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(Eagle News) – Typhoon “Gorio” has left the country, but a new weather disturbance, tropical storm “Huaning” (international name Haitang) has taken its place. Storm “Huaning” entered the country Sunday morning with maximum sustained winds of 80 kilometers per hour and gusts of up to 110 kph, and could trigger possible flashfloods and landslides, according to the country’s weather bureau PAGASA. It will be bringing in moderate to heavy rains within 500 kilometers of […]
A mayor named as being involved in the narcotics trade was shot dead in a police raid Sunday, authorities said. President Rodrigo Duterte has singled out some local officials, policemen and judges as part of the drug trade in a crackdown that has made him popular with many Filipinos Among those Duterte named was Reynaldo Parojinog, mayor of Ozamiz city, who was killed along with 11 others in a dawn raid on his home, police […]
(Eagle News) – Typhoon Gorio is expected to exit the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) Sunday morning (July 30), as it heads towards Taiwan, according to PAGASA’s latest weather bulletin. As of 10 a.m. today (July 29), the eye of typhoon Gorio was located at 335 kilometers north of Basco, Batanes with maximum sustained winds of 145 kilometers per hour near the center and gusts of up to 180 kph. By Sunday morning, it […]
Boxing hero Manny Pacquiao lifted the spirits of troops in a visit on Saturday Marawi, where soldiers have been battling pro-Islamic State militants for over two months. The boxer-turned-senator, dressed in a military camouflage uniform, joked that he would join the fight in the city of Marawi where militants have been on a rampage, holding hostages and burning buildings while flying the black IS flag. “You are the real heroes, not Manny Pacquiao. I am […]
(Eagle News) — The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) clarified that President Rodrigo Duterte has no intention of destroying the indigenous community or the lumads, when he gave a warning that he intended to destroy schools being operated by miltant groups which are allegedly using the schools to teach hatred and rebellion against government. Instead, the President’s statement on the lumad schools “sends a strong message for illegal education centers to comply with government […]
MANADO, Indonesia (AFP) — Indonesia and Australia on Saturday co-hosted a counter-terrorism meeting to address the rising threat of foreign fighters, as the Philippines battles pro-Islamic State militants. The one-day gathering in North Sulawesi brings together six countries including Malaysia, Philippines and New Zealand. Ministers are due to discuss the challenges posed by growing terrorism in Southeast Asia as well as concerns that IS is trying establish a regional caliphate in the Philippines, where government forces are pitted against Islamist […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) – The Commission on Population said that from formerly being ranked at the 12th place, the Philippines is now down one rung, sliding to the 13th place in the list of countries with the largest population in the world. The Philippines is listed as having 103,796,832 or an estimated 103.8 million people. “On July 1, 2017, Ethiopia overtook our spot, making the Philippines the 13th largest country in the world,” […]
(Eagle News) — Magdalo party-list Representative Gary Alejano appealed to his fellow congressmen to prioritize the creation of an Emergency Management Agency as outlined by President Rodrigo Duterte himself in his second State of the Nation Address (SONA). He said this should be among the priority bills in Congress. The proposed emergency management agency will be under the Office of the President and will be responsible for disaster mitigation and preparedness measures as well as […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Alliance of Concerned Teachers party-list Representative France Castro asked Education Secretary Leonor Briones to expedite the giving of permits to Lumad schools, adding that many permits for application were still pending with the Department of Education. Castro dared DepEd Secretary Briones to act on their applications. “Hinahamon ko si DepEd Secretary Liling [Briones] na magsalita. Ilang araw na ang nakalipas pero hindi siya nagsasalita kaugnay ng mga permit,” Castro […]
(Eagle News Service) — Gorio intensified into a typhoon on Friday, as it moved toward Taiwan and continued to enhance the southwest monsoon, triggering rains over parts of the country. Signal Number 2 has been raised over Batanes, and Signal Number 1 over the Babuyan Group of Islands, where rains and maximum sustained winds of 30 to 60 kilometers per hour are expected in 36 hours. In its 5 p.m. bulletin, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte dared Jose Maria Sison, his former professor and founding chair of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) to come home to the Philippines, leave the comfortable life he has in Utrecht, and fight the struggle he had lectured about here in his home country. The 72-year old Duterte called the 78-year old Sison “duwag” and “talawan,” the Filipino and Cebuano term respectively for “coward.” He said the […]
(Eagle News) — The Armed Forces of the Philippines will no longer pursue a case against comedienne Mae Paner for what they said was her unauthorized use of a military uniform during a rally against martial law in Mindanao. AFP Chief of Staff General Eduardo Año said in a statement read by AFP spokesperson Restituto Padilla on Friday that the change of heart was borne by reports Paner, also known as Juana Change, did not ridicule […]
