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FLORIDA, United States (Eagle News) — Some citizens of Florida, considered the swing state in US elections, give their views about the importance of their vote and the options that had been made available to them to be able to cast their vote, including the mail-in voting and early voting With 29 electoral votes at stake, the Florida vote is very important in a close US presidental race such as that happening between Republican Donald […]
To further weaken as it traverses Southern Luzon tonight (Eagle News) – Typhoon Rolly (Goni) is heading towards the southeastern coast of Batangas with “destructive winds and intense rainfall” that will prevail over Batangas and Cavite in the next 12 hours. PAGASA, in its 5 p.m. bulletin, said this is a “particularly dangerous situation for these areas.” But typhoon “Rolly” is “forecast to exit the mainland Luzon landmass and emerge over the West Philippine […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte said that the number of Filipinos using illegal drugs has significantly decreased during his administration. In his recent address to the nation, the President reported that based on the figures from the Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB), there were about 1.67 million who are currently still hooked onto illegal drugs. He said that around two out of 100 Filipinos are still using drugs. Duterte said that this is significantly […]
(Eagle News) – Philippine dams recovered and have benefited from the rainy weather which the country has been experiencing. Water levels have increased in Angat dam, Ipo dam, La Mesa dam, Ambuklao dam, San Roque dam, Pantabangan dam, and Magat dam, with only Binga and Caliraya dams experiencing a slight dip in water levels. The country’s weather bureau, PAGASA, said that Ambuklao and Angat dams had the highest increase in water level in the […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte said that Russia plans to put up a pharmaceutical facility in the Philippines that would include the manufacture of their COVID-19 vaccines that would enable the country to have easier access to these vaccines. The Philippine leader announced this after his meeting with outgoing Russian Ambassador Igor Khovaev on Wednesday, Oct. 14, in Malacanang. President Duterte conferred the order of Sikatuna to the Russian ambassador who paid a farewell […]
(Eagle News) — Flashfloods were observed in parts of Bongabon, Nueva Ecija and Quezon Province due to the past days of heavy rains. In these reports by Eagle News Service correspondents, areas of Bongabon, Nueva Ecija and six barangays in Quezon province have experienced floods the past few days. In Quezon, the barangays which had flashfloods were barangays 10, 5, 4, 6, Dalahican, and Marketview. (Eagle News Service)
(Eagle News) – The Department of Agriculture said that the maximum buying price for palay this September in the top two producing regions in the country was actually higher than in the previous years. Agriculture Secreary William Dar, citing statistics on the farmgate prices of palay, said that the buying prices for dry palay (paddy rice) in the country’s top-producing areas reach P19 per kilo, which is at par with the maximum buying price set […]
PHL, one of 5 countries outside Russia to join Sputnik V Phase 3 clinical trials starting October (Eagle News) – The Philippine government said it already has a “confidentiality data agreement” with the Russian government so details regarding the results of the Russian clinical trials on its vaccine against COVID-19, Sputnik V, would be given to the Philippines. “The Department of Science and Technology said that this is important so Philippine experts can analyze the […]
Health officials say no Bangsamoro child must be left unprotected https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OiHYX8YVqQ By Odessa Cruz Eagle News Service correspondent COTABATO CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) – The Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) is putting all efforts to reach every Bangsamoro child with its strengthened anti-polio vaccination campaign this year. This, as the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) extended technical support to BARMM’s Ministry of Health so that anti-polio vaccination can be carried out […]
(Eagle News) – The Embassy of Poland in Manila recently opened its new office at Taguig City, rendering essential consular and diplomatic services to Filipinos and Polish citizens alike amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. Chargé d’affaires Jaroslaw Szczepankiewicz said that the embassy’s new office, located at the Bonifacio Global Center, was the venue for the recently concluded Polish presidential elections. “How to do elections during the lockdown? It was very complicated,” Szczepankiewicz shared, revealing that Polish […]
(Eagle News) – The Embassy of Sweden in Manila commemorated on Saturday, June 6, its Swedish National Day via an online celebration highlighting the country’s core values of innovation, sustainability, and respect for the environment. “We usually celebrate Swedish National Day with a big party. This year, because of the extraordinary circumstances, we do it differently. We have a week-long digital celebration”, H.E. Harald Fries, Ambassador of Sweden in the Philippines, said in a virtual […]
(Eagle News) – The United States government will provide an additional P201 million ($4 million) financial assistance to help support vulnerable populations in Mindanao amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the US Embassy in the Philippines announced on Friday, June 5. The Embassy said that US Ambassador Sung Kim met with officials of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) lead by Chief Minister Ahod ‘Al Haj Murad’ Ebrahim, who also chairs the BARMM Inter-Agency Task […]
