QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Sinuspinde na ng Commission on Election (Comelec) ang lahat ng kanilang paghahanda para sa Barangay at Sangguniang Kabataan elections na nakatakda sana sa Oktubre. Sa panayam ng Radyo Agila, sinabi ni Comelec Chairman Andres Bautista na malinaw nang hindi matutuloy ang Barangay at SK elections dahil lusot na sa House Committee on Suffrage ang panukalang postponement. Ayon kay Bautista, gusto rin ng senado na ipagpaliban ang barangay at SK […]
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South China Sea: facts on a decades-long dispute
VIENTIANE, Laos (AFP) — The disputed South China Sea was in focus Wednesday at a regional summit in Laos, the first such gathering since an international court said Beijing’s artificial island building program there was “illegal”. China claims most of the sea, even waters approaching neighbouring countries, based on a vaguely defined “nine-dash-line” found on Chinese maps from the 1940s. The Philippines and other Southeast Asian nations dispute this claim. Commentators say the 3 million […]
DepEd seeks police visibility near schools after bomb threats
(Eagle News)– The Department of Education (DepEd) on Wednesday (September 7) issued a statement on Facebook, calling for police visibility near schools following a number of bomb threats reported in schools. “While the said bomb threats turned out to be a hoax, we reiterate our call for police visibility near the schools,” DepEd said in its post. The agency also urged school officials and the public to be extra vigilant for the safety of […]
COMELEC : Despite uncertainty, we are ready
DIPOLOG CITY, (PIA)— The Commission on Elections-Zamboanga del Norte is ready to hold the Sangguniang Kabataan and Barangay Election on October 31, 2016. In the recent “Kapihan sa Dipolog” forum, Provincial Election Supervisor Atty. Jossil R. Macute said though the Senate and the House of Representatives are in agreement for the postponement of the Sangguniang Kabataan and Barangay elections, as long as there is no law enacted to that effect, the election is a “go.” […]
US to give Philippines military planes: govt
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — The United States is giving the Philippines two used military aircraft, the coast guard said Wednesday, to help Manila expand sea patrols in the face of territorial disputes with China. The two Sherpa 30-seater aircraft will be delivered in December, Philippine coast guard spokesman Commander Armand Balilo told AFP. “It will help us in the movements of the Philippine Coast Guard like patrol missions,” Balilo added. The announcement came days after […]
Mga pulis at sundalo sama-samang nagsagawa ng clean up at rehabilition sa Tandag City Sports Complex
TANDAG City, Surigao del Sur (Eagle News) – Napasabak sa matinding clean-up at rehabilitasyon ng Tandag City Sports Complex ang mga personnel ng Tandag City Police Station at ang ilang mga sundalo ng 402nd Brigade Philippine Army. Ito ay matapos na magsibalik sa kanilang mga tahanan ang mga lumad sa Mararag. Ang City Sports Complex ay mahigit isang taon na ginawang pansamantalang tirahan ng mga Lumad matapos mapatay ang tatlo nilang kasama ng mga hindi pa nakikilalang […]
Obama meets survivor of US bombs in Laos
VIENTIANE, Laos (AFP) — US president Barack Obama on Wednesday met a survivor maimed by American bombs covertly dropped on Laos decades ago after pledging to help clean up a country he said was still living in the shadow of war. A day after announcing $90 million to survey and remove unexploded ordinance, Obama visited a US-backed NGO which helps provide prosthetics to the tens of thousands maimed by US munitions. Between 1964 and 1973 […]
Paggunita sa #ArawNgKatapatan2016, isinagawa ng mga kaanib sa INC sa lalawigan ng Quezon North
REAL, Quezon (Eagle News) — Bilang paggunita sa ika-pitong taon na matagumpay na Pamamahala sa Iglesia Ni Cristo ni Bro. Eduardo V. Manalo, masayang nagsagawa ng “Fun Run” activity ang mga kaanib nito mula sa distrito ng Quezon North. Pinagunahan ito ni Bro. Isaias Hipolito, District Supervising Minister ng nasabing distrito. Mahigit tatlong kilometro ang tinakbo ng lahat ng nakipagkaisa mula sa starting line nito hanggang sa finish line. Pagkatapos ng fun run ay nagsagawa rin sila […]
Pagiging alerto kontra-terorismo pinaigting ng kapulisan at kasundaluhan sa Carrascal, Surigao del Sur
CARRASCAL, Surigao del Sur (Eagle News) – Nagsagawa ng joint full alert checkpoint ang mga pulis at sundalo sa mga dumaraang pambribado at pampublikong mga sasakyan partikular na sa National Highway, Brgy. Bon-ot, Carrascal, Surigao del Sur. Layunin nito na masugpo at maiwasan ang anumang pangyayaring karahasan at terorismo. Patuloy namang ipinaalala ng mga awtoridad sa publiko na maging mapagmatyag at kaagad na i-report sa kinauukulan ang anumang mga kahina-hinalang indibidwal, bagay at kaganapan. Lalong pinaigting ng kapulisan […]
Ahead of summit, Philippines shows images of Chinese boats at disputed shoal
(REUTERS) The Philippines’ defense ministry released pictures on Wednesday showing what it said were Chinese boats near a disputed shoal in the South China Sea, just hours before Southeast Asian nations were due to meet China’s premier at a summit in Laos. There was no explanation for the timing of the release, but it came two days after Manila expressed “grave concern” about the increasing number of Chinese vessels around the Scarborough Shoal and […]
Tokyo shaken by magnitude 4.9 earthquake; no tsunami warning
(REUTERS) An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.9 shook buildings in Tokyo on Wednesday, but no tsunami warning was issued and there were no immediate reports of damage or injuries. Earthquakes are common in Japan, one of the world’s most seismically active areas. Japan accounts for about 20 percent of the world’s earthquakes of magnitude 6 or greater. On March 11, 2011, Japan’s northeast coast was struck by a magnitude 9 earthquake and […]
Philippines releases photos of China’s alleged secret island building
VIENTIANE, Laos (AFP) — The Philippines released photos Wednesday to back its claims that China had secretly begun work to cement control over a crucial shoal in the hotly contested South China Sea. The release of the images, which claimed to show Chinese ships preparing to build an artificial island on Scarborough Shoal, came hours ahead of a meeting between Southeast Asian leaders and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang in Laos. China this week insisted it […]
