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Pagasa, pinaghahanda na ang publiko sa pagsisimula ng summer season

QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Mas makararamdam ng mainit na panahon ang malaking bahagi ng bansa ngayong araw. Ayon sa Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration, bunsod ito ng easterlies o ang mainit at maalinsangang hangin mula sa Pacific Ocean. Pero sinabi ng Pagasa na hindi pa opisyal na panahon na ng tag-init dahil umiiral pa ang northeast monsoon o hanging amihan sa hilangang bahagi ng Luzon. Kamakailan ay inihayag ng weather bureau […]

Isang kumpanya mula Thailand magbibigay ng Php 10 milyon sa PHL

QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Magkakaloob ng 10 milyong piso ang isang Thai agricultural company sa Pilipinas. Ayon kay Agriculture Secretary Manny Piñol , magmumula ang pera sa Charoen Pokphand (CP) Group na pinamumunuan ni Chairman Dhanin Chearavanont. Ibibigay ito para magamit sa kampanya ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte laban sa iligal na droga at sa Rural Development Program ng gobyerno. Inanunsyo rin ni Piñol na ipinangako rin ng CP Group ang $2 billion investment […]

Iligal na pag-okupa ng Kadamay sa mga housing unit sa Bulacan, iimbestigahan ng Kongreso

QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Iimbestigahan na rin ng dalawang kapulungan ng Kongreso ang iligal na pag-okupa ng mga miyembro ng Kalipunan ng Damayang Mahihirap o Kadamay sa mga housing unit sa Pandi 3 Village sa Bulacan. Sa panayam ng programang Feedback sa Radyo Agila, sinabi ni Senador JV Ejercito, chairman ng Senate Committee on Urban Planning, Housing and Resettlement, na may ugnayan na sila ng counterpart sa Kamara para magsagawa ng joint investigation sa […]

8 sa 10 Pilipino ‘feeling safe’ dahil sa kampanya kontra droga ayon sa Pulse Asia

QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Walo sa sampung Pilipino sa buong bansa ang nagsabing ligtas sila dahil sa kampanya ng gobyerno kontra iligal na droga. Ito ang lumabas sa pinakabagong Pulse Asia Survey na isinagawa nitong Disyembre 6 hanggang 11, 2016. Pinakamataas na naitala ang satisfaction rating sa Mindanao, kung saan 90 percent ng mga residente rito ang mas feeling safe ngayon kumpara noong nakaraang taon dahil sa kampanya ng gobyerno kontra droga. 87 […]

Boracay, pasok sa Asia’s Top 10 Islands

QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Pasok ang isla ng Boracay bilang isa sa Asia’s Top 10 Islands ng 2017 Travelers Choice Awards. Sa report na ipinalabas ng isang sikat na travel site, nasa ika-pitong puwesto sa listahan ang Boracay habang nanguna naman ang Bali, Indonesia. Sinundan ito ng Phuket Island, Ko Samul at Koh Tao na pawang matatagpuan sa Thailand. Pasok sa pang-limang puwesto ang Lomok sa West Nusa Tenggara sa Indonesia. Kabilang pa sa […]

Manila government to push through with “conversion and redevelopment” of Rizal sports complex

(Eagle News) — Despite opposition from heritage advocates, the Manila City government is pushing through with the “conversion and redevelopment” of the pre-war Rizal Memorial Sports Complex, saying “everything (was) old already.” “Oo, sigurado ‘yun,” Mayor Joseph Estrada said when asked if plans to that effect would push through. According to Estrada,the conversion of RMSC–which is owned by the government— is part of his administration’s urban development program.  “E, wala nang gumagamit. Wala nang kinikita. Luma […]

Trillanes claims Duterte dinner invitation for Robredo, just a “trap”

  (Eagle News)– Opposition senator Antonio Trillanes IV claimed that the dinner invitation by President Rodrigo Dutetre was a trap for Vice-President Leni Robredo as he warned the latter not to be “disarmed” by the President. The senator warned Robredo “not (to) fall for that trap again” in a statement he issued about the dinner invitation. Trillanes said the dinner was meant to “disarm and politically neutralize her at this time that (Mr.) Duterte is […]

PNP says no extrajudicial killings in Philippines; calls out Robredo, media for “wrong reporting”

(Eagle News) — There are no extrajudicial killings in the country. This was the statement of the Philippine National Police on Monday, as media reports labelling all killings as extrajudicial continued to proliferate. In a press conference, the PNP clarified that extrajudicial killings were necessarily “state-sponsored.” No killing in the country, however, they said, was state-sponsored. “It is the media that is insistent in (using the term),” PNP Director General Ronald dela Rosa said. Chief […]

President Duterte invites Robredo and children to dinner with his family

  (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has invited Vice-President Leni Robredo to dinner after Robredo talked to him during the Philippine National Police Academy commencement exercises, assuring him that she does not want him to be removed from office. Duterte replied that he believed her. Speaking to reporters in Bukidnon, Duterte said: “Yes, ganito yan she mention on destab destab. Sabi niya wala ako niyan. Sabi ko Leni I believe you.” The President also told […]

“Who allowed drug addicts to get to 4 million?” Duterte demands answers from previous administration

  (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte is demanding answers from the previous Aquino administration why it had allowed the drug problem to become worse and balloon into this tragedy wherein he said four millions Filipinos are now drug addicts. “You read the crimes that were committed before the drug campaign. Look at the victims! Children who are raped, two years old, night shift workers and everybody else,” Duterte said during the groundbreaking of the […]

Duterte says he won’t let Filipino youth be destroyed by drugs; thanks China for help in building rehab centers

  (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte said he would not let the Filipino youth  be destroyed by drugs, stressing that this was a campaign promise that he made and he would not renege on it. The President also stressed the importance of rehabilitation of illegal drug dependents, which is a twin program of the Philippine goverment’s fight against drugs. On Saturday, March 25, President Duterte led the groundbreaking ceremony of the a site where […]

Paris Agreement to take effect in Philippines in April

(Eagle News) — The Paris Agreement on Climate Change will take effect in the Philippines next month. This is according to Senator Loren Legarda, chair of the Senate committee on climate change. According to Legarda, the historic agreement that aims to keep global average temperature to well below two degrees Celsius below pre-industrial levels, and to limit the increase to 1.5 degrees Celsius, will enter into force in the country on April 22, exactly a year the […]