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President Rodrigo Duterte has cancelled his scheduled visit to quake-hit Ormoc City. The President was scheduled to visit the city on Monday, July 10 to assess the situation after a magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck Leyte province last Thursday, July 6. But in a briefing, Sunday, July 9, Philippine Information Agency (PIA) Regional Manager Alicia Nart announced the cancellation of the said visit. There was no reason given for the postponement. Instead of the President, some […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Supreme Court ruled in favor of the legality of giving 20% discount for senior citizens and persons with disability (PWDs) for their medicine purchases. Several drug companies want to have the provisions declared unconstitutional, saying the senior citizens’ discounts for medicines had affected their profits. But the high court did not rule in their favor, and declared Section 4a of Republic Act (RA) 9257 or the Expanded Senior Citizens […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Home Mutual Development Fund or PAG-IBIG fund declared a six-month moratorium on all collections on all kinds of loans of members in Marawi City. This was according to Pag-IBIG Chief Executive Officer Acmad Rizaldy Moti. “Yes, we have imposed a moratorium on loan payment for six months for our members working in Marawi as well as those who reside in Marawi but working outside the city,” Mori announced. […]
(Eagle News)– Another quake shook Leyte Monday morning, July 10, with a magnitude of 5.8, and according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS), this is just a strong aftershock from last Thursday’s 6.5 magnitude earthquake. PHIVOLCS Director Renato Solidum confirmed that the 5.4 quake felt in Leyte on Monday (July 10) morning was an aftershock of the July 6 quake with movement happening at the same fault line. “Yung magnitude 5.4 […]
(Eagle News) — Magiging maulan ang panahon sa Palawan, Visayas at Mindanao dahil sa inter-tropical convergence zone (ITCZ), ito ay ayon sa inilabas na advisory ng Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA). Maulap na may mahina hanggang katamtamang pag-ulan ang mararanasan sa Mimaropa, Bicol, ilang bahagi ng Visayas, hilagang bahagi ng Mindanao at Caraga. Sa Metro Manila at nalalabing bahagi ng bansa, bahagyang maulap hanggang sa maulap na papawirin na may isolated rain […]
(Agence France Presse) — Snipers in high-rise buildings are the main problem facing forces battling to crush pro-Islamic State fighters who have occupied Marawi for more than a month, a military spokesman said Saturday. Lieutenant Colonel Jo-ar Herrera said this was the reason the government was using air strikes against the militants. “If we do not use air strikes, we will incur more casualties of our troops,” he told reporters in Marawi, which was overrun […]
(Eagle News) — Another person of interest in the killing of five members of a family in Bulacan has been found dead. A radio report said alias Tony’s body was found in San Miguel, Bulacan. Alias Tony’s death comes days after other persons of interest, Roosevelt Sorima alias Ponga, and Ronaldo Pacinos alias Inggo, were killed. Pacinos’ body was found last Tuesday at Phase 7, North Ridge Subdivision in Barangay Santo Cristo, with a cardboard that read, […]
(Eagle News) — The islands of Samar and Bohol as well as the southern part and some areas in the northern part of Leyte are suffering from island-wide power outage in the aftermath of the magnitude-6.5 earthquake. The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) has not given an estimated time of restoration as it has yet to finish inspecting hundreds of kilometers of power lines in the affected areas. According to NGCP, they are […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — The World Boxing Organization (WBO) has said it will review the scoring of the Manny Pacquiao-Jeff Horn welterweight title bout after the Philippine world champion’s shock loss, but the verdict will stand. The WBO announced the move on its website after Pacquiao, backed by the Philippine government’s sports regulatory body, criticised the referee and the judges and demanded a review. The Filipino regulator, the Games and Amusements Board, has also called […]
(Eagle News) — Kananga town in Leyte has been placed under state of calamity following the 6.5 magnitude earthquake. The quake Thursday, July 6 destroyed a building in Kananga town, which is located next to Jaro, the epicenter of the quake. Kananga vice Mayor Elmer Codilla said 10 people were injured when the building collapsed, and several others were trapped. Leyte Fourth District Representative Lucy Torres- Gomez said, one person was killed when an apartment […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte’s net satisfaction rating rose even after he declared martial law across Mindanao, with the popular chief executive even setting a personal record-high score this time around. Duterte’s net satisfaction rating based on the June 2017 survey of the Social Weather Stations was at +66, three points higher than the net satisfaction rating he received in March. The President garnered a +63 net rating in December 2016, when SWS first […]
July is School’s Safety Month Infographics by Dex Magno Research by Jodi Bustos, edited by Jay Paul Carlos
