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Northeast monsoon affecting extreme N. Luzon: PAGASA

(Eagle News) — The northeast monsoon is affecting extreme Northern Luzon. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said, as a result, Batanes and Babuyan Islands will have partly cloudy to at times cloudy skies with isolated light rains. Eastern Visayas, Dinagat Islands, Surigao del Norte, and Surigao del Sur will have cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms, this time, due to the easterlies. Flash floods or landslides due to moderate to […]

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4.7-magnitude earthquake strikes Zambales

(Eagle News) — A 4.7-magnitude earthquake struck Zambales on Thursday, March 16. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake hit 13 kilometers northeast of Masinloc at 12:21 p.m. The depth of focus was 24 kilometers. The following intensities and instrumental intensities were reported: Reported Intensities: Intensity IV – City of Alaminos, and Binalonan, Pangasinan; City of San Fernando, Pampanga Intensity III – Mandaluyong; Quezon City; Taguig; Infanta, Aguilar, and Villasis, Pangasinan Intensity […]

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Philippine social media users face barrage of bogus medical posts

by Lucille Sodipe and Faith Brown Agence France Presse Manila, Philippines (AFP) — Philippine vlogger Rosanel Demasudlay holds a heart-shaped “virginity soap” bar in front of the camera and assures her hundreds of YouTube followers it can be safely used to “tighten” their vaginas. The video is part of a barrage of bogus and harmful medical posts on social media platforms where Filipinos rank among the world’s heaviest users. Even before Covid-19 confined people to […]

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DOJ panel indicts 7 Tau Gamma Phi frat members over Salilig hazing, neophyte’s injuries

(Eagle News) — The Department of Justice panel of prosecutors has indicted seven members of the Tau Gamma Phi fraternity over the alleged hazing death of Adamson student John Matthew Salilig and over injuries sustained by neophyte Roi Osmund Dela Cruz. According to the DOJ, prosecutors found probable cause to indict the following for violation of the Anti-Hazing Law of 2018: Earl Romero (Slaughter) Tung Cheng Teng Jr. (Nike): Grand triskelion Jerome Ochoco Balot (Allie) […]

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PAGASA says La Niña has ended

(Eagle News) — The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration has said La Niña, or the cold phase, has ended. According to the weather bureau, most climate models predict  El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) neutral, neither El Niño nor La Niña, will be “favored from March through June with an increased likelihood of a transition to El Niño (warm phase) thereafter.” ENSO is a recurring climate pattern that involves changes in central and eastern tropical […]

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Philippines, US to hold largest ever joint war games: officials

The Philippines and the United States will hold their largest ever joint military exercises next month, Philippine and US officials said Tuesday, as the longtime allies seek to counter China’s growing regional influence. A total of 17,680 soldiers will take part in the annual drills, which for the first time will include live-fire exercises in the disputed South China Sea and a simulated defence of a tiny Philippine island nearly 300 kilometres (190 miles) south […]

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April 10, 2023 declared as non-working holiday

(Eagle News) — President Bongbong Marcos has moved the observance of this year’s Araw ng Kagitingan to April 10, Monday, instead of April 9, Sunday. The Palace referred to the President’s Proclamation No. 90 issued in November 2022 in making the announcement. According to the proclamation,  the declaration of April 10 as a non-working holiday this year is to “enable our countrymen to avail of the benefits of a longer weekend…” It said this was […]

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CIDG: Complaints filed vs Teves’ secretary, five others arrested during Negros Oriental raids

(Eagle News) — Complaints have been filed against the secretary of Negros Oriental Rep. Arnolfo Teves Jr. and five others  who were arrested during the recent raids in some of the congressman’s properties that yielded firearms and other weapons, the Philippine National Police-Criminal Investigation and Detection Group said. The simultaneous raids were held in five different addresses in Basay and Bawayan City in Negros Oriental on March 10 on Sunday. The CIDG had said they […]

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PNP: Rifle used to kill Degamo recovered

(Eagle News)–The rifle used in the killing of Negros Oriental Gov. Roel Degamo has been recovered. The police said the rifle was retrieved from  the suspects. The Special Investigation Task Force (SITG) tasked to probe the case is also looking into the other firearms used in the March 4 attack. The police said it was also investigating the “original owner, seller, and buyer” of the vehicles used in the attack. Authorities have arrested at least […]

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Effect of Oriental Mindoro oil spill being seen in Barangay Casian, Palawan: PCG

Japan Disaster Relief team commits to help in oil spill response operations (Eagle News ) — The effect of the oil spill from the sinking of MT Princess Empress on February 28 is already being seen in Taytay, Palawan, the Philippine Coast Guard said. It said its personnel have begun cleaning operations in Barangay Casian, which is 159 nautical miles away from Naujan, Oriental Mindoro, where the tanker carrying 800,000 liters of oil sank. The […]

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Palace announces latest appointments to several gov’t agencies, GOCCs

(Eagle News) — The Palace on Thursday, March 9, announced the latest appointments in several  government agencies and government-owned and -controlled corporations. The appointees and their respective agencies and GOCCs are the following: Department of Agriculture Genevieve E. Velicaria-Guevarra, Assistant Secretary Celso C. Olido, Director III Maria Melba B. Wee, Director III Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development Ma. Lorina J. Rigor, Director IV Philippine Rubber Research Institute Cheryll L. Eusela, Executive Director III […]

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6.2-magnitude quake strikes Davao de Oro

(Eagle News) — A 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck Davao de Oro on Tuesday, March 7. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake hit at 2:02 p.m. The epicenter was 13 kilometers northwest of Maragusan. The depth of focus was 34 kilometers. The following intensities and instrumental intensities were reported: Reported Intensities: Intensity V – Nabunturan, Davao de Or Intensity IV – City of Tagum, Davao del Norte Instrumental Intensities: Intensity V – Nabunturan, […]

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