Breaking News, Latest Philippines Headlines, World, Entertainment, Politics, Weather & Video News
(Eagle News) — “I wish her well.” This was the message of Presidential Communications Operations Office chief Martin Andanar to Mocha Uson, who announced on Wednesday, Oct. 3, that she had resigned from her post. “Mocha is still a diehard Duterte supporter and I am one with her in that aspect,” Andanar added. In resigning from the post, Uson said she did not want to be a burden to the PCOO, whose budget, she said, was […]
by Harry Pearl / with Patrick Lee in Sigi and Kiki Siregar in Jakarta Agence France Presse WANI, Indonesia (AFP) — The death toll in Indonesia’s twin quake-tsunami disaster passed 1,400 Wednesday, with time running out to rescue survivors and the UN warning of “vast” unmet needs. National disaster agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said the number of dead had risen to 1,407 across four areas around the ravaged seaside city of Palu, and […]
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — Indonesia’s Mount Soputan volcano on the quake-and tsunami-hit island of Sulawesi erupted Wednesday, spewing volcanic ash 4,000 metres into the air. The state disaster agency warned people to stay at least four kilometres (two and a half miles) away but said there was no need to evacuate for the time being. Images showed an eruption visible for miles around, with a cloud of ash climbing in a large vertical column […]
By Mar Gabriel Eagle News Service A military official named on Wednesday, Oct. 3, the schools which Armed Forces of the Philippines chief Lt. Gen. Carlito Galvez Jr. earlier said were being tapped by the Communists for the Red October plot. According to AFP Deputy Assistant Chief of Staff for Operations Brig. Gen. Antonio Parlade Jr., these schools were: the University of the Philippines-Diliman, UP Manila, Ateneo de Manila University, De La Salle University, Polytechnic […]
(Eagle News) — Communications Assistant Secretary Mocha Uson resigned because she did “not wish to (be) such a burden” to the Presidential Communications Operations Office. “..The recent events have put me in a position where I am being held responsible for Congress withholding the 2019 PCOO budget..,” she said in her resignation letter addressed to President Rodrigo Duterte, and copy furnished to Special Assistant to the President Bong Go. Uson, whose resignation was effective Oct. […]
EBC named Best Media Broadcasting Corporation by Golden Globe Annual Awards, as DZEC Radyo Agila sweeps DOST’s Bantog Media awards for radio (Eagle News) — Eagle Broadcasting Corporation was named as “Best Media Broadcasting Company” for 2018 by the Golden Globe Annual Awards for Business Excellence on Friday, Sept. 28, citing its excellence in innovative business practices and reputable ethical image. In awarding ceremonies at the Mania Hotel, EBC president Rowena dela Fuente Deimoy […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Risa Hontiveros on Wednesday, Oct. 3, said Communications Assistant Secretary Mocha Uson’s resignation was “too little, too late,” noting that the Presidential Communications Operations Office already had “a badly tarnished reputation.” “It is an extremely belated gesture rendered insignificant in the face of gross incompetence, state-sponsored vulgarity and the proliferation of fake news. It has come very late in response to the public’s demand for accountability. Aanhin pa ang resignasyon kung […]
(Eagle News) — ACTS OFW party-list Rep. John Bertiz has been confined in the hospital. This is according to House Minority Leader Danilo Suarez, who spoke in a press conference on Wednesday, Oct. 3. According to Suarez, Bertiz has been confined since Tuesday, Oct. 2, after suffering from chest pains. Earlier, Bertiz earned the ire of netizens after he was seen shoving his all-access pass at a Ninoy Aquino International Airport employee who had allegedly asked […]
by Miwa SUZUKI Agence France Presse TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — A Japanese probe launched a new observation robot towards an asteroid on Wednesday as it pursues a mission to shed light on the origins of the solar system. The Hayabusa2 probe launched the French-German Mobile Asteroid Surface Scout, or MASCOT, towards the Ryugu asteroid’s surface, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) said. “We can confirm that the MASCOT separated from the spacecraft as planned,” the […]
(Eagle News) — Nakatuon ang atensyon ngayon ng Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) na makapagdala sa mga pamilihan ng Php 38.00 na kada kilo ng well-milled rice at Php 50.00 kada kilo ng asukal. Ayon kay Trade Secretary Ramon Lopez, isinasaayos na nila ang mga kaukulang dokumento upang makapag-isyu sila ng permit sa mga importer and retailer na maaaring magbenta ng bigas at asukal na batay sa napagkasunduang presyo. Katuwang nila rito ang Department […]
by Jean-Louis DE LA VAISSIERE / Fiachra GIBBONS Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) — Two new major exhibitions opening in Paris on Wednesday counterpoint the work of a pair of art world rebels — Jean-Michel Basquiat and Egon Schiele. Although the black New Yorker who began as a graffiti artist and the early 20th-century Viennese painter came from very different worlds and eras, both lived hard, died young and battled their demons on canvas. […]
(Eagle News) — Umabot na sa pitumpu’t dalawa ang bilang ng nasawi sa nangyaring landslide sa Naga City, Cebu. Ayon sa Office of Civil Defense ng Region 7, animnapu’t lima na ang natukoy magmula nitong September 30. Labingwalo ang nasugatan habang sampu katao ang kasalukuyan pa ring nawawala. Sabi ni OCD Regional Director Concepcion Ornopia, lahat ng mga kinauukulang local government units ay nagpasya na aniya na ihinto na ang search operations sa lugar na […]
