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(Eagle News)–Navotas City will be under an extreme enhanced community quarantine starting Wednesday, May 6. Mayor Toby Tiangco said the EECQ, which will last until May 15 at 11:59 p.m., was needed as the number of COVID-19 cases in the city continues to rise despite the implementation of an enhanced community quarantine there and later an extension of the same. He said most of the patients had gone to the market or grocery store. According […]
(Eagle News) — The mayor of Baliwag, Bulacan said on Tuesday, March 17, that he tested positive for the 2019 coronavirus disease. “Nais kong personal na ipabatid sa inyo na ang inyong punong bayan ay nag-positibo sa COVID-19 batay sa resulta ng pagsusuring inilabas ng Research Institute for Tropical Medicine ngayong araw,” Mayor Ferdie Estrella said on Facebook. Estrella said he sought medical consultation after feeling weakness in the body and having colds. He said […]
(Eagle News) – Newly elected local government officials should file their Statement of Contributions and Expenses (SOCE) by June 13 with the Commission on Elections (Comelec) or they will not be able to assume office. This was the warning from the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) which stressed that the filing of the SOCE is the “first legal obligation” of the candidates who won local posts. “We are reminding the winners to […]
(Eagle News) — Philippine National Police Chief Oscar Albayalde on Monday, July 9, ordered the implementation of “early security measures” for the 2019 elections to prevent “election-related violence.” Albayalde gave the order following the killings of three high-ranking local government officials, Tanauan, Batangas Mayor Antonio Halili; General Tinio, Nueva Ecija Mayor Ferdinand Bote; and Trece Martires, Cavite Vice Mayor Alex Lubigan. The police are looking at politics as a possible motive in the killing of […]
LUCENA City (Eagle News) — Tuwa at galak ang nadama ng dalawang lola sa lungsod ng Lucena dahil nakatanggap sila ng tig-P100,000 mula sa Lucena City Government. Ang dalawang lola–Constancia Abcede at Lourdes Lacerna—ay kabilang sa unang awardees na may 100 taong gulang na nabubuhay pa sa panahon ngayon. Pinangunahan ni Totoy Traqunia, Executive Assistant ng nasabing lungsod, ang pagkakaloob ng nasabing incentives sa dalawang centenarian. Malaki aniyang tulong ito sa mga centenarian sapagkat napaka-dalang na […]
DAVAO CITY (Eagle News) – Humingi ng paumanhin si Mayor Sara Duterte kay Gng. Erlinda, ina ng child abuse victim na si Jhon Earl Cagalitan. Matatandaan na namatay si Jhon Earl sa kamay ng kaniyang guardians na sina Ronilo at Sarah Jane Alcain habang nagtatrabaho si Erlinda sa Bahrain. Ang dalawang taong gulang na bata ay inilibing na noong Miyerkules ng hapon, November 23, 2016. Iniwan at pinaalaga umano ni Erlinda sa kaniyang pamankin na si Sarah Jane […]
A senator opposed the proposal to turn over control of the police to the local government units as an answer to rising criminality in the country. According to Senator Bongbong Marcos, chairman of the Senate Committee on Local Government, local government control over the police force will not solve the criminality problem and instead may add other problems because of the tendency to use such force as personal armies of mayors and governors. He added […]
