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(Eagle News) — Malacanang has released a list of missing persons who are feared to have perished in the Davao City mall fire Saturday, December 23. “Our thoughts and prayers to the families and friends of the 37 missing persons of the New City Commercial Center (NCCC) fire in Davao City (on Saturday, December 23),” a Palace statement said. The list of missing persons below was released “as per the City Government of Davao” […]
(Eagle News) — Government and other rescue workers, including those from the Iglesia Ni Cristo’s SCAN International, joined together to help thousands of people affected by severe tropical storm Vinta (international name Tembin) which had killed more than a hundred people, with others still declared missing. As of Saturday, December 23, the latest death tool reached 133 in southern Philippines, as rescuers pulled dozens of bodies from a swollen river, police said. The […]
The Philippine’s flag carrier expanded its operation in Davao City to accommodate more clients from adjacent municipalities and provinces, opening a new branch in this Southern city. Philippine Airlines (PAL) now has three branches in Davao City, and aims to increase its presence in more destinations in Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao. Davao City mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio lauded PAL’s expansion in the city, which is one of the airline’s busiest routes. She said “Dabawenyos” are working […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) – Malacañang said that it will not hinder initiatives of local government units to conduct localized peace talks with Communist rebels. Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque said that local government units have a degree of autonomy and they are free to promote localized peace talks with the rebels. “We have local autonomy so the peace talks can proceed on a local level if the local government units should want or desire […]
(Eagle News) – Naglabas ng travel advisory ang Canada laban sa pagbiyahe sa Pilipinas. Ito ay dahil umano sa mataas na banta ng terorismo, gaya ng nangyari sa Marawi, at kaso ng pagdukot. Sa pamamagitan ng travel advisory, pinayuhan ng gobyerno ng Canada ang kanilang mga mamamayan na iwasan ang magtungo sa Mindanao kabilang ang mga lungsod ng Davao, Cagayan de Oro, Cotabato, General Santos, Isabela, Jolo, Kidapawan at Zamboanga. (Eagle News Service)
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III expressed worry about the possible effect of bird flu on the endangered Philippine Eagle. Dominguez said bird flu will not greatly affect the country’s economy but what was more worrying, he said, is that it may greatly affect the Philippine Eagle population if it spreads to the region where these rare birds live. “You know what really my concern is with the bird flu? […]
Philippine National Police chief Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa revealed that they have monitored plans from the National People’s Army to launch attacks in Davao two weeks before the State of the Nation Address (SONA) of President Rodrigo Duterte. “We monitored something from the left. The NPA, they will make some pre-SONA attacks, harassment. We uncovered that it will be in Davao. They will disrupt Davao before SONA so we are preparing for that,” Dela Rosa said […]
“A few more days and we will prevail (there),” he says (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday said an investigation into the source of weapons of local terrorists should be underway soon, as he surmised the crisis in Marawi would end in a “few more days.” “It will be good that after this war, (we) start looking into saan itong mga baril at bala (nanggaling). Kasi may mga cartons doon marka pa (the […]
(Eagle News) — No, the President is not ill. In fact, President Rodrigo Duterte appears to have been fully recharged after taking some days off to rest following his very hectic schedule in Mindanao, where he visited various military camps and hospitals where police and soldiers who were wounded in action were being treated, and also visited various wakes of those killed in the Marawi fighting which has entered its fourth week. In this […]
DAVAO CITY (Eagle News) – Sa kabuuan ay naging matiwasay ang pagbubukas ng klase ngayong taon ayon sa Davao City Police Office (DCPO). Sinabi ni Senior Insp. Ma. Teresita Gazpan, spokesperson ng DCPO, na walang natalang insidente o krimen sa pagbalik ng mga estudyante sa mga paaralan sa siyudad. Ayon naman sa Police Regional Office (PRO) XI, nasa 5,000 na mga pulis ang ikinalat sa iba’t-ibang paaralan sa buong rehiyon, hindi pa kasama ang police auxiliary forces. […]
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