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PAGASA: Light to moderate rains forecast in Laguna, other parts of PHL today

(Eagle News)—Expect light to moderate rains over Laguna in the next two hours. In an 8:05 a.m. advisory on Sunday, Aug. 19, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said light to moderate rains were so far affecting Candelaria, Masinloc, San Narciso, San Antonio in Zambales; Tanay, Teresa, Antipolo in Rizal; Calaca, Tuy, Laurel, Balayan, Talisay and Tanauan in Batangas; Lubao, Sasmuan, Masantol in Pampanga; and Hagonoy in Bulacan. PAGASA said the rains may […]

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List of canceled flights on Sunday, Aug. 19

(Eagle News)–Several flights were cancelled by Cebu Pacific on Sunday, Aug. 19. This was reportedly due to delayed clearances for departure as a result of congestion in ramps. Airport authorities have just wrapped up clearing operations after a Chinese passenger plane overshot the 06/24 runway, which had to be closed down to flights until Saturday. Below is a list of canceled Cebu Pacific flights: 5J 110/111 Manila-Hong Kong-Manila 5J 196/197 Manila-Cauayan-Manila 5J 321/322 Manila-Legazpi-Manila 5J […]

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“I was frustrated,” Duterte says on remarks he was ready to resign; cites corruption in AFP hospital

  (Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte admitted that he was “frustrated” when he said he was ready to resign because of the numerous and almost non-stop reports of corruption in government, including those in the military’s medical services. Duterte said that what frustrated him most was the investigation report that military officials that targeted millions of funds he had allocated for the medical and health expenses of wounded and sick soldiers. “Alam mo mapatawad […]

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Poe welcomes suspension of full implementation of driver-only vehicle ban on Edsa during rush hours

(Eagle News) — Senator Grace Poe welcomed the  suspension of the full implementation of the driver-only vehicle ban during rush hours on Edsa. “Time to go back to the drawing board to think hard what can be done to solve our traffic woes,” she said, after the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority announced the Aug. 23 schedule for the full implementation of the scheme would no longer push through. She said “policies should always be practical, […]

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CHR starts inquiry into arrest of three lawyers in Makati bar raid

(Eagle News) — The Commission on Human Rights has initiated a probe into the arrest of three lawyers for alleged obstruction of justice and intimidation during an inspection of a bar in Makati on Thursday, Aug. 16, In a radio interview on Saturday, Aug. 18, CHR spokesperson Jacqueline de Guia said the inquiry into the arrest of Lenie Rocel Rocha, 25; Jan Vicente Sambrano, 32; and Romulo Bernardo Alarkon, 33; during a police inspection of […]

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Your presidency is “not a tough act to follow,” De Lima tells Duterte as she comes to defense of Robredo

(Eagle News) — Senator Leila de Lima on Saturday, Aug. 18, rebuked President Rodrigo Duterte for belittling the leadership capabilities of Vice President Leni Robredo, saying his presidency was “not a tough act to follow.” “Duterte has this hallucination that his presidency is a tough act to follow. Well, it is not. It is one of the worst, if not the worst presidency ever. After him, Marcos might even be surpassed as the most murderous […]

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Two Koreas march together at Asian Games opening ceremony

  JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — North and South Korea marched together behind the Korean Unification flag at the Asian Games opening ceremony on Saturday, in the latest demonstration of their rapprochement. South Korean women’s basketball player Lim Yung-hui and North Korean footballer Ju Kyong-chol carried the blue and white flag as the Korean athletes paraded into Jakarta’s Gelora Bung Karno stadium. It is the second such symbolic gesture this year by the two Koreas, who […]

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18 bodies pulled from SW Pakistan mine after blast

QUETTA, Pakistan (AFP)  — Pakistani authorities said Saturday they have now retrieved 18 bodies after a blast tore through a coal mine in southwest Pakistan earlier this week, including two rescuers who entered after the explosion. The mine caved in after workers used dynamite during an excavation in Sinjidi, some 45 kilometres (28 miles) east of Quetta, the capital of oil and gas rich Balochistan province. Rescue teams had pulled nine workers alive from different tunnels […]

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N. Korea urges Trump to be ‘bold’ on denuclearization

  SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — North Korean state media blamed Donald Trump’s political opponents for the “deadlock” over denuclearization on Saturday, urging the US President to act boldly to make progress on the thorny issue. Trump and the North’s leader Kim Jong Un held a groundbreaking summit in Singapore in June, which the US leader touted as a historic breakthrough. At the meeting the pair struck a vague agreement to denuclearize the Korean peninsula, […]

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National ID system law to take effect on Aug. 25, but IRR publication needed for full implementation

  (Eagle News) — The National ID system is set to take effect on August 25, but its implementing rules and regulation might still be completed in September, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority. The law takes effect 15 days after it had been published in a newspaper of general circulation. The Philippine Identification System (PhilSys) Act was signed into law by President Rodrigo Duterte on August 6, and was published in newspapers on August […]

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Italy buries bridge collapse dead as outrage simmers

  by Remi BANET with Fanny CARRIER in Rome Agence France Presse GENOA, Italy (AFP) — A state funeral service was underway Saturday in Italy to commemorate dozens of people killed in Genoa’s bridge disaster, as some outraged relatives shunned official ceremonies and rescuers pulled more bodies from the wreckage. The service, which coincides with a national day of mourning, came as firefighters still searching for five missing people discovered a car with human remains […]

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Former UN chief and Nobel laureate Kofi Annan dies

by Nina Larson Agence France Presse GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP)–Former UN chief and Nobel peace  laureate Kofi Annan died Saturday at the age of 80, his foundation announced, prompting a barrage of grief-stricken tributes from around the world. The Ghanaian national, who lived in Switzerland, was a career diplomat who projected quiet charisma and was widely credited for raising the world body’s profile in global politics during his two terms as UN chief from 1997 to […]

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