Tag: Kalayaan

Typhoon “Odette” further intensifies as it leaves PHL

Signal no. 1 raised over Kalayaan islands; only light to moderate rains expected Sunday   (Eagle News) – Typhoon Odette (international name Rai) continued to intensify over the West Philippine Sea, with maximum sustained winds of 195 kilometers per hour and gusts of up to 240 km/hr. The typhoon, however, is already outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR). The center of the typhoon’s eye was located at 320 kilometers northwest of Pag-asa Island in […]

PHL again tells China to “immediately withdraw” militia ships “swarming” in Julian Felipe Reef, West PHL Sea

Notes Chinese militia ships also increasing presence in Kalayaan Group of Islands, other parts of West PHL Sea   (Eagle News) – The Philippine government reiterated its demand for China to immediately withdraw Chinese militia ships in the country’s territorial waters, including 44 ships still moored at the Julian Felipe Reef (Whitsun Reef), and 214 more ships in other areas of the Kalayaan Island Group and the West Philippine Sea. In a statement released by […]

PHL Coast Guard rescues 30 passengers of motor boat drifting in West PHL Sea

  (Eagle News) – The Philippine Coast Guard rescued 30 people aboard a motor boat which drifted in the vicinity of waters off the Royal Captain Shoal in the West Philippine Sea on Friday night. The Coast Guard said that the 30 passengers aboard the Motor Launch Hadzraima which was headed for Pagasa island made a distress call at 7:01p.m. that was received by the Coast Guard district of Palawan. The passengers were all residents […]

65 magsasaka sa Laguna, binigyan ng Certificate of Land Ownership Award ng DAR

Ni Willson Palima Eagle News Correspondent NAGCARLAN, Laguna (Eagle News) – Matapos ang mahigit na 30 taon paghihintay kaugnay ng patuloy na ipinaglalaban ng mga magsasaka sa Laguna ay ipinagkaloob ng pamunuan ng Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) ang may 65 titulo, certificate of land ownership award (CLOA) sa lahat ng mga agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARB) sa Nagcarlan, Laguna kamakailan. Ipinagkaloob ng mga nabanggit na bilang ng mga titulo sa mga magsasaka na sinaksihan ni […]

Kalayaan, Atin Ito – an act of defiance or the nation’s hope?

QUEZON City, Philippines (February 1) – “We shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender”- Winston Churchill This is the fighting spirit of the Filipino youth who courageously volunteered and have not been hindered even if all the odds are against them. […]