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(Eagle News) — Arnell Ignacio resigned from his post as deputy administrator of the Overseas Workers and Welfare Administration for “personal reasons,” the Palace said on Wednesday, Feb. 27. In a statement, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said Ignacio “has intimated his desire to pursue other endeavours.” “While the President has yet to formally accept Mr. Ignacio’s resignation, we recognize as well as thank him for his contributions to the Filipino people,” he said, noting that […]
(Eagle News) — A town in Cotabato was placed under a state of calamity because of the dry spell being experienced there. The decision to place M’lang under such a state was made by the Sangguniang Bayan. This was after 28 of the 37 barangays in the town were seen experiencing the effects of the high temperatures since January. The declaration, according to Agriculture Secretary Manny Pinol, will pave the way for the use of […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday, Feb. 27, said there was still no proof the Marcos family had amassed ill-gotten wealth during then-President Ferdinand Marcos’ term as alleged. “Until now, you have not proven anything except to sequester and sell. Hindi mo nga sigurado kung talagang kay Marcos ba ‘yan?” Duterte, a lawyer, said in a speech in Manila. The Marcoses are accused of stealing $5 to $10 billion from government coffers, and […]
(Eagle News) – The construction of the Metro Manila Subway system will now start with the groundbreaking of the 36-kilometer railway system — the first underground railway system in the country — which will also use Japanese technology. The Metro Manila Subway that will be designed with the Tokyo Subway in mind, will be flood and earthquake resilient. It is dubbed as the “project of the century” and is designed to run trains at […]
(Eagle News) — Several areas in Quezon City and Valenzuela will experience water service interruption from March 4 to 7. According to Maynilad, the following areas will be affected as the concessionaire conducts major repair work and maintenance of its Commonwealth and North Caloocan pumping stations: From 10 p.m. of March 4 to 4 a.m. of March 6 Valenzuela City -Ugong (Hobart Phase 1 and 2 and Doña Marciana Subdivision) Quezon City -Bagbag -Bagong Silangan […]
(Eagle News) — Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra on Wednesday, Feb. 27, reminded members of the Department of Justice’s National Prosecution Service to remain “neutral, impartial and non-partisan” in the discharge of their official duties in relation to the 2019 elections. In Department Circular No. 001, Guevarra said “no less than the 1987 Constitution provides that officers of employees in the civil service are strictly prohibited from engaging ‘directly or indirectly in any electioneering or partisan […]
BANGKOK, Thailand (AFP) — Two Thai policemen were executed after being abducted from a tea shop in the kingdom’s violent southern borderlands, police said Wednesday, as bloodshed again spikes in a 15-year insurgency. Clashes between ethnic Malay-Muslim rebels and the forces from the Buddhist-majority Thai state which annexed the region a century ago have killed nearly 7,000 people since 2004, mostly civilians. The death toll dropped to a record low last year as Thailand’s junta […]
BARCELONA, Spain (AFP) — Tech companies from across the world gather at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona to showcase their latest gadgets. https://youtu.be/k9NdVpglBvM
By Zavina Balcita Eagle News Service (Eagle News) — Religious organization Iglesia Ni Cristo, in celebration of their congregation’s 25th anniversary in Rome, offers their help to the community by doing their part to keep the streets clean. INC members brought their own cleaning gear from home such as brooms, trash bags and gloves. They are currently focused on the streets in Cornelia and Aurelia area. The members have also been divided in 5 groups […]
(Eagle News) — The Palace on Wednesday, Feb. 27, said it would be monitoring the progress of the Metro Manila Subway project, the country’s first-ever underground railway system that aims to link Quezon City to the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo issued the statement on the day the project, which is part of the government’s Build, Build, Build program, broke ground in Valenzuela City. “The Office of the President… commits its […]
(Eagle News) — Just do it. Senator Antonio Trillanes IV had this to say to President Rodrigo Duterte, who has vowed to subpoena the senator’s mother in connection with her alleged transactions with the Philippine Navy while her husband and son were in the service. “Duterte is threatening to subpoena my mother. Just do it and let it be another humiliating episode for you like the fake offshore bank accounts you alleged against me,” Trillanes […]
MELBOURNE, Australia (AFP) — Cardinal George Pell was ordered held in custody Wednesday following his historic conviction for child sex crimes, capping an extraordinary fall from grace for one of the most powerful men in the Catholic Church. Prosecutors told a pre-sentencing hearing that Pell, the most senior Catholic cleric ever convicted for child sex abuse, faces a maximum 50 years in prison for five charges of sexual assault against two choirboys at Melbourne’s […]
