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(Eagle News) — The National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) clarified on Thursday, June 14, that the recently announced ban on the police’s presentation of arrested suspects to the media was not a new directive. NCRPO chief Guillermo Eleazar said in an interview with Net 25’s Sa Ganang Mamamayan that Philippine National Police chief Director General Oscar Albayalde only ordered his men to comply with a 10-year-old memorandum implemented since 2008, under then-PNP chief Director General […]
(Eagle News) — The low pressure area found west northwest of Batanes has developed into a tropical depression, and is expected to enter the Philippine area of responsibility between Thursday night and Friday morning. Once it enters PAR, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said it will be named Ester. According to Pagasa, occasional rains with gusty winds will prevail over Batanes as the weather disturbance approaches, and is expected to make landfall over southern […]
https://youtu.be/f7KoMVXBIlM (Eagle News) – The landmark and historic summit between United States President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un would be good for the stability of Asia, according to Philippine Ambassador to the United States, Ambassador Jose Manuel Romualdez. Noting that the summit happened on June 12, the same day as the Philippines was commemorating its 120th Philippine Independence Day, Romualdez said that this meeting between the two leaders would “lead […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday, June 14, gave Kadamay members who occupied the vicinity of a National Housing Authority project in Rodriguez, Rizal until 12 noon the following day to leave the area. In a speech during the oath-taking ceremonies of newly elected barangay chiefs in Calabarzon in Sta. Rosa, Laguna, Duterte said he would order members of the Philippine National Police-Special Action Force to move in if they do not comply. […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday, June 14, said talks with Jose Maria Sison, founder of the Communist Party of the Philippines, may resume in July. “Yung kay Sison, maybe July. I will invite him for 60 days,” Duterte said during oath-taking ceremonies of newly elected barangay chiefs in Calabarzon in Sta. Rosa, Laguna. The President made the statement minutes after Peace Secretary Jesus Dureza announced the June 28 date Sison said the […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — The Tokyo DisneySea theme park is getting a $2.3 billion overhaul and adding a section based on the wildly popular movie “Frozen” to its offerings, its operator said Thursday. Oriental Land, which runs the ocean-themed park as well as the adjacent Tokyo Disneyland and hotels, said the 250-billion-yen ($2.3-billion) undertaking will be the most expensive expansion plan in the site’s 35-year history. The project will add attractions replicating the Kingdom of […]
(Eagle News) — Isinusulong ng grupong pinangungunahan ni Atty. Ariel Inton ang personal passenger insurance para sa mga pasahero at driver ng tricycle. Paliwanag ni Inton, marami nang naitatalang aksidenteng kinasasangkutan ng tricycle pero wala naman itong insurance. Kahit mayroon aniya silang third-party liability, hindi naman kasama dito ang coverage para sa kaligtasan ng mga pasahero. “Sa isang pasahero po na sumasakay sa tricycle, pero never pong naisip na oo nga pala,wala nga pala tayong […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered the Philippine National Police to remove drug addicts and “tambay” wandering the country’s streets at night. The directive came on Wednesday, June 13, during the oath-taking ceremony of the newly promoted personnel of the Philippine National Police (PNP), the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG), Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP), and the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) in Malacañang. During his speech, the President said that the […]
(Eagle News) — Kailangang magkaroon ng mas komprehensibo, mas malawak at malinaw na saklaw ang pagsususpinde ng klase. Ito ang nilalaman ng House Bill 6072 na isinusulong ni “Ang Edukasyon” Partylist Representative Salvador Belaro. Sa panayam ng Radyo Agila, tinukoy ni Belaro na masyadong limitado ang saklaw ng Executive Order No. 66 kung saan mga storm warning signals lamang ang nagiging basehan ng suspension of classes. Ayon kay Belaro, hindi lamang mga bagyo ang maaaring […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday, June 14, said he would decide on whether or not to allow open-pit mining in the country. The President made the announcement during the oath-taking of newly elected barangay chiefs in the Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal and Quezon region in Sta. Rosa, Laguna. The President did not lift the ban on open-pit mining imposed by then-Environment Secretary Gina Lopez, after he rejected the proposal of the Mining […]
By Phoebe Salvador Eagle News Service (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Roa Duterte emphasized the importance of paying taxes in financing and implementing the free college tuition law during the ceremonial signing of the memorandum of agreement (MOA) between the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) and almost 200 tertiary academic institutions on Wednesday, June 13. Quoting Education Secretary Leonor Briones, Duterte said the public must realize that they need to pay their taxes for […]
(Eagle News) — The government will not resume peace talks with the Communist rebels just yet. Peace Secretary Jesus Dureza made the announcement in a press conference on Thursday, June 14. This was after Jose Maria Sison, founder of the Communist Party of the Philippines, said the negotiations would resume on June 28. Although the government never made an announcement the peace talks would resume on that date, Dureza earlier said the government was doing […]
