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Site inspection sa NLEX Harbor Link Segment 10, isinagawa

(Eagle News) — Nagsagawa ng site inspection  ang Build, Build, Build Team ng Duterte administration sa ginagawang Northern Luzon Expressway Harbor Link Segment 10 o ang Elevated Expressway. Ang expressway na ito ay naglalayong makapagbigay ng direktang access sa mga motorista sa port area at sa mga lalawigan sa Northern Luzon sa pamamagitan ng NLEX. Pinangunahan  nina Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade, Public Works and Highways Secretary Mark Villar, at iba pang miyembro ng Build, Build, Build […]

De Lima, muling binanatan ang kampanya laban sa droga

Ni Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service Tila nabunutan daw ng tinik ang nakakulong na si Senador Leila de Lima sa ginagawa nitong pagbatikos sa mali umanong kampanya ng gobyerno laban sa ilegal na droga. Sa isang sulat-kamay na statement, sinabi ni De Lima na ang resulta ng Social Weather Stations survey na nagsasabing nabawasan ang mga taong nasisiyahan sa war on drugs ng gobyerno ay katunayan lang na namumulat na ang taumbayan sa maling patakaran ng administrasyon. Si De Lima ay nakapiit […]

Mega Manila Subway, target matapos sa 2024

(Eagle News) — Target ng gobyerno na matapos sa taong 2024 ang pinaplanong Mega Manila subway. Ayon kay  Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Arthur Tugade, sa Nobyembre ay inaasahang lalagdaan ng mga opisyal ng Pilipinas at Japan ang kontrata para sa nasabing proyekto. Inaasahang lalagdaan ito ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte at Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Target din aniya, na simulan sa fourth quarter ng 2020 ang pagtatayo sa Mega Manila Subway pero pipilitin pa […]

10 lider, inaasahang dadalo sa ASEAN summit sa Metro Manila 

(Eagle News) — Inaasahang dadalo sa Association of Southeast Asian Summit 2017 na gaganapin sa Metro Manila ang sampung lider mula sa mga member-states nito. Ayon kay ASEAN 2017 National Organizing Council Director-General for Operations Marciano Paynor Jr., una munang magtutungo ang sampung lider sa Philippine International Convention Center (PICC) bago magtungo sa Coconut Palace para sa kanilang gagawing ‘retreat’ sa April 29. Pagkatapos ng ‘retreat,’ ay muling babalik ang sampung ASEAN  leaders sa Philippine International […]

Russian warship, sea tanker arrive in Manila for goodwill visit

  By Jerold Tagbo Eagle News Service A Russian warship and a sea tanker arrived in the country on Thursday, amid the growing relationship between the two countries. The Slava-class guided missile cruiser Varyag  docked at Pier 15 in Manila South Harbor past 9 a.m. Sea tanker Pechenga remained afloat in the middle of Manila Bay. Philippine Navy officials conducted a welcome ceremony for the Russian Navy contingent, headed by Capt. Alexsei Ulyanenko, the concurrent task group commander and commanding […]

Mga miyembro ng KADAMAY, sasailalim sa proseso bago pagkalooban ng housing units

Eagle News — Muling nagpa-alala ang National Housing Authority (NHA), sa grupo ng KADAMAY na hindi otomatikong mapapasa-kanila ang inokupahang pabahay ng gobyerno sa Pandi, Bulacan. Ayon kay NHA spokesperson Elsie Trinidad, susuriin pa ang kanilang kwalipikasyon na magkaroon ng pabahay. Kabilang aniya sa proseso ang pagkuha ng pangalan, pag-po-profile at ang ‘vetting procedure’ para malaman kung sila ay dati nang nagawaran ng pabahay. Una nang inokupahan ng ilang miyembro ng KADAMAY ang mga nakatiwang-wang […]

Environmental coalition, hinamon ang gobyerno na lalo pang tutukan ang pangangalaga sa kalikasan

Hinahamon ng isang environmental coalition ang administrasyon ng Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte na lalo pa nitong tutukan ang pangangalaga sa kalikasan at karapatang pantao. Sa isang press conference nitong Huwebes, ipinunto ng Ecological Challenge for Change Coalition ang lumalala raw na problema na dulot ng “dirty energy” at “environment-related killings.” Ang koalisyon ay binubuo ng 40 na environmental at people’s organizations. Ayon kay Lia Alonzo, research at advocacy program officer ng Center for Environmental Concerns, marapat lamang na […]

PNP on allegations in Reuters special report: They are “kind of farfetched”

(Eagle News) — Kind of farfetched. This was how the spokesperson of the Philippine National Police described the allegations made by two active and former police officials, as reported by Reuters on Wednesday. “Ang kanilang mga (supposed) allegations, medyo malayo sa katotohanan. (The killings of drug suspects are) not being ordered by the organization. Di parte ng PNP ang kanilang sinasabi dun,” Senior Supt. Dionardo Carlos said in an interview over GMA News TV on Thursday. He also […]

LTFRB: President Duterte has ordered a drug test on driver of bus in Nueva Ecija tragedy

(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered a drug test on the driver of the bus that fell off a ravine in Carranglan, Nueva Ecija on Tuesday, killing more than 30 people. Atty. Aileen Lizada, Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board spokesperson, said Duterte gave the order because he wanted to know if Rolando Mangaoang was under the influence of drugs before the Leomarick bus with plate number AVZ-757 that he was driving fell off a cliff in […]

President Duterte orders government troops to go hard on Abu Sayyaf

(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday said he had ordered government troops to “not take prisoners” once they find the members of the terrorist group Abu Sayyaf who are on the run after the incident in Inabanga, Bohol last week. “When I said to the Abu Sayyaf…they went there maybe to kidnap..And I told the Navy, if you see (them), the boat, blast them off. Do not give me prisoners. I don’t need them,” he […]

President Duterte offers P1-mn bounty for each escaped Abu Sayyaf member from Inabanga, Bohol clash

(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday offered a P1-million bounty for each member of the Abu Sayyaf still on the loose after a recent clash with government troops in Bohol that left at least nine dead. “Ang anim na scouring,  kung saan sila makalanding, I have a one million (peso) offer. Per person ako,” Duterte, who attended a security briefing in the province, told reporters. “..Ang order ko is dead or alive,” he added, […]

President Duterte declines UP honorary doctorate degree

(Eagle News Service) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday declined the University of the Philippines’ offer to confer upon him an honorary doctorate degree. In an interview in Tagbilaran, Bohol, Duterte said, “I simply declined.” The President said his decision was in line with his “personal and official policy” of not accepting such awards. “With due respect sa UP, I do not accept, even when I was mayor. Hindi ako tumatanggap,” he said. On Tuesday, […]