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(Eagle News)–A vessel rammed a sea wall while docking in the Batangas Port on Friday, April 19. The Department of Transportation said the incident involving the MV RDI Genesis I of RDI Genesis Inc. took place at 6 a.m. The agency did not say if there were casualties but said a suspension order would follow. Meanwhile, several shipping operators cancelled their trips today: 1. SuperCat – No trips 2. Fastcat – No morning trips; will […]
(Eagle News) — The vessel that had attempted to conduct dredging activities in Batangas’ Lobo River has left the area. Seagate Engineering and Buildsystems’ MV Emerald left on Friday morning, after the Philippine Ports Authority canceled its anchorage permit. Earlier, the Coast Guard said the environmental compliance certificate issued to Seagate was also cancelled. The Department of Environment and Natural Resources had issued the ECC, but noted the vessel could not begin any project without […]
Ghadzs Rodelas Eagle News Service Dalawa ang patay kabilang ang isang bata kasunod ng malakas na pagsabog sa isang compound sa Barangay San Roque, Santo Tomas Batangas ngayong umaga. Nasira ang bakod ng sinasabing blasting site kung saan nagkalat ang parte ng katawan ng di pa nakikilalang mga biktima. Patuloy pang inaalam ng pulisya at ng Bureau of Fire Protection kung ano ang dahilan ng nasabing pagsabog ng hinihinalang home-made bomb bandang alas 11. Sinasabing […]
(Eagle News)–Former Tanauan, Batangas Vice Mayor Julius Platon has died. Platon reportedly passed away after suffering a heart attack while driving along the South Luzon Expressway. The former vice mayor’s wake will begin on Tuesday, Nov. 20, at the Heritage Memorial Chapel in Taguig.
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte took offense at allegations he knew something about the killing of Tanauan, Batangas Mayor Antonio Halili. “Unfair sila sa akin (They are are unfair to me),” Duterte said in a speech before the Filipino community in Papua New Guinea, where he is attending the 26th Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders’ Meeting. According to Duterte, when he says he is going to kill, “pangtakot man lang yan, istorya man lang […]
(Eagle News) –At least 105 fish cages, out of 1,555 operating in the town of Agoncillo in Batangas were affected by the recent fish kill in Taal Lake, killing some P5 million worth of tilapia. Agoncillo Mayor Daniel Reyes said the cage operators who were affected by the fish kill came from Barangay Subic Ilaya in Agoncillo Batangas. The apparent cause of the fish kill is a phenomenon called “sulfur upwelling,” which is attributed to […]
(Eagle News) — An orange rainfall warning has been hoisted over Batangas. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said in an advisory that this means floods are a threat in low-lying areas. A yellow warning level has been hoisted over Bataan. Light to moderate with occasional heavy rains, on the other hand, are affecting Metro Manila, Tarlac, Nueva Exija, Zambales, Pampanga, Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna, Rizal and Quezon. PAGASA said this may persist for three […]
(Eagle News) — The driver of convicted drug lord Peter Co was shot dead in Batangas on Friday, Sept. 14. A report said Ervis Areglo was on his way to a court when several still-unidentified men shot him. He was dead on the spot. Co, whose real name is Wu Tuan Yuan, is serving a life sentence after he was convicted of selling illegal drugs in 2001. In 2016, President Rodrigo Duterte named Co as among the […]
LEMERY, Batangas (Eagle News) – Arestado ang mahigit na 30 katao matapos silang maaktuhang binabalewala ang pambansang awit sa loob ng sinehan sa Lemery, Batangas nitong Miyerkules, Setyembre 5. Ayon sa mga otoridad, hindi tumayo ang 34 na katao kahit tumugtog na ang pambansang awit bago magsimula ang isang pelikula bandang alas 2 ng hapon. Paglabag anila ito sa section 38 at 39 ng Republic Act No. 8491 o ang Flag and Heraldic code of the […]
(Eagle News) – Labing tatlong miyembro ng New People’s Army mula sa iba’t-ibang probinsya sa Southern Tagalog region partikular sa Batangas at Quezon ang sumuko sa panig ng pamahalaan. Ang naturang pagkakataon ay isinagawa sa opisina ni Presidential Adviser for Southern Tagalog Sec. Jose Maria Nicomedes Hernandez sa Tanauan City, Batangas na sinaksihan naman nina Department of National Defense (DND) Sec. Delfin Lorenzana at Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Sec. Eduardo Año. Matataas […]
(Eagle News) – Nagkansela na ng pasok ang ilang mga lokal na pamahalaan ngayong Martes, Hulyo 17. Sa abiso na inilabas ng mga local government, ang kanselasyon ng pasok ay bunsod ng masamang panahong dala ng bagyong Henry. Kabilang sa mga walang pasok ang mga sumusunod: Bataan (lahat ng antas, pribado at pampubliko) Hagonoy, Bulacan (pre-school hanggang high school) Naic, Cavite (lahat ng antas, pribado at pampubliko) Batangas (lahat ng antas, pribado at pampubliko) Morong, […]
(Eagle News)–A former vice mayor of a Batangas town was injured after an unidentified gunman shot him on Saturday, July 14. A police report said Ferdinand Malolos Ramos, who served in the town of Sto. Tomas, was on his way home when he was fired at in Barangay Poblacion 2 at 7:25 p.m. The bullet hit the left part of his face. He was rushed to Saint Cabrini Hospital for treatment. The suspect fled on […]
