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(Eagle News)—The Quezon City government has suspended government work in the city on Sept. 14 and 15. Classes at all levels in public and private schools in the city were also suspended on those days. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration has said Typhoon “Mungkhat” has entered the Philippine Area of Responsibility as of 3 p.m.
by Rebecca Bryan Agence France Presse NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Spawned by sexism or not, Serena Williams’s run-in with chair umpire Carlos Ramos in a tumultuous US Open final loss to Naomi Osaka had tennis officiating in an unwanted spotlight once again. Williams, whose bid to match Margaret Court’s all-time record of 24 Grand Slam titles was at least temporarily thwarted by Osaka’s 6-2, 6-4 victory, made no bones about her belief […]
Ni Nora Dominguez Eagle News Service (Eagle News) — Nakataas na ang red alert status sa buong siyudad ng Dagupan dahil sa inaasahang paghagupit ng paparating na super typhoon Ompong. Kaugnay nito, pinulong ni Dagupan City Mayor Belen Fernandez at Congressman Christopher De Venecia ang lahat ng mga punong barangay upang maihanda ang mga residente sa barangay na nasa vulnerable areas tulad ng nasa coastal areas, barangay islands, tabing ilog at mababang lugar na direktang […]
(Eagle News)—-Ousted Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno has yet to decide whether she will run for a Senate seat in 2019. Sereno made the remark after visiting Senator Antonio Trillanes IV in his office in the Senate on Wednesday, Sept. 12. Sereno later met with Senator Kiko Pangilinan, Liberal Party president. Sereno was in the list of possible senatorial bets released by the opposition recently. She was ousted as Chief Justice via a quo warranto […]
(Eagle News)–Typhoon “Mangkhut” has entered the Philippine Area of Responsibility, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said. PAGASA said “Mangkhut,” which is now called “Ompong,” entered PAR as of 3 p.m. A thunderstorm warning has been hoisted over Camarines Norte, Camarines Sur, Albay and Sorsogon; and over Metro Manila, Bulacan, Pampanga, Tarlac, Nueva Ecija, Zambales, Batangas, Laguna and Bataan. An advisory has also been hoisted over San Mateo, Tanay and Antipolo in Rizal. […]
(Eagle News)—Classes on Thursday, Sept. 13, were suspended in some areas in the country as typhoon “Mangkhut” was forecast to enter the Philippine Area of Responsibility. Below is a list: Apalit, Pampanga — all levels; public and private Cagayan — all levels; public and private Ilocos Norte — all levels; public and private
(Eagle News)–The University of the Philippines College Admission Test, which was scheduled to be administered on Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 15 and 16, has been postponed. UP said the decision to suspend the conduct of the exam was made after “consultation with UP System officials and weather experts on the latest forecast on Typhoon Ompong and its expected impact on Northern Luzon and Eastern Seaboard including Western Visayas..” It said it was also “in consideration of […]
VLADIVOSTOK, Russia (AFP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday suggested Russia and Japan sign a peace deal “without any preconditions” by the end of the year to try to solve a long-running territorial dispute. “Let’s conclude a peace agreement by year’s end without any preconditions,” he told an economic forum in the far eastern city of Vladivostok attended by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and other leaders. © Agence France-Presse
VLADIVOSTOK, Russia (AFP) — Shinzo Abe confirmed Wednesday his plans to visit China this year in what would be the first trip to the country by a Japanese prime minister since 2011, the latest sign of warmer ties between the two rivals. “I intend to visit China this year, the year in which we commemorate the 40th anniversary of the conclusion of the Treaty of Peace and Friendship between Japan and China,” Abe said in […]
(Eagle News)–The Philippine National Police has intensified efforts to run after rice hoarders, the Philippine National Police said on Wednesday, Sept. 12. PNP Chief Oscar Albayalde made announcement amid what critics allege was a rice crisis that saw an increase in the prices of rice. “Kung meron man talagang shortage, ‘yan ay due to hoarding. May possibility na nasa warehouse lang ang mga ‘yan, ‘di nila inilalabas, mag-aantay na magtaas ang presyo. Kaya pinaigting natin […]
(Eagle News) — Nakaalerto na ang Regional Disaster Risk Reduction Management Team at lahat ng disaster team ng buong Region 1 sa magiging pananalasa ng bagyong Ompong. Ayon kay Engineer Josie Huamar ng Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Region 1, bahagi rin ng kanilang paghahanda ay nakapagpadala na sila ng pre-positioning team ng kanilang quick response asset na magmamando sa kanilang mga tauhan. Pinatitiyak aniya sa kanila ni DPWH Secretary Mark Villar na […]
(Eagle News)–The group of ousted Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez has asked the Supreme Court to intervene in the squabble over who should be the Lower House’s minority leader. The lawmakers also asked the SC to order Danilo Suarez to cease and desist from performing the functions of the minority leader, and to acknowledge ABS Party-list Rep. Eugene Michael de Vera for the position instead. Alvarez’s group had argued Suarez could not be the minority leader as, […]
