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(Eagle News) — The “systemic corruption” in place in V. Luna Medical Center since 2016 was so bad one set of prosthesis for wounded Marawi soldiers, which costs only P338,000, was reported to have reached P1.4 million. This is according to General Carlito Galvez Jr., Armed Forces of the Philippines chief of staff, who held a press briefing after the Palace announced President Rodrigo Duterte’s sacking of at least 20 military officials and personnel […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — A Philippines bid to have Cleveland Cavaliers shooting guard Jordan Clarkson play for their Asian Games team has been dashed after the National Basketball Association refused to release him. Clarkson, who appeared off the bench in two 2018 NBA finals games against repeat champions Golden State Warriors, was included by the basketball-crazy Asian nation in their squad last week as they tried to get his paperwork done on time. However, the […]
(Eagle News) — Classes on Tuesday, Aug. 14, were suspended in some parts of the country due to the bad weather and/or floods. Below is a list: Abra – all levels Bataan – all levels Benguet – all levels Mountain Province – all levels Metro Manila Marikina – all levels Central Colleges of the Philippines Barangay Dampalit, Malabon – all levels Navotas – all levels Valenzuela – Daycare centers: Arkong Bato Balangkas Bilog Bisig […]
(Eagle News) — The scheduled aerial inspection of flooded areas in Metro Manila and Rizal on Monday, Aug. 13, has been canceled anew. The Palace made the announcement minutes after announcing the scheduled inspection to reporters in a Palace briefing. Special Assistant to the President Bong Go had said the aerial inspection was supposed to take place on Sunday, but this was canceled due to bad weather. This time, though, the Palace did not give […]
(Eagle News) — Expect rains to persist in parts of the country in the next few days. This is according to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration, which announced that a new low-pressure area outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility would continue to enhance the southwest monsoon. In its recent advisory, PAGASA said the enhanced “Habagat” brought about by the LPA located 925 kilometers east northeast of Basco, Batanes will bring “scattered to widespread […]
by Jim SLATER Agence France-Presse ST. LOUIS, United States (AFP) — Sitting on a couch watching the Masters on television with an injured left wrist, Brooks Koepka never dreamed he would win two majors this year, much less battle his boyhood idols. But the 28-year-old American did just that, defending his title at the US Open in June and taking his third major crown Sunday at the PGA Championship by two strokes over Tiger Woods. […]
(Eagle News) — Halos lahat ng lebel ng tubig sa dam sa Luzon ay nagtaasan dahil sa patuloy na pag-ulang dulot ng habagat. Ayon kay Engineer Danny Flores ng Hydrometeorology Division ng Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA), nasa 201.8 meters na ang lebel ng tubig sa Angat dam, tumaas ito ng halos 4.37 meters sa loob lamang ng 24-oras. Walong gates naman ng Binga dam ang binuksan simula pa noong Sabado at […]
(Eagle News) — At least two people have been killed in incidents caused by the continuous rains brought about by an enhanced southwest monsoon. The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office on Monday, Aug. 13, said Dioscoro Camacho of Marikina City and Gloria Borlongan Mendoza of Quezon City died of drowning. The NDRRMC said Edgar Indelible Bugaay of Quezon City, who was last seen falling off a creek, was also reported as missing. All in […]
(Eagle News) — Nasira ang tulay sa Bagumbayan, Navotas matapos na bumangga ang isang barge na inanod ng malakas na alon at malakas na hangin nitong Lunes, Agosto 13. Ang barge na may pangalang M/V Gloria Iloilo ay tinangay ng malakas na hangin dulot ng nararanasang epekto ng habagat. Sa ngayon ay hindi na muna pinayagang makadaan ang mga sasakyang may mabigat na karga dahil sa posibilidad na lalo pa nitong madagdagan ng sira ang […]
(Eagle News) — The Supreme Court has reset anew oral arguments on the petition against the Philippines’ announced withdrawal from the International Criminal Court. Instead of Aug. 14, they will be held on Aug. 28, the SC Public Information Office said. The SC said it would release a resolution on the same on Tuesday, Aug. 14. The postponement comes after the SC junked a petition filed by opposition senators for detained Senator Leila de Lima […]
(Eagle News) — These pictures taken by Eagle News correspondent Razel Ryan Legaspi show flooded roads caused by the monsoon rains in Masantol, Pampanga. (Photos courtesy of Eagle News Correspondent Razel Ryan Legaspi)
RENNES, France (AFP) — Some 1,800 people were ordered to evacuate their homes in northwest France on Sunday as a bomb squad defused a British bomb from World War II, officials said. The 220-kilogram (485-pound) bomb was found in late June during construction work near the center of Rouen in Normandy. Residents living within a 270-meter (nearly 900-foot) radius of the site was told to leave the area early Sunday ahead of the operation, which […]
