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(Eagle News)—The Palace on Saturday, March 23, said that while it was the right of former Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario and former Ombudsman Conchita Carpio Morales to file it, the filing of a communication against China’s Xi Jinping before the International Criminal Court may be a “futile exercise.” In a statement, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said this was because in the first place, China was not a member of the ICC and as […]
(Eagle News)–A 3.4-magnitude quake struck Surigao del Norte on Saturday, March 23. The earthquake hit 23 kilometers northeast of San Isidro at 8:04 a.m., the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said. PHIVOLCS said the quake was tectonic in origin. No damage to property nor aftershocks were expected.
(Eagle News)—-Cloudy skies will prevail in many parts in the country on Saturday, March 23, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said. According to PAGASA, Bicol Region, Samar Provinces, Caraga, and Davao Region will experience partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers due to localized thunderstorms. Batanes and Babuyan Group of Islands will also experience partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers but this time due to the frontal system. Place: […]
Customs accreditation of consignee, broker revoked (Eagle News)–Charges will be filed against those behind the P1.8 billion worth of shabu intercepted by Customs authorities. In a statement, Manila International Container Port District Collector Atty. Erastus Sandino B. Austria said he has also revoked the customs accreditation of the consignee, Wealth Lotus Empire Corporation, behind the shipment from Vietnam intercepted on Friday, March 22. He said the accreditation of customs broker Jane A. Castillo has also […]
by Marlowe HOOD Agence France Presse Human appetites are pushing makos and other iconic sharks to the brink of extinction, scientists warned in a new assessment of the apex predator’s conservation status. Seventeen of 58 species evaluated were classified as facing extinction, the Shark Specialist Group of the International Union for the Conservation (IUCN) said late Thursday in an update of the Red List of threatened animals and plants. “Our results are alarming,” said Nicholas […]
(Eagle News) — A passenger bus burst into flames early evening of Friday, March 22, 2019, along the northbound side of EDSA, particularly near the EDSA Shaw tunnel, allegedly after it overheated. No one was reported hurt after the VTSC bus with plate number TXX 274 caught flame, according to authorities. Firemen immediately arrived at the scene and put out the fire. The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) also posted a tweet about the vehicular […]
Our EBC Correspondent from Colombia Janica Era Peralta — Reports From Bogota
(Eagle News)—Senator Sonny Trillanes IV on Friday, March 22, pleaded not guilty to the grave threats charges filed against him by Labor Undersecretary Jacinto Paras. Trillanes entered the plea during his arraignment at the Pasay Metropolitan Trial Court Branch 47. Paras had filed the charges after Trillanes allegedly threatened to “finish (him) off” in their brief encounter in the Senate premises in 2018. Paras alleged Trillanes’ comments stemmed from the inciting to sedition charges he […]
Ni Mylene Mariano-Rivera Eagle News Service Eagle News – Inanunsyo ng Philippine Center for Gifted Education, Inc. (PCGE) na pwede nang magsumite ng nominasyon para sa nationwide search ng “Mga bagong Rizal: Pag-asa ng Bayan”. Layon nito na makapili ng mga kabataang naniniwala at nagtataguyod sa mga prinsipyo ng ating Pambansang Bayani na si Dr. Jose Rizal, gaya ng pagmamahal sa Diyos at sa bansa, may integridad, tapang at pagiging mahusay sa kani-kanilang talento at […]
(Eagle News)–Partly cloudy skies will prevail over Metro Manila today, March 22, as the ridge of a high pressure area affects Northern Luzon. In its 4 p.m. update, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Caraga, Davao Region, and Samar will experience partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers due to localized thunderstorms. Northern Luzon and the eastern sections of Central Luzon, Southern Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao will have moderate winds and […]
(Eagle News)—-A 2.7-magnitude earthquake struck Davao Oriental on Friday, March 22. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake struck 95 kilometers southeast of Governor Generoso at 1:34 p.m. The depth of focus of the quake, which was of tectonic in origin, was 63 kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were affected.
by Kiki Siregar Agence France Presse JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — Jakarta commuter Irnawati can spend up to four hours daily in her car, but now she and millions of others may get some relief as the traffic-clogged Southeast Asian city opens its first mass rapid-transit system. On Sunday, Jakarta will inaugurate the $1.1 billion project seen as crucial to tackling some of the world’s worst congestion, which can turn commutes into hours-long endurance tests. For […]
