all forms of gambling under PCSO, including lotto, STL, keno and peryahan ng bayan, due to “massive corruption.” Guevarra ordered […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte is still “thoroughly” investigating the “massive corruption” in the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office, the Palace said on Monday, July 29. In an interview over radio dzmm, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said Duterte, however, has promised to come out with the names of those involved in the scheme “as soon as possible.” In the meantime, he said PCSO outlets will remain closed. Asked how long they would be closed, Panelo said: “Si […]
GAJIRAM, Nigeria (AFP) — An attack this weekend by Boko Haram fighters on a funeral in northeast Nigeria has left 65 people dead, almost triple the initial toll, a local official said Sunday. Dozens more bodies were discovered following the assault Saturday by gunmen on a village close to the regional capital Maiduguri. “It is 65 people dead and 10 injured,” local government chairman Muhammed Bulama said. Bulama said more than 20 people died in […]
by Andrew MARSZAL LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Three people were killed and at least 15 others injured in a shooting at a major food festival in California on Sunday, police said. Officers confronted and shot dead the suspect “in less than a minute,” said Scot Smithee, police chief of the city of Gilroy, 30 miles (48 kilometers) southeast of San Jose. Police said it was “still an active crime scene” at the […]
(Eagle News)–Manila Mayor Isko Moreno has ordered the city’s business licensing office to withdraw all business and mayor’s permits issued to Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office agents, licensees and franchisees. Moreno issued the order in a memo to Atty. Paul Vega, officer in charge of the department, after President Rodrigo Duterte ordered the termination of all forms of gambling under PCSO’s mandate allegedly due to “massive corruption.” Duterte did not elaborate. “You are further directed to […]
(Eagle News)–A 3.6-magnitude earthquake struck Davao Oriental on Monday, July 29. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake, of tectonic origin, hit 185 kilometers southeast of Tarragona at 6:49 a.m. Depth of focus was 33 kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were recorded.
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Sunday, July 28, proposed the conduct of regular Coast Guard patrols off Batanes to ensure “those islands will remain ours.” The President made the proposal in his visit to the northernmost province, following earthquakes that killed at least eight people and injured several others. “But there are two islands there that are big ones. Sabi ko kay Mayor, is it ours? I do not see any… Pumunta ka siguro lagyan […]
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — New British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will make his first official visit to Scotland on Monday in an attempt to bolster the union in the face of warnings over a no-deal Brexit. Johnson will visit a military base to announce new funding for local communities, saying that Britain is a “global brand and together we are safer, stronger and more prosperous”, according to a statement released by his Downing Street […]
(Eagle News)–A low pressure area has been spotted near Pangasinan and is being monitored by the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration. PAGASA said the LPA, as of 3 a.m., was located 380 kilometers west of Dagupan City. MIMAROPA and the provinces of Cavite, Batangas, Bataan and Zambales will experience monsoon rains, with possible flash floods or landslides due to light to moderate to at times heavy rains. Metro Manila, Mindanao, Visayas, Ilocos Region, […]
ROME, Italy (AFP) — Freak storms and flash flooding following last week’s heatwave in Italy claimed three lives this weekend, including a young woman caught up in a mini-tornado near Rome’s Fiumicino airport. The 26-year-old woman was driving home at around 2:00 am Sunday when the mini-tornado lifted her car and sent it crashing against a railing. The highly localised winds tore up trees and scattered debris across the zone it hit. Further north, a […]
