Breaking News, Latest Philippines Headlines, World, Entertainment, Politics, Weather & Video News
Krest-Anne Cortes Eagle News Service SANTIAGO, Chile — El sistema frontal que la zona central del país enfrentó durante la jornada del día de ayer, llegó con lluvias y vientos intensos, el cual deja esta noche a unas 33 mil clientes sin suministro eléctrico. Esto fue señalado por la ministra de energía, Susana Jiménez, quien en declaraciones a Emol, detalló que “a nivel país, exactamente (tenemos) 32.639 afectados.” “Los principales cortes están en las regiones […]
MONTREAL, Canada (AFP) — A heat wave in Quebec has killed 33 people in the past week as high summer temperatures scorched eastern Canada, officials said Thursday. Eighteen of the dead were reported in the provincial capital Montreal, according to regional public health director Mylene Drouin. She added that the majority of the victims in the city were men aged between 53 and 85 living in vulnerable conditions and without access to air conditioning. The rest […]
(Eagle News) — Senate President Tito Sotto has asked Philippine National Police Chief Oscar Albayalde to allow Senator Leila de Lima to conduct hearings inside the PNP Custodial Center, where she is detained on drug charges. In seeking for the same, Sotto said it was “vital” for De Lima to hold the hearings as there were “relevant measures” currently pending in the Senate committee on social justice, welfare and rural development which she chairs. If […]
by Elizabeth Law Agence France-Presse PHUKET, Thailand (AFP) — Thailand’s navy pulled seven bodies from waters off the coast of the holiday island of Phuket on Friday after a tourist boat went down in heavy seas with dozens of Chinese passengers on board. The grim find takes the death toll so far to eight, with 49 other passengers unaccounted for but believed to have been trapped on the Phoenix as it sank in the Andaman […]
(Eagle News) — The temporary P9 minimum fare in jeepneys plying selected areas is now in effect. This was after the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board formally released the order on the provisional hike in the National Capital Region, Region 3 and Region 4. The order was signed by LTFRB chair Martin Delgra III, LTFRB Board Member Ronaldo Corpus and LTFRB executive director Samuel Jardin. The LTFRB said that the provisional hike, which will […]
(Eagle News) — Naging matagumpay ang isinagawang Lingap-Pamamahayag ng Iglesia Ni Cristo sa Binondo, Maynila nitong Huwebes, Hulyo 5. Dagsa ang mga panauhin mula sa iba’t-ibang lugar mula sa pier area gaya ng Parola Compound. At dahil sa dami ng mga dumalo, napuno ang gusaling sambahan ng Binondo at ang overflow site nito. Una rito, nagsagawa muna ng entertainment program kung saan nagbigay ito ng kasiyahan sa mga panauhin mula sa ilang artistang nagtanghal. Pinakatampok […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has no plans of staying in office “a second longer” after his term expires in 2022. This is according to Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque, who issued a statement after Julio Teehankee, chair of the Constitutional Commission’s sub-panel on political reforms, said Duterte and Vice President Leni Robredo were allowed to seek reelection under a proposed federal government. The Con-Com is tasked to review the 1987 Constitution. “(The President) has repeatedly said: not […]
Mae Sai, Thailand (AFP) — A former military diver has died after running out of oxygen while assisting in the rescue of 12 boys and their football coach trapped inside a cave in Thailand, an official said Friday. His death highlights the perils of the operation to extract the team from deep inside the waterlogged cave, raising questions about the feasibility of bringing youngsters out the same way. “A former Seal who volunteered to help […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — The Dallas Mavericks, who acquired Slovenian guard Luka Doncic in an NBA draft-day trade, don’t yet know if the 19-year-old star will be available for summer league play. “He has not participated in a live practice yet because he needs to have his buyout completed with Real Madrid, he needs a FIBA letter of clearance, he needs a physical and he needs to sign his contract,” Mavs coach Rick […]
(Eagle News) — Nagbabala ang Department of Health (DOH) na posibleng makakuha ng leptospirosis sa simpleng pagwiwisik ng kontaminadong tubig sa mata. “Kung medium risk ka, may sugat ka sa paa, nasulong ka sa baha, nawisikan ka sa mata — kahit na tubig lang sa mata ha, magkakaroon ka ng leptospirosis niyan — mainom mo iyung tubig, talagang magkakaroon ka ng lepto,” ito ang sinabi ni Health Secretary Francisco Duque III sa isang interview. Una nang […]
(Eagle News) — The four police officers caught laughing on video while searching an undressed woman have been sacked by the Philippine National Police. Sacked were Senior Insp. Valmark Funelas, PO1 Stephanie Limhap, PO1 Heizelle Maramag, and PO1 Francis Intia, who are also facing administrative charges. Funelas told Makati police chief Rogelio Simon the woman had been paid P2000 to do the demo on “frisking drug suspects” for new drug operatives in March 2017. But the […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Grace Poe has filed a resolution seeking a Senate probe into the Philippine National Police’s purchase of Mahindra patrol vehicles worth P1.8 billion. In Senate Resolution No. 777, Poe asked that the Senate blue ribbon committee and the Senate committee on public order and dangerous drugs conduct the inquiry into the 2015 purchase which the Commission on Audit described as being “riddled” with irregularities. According to Poe, the COA report “validates concerns raised […]
