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(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte said he would make a visit to the areas affected by “Urduja.” Duterte made the announcement before a crowd in Davao City on Sunday. “I have to fly to the places where the typhoon passed through. There’s so much destruction there,” Duterte said. He said he “would like to see for myself what government can do better than what these guys are doing now.” Presidential Communications Secretary Martin Andanar […]
(Eagle News) — A magnitude-5.1 earthquake struck Surigao del Norte on Sunday. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake struck 36 kilometers northeast of Burgos at 10:32 p.m. The depth of focus of the quake was 14 kilometers. An Intensity IV was felt in Burgos, Pilar, and Dapa in Surigao del Norte, while an Intensity III was felt in Dinagat and San Jose in the Dinagat Islands. An Intensity II was felt in […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of the Interior and Local Government’s Federalism and Constitutional Reform program has a new administrator. Interior Assistant Secretary Jonathan Malaya has been appointed to the position, DILG Officer-in-Charge Catalino Cuy announced on Sunday. Malaya was Assistant Secretary for Communication and Capacity Development of the DILG before the appointment. “As directed by President (Rodrigo) Duterte, the DILG needs to let the local governments and the ordinary people appreciate and understand how federalism will […]
(Eagle News) — The northern portion of Samar can expect more rains as “Urduja” continues to move slowly over the area on Sunday. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said the center of the tropical storm as of 4 a.m was in the vicinity of Calbayog, Samar, with the weather disturbance expected to leave the Philippine Area of Responsibility until after five days. It is forecast to move west at 13 kilometers per […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration is monitoring a tropical depression outside the Philippine area of responsibility as Tropical Storm “Urduja” continues to traverse the northern part of Samar. In its 8 p.m. bulletin, PAGASA said the tropical depression was located 2330 kilometers east of Mindanao. Meanwhile, as of 7 p.m., the center of “Urduja” was in the vicinity of San Jorge, Samar. “Urduja” is packing maximum sustained winds of […]
(Eagle News)– President Rodrigo is set to appoint Kariton Klasrum founder Efren Peñaflorida as a commissioner of the Presidential Commission for the Urban Poor. Duterte made the announcement days after he fired commissioners of the agency, including its chair, left-leaning Terry Ridon. Duterte made the move after Ridon traveled seven times outside the country since he was assigned to the commission in September. The President said the PCUP just met two to three times […]
(Eagle News) — Tropical Storm “Urduja” continues to move westward as it prepares to make landfall in the Northern-Eastern Samar area either this afternoon or evening. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical Astronomical Services Administration said as of 7 a.m., the center of the tropical storm was estimated at 125 kilometers east northeast of Borongan City, Eastern Samar. “Urduja” is packing maximum sustained winds of 80 kilometers per hour near the center and gustiness of up to 95 […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) –A Pasay City regional trial court issued a decision allowing Pampanga Representative Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to travel abroad for vacation and official business. Judge Jesus Mupas of Pasay City Regional Trial Court Branch 112 issued the decision allowing the former President to go to Japan, Hong Kong and Myanmar from December 26, 2017 to January 12, 2018. Mupas approved Arroyo’s request after her lawyers Ferdinand Topacio and Joselito Lomangaya submitted a […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Officials of the previous Aquino administration are not yet off the hook regarding the Dengvaxia vaccine controversy, according to Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque. Roque said that that after the investigation being conducted by Congress and the Department of Justice, those who are found to be liable will be charged. “Basta ang sabi ni Presidente, ituloy ang imbestigasyon ng DOJ, ituloy ang imbestigasyon ng Senado, at kung merong dapat managot, pananagutin […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – Former president Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III believes that his testimony in the Senate hearing regarding Dengvaxia is already sufficient and that he would not be attending further hearings on the matter. “I think I clarified it, especially to everybody who listened to it and to those listening to it that have an open mind. If there were people who were listening to it who have closed minds, I cannot change their […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) – The number of Filipinos without jobs went down to 18.9% or an equivalent of almost 9 million Filipinos in the third quarter of 2017, specifically from July to September this year. According to the latest survey conducted by the Social Weather Stations (SWS), this is an improvement from the 22.2% or 10.5 million jobless Filipinos in the second quarter of 2017, or from April to June 2017. The September’s […]
(Eagle News) — Cebu Rep. Gwendolyn Garcia on Friday said she was only trying to do what she could for her constituents when she asked then-Health Secretary Paulyn Ubial to expand the government’s dengue vaccination program to her province. “Ginagampanan lang namin ang role namin as fiscalizer at mabigyan ng benefits ang constituents namin kung may government program na ganito,” Garcia said in a radio interview. She recalled telling Ubial during a session in 2016 […]
