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(Eagle News) — Almost 100 Filipinos living undocumented in Saudi Arabia have availed of the Saudi Amnesty Program, the Department of Foreign Affairs said. In a statement on Thursday, the DFA said as a result, the 91 Filipinos have been allowed to return to Manila, and will arrive on April 13. Under the amnesty program first implemented by the Saudi’s Interior Ministry on March 29, undocumented migrant workers are allowed to leave the country without penalties. […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Social Security System (SSS) has issued a warning against fake SSS checks being used as payment for goods. The warning was made after an incident that saw a grocery store receive a fake SSS check in exchange for purchased products. “We want to remind everyone to be more prudent in accepting SSS checks being encashed to them. The fake SSS check that was encashed may look authentic for […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority has announced plans to conduct a third metrowide quake drill this July. According to the MMDA, the “Metro Manila ShakeDrill” will be held for five consecutive days, from July 14 to 18. Aside from Metro Manila, other nearby provinces such as Bulacan, Rizal, Cavite and Laguna will participate. “Yung preparedness must go down already to the community level. Pag nangyari ang isang sakuna, hahanapin […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) –A seismologist clarified that the high temperatures being experienced by the country are not connected with the series of earthquakes that hit Batangas, and parts of Visayas and Mindanao recently. Ishmael Narag of the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) said that any surface activity would not reach down and affect the depth from which earthquakes originate. After the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) declared the […]
IED found with explosive capacity of three grenades and more (Eagle News) — The police have recovered more high-powered firearms and ammunition–including an improvised explosive device that has the explosive capacity of three grenades and more–from the house in Quezon City which Felix Nathaniel “Angel” Manalo occupied until his arrest on March 2. Electricians who were fixing the wiring in #36 Tandang Sora found the cache inside an elevated hidden room that was behind what […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The number of tourists going to Boracay has already increased with the start of the long weekend. According to officials of the Caticlan Airport, the number of tourists was still manageable at the start of the week, but increased dramatically with the coming of the long weekend. The Philippine National Police has already deployed 188 police officers on the island and an additional 50 personnel from the regional office […]
President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday said that he would “maybe send (his) son” on Pagasa Island to “show” that the Philippines’ claim was “clearly good for all generations of Filipinos.” “Because of our friendship with China and because we value your friendship I will not go there to raise the Philippine flag,” he told about 2,000 Filipinos during his visit to Saudi Arabia. Duterte has been on a two-day visit in the Middle Eastern country since Monday. Saudi Arabia […]
Ni Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service Isa-isang inalam ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte ang kalagayan ng mga Overseas Filipino Workers sa Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, kung saan siya ay naka-state visit simula pa noong Lunes. Sa pagbisita ng Pangulo, naging emosyonal ang mga OFW. “My first question is, where is the Department of OFWs? That is the first question–the Department of OFWs. We want it,” sabi ng isa. Sagot naman ni Duterte, “A (Department of OFWS) is […]
(Eagle News) — A 3.5-magnitude earthquake struck Lanao del Sur on Thursday, a day after it was hit by a stronger one. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake which struck eight kilometers south of Wao town took place at 6:57 a.m. Its depth of focus was shallow, at 21 km below the surface. On Wednesday, magnitude-6 earthquake struck the same town at 5:21 a.m. This was only two days after a series […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte urged Saudi businessmen to invest in the Philippines, saying the government would give them “the best incentives and best environment” it could offer. “Anyway, business is business and anytime that you feel there is promise to business in my country, feel free,” he told the crowd he met in the Middle Eastern country, where he is on a two-day visit. “We give you the best incentives and the best […]
(Eagle News) — The Supreme Court has ordered the camps of Vice President Leni Robredo and former Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. to pay more than P80 million for his poll protest to move forward. The SC, sitting as the Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET), said in a resolution dated March 21, that the P81.46 million is needed for the recovery of election documents and ballot boxes from precincts that are being contested. The former senator, in particular, is asking […]
