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(Eagle News) — “Basyang” has slightly weakened as it continues to traverse Bohol Sea, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said. As of 4 p.m., PAGASA said the tropical depression–with its center located 25 kilometers southeast of Tagbilaran in Bohol–was packing maximum sustained winds of 45 kilometers per hour near the center and gustiness of up to 65 kph. It is forecast to move west at 27 kilometers per hour. Signal Number one […]
Questions timing of release of dismissal order, among others, however, at the same time (Eagle News) — The Palace on Tuesday said it respects the Ombudsman’s order to dismiss House Deputy Speaker Gwendolyn Garcia, but at the same time questioned the timing it was issued, among others. “It is also unfortunate that the decision of the Ombudsman was released at a time when such actions could be given political color..While we leave the merits of […]
(Eagle News) — The local government of Zamboanga City has declared a measles outbreak after an increase in the number of people infected with the disease. The measles outbreak was declared by Mayor Maria Isabelle Climaco-Salazar in Executive Order BC 333-2018, dated February 9. Prior to this, the Office of the City Health reported there were 101 suspected measles cases in the city from January 1 to February 1 of 2018, a 1,343-percent increase compared to the […]
PARIS, France (AFP) – Two decades after it scrapped its compulsory military service France will introduce a mandatory “national service” for all young people, the government said Tuesday, confirming a campaign pledge by President Emmanuel Macron. Macron took the country by surprise a year ago when he announced that, if elected, he would make all young people spend a month getting “a direct experience of military life with its know-how and demands.” He billed it as a […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Bureau of Immigration said it will strictly implement the total ban on the deployment of Overseas Filipino Workers to Kuwait, and would look out for those who would attempt to go to the Middle Eastern country to work, in all the international airports and seaports nationwide. “All immigration officers have been directed to prevent the departure of all OFWs bound for Kuwait,” BI port operations division chief Marc Red […]
TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte (Eagle News) – Nagbigay ng abiso ang National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) na mawawalan ng kuryente ang ilang bahagi ng Leyte partikular na ang Tacloban City, Palo at Babatngon sa Sabado, Pebrero 17. Ito ay dahil sa itinakda nilang maintenance o pagsasaayos sa Babatngon–Arado 69 KV line. Ang nasabing power interruption ay magsisimula sa ganap na 6:00 ng umaga hanggang 5:00 ng hapon. Humihingi naman ang NGCP ng paumanhin at […]
by Aminu Abubakar Agence France-Presse KANO, Nigeria (AFP) – A man involved in the 2014 kidnapping of more than 200 schoolgirls from Chibok in northeast Nigeria has been jailed for 15 years, the government confirmed on Tuesday. The conviction of Haruna Yahaya, 35, is the first in relation to the mass abduction, which triggered global outrage and sparked a worldwide campaign for the girls’ release. A total of 276 students were seized from the Government Girls Secondary […]
Ni Farrahwel Tenorio Eagle News Service ILIGAN CITY (Eagle News) – Upang lalong mapakinabangan ang pagtulong sa mga nangangailangan ay kumuha ng National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) examination o “amateur radio class” ang mga miyembro ng Society of Communicators and Networkers (SCAN) International sa Cabili Village Elementary School, Brgy. Santiago, Iligan City. Umabot sa humigit-kumulang na 200 ang kumuha ng nasabing pagsusulit. Ang SCAN International ay isang kapisanan sa loob ng Iglesia Ni Cristo na naglalayong makatulong […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of National Defense on Tuesday officially issued a notice terminating the $233.36 million contract with a Canadian company for the procurement of combat utility helicopters. In a statement, the DND said the notice terminating the agreement for 16 units of Bell 412 combat utility helicopters was issued to Canadian Commercial Corporation. “The termination was precipitated by the review ordered by the Canadian government on the implementation of the signed Contract Agreement […]
by Susan Njanji and Ben Sheppard Agence France-Presse JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AFP) – South Africa braced Tuesday for a major political showdown as scandal-tainted President Jacob Zuma reportedly rejected a direct order from the ruling ANC party to leave office. The power struggle over Zuma’s departure put the president at loggerheads with Cyril Ramaphosa, his expected successor, who is the new head of the African National Congress. The party’s powerful 107-member national executive committee (NEC) met for […]
Also instructs them to use police force in fighting drugs (Eagle News) — “The problem is we have this terrorism, and it’s coming, so just prepare. And I will tell you when to arm yourself.” President Rodrigo Duterte said this to mayors who came from the Visayas and Mindanao during a meeting at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Cebu City on Monday, February 12. The President said terrorists were “re-grouping” and he instructed the local […]
(Eagle News) — The camp of Vice President Leni Robredo on Tuesday slammed former Senator Bongbong Marcos for saying the squares found in their copies of ballot images were “mysterious” and proof of electoral fraud, at least in the vice presidential race. “Marcos was clearly fed wrong information by his adviser or a person who was as hysterical and excited as Marcos when they saw the characteristics of the ballot images,” Robredo’s counsel, Romulo […]
