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(Eagle News) — The Senate will file a resolution seeking for a Constitutional Convention should the Supreme Court decide in favor of joint voting to amend the 1987 Charter via a Constitutional Assembly. Senator Panfilo Lacson made the announcement during a Senate hearing on Charter Change on Wednesday. “If the SC would rule (as such), then we will no longer enter into an agreement with the House to meet in joint session. Instead, we will […]
DAGUPAN, Pangasinan (Eagle News) — Isinailalim sa surprise drug test ang mahigit 100 police personnel sa Dagupan. Ayon kay Supt. Jandale Sulit, hepe ng Dagupan City Philippine National Police, isinagawa ang surprise drug test sa 124 na pulis upang tiyakin na walang gumagamit ng iligal na droga sa hanay ng pulisya. Ayon kay Sulit, isinagawa ito upang ipakita sa publiko ang seryosong kampanya laban sa iligal na droga at makuha ang loob ng publiko upang […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Block graphic aliens dropped down the window panes of a Tokyo skyscraper before being blasted into oblivion by enthusiastic gamers celebrating 40 years of the arcade sensation “Space Invaders.” Four decades after the game took the world by storm, a high-tech exhibition is allowing enthusiasts to save the world from extra-terrestrial invasion in a variety of novel ways. Part of the installation sees the game projected inside the windows of a […]
Ni Rheanel Vicente Eagle News Service TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte (Eagle News) – Namahagi na ng relief goods ang pamahalaang lokal ng Tacloban City sa mga residente ng mga barangay na lubhang naapektuhan ng pagbaha at pagguho ng lupa na naranasan sa lungsod. Ilan sa mga barangay na unang nakatanggap ng relief goods ay ang Barangay 43-B Quarry District at Barangay 49 Youngfield. Tinatayang nasa 130 pamilya ang nakatanggap ng relief goods na naglalaman ng ready-to-eat na […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Anthony Davis scored 45 points as the New Orleans Pelicans jolted the Boston Celtics 116-113 in an overtime thriller at the TD Garden on Tuesday. Davis, who before the game had brushed off reports linking him to a possible move to Boston, gave the home fans a glimpse of what they might be missing with a virtuoso performance. The 24-year-old power forward was in sensational form, also chipping in […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The commanders of two US Navy ships involved in collisions that left 17 sailors dead face charges including negligent homicide and dereliction of duty, the Navy said on Tuesday. The USS John S. McCain collided with an oil tanker in August 2017, killing 10 sailors, while the USS Fitzgerald smashed into a cargo ship in June, leaving seven dead. “Courts-martial proceedings/Article 32 hearings are being convened to review evidence supporting […]
(Eagle News) — The argument that the Constitution should be amended via a Constitutional Assembly on the basis that this was the “cheaper” method was “cheap.” This is according to former Chief Justice Reynato Puno, who spoke at the start of Senate hearings on Charter Change on Wednesday. “A good Constitution is the best investment people can make,” Puno said. According to Puno, the best method to amend the Constitution was a Constitutional Convention, under […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Arestado ng Quezon City Police District (QCPD) Station 7 ang isang lalake na siyam na taon nang pinaghahanap dahil sa kasong rape. Kinilala ang suspek na si Edwin Santo, Top 2 Most Wanted sa probinsya ng Leyte. Ayon kay QCPD Station 7 Police Senior Inspector Ramon Aquiatan Jr., nakipag-ugnayan sa kanila ang arresting team mula sa Leyte dahil na rin sa impormasyon na sa Maynila nagtatago ang suspek. Dahil […]
(Eagle News) – The death toll in Samar and Leyte due to continuous heavy rains has reached 16. According to National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) Spokesperson Mina Marasigan, although there is no typhoon in the country, three weather systems currently exist. These include the northeast monsoon (amihan) in North and Central Luzon, the tail-end of a cold front in the eastern part of Southern Luzon, and a low-pressure area (LPA) in the eastern […]
By Earlo Bringas Eagle News Service Expect less congestion on Edsa when the Taguig Integrated Terminal Exchange becomes operational in the first half of 2020. This is according to government officials led by Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade and Public Works and Highways Secretary Mark Villar, who led the groundbreaking ceremony of the P4-billion project under the Duterte administration’s Build, Build, Build program. The project–which will rise inside a 5.6-hectare compound in FTI— is expected to have […]
SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — Google on Tuesday said it is adding three new undersea data cables as it continues to bulk up its ability to power cloud services around the world. The US internet behemoth has spent $30 billion improving its infrastructure during the past three years and “we’re not done yet,” according to cloud platform vice president Ben Treynor Sloss. Fast, reliable internet connections have become imperative as games, social networks, television, […]
(Eagle News) – Nasa 10 milyong Pilipino ang nagsasabing sila ay nananatiling mahirap. Ito ang nilalaman ng pinakahuling resulta ng nationwide survey na isinagawa ng Social Weather Stations (SWS) sa huling quarter ng taong 2017. Ayon sa survey, mas mababa ito ng 900,000 na Pilipino kung ikukumpara sa September 2017 survey results. Ayon sa SWS, bumaba ng 10 puntos ang bilang ng mga self-rated poor na pamilya sa Luzon. Bahagya ring bumaba ang datos sa […]
