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(Eagle News) — The Palace said it was “alarmed” over the House of Representatives’ “resistance” to the passage of a 2019 budget. “Kaunaunahang pagkakataon to na ang House majority, sila humaharang ng budget. Parang nabaliktad na,” Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said. “It’s harsh words..We are completely shocked at resistance of House because we were confident that when there was a change of leadership, we would still be close allies,” he added. Even then, Roque said […]
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AFP) — Nine people were killed and 15 injured in a blaze that broke out early Monday at a hospice for the terminally ill near Taiwan’s capital Taipei, fire officials said. All of the 36 people inside, including three staff, were evacuated after the fire started at the hospice on the seventh floor of a nine-storey hospital in New Taipei city. Sixteen had cardiac arrests and seven were revived. The other nine died […]
(Eagle News) — In these pictures, Special Assistant to the President (SAP) Christopher “Bong” Go is seen visiting the evacuees in Taytay, Rizal and Barangay Bagong Silangan in Quezon City on Sunday, August 12. (Photos courtesy of Earlo Bringas, Eagle News Service)
by Clément SABOURIN Agence France Presse BAMAKO, Mali (AFP) — Vote counting was underway across Mali on Monday after a tense presidential runoff in which a poll worker was killed and 100 polling stations were forced to close due to the security threat from Islamist militants. Security had been drastically boosted ahead of the election’s second round between President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita and former finance minister Soumaila Cisse. But over 100 stations had to be […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered the relief of high-ranking officials of the V. Luna Medical Center over almost P1.5 million worth of “ghost deliveries” involving medical equipment, among others. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said in a press briefing that among those relieved were Brig. General Edwin Leo T. Torrelavega, commander of the Armed Forces of the AFP Health Service Command; and Col. Antonio Punzalan, commander of the AFPHSC logistics unit. Quoting Chief […]
(Eagle News) — The water level of the Marikina River went down to 15.8 meters on Monday, August 13. According to the Marikina Public Information Office, as of 10:30 AM the level of the water in Marikina River went down to 15.8 meters. The warning has been downgraded to first alarm. The Marikina River on Saturday has reached its peak at 20.6 meters where the third alarm has been raised, meaning a forced evacuation for […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte is slated to conduct an aerial inspection of areas affected by the enhanced southwest monsoon on Monday afternoon. According to the Palace, those to be inspected in particular were Metro Manila and Rizal. The aerial inspection was supposed to take place on Sunday, but this was canceled due to the bad weather. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said “Yagi” and “Leepi” will continue to enhance the […]
by Clément Sabourin Agence France-Presse BAMAKO, Mali (AFP) — Vote counting was under way across Mali on Monday after a tense presidential runoff in which a poll worker was killed and 100 polling stations were forced to close due to the security threat from Islamist militants. Security had been drastically boosted ahead of the election’s second round between President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita and former finance minister Soumaila Cisse. But over 100 stations had to be […]
(Eagle News) — Eagle Broadcasting Corporation (EBC) Films’ award winning film GUERRERO, made its first stop of its international tour in Tel Aviv, Israel last 4 August 2018. This first screening leg of Guerrero gathered a huge crowd of Filipino and Israeli nationals in Azrieli Mall Rooftop Cinema. Guerrero will also be shown in Japan, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau, and Thailand as part of its Asian leg. The film will have its […]
Commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet Adm. John C. Aquilino visited the Philippines August 7 to 9 to meet with Philippine military and political leaders and to underscore U.S. commitment to the Philippines and the Indo-Pacific region. Adm. Aquilino assumed command of the Pacific Fleet on May 17, 2018. While in the Philippines, Adm. Aquilino met with U.S. Ambassador to the Philippines Sung Kim, Philippine Secretary of National Defense Delfin Lorenzana, Philippine Secretary of Foreign […]
SEATTLE, United States (AFP) — US investigators found Sunday the Horizon Air passenger plane stolen by a troubled Seattle airport worker smashed to pieces on a sparsely populated island as his family reacted with “complete shock,” CNN reported. After falling through several 100-foot (30-meter) lines of trees, the Bombardier Q400 plane broke up into pieces small enough to pick up by hand, National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Western Pacific Region chief Debra Eckrote said. “You […]
(Eagle News) — Work in the Senate is suspended starting 11 am. because of inclement weather due to the enhanced southwest monsoon, according to Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III The House of Representatives earlier said work will be suspended, but hearings will still proceed. Earlier, Acting Supreme Court Chief Justice has suspended work in the Supreme Court, Court of Appeals, Court of Tax Appeals, Sandiganbayan, and all courts under the National Capital Region starting […]
