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(Eagle News) – Early results of the January 21 Bangsamoro Organic Law plebiscite in the five provinces comprising the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) as well as the cities of Cotabato and Isabela, showed overwhelming “yes” votes for the BOL. In ARMM, initial figures from the Commission on Elections’ Plebiscite Center showed that 1,340,043 voters who voted “Yes” to BOL, while only 192,502 voted “No” as of 1:30 p.m. counting on Tuesday, January 22. […]
(Eagle News) — Daraga, Albay Mayor Carlwyn Baldo was arrested by authorities on Tuesday, Jan. 22, for alleged illegal possession of firearms. Baldo, who was tagged by the police as the mastermind in the killing of Rep. Rodel Batocabe in December last year, was arrested after authorities said they recovered two caliber .45 pistols, a magazine for an Uzi loaded with 7 live ammunition, eight live ammunition for a cal. 45 pistol, and live ammunition for an […]
(Eagle News) — Baguio City registered its lowest temperature for this month, according to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration. The Civil Defense of Cordillera, based on the monitoring of the PAGASA Baguio Synoptic Station, said the 10.4 degrees Celsius temperature was recorded at 6 am. PAGASA said this was colder than the 13.2 degrees Celsius Baguio registered yesterday, January 21. According to PAGASA, this was due to the northeast monsoon or “Amihan” […]
by Patrick GALEY Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP) — The world is on course to miss its “best chance” of preventing runaway climate change by ensuring global greenhouse gas emissions peak in 2020, researchers warned Tuesday. Even as Earth is buffeted by super-storms, droughts and flooding made worse by rising seas, and as greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise globally, an analysis by the World Resources Institute showed that current efforts to limit temperature increases […]
(Eagle News) — Two earthquakes jolted Sarangani, Davao Occidental early Tuesday, Jan. 22, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said. The first earthquake, a 5.1-magnitude one, struck at 12:47 a.m. Its epicenter, PHIVOLCS said, was located 249 kilometers southeast of Sarangani. A magnitude 4.1 quake hit the province an hour later, PHIVOLCS said. It said the epicenter of the second earthquake was located 267 kilometers southeast of Sarangani. PHIVOLCS said both earthquakes were tectonic […]
(Eagle News) — Aminado si National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon Jr., na hindi agad mawawala ang karahasang nagaganap sa Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao sa oras na matapos ang plebisito ng Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL). Ayon kay Esperon, mayroon pa ring iba’t-ibang rebeldeng grupo katulad ng Maute at Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters na paunti-unting sinusugpo upang mapigilan at mawala na ang mga karahasang nangyayari sa rehiyon. Sinabi ni Esperon na wala nang kakayahan at hindi […]
(Eagle News) — The Senate on Tuesday, Jan. 22, adopted the House of Representatives’ bill seeking to abolish the Road Board. With the adoption of revised House Bill 7436, a bicameral conference committee will no longer have to be convened. The bill will therefore be directly sent to President Rodrigo Duterte for his approval. The adoption came following issues about whether or not the Road Board could be abolished in the first place amid developments in […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Klay Thompson’s blistering performance from three-point range propelled the Golden State Warriors to a 130-111 NBA victory over the injury-depleted Los Angeles Lakers on Monday. Thompson joined former Denver Nuggets point guard Ty Lawson as the only NBA players to make their first 10 attempts from three-point range, finishing 10-for-11 from beyond the arc and 17-of-20 overall for 44 points before sitting out the fourth quarter. By then the […]
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — British no-frills airline EasyJet on Tuesday said closure of London’s Gatwick Airport on December 21 caused by reported sightings of drones had cost the group £15 million ($19.2 million, 17 million euros). EasyJet said it had lost £5.0 million in revenue and taken a hit of £10 million on passenger costs. “EasyJet has made a good start to the 2019 financial year with robust customer demand and ancillary sales, driving […]
(Eagle News) — The Palace on Tuesday, Jan. 22, said it was leaving the Department of Foreign Affairs and the Philippine ambassador to the United States to work on the US visa ban on new Filipino workers with H-2A and H-2B visas. “That’s their turf,” Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said, referring to the ban announced by the Department of Homeland Security from Jan. 19, 2019 to Jan. 18, 2020. A H-2B visa is issued to foreign […]
GHAZNI, Afghanistan (AFP) — Around 65 people were killed in a Taliban-claimed attack on an Afghan intelligence base, a local official said Tuesday, raising the toll substantially from 12 announced previously. “We took about 65 bodies out of the rubble yesterday,” Mohammad Sardar Bakhyari, deputy head of the provincial council in Wardak province, where the attack occurred on Monday in the latest blow to beleaguered security forces. A senior security official who spoke on condition […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte will not interfere in legislative work on the lowering of the age of criminal liability. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said on Tuesday, Jan. 22, that what was clear was that the President wants the age of criminal liability lowered. “And we will leave that to the lawmakers…We will not question that,” Panelo said. The House justice panel on Monday, Jan. 21, approved the lowering of the age of criminal […]
