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(Eagle News) — Malaki ang posibilidad na tatamaan din ng malakas na paglindol sa dulong bahagi ng Western Mindanao Region partikular itong Zamboanga City. Ito ang paliwanag ni Engr. Allan Labayog, Regional Chief ng Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) Region 9 nang makapanayam ng Eagle News Team. Ayon pa kay Labayog na ang Zamboanga City ay ang sentro ng Sulu at Cotabato trench na posibleng magdulot ng malking pinsala sa lungsod kapag ito […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Malacañang on Wednesday (February 15) reiterated that the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is not asking for financial donations for the victims of the earthquake that struck Surigao City. Presidential spokesperson Ernesto Abella said that the DSWD has enough funds for such matters. Abella also reminded local government officials to not wait for President Rodrigo Duterte before starting relief operations as the President has made it clear […]
GOLD COAST, Australia (Reuters) — Australian long-distance swimming great Grant Hackett was arrested and detained by police in the Gold Coast on Wednesday after a “breakdown” at his parents’ home, local media reported. The troubled triple Olympic champion’s father Neville Hackett told local newspaper, the Gold Coast Bulletin, that he had called the police so his 36-year-old son could be given help. “He just became abusive and aggressive. When I say aggressive, verbally, and […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News ) — Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre denied that he had cleared Wally Sombero in the P50-million controversy involving two former immigration officials. In denying Sombero’s earlier claim the justice secretary himself had told him he had been cleared in the controversy, Aguirre said that the National Prosecution Services was still conducting its investigation. The Department of Justice chief said he has yet to receive the results of the inquiry. Sombero […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Supreme Court ordered the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) and the Department of Finance (DOF) to give minimum wage earners a tax refund from July – December 2008 as provided by the Republic Act 9504 exempting minimum wage earners from personal income tax, including their bonuses, overtime pay and night shift differentials. Eagle News Service
(Eagle News) — The military condemned the attack of members of the New People’s Army on a composite platoon of armed forces and other disaster relief units with non-government units who were distributing quake relief assistance in the vicinity of Sitio Huwat Baboy, Barangay Linonganan, San Francisco, Surigao del Norte on Tuesday, February 14 . Fourth Infantry Division commander Major Gen. Benjamin Madrigal said that the platoon was the civil-military operations platoon of the 30th […]
TOKYO, Japan (Reuters) — Toyota said Wednesday it is recalling all the Mirai fuel-cell vehicles it has sold globally due to a software glitch that can shut off its hydrogen-powered system. The auto giant said it would call back about 2,800 Mirai vehicles made between November 2014 and December 2016 to repair the defect. Toyota launched Mirai — which means “future” in Japanese — in late 2014 as it looked to push further into the fast-growing […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — In preparation for the upcoming construction of the proposed Metro Rail Transit (MRT) and Light Railway Transit (LRT) station, some congressmen inspected the venue on Wednesday to check the project’s feasibility. “Based on our inspection, building a temporary station is very feasible since the MRT structure in North Avenue is ready for construction. This will benefit the 30,000 train riders, at no cost to the government,” Congressman Cesar Sarmiento […]
TAGUIG CITY — In the aftermath of the recent earthquake in Surigao and nearby environs as well as the typhoons that regularly hit the Philippines, the Department of Energy (DOE) has come up with suggested power tips to ensure the safety of all the people, households and facilities. These tips include what needs to be done during calamities. DOE said that for households and buildings, the main switch or the circuit breaker must be switched […]
(Eagle News) — The Commission on Appointments confirmed today the ad interim appointment of Vitaliano Aguirre II as Justice Secretary. In a hearing Wednesday afternoon (February 15) at the Senate, the CA confirmed Aguirre’s appointment as head of the Department of Justice, after the speeches of Senators Loren Legarda and JV Ejercito extolling the qualities and experience of Aguirre, befitting his position as the Justice chief of the country. It was Legarda who […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Floyd Mayweather has shot down rumors of a deal to fight martial arts star Conor McGregor, insisting he is content to remain retired. The 39-year old American took to his social media Instagram account late Tuesday, telling his fans that he wanted to set the record straight. “There seems to be several rumors floating around media recently however, let the record show, there hasn’t been any deals made in […]
SEOUL, South Korea (Reuters) — South Korea’s spy agency suspects two female North Korean agents assassinated the estranged half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Malaysia, lawmakers in Seoul said on Wednesday, as Malaysian medical authorities sought a cause of death. United States government sources also told Reuters they believed that Kim Jong-Nam, who according to Malaysian police died on Monday on his way to hospital from Kuala Lumpur International Airport, had been […]
