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(Eagle News) — A Commission on Appointments panel recommended on Tuesday, Dec. 13, the confirmation of the appointment of Jaime Bautista as Transportation chief. The CA committee on transportation moved for the approval after suspending a scheduled hearing last week on the appointment due to time constraints. It was Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri who moved for the endorsement after vouching for Bautista’s competence. Bautista served as the chief operating officer and president of the […]
(Eagle News) — “Rosal” has transitioned into a low pressure area. According to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration, the center of the low pressure area was so far estimated 1,020 km east of Extreme Northern Luzon. It is moving southwestward at 10 kph. PAGASA said the LPA was too far to directly affect the weather conditions in the country. However, under the influence of the surge of the Northeast Monsoon, a marine […]
(Eagle News) — President Bongbong Marcos has appointed former Piddig, Ilocos Norte mayor Eduardo Guillen as the acting chief of the National Irrigation Administration. Guillen replaced Benny Antiporda, who was placed under 6-month preventive suspension by the Office of the Ombudsman. This was after several NIA employees filed a complaint against him for supposed grave misconduct. The employees had alleged Antiporda used “retaliatory tactics” against NIA officials who recommended that past administrator Ricardo Visaya be […]
(Eagle News) — President Bongbong Marcos has arrived in Belgium for the Commemorative Summit between the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and the European Union. According to Office of the Press Secretary officer-in-charge Cheloy Garafil, the President and his Philippine delegation arrived at the Brussels International Airport at 9:55 a.m. on Monday, Dec. 12, or at 2:55 a.m, Brussels time. Before he left on Sunday, Dec. 11, the President said he would push for “Philippine […]
(Eagle News) — “Rosal” further intensified as it moved northeastward away from the Philippines. According to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration, the center of Tropical Storm “Rosal” was so far estimated 770 km east of Calayan, Cagayan. It’s packing maximum sustained winds of up to 85 km/h near the center and a gustiness of up to 105 km/h. It’s moving northeastward at 20 km/h. According to the weather bureau, although “Rosal” is […]
(Eagle News)–Tropical Depression “Rosal” has continued to maintain its strength as it moved over the Philippine Sea east of Aurora. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said so far, the center of the tropical depression was estimated 330 kilometers east of Casiguran. It is packing maximum sustained winds of up to 45 kph and a gustiness of up to 35 kph. It is moving north northeastward at 20 kph. According to PAGASA, light […]
(Eagle News)–Signal No. 1 has been raised over parts of Luzon as the low pressure area east of Sorsogon developed into Tropical Depression “Rosal.” The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said the following areas are under the tropical cyclone wind signal: Catanduanes; the eastern portion of Camarines Sur (Caramoan, Presentacion, Garchitorena, Lagonoy, San Jose, Tigaon, Sagñay); and the eastern portion of Albay (City of Tabaco, Bacacay, Rapu-Rapu, Malilipot, Malinao, Tiwi) PAGASA said so […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippines has acquired two helicopters from Turkey. According to the Office of the Press Secretary, the acquisition of the “ATAK” helicopters was part of the modernization of the Armed Forces of the Philippines. President Bongbong Marcos thanked the Turkish Aerospace Industries and the Turkey government, noting that the helicopters would improve the Philippine Air Force’s operational readiness and responsiveness. According to the OPS, the new helicopters would complement the PAF’s refurbished Bell […]
Eastern sections of Visayas, Mindanao affected by trough of LPA (Eagle News) — The shear line is affecting Northern Luzon. According to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration, the trough of a Low Pressure Area (LPA) is also affecting the eastern sections of Visayas and Mindanao. Caraga, Davao Region, Northern Mindanao, SOCCSKSARGEN, Eastern Visayas, Central Visayas, Catanduanes, Albay, Masbate, and Sorsogon will have cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms as a […]
(Eagle News)–A Commission on Appointments panel suspended deliberations on the ad interim appointment of Jaime Bautista as Transportation Chief. The suspension was made due to time constraints. CA Majority Leader and Camarines Sur Rep. Luis Raymund Villafuerte said some lawmakers still wanted to ask Bautista questions but another CA committee was also already set to deliberate the appointments of at least 61 diplomats from the Department of Foreign Affairs. Prior to this, the deliberations on […]
(Eagle News) — The Commission on Appointments committee on energy has formally recommended the ad interim appointment of Raphael Lotilla as Department of Energy chief. With the committee’s recommendation, Lotilla’s ad interim appointment is now up for approval. It was Senator Juan Miguel Zubiri who moved to send the panel’s recommendation to the plenary after no further concerns were raised during deliberations on Wednesday, December 7. The CA panel had deferred hearing Lotilla’s ad interim […]
Philippine lawmakers have proposed a $4.9 billion sovereign wealth fund to be chaired by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr to boost growth. Congressmen Sandro Marcos and Martin Romualdez — the president’s son and cousin respectively — are among the six authors of the bill filed to the House of Representatives and will be examined by two committees before being debated in the house. The “Maharlika Investments Fund” (MIF) would be seeded with 275 billion pesos from […]
