DAVAO CITY – A male Philippine Eagle (Pithecophaga jefferyi) will be released back into its home in Sarangani on Monday, June 13, more than a year after it was rescued in Barangay Ticulab, Maitum, Sarangani, Philippine Eagle Foundation (PEF) Development Program Manager Andi Baldonado said. In an...
MALLGOERS admire stuffed Philippine Eagle ‘Pag-asa’ in an exhibit of the Philippine Eagle Foundation at SM Lanang Premier in Davao City which is part of the annual Philippine Eagle Week celebration that aims to strengthen awareness on the conservation of the critically endangered Philippine...
Pilot and wildlife photographer Floyd Pison Bermejo weighs in on the P1,000 bill's new look The Philippines has a myriad of symbols that embody the culture, heritage, and spirit of the Filipino people. Among the official ones, nothing is quite remarkable as the Philippine eagle. In 1995, the...
DAVAO CITY – The Philippine Eagle Center (PEC) will be closed temporarily on Monday for a simulation activity to prepare its personnel for a possible lockdown in case an Avian Influenza (AI) H5N1 or bird flu is detected in Davao City. photo: DENR Andi Baldonado, development project manager of the...
DAVAO CITY – Animal keepers at the Philippine Eagle Center have set up traps to catch a reticulated python that’s preying on animals inside their enclosure in Barangay Malagos, Baguio District in Davao City. Espoir at three months (Photo courtesy of Philippine Eagle Foundation) This is after a...
Bracing herself for a "bigger challenge", vice presidential candidate Mayor Sara Duterte bade her beloved city of Davao farewell Thursday, March 17, during her impassioned Valedictory and State of the City Address (SOCA). Vice presidential candidate Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte delivers her...
For House Speaker Lord Allan Velasco, Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio's monicker of "Eagle of Mindanao" is more than just a tag. (Jom Francis/ Unsplash) The Marinduque lone district congressman believes that Duterte-Carpio really does embody the symbolic traits of the majestic Philippine...
Philippine Eagle Foundation shows how it is done The Philippines, with all its 7,640 islands, can be encapsulated in one view through icons and symbols. There’s the jeepney for the everyday commuters, the patriotic three stars and a sun, the mouthwatering lechon, and must-see sights like...
Malacañang tried to appease the public Tuesday, Dec. 14 over the backlash on the new P1,000 banknote featuring a Philippine eagle design that will be issued alongside the existing bill thas has portraits of World War II heroes Vicente Lim, Josefa Llanes Escoda, and Jose Abad Santos. (Ali Vicoy/...
While recognizing the importance of paying homage to three Filipino World War 2 heroes, human rights lawyer Chel Diokno on Monday, Dec. 13, expressed his reservations over replacing their portraits with the Philippine eagle in the new design of the P1,000 banknote. Human rights lawyer Chel Diokno...
Cement manufacturing firm Eagle Cement Corp. reported an 89 percent surge in net profit to P5.1 billion in the first nine months of 2021 from P2.7 billion in the comparable period last year. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, the firm said it generated net sales of P16.2 billionin in...
Eagle Cement Corp., a publicly-listed firm controlled by the family of tycoon Ramon S. Ang, is acquiring 100 percent of the capital stock of sister company Solid North Mineral Corp. (SNMC) for P3.57 billion. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, the firm said on Friday, Sept. 24, that...
