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(Eagle News) — The House of Representatives agreed to adopt a resolution that would convene Congress into a constituent assembly in preparation for the move to amend the 1987 Constitution. In House concurrent resolution no. 9, both the Senate and the House of Representatives will constitute itself as a constituent assembly. The resolution was sponsored by House Committee on Constitutional Amendments chair Roger Mercado. It was approved by majority of the lawmakers and adopted via […]
The most-awaited online gaming battle in Asia will be held at the biggest mixed-use indoor theater in the world, the Philippine Arena, starting Friday, January 19, 2018. From January 19 to 21, the Biggest Dota 2 Tournament in South East Asia in 2018 will be held at the Philippine Arena in Bocaue, Bulacan. This is the sequel to Galaxy Battles: Emerging Worlds,which was held in Shenzhen, China early 2017. It boasts of half a million […]
LEGASPI, Albay (Eagle News) — Photos of Mount Mayon covered by thick smoke and ash as it erupts on Tuesday morning, January 16, 2018. (Photos by Eagle News Correspondent Rebert Soriao) The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology notes “quiet lava effusion from a new summit lava dome” in Mayon volcano. It also noted lava flow down the Miisi and Bonga Gullies and lava collapse events characterized Mayon Volcano’s eruptive activity from Monday to Tuesday […]
LEGAZPI, Philippines (AFP) — Spectacular lava “fireworks” shooting from its crater are drawing tourists to the Philippines’ most active volcano, authorities said Tuesday as scientists warned of a potential dangerous eruption within days. Lava spurting from Mayon volcano lit up the sky overnight Monday in what scientists said was a sign of increasing activity that prompted official calls for evacuation of areas under threat from a major eruption. But even as thousands of residents […]
CEBU CITY (Eagle News) — Isa na namang sunog ang naganap sa lungsod ng Cebu kaninang umaga, Enero 16. Naganap ang sunog, sa Carlock Street, Barangay Duljo Fatima, katabi ng Barangay Pasil kung saan naganap ang malaking sunog dalawang araw na ang nakakaraan. Ayon kay SFO1 Leo Pastrana, fire investigator sa Cebu City Fire Department natanggap nila ang alarma tungkol sa sunog bandang alas 8:19 ng umaga at idineklarang under control alas 8:43 ng umaga […]
Ni Willson Palima Eagle News Correpondent MABITAC, Laguna (Eagle News) – Palaisipan ngayon sa mga otoridad ang hindi inaasahang naganap na pagkawala umano ng isang miyembro ng Mabitac-PNP sa isang lugar sa Siniloan noong Linggo, Enero 14 bandang 10:30 ng umaga. Base sa ulat ni PSI Reymond Austria, hepe ng Mabitac-PNP, sinasabing hindi na nakabalik pa ang kanilang himpilan ang pulis na si P02 Jonathan Galang, tubong Caloocan City at kasalukuyang nakatalaga bilang miyembro ng […]
(Eagle News) — A 4.0-magnitude earthquake struck Biliran Province on Tuesday afternoon, minutes after a 2.8-magnitude hit the same area. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the latest quake hit twelve kilometers southwest of the municipality of Kawayan at 3:04 p.m. Three previous quakes took place at 4:43 a.m., 4:48 a.m. and 5:08 in the morning with a 3.8, 3.4 and 2.5 magnitudes respectively at a range of 15 to 20 kilometers northwest […]
Thousands fled from their homes as lava oozed out of a Mayon, a rumbling Philippine volcano on Monday, January 15, 2018, in what volcanologists described as a “quiet eruption”, warning it could lead to a hazardous explosion within days. But what leads to volcanic eruptions? Most of the world’s volcanoes are found around the Pacific Ocean’s Ring of Fire, a meeting point of tectonic plates and an area of intense seismic activity. Tectonic plates […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) – The province of Albay is now under a state of calamity. The provincial board declared this because of the monitored increasing and continued volcanic activity of Mt. Mayon, which puts in peril residents who continue to remain in the seven kilometer danger zone. Earlier, Governor Al Francis Bichara of Albay Province said that anytime now, the provincial government may declare a state of emergency because of the continued volcanic […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Various oil companies added Php 0.80 centavos to every liter of gasoline and Php 0.55 centavos in the price of diesel and kerosene. Flying V, one of the independent oil players in the country, implemented its increase at 12:01 AM today, Tuesday, January 16, 2018. Pilipinas Shell, Phoenix Petroleum Philippines, PTT, and Eastern Petroleum, Seaoil, Total, and JETTI followed suit but their increase took effect at 6 AM. The […]
(AFP) — South Korea nearly doubled wages for its rank-and-file conscripted soldiers on Tuesday but their pay will remain just a fraction of the country’s minimum wage. Salaries for conscripted privates were raised 88 percent from 163,000 won to 306,100 won ($288) a month, with privates first class and corporals enjoying similar increases. But they remain far below South Korea’s minimum wage of 10,000 won ($9.40) per hour. President Moon Jae-In has promised to increase […]
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — Australia is calling on the world’s top scientific minds to help save the Great Barrier Reef, offering hundreds of thousands of dollars to fund research into protecting the world’s largest living structure. The UNESCO World Heritage-listed reef is reeling from significant coral bleaching due to warming sea temperatures linked to climate change. The 2,300-kilometre (1,400-mile) site is also under pressure from farming runoff, development and predatory crown-of-thorns starfish, with experts warning […]
