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QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Department of Education is banning the sale of softdrinks and candies in school canteens all over the Philippines. In a memorandum, Education Secretary Leonor Briones said the selling of food with high-saturated fat, sugar and salt content is banned. The DepEd also said that schools and personnel who will not follow the memorandum will be held liable. The DepEd issued the following guidelines on food safety in canteens in DepED Order […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) has advised the public to prepare for rising temperatures after the heat in Cabanatuan City, Nueva Ecija reached 47.8 degree Celsius last March 26. The weather bureau is expecting a continuing rise in the temperature due to the easterlies. PAGASA also said that the heat index in Metro Manila may reach 35 to 37 degrees Celsius. https://youtu.be/V3AOBHqNIbg
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) – The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) admitted that it has no evidence to prove that the killings due to the anti-illegal drug campaign are state-sponsored. “We never said that it was state-sponsored at all,” an official of the CHR on Monday, March 27 said in a CHR-sponsored forum on campaign against narcotics. “There is no such finding that we can conclude that way. But what we can say is […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Japan is open for maritime security cooperation with the Philippines as declared by Japanese Defense Minister Kenji Wakamiya. “The Philippines and Japan both suffer from natural disasters and we like to continue our cooperation in the area of humanitarian assistance and disaster relief operations,” Wakamiya through an interpreter said. Wakamiya made the announcement after the turn-over ceremony of two training jets to the Philippine Navy at Sangley Point in […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Philippine Navy has deployed two planes to patrol the West Philippine Sea and Benham Rise. “The Navy will henceforth regularly patrol Benham Rise partly due to past Chinese activities there but more importantly because it is part of our continental shelf and awarded to us by the (United Nations),” Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said. The planes will also be used to enhance the rescue capabilities of the Philippine Navy, […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Former Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. asked the Supreme Court to junk Vice President Leni Robredo’s motion to dismiss the re-count of the votes for the 2016 vice-presidential election. “Contrary to the assertions of protestee Robredo, a review of the election protest filed in this case would easily reveal that the same contains a detailed narration or specification of the important and substantial facts, which consists of the acts […]
NAGTIPUNAN, Quirino (Eagle News) – Huli ng Illegal Task Force ng Quirino ang isang forward truck na may lulan na mga nilagaring kahoy sa Nagtupinan, Quirino. Iba’t ibang uri ng kahoy ang nakita, tulad ng tangili, kalantas, white lauan, bagtikan at lamio na mayroon ding iba’t-ibang sukat. Hindi na pinalampas pa ng task force at ng Philippine National Police ang mga nasabing kahoy ng ito ay dumaan sa check point ng Barangay Dipantan ng nasabing bayan. Sa ginawang […]
BUTUAN CITY, Agusan del Norte (Eagle News) – Isang malaking sunog ang nangyari sa may Purok 4 at 5 ng Barangay New Society Village, Butuan City nitong Lunes, March 28, bandang 1:00 ng hapon. Patuloy pang kinukumpirma ng mga awtoridad kung may batang na trap sa isang bahay na pinangyarihan ng sunog. Patuloy rin ang ginagawang assessment para malaman ang bilang ng pamilyang nawalan ng bahay kasama na ang cause of damage. Bandang 2:05 ng hapon ng […]
DINGALAN, Aurora (Eagle News) – Pinangunahan ng Lokal na Pamahalaan ng Dingalan, Aurora ang pagkakaloob ng libreng medical at dental para sa mga mamamayan ng Barangay Ibona, Dingalan noong Linggo, March 26. Katuwang nila sa pagsasagawa ng aktibidad ang Samahan ng Manggagamot sa Tondo, Maynila, Damayang Filipino Movement Inc., at iba pang Non-Government Organization. Nagsagawa rin sila ng Feeding and Outreach Program sa Sitio Cabog, Barangay Matawe para naman sa mga batang katutubo. Binigyan ang mga […]
(Eagle News) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed the disbarment complaint filed by Greco Belgica against Ombudsman Conchita Carpio Morales for “lack of merit.” In a press conference, SC spokesperson Theodore Te said that in “unanimously” dismissing the March 24 complaint filed by the former Manila City Councilor, the SC took note of “previous dispositions” in other similar petitions that “reiterate the same rule.” Belgica had alleged in the complaint that Morales had violated the Code of […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — Salvage workers who raised South Korea’s sunken Sewol ferry may have found the remains of a missing victim of the disaster, the maritime ministry said. The ministry said in a statement it would hold a briefing later Tuesday on “finding human remains suspected to be one of the missing victims.”
Strong winds and stormy seas have helped turn the Shetland Islands in the North Atlantic into a European renewable energy giant. https://youtu.be/YHexh3FdMqY
