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(Eagle News) — Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo on Wednesday, June 19, slammed Senator Panfilo Lacson’s comment the Mutual Defense Treaty could be invoked in the Recto Bank incident that saw a Chinese vessel hitting a Filipino fishing vessel and abandoning it. In a radio interview, Panelo said in the first place, there was “no act of aggression” so far. “Hindi pa natin alam kung ano bang nangyari doon, is it intentional? Assuming na intentional, ang […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippines is celebrating the 158th birth anniversary of its national hero, Dr. Jose Rizal, on Wednesday, June 19. Well, Google is celebrating it, too.
(Eagle News) — The Palace on Wednesday, June 19, hailed the drop in the number of families who rate themselves as poor, based on a recent Social Weather Stations survey. “The Duterte administration continues to break barriers,” Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said in a statement. According to Panelo, this was “notwithstanding the divisive and destructive political propaganda war waged by the President’s critics and detractors during the campaign period for the midterm elections when the […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has appointed a new Commission on Higher Education commissioner. Based on papers released by the Palace on Wednesday, June 19, Aldrin Darilag assumes the post left vacant by Prospero De Vera III. De Vera was promoted to CHED chairman in October last year. Darilag will serve as CHED commissioner until July 21, 2020.
(Eagle News) — A former town mayor was shot dead while under hospital arrest in Medellin, Cebu, the police said. Police said several armed men barged inside the Bogo-Medellin Corporation Medical Center in Barangay Luy-a at 11:50 p.m. and shot Ricardo “Ricky” Ramirez, 55, dead. Ramirez, who was arrested in 2017 for illegal possession of firearms, was a detainee at the Medellin District Jail. A probe is still ongoing.
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has signed a law requiring clean restrooms and free Internet in the country’s transport terminals. Under Republic Act 11311 signed on April 17, terminals are also required to have lactating stations for mothers. The law does not cover deluxe sanitary facilities. Each day a transport facility does not comply with the clean sanitary facilities, it will be fined P5,000, and another P5,000 for each day fees from passengers are […]
(Eagle News)–A 3.6-magnitude earthquake struck Batangas early Wednesday, June 19. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake, of tectonic origin, hit 11 kilometers southwest of Calatagan at 2:29 a.m. The depth of focus was 174 kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were expected.
(Eagle News)–Fewer families consider themselves poor, a recent Social Weather Stations survey showed. The survey, done from March 28 to 31, showed a record-low 38%, or an estimated 9.5 million families, who believe this to be the case. The figure is 12 points below the 50%, or an estimated 11.6 million families, in December 2018, and 4 points below the previous record-low of 42% in September 2016 and March 2018. The SWS said the 12-point […]
(Eagle News) – The crew of a Vietnamese fishing vessel that rescued 11 Filipino fishermen adrift at sea said that the Filipinos they rescued were “clinging to plastic barrels and pieces of wood from the shipwreck” when they found them at Recto Bank. The account, as reported by VN Express, a Vietnamese online newspaper, of the Vietnamese crew who rescued the Filipino fishermen matched the account of the Filipino victims left drifting at sea […]
(Eagle News)– Yellow and red alerts are in effect over the Luzon grid today, June 19. The yellow alert, which means reserves are less than the required minimum levels, is in effect from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m., and from 4 p.m. to 10 p.m., the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines said. The red alert, which means there is a generation deficiency, is in effect from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Available capacity […]
(Eagle News)–Cloudy skies will prevail in parts of the country today, June 19. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Caraga and Davao Region will have cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms due to the Intertropical Convergence Zone affecting Mindanao. Flash floods or landslides during severe thunderstorms are possible. Metro Manila and the rest of the country will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers, this time due to localized […]
by Shingo Ito Agence France Presse TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — A strong 6.4-magnitude earthquake rocked Japan, sparking a tsunami advisory that was later lifted with no reports Wednesday of major damage and only a handful of light injuries. The nation’s meteorological agency had warned Tuesday that a wave of one metre (three feet) could hit the coast of the Sea of Japan, north of Tokyo, but only small ripples of 10 centimetres were recorded. […]
