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QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) – The Bureau of Immigration said that retired police Arturo Lascañas will return to the Philippines on April 22, based on his return ticket. “As reported by our Port Operations Division Chief Marc Red Mariñas, a passenger by the name Arthur B Lascañas presented himself [on Saturday] for immigration departure clearance on or about 1701H,” (BI) spokesperson Antonette Mangrobang said. Lascañas went to Singapore last Saturday, April 8. The Bureau […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) has already recorded more than 1,000 aftershocks since Tuesday’s (April 4) magnitude 5.5 earthquake that first rocked Batangas last week. According to PHIVOLCS Director Renato Solidum, these recorded quakes include the four quakes that hit Batangas last Saturday, April 8, the strongest of which was the magnitude 6.0 quake that struck 3:09 p.m. Solidum explained that such quakes are what they called ‘earthquake swarm’ […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday sought to allay China’s fears the Philippines would disrupt the situation in the South China Sea, following his pronouncement he had ordered the military to “occupy 9 or 10” islands there. “I’d like to address myself to the Chinese government…Kaibigan natin si Amba. I ordered the occupation of the 10 or 9 islands that are just near our shores because there’s a heightening of the geopolitical issues and eventually […]
(Eagle News) — Niyanig ng 4.5 magnitude na lindol ang hilagang silangan ng Catarman, Samar. Ayon sa Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) temblor, tectonic ang origin nito na naitala pasado alas-otso kwarenta’y tres (8:43 AM)ng umaga. Intensity 2 ang naramdaman sa Catarman, Northern Samar, at Cabid-An, Sorsogon, Intensity 1 naman sa Sorsogon, Sorsogon, Legaspi City, Masbate City at Borongan sa Eastern Samar. Tiniyak naman ng PHIVOLCS na hindi ito magdudulot ng aftershocks at […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte kept a very good net satisfaction rating in the first quarter of this year, the Social Weather Stations said. The results of the SWS survey that was conducted from March 25-28 showed that Duterte had obtained a +63 rating, the same net satisfaction rating he received in December last year. For the survey, face-to-face interviews of 1,200 adults (18 years old and above) were made nationwide—300 each in Balance […]
Reuters — Filipino fishermen at a disputed shoal have regained their livelihood by fishing inside a disputed shoal following closer bilateral ties between Manila and Beijing in recent months. Far out in the South China Sea, where dark blue meets bright turquoise, a miles-long row of fishing boats anchor near Scarborough Shoal, backed by a small armada of coastguard projecting China’s power in Asia’s most disputed waters. China still calls the shots at the prime […]
(Eagle News) — The retired policeman who initially denied then-Davao Mayor Rodrigo Duterte had a hand in the alleged killings of the supposed Davao Death Squad then later said he did has left the country. Media reports said Arthur Lascañas left for Singapore on Saturday. Lascañas had denied before a Senate inquiry last year that Duterte was responsible for alleged extrajudicial killings in Davao when he was mayor there. The testimony had been made by […]
(Eagle News Service) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Sunday ordered the Department of Budget Management and Department of Defense to “expedite the early release” of more than P6 billion worth of pension benefits for the country’s war veterans, noting that they “deserve a better life in the twilight of their years.” Before Duterte could finish his announcement, the war veterans in attendance at the Mt. Samat Shrine in Pilar, Bataan already cheered, and applauded. “Inom muna ako […]
Ni Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service Pansamantala munang ipinatigil ang diving at snorkelling acitivities sa mga coastal barangay sa bayan ng Mabini. Ayon kay Mabini Mayor Noli Luistro, ito’y dahil sa mga pinangangambahang paggalaw ng lupa at dahil sa mga nararanasang mahihinang lindol sa ilalim ng dagat. Wala pang ibinibigay na inpormasyon ang alkalde kung kailan magreresume ang diving at iba pang sports activity. Bukod sa ilamg resorts, sarado rin ang operasyon ng ilang ospital […]
By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service MABINI, Batangas (Eagle News) — Epektibo ngayong araw (Abril 9) idineklara na ang state of calamity sa bayan ng Mabini sa Batangas kung saan ang karamihan ng mga residente ay nagulat at labis na nag-aalala dahil sa malalakas na lindol na tumama sa kanilang lugar. Hanggang ngayon ay nasa “state of shock” pa rin ang mayorya sa mga residente, ayon kay Mabini Mayor Noel Luistro. Ngayon lang daw kasi nila […]
(Eagle News) – What happened in Batangas was an “earthquake swarm” — a series of quakes without a distinct very large earthquake – and there is no sign it has stopped, according to the director of the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) Renato Solidum Jr. For Phivolcs, what was the main “shock” before of April 4 recorded at 5.5 magnitude had been replaced by this 6.0 magnitude of last Saturday, April 8, […]
