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(Eagle News)—A 4.1-magnitude earthquake struck Surigao del Sur on Saturday, May 11. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake, of tectonic origin, hit 64 kilometers southeast of Marihatag at 7:05 a.m. The depth of focus of the quake was 19 kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were recorded.
(Eagle News)—President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday, May 10, said Senator Antonio Trillanes IV was behind the production of the “Bikoy” videos. In a speech in Davao, Duterte said Magdalo and Otso Diretso also had a hand in the videos that figured the yellow-hooded person accusing members of Duterte’s family and others of being involved in illegal drug activities. Duterte’s family has denied the allegations. “Actually ‘yang Bikoy Bikoy, Magdalo ‘yan at Otso Diretso. Production ni […]
(Eagle News)—Scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms are expected to prevail in parts of the country today, May 11, as a low pressure area affects Mindanao. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Caraga, and Northern Mindanao will have cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms due to the LPA embedded in the Intertropical Convergence Zone and located 70 kilometers east northeast of Hinatuan, Surigao del Sur as of 2 a.m. Flashfloods or landslides due […]
(Eagle News) — A Manila court has ruled former Customs intelligence agent Jimmy Guban should be detained in the Manila City Jail and not in the National Bureau of Investigation. In ordering Guban’s transfer from the NBI detention center where he has been detained since the Department of Justice removed him from the Witness Protection Program, thereby effectively denying Guban’s motion, Judge Bernardita Santos of the Manila Regional Trial Court Branch 35 said he could […]
(Eagle News)–Scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms continue to prevail in parts of the country on Friday, May 10, as a low pressure area affects Visayas and Mindanao. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Eastern Visayas, CARAGA, Northern Mindanao and Davao region will also have cloudy skies, while flash floods or landslides due to scattered light to moderate to at times heavy rains are possible. PAGASA said as of 2 p.m., the LPA was […]
(Eagle News) – The Philippine National Police has launched a manhunt for Peter Joemel Advincula, alias Bikoy, who has pending cases for estafa and large scale illegal recruitment before local courts. “The manhunt operation is underway to find him and to serve the pending warrants of arrest against Advincula, who surfaced before the Integrated Bar of the Philippines as ‘Bikoy’,” said PNP chief Gen. Oscar Albayalde, in a statement, on Friday. The PNP chief […]
(Eagle News)–Parts of Edsa and C5 will undergo reblocking and repair starting Friday, May 10. The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority said the roadworks, which will start at 11 p.m., will end by 5 a.m. on Monday, May 13. Below is a list of the affected areas: Southbound * Edsa before Aurora Boulevard (second lane from sidewalk) and before Monte de Piedad (third lane from sidewalk) Northbound * Edsa fronting Baliwag Transit to New York Street […]
SINGAPORE, Singapore (AFP) — Singapore has reported its first ever case of monkeypox, brought in by a Nigerian man thought to have contracted the rare virus by eating bushmeat at a wedding. Symptoms in humans of monkeypox — which is endemic in parts of Central and Western Africa — include lesions, fever, muscle ache and chills. Transmission is usually via close contact with infected animals such as rodents and monkeys and is limited between people. […]
(Eagle News)–Two high-ranking officials of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines are facing disbarment cases for allegedly helping Peter Joemel Advincula commit slander and inciting to sedition. The cases were filed against IBP president Abdiel Dan Elijah Fajardo and vice chair and incoming president Domingo Cayosa by the Kabalikat partylist led by Tomas Jose Cabrido a day after Solicitor General Jose Calida called for Fajardo’s resignation for “politicizing” the lawyers’ organization. In filing the cases, […]
by Hui Min NEO Agence France Presse BERLIN, Germany (AFP) — More than seven decades after the end of World War II, the remains of political prisoners executed by the Nazis and dissected for research will be given a proper burial in Berlin. The microscopic remains — 300 tissue samples each a hundredth of a millimetre thin and around one by one centimetre large — were uncovered by the descendants of the late Hermann […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte called on all candidates running for public office to shun violence and let the people exercise their right to vote freely in the face of reports of election violence in some areas. “So you just be careful allow everybody to vote freely, this is a democracy. This is an exercise of the right of the people to choose their leader. Iyan ang mandato ng Constitution natin so we […]
MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AFP) — Mexico City’s legislature voted Thursday to ban businesses from buying, selling or giving their customers disposable plastics, a major shift for a sprawling capital that is awash in them. The ban, set to come into force in December 2020 or January 2021, includes such articles as non-biodegradable plastic bags, straws, cutlery, cups and coffee capsules, the legislature said in a statement, calling them a “serious environmental problem.” It puts the […]
