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The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration lifted the deployment ban for returning OFWs to Yemen two months after it was implemented. The lifting of the ban came about after the improvement in the political environment of said country. But Labor and Employment Secretary and POEA Chairman Rosalinda Baldos said that the deployment ban remains for newly-hired OFWs in Yemen
A proposed bill to offer a 10 million peso reward for anyone who could give information in order to prevent crimes and terrorism is now at the House of Representatives.
Three suspected hold-uppers were killed in an encounter with the police at the Quezon Boulevard underpass in Quiapo, Manila.
According to Metropolitan Manila Development Authority Chairman Francis Tolentino, expect heavy traffic as the Department of Public Works and Highway starts the construction of Skyway 3 project, an elevated expressway which aims to alleviate traffic problems in EDSA, Quezon Avenue and Araneta Avenue as well as connecting the North Luzon and South Luzon Expressways.
Northeast monsoon will continue to affect Luzon and Visayas while a trough of low pressure area affects Southern Mindanao causing rains in the Caraga region.
An estimated 200 miners were trapped in an illegal mine near Johannesburg, South Africa. Rescue operations are still ongoing.
MANILA, Philippines — “Congratulations! You are now officially amazing, again!” With this declaration, Guinness world records official adjudicator Kirsty Bennett announced Sunday, February 16, that the Iglesia Ni Cristo now had set two new world records for its “Worldwide Walk” for Yolanda survivors held on Saturday, February 15, coinciding with the 100th day since the super typhoon struck Central Philippines. The first Guinness record set on February 15 was for the largest charity walk in a […]
The All-Star break has arrived in the National Basketball Association. Various events which will lead up to the 63rd NBA All-Star game this weekend kicked off Friday in New Orleans; the city had previously hosted the event in 2008 in the Smoothie King Center (then known as New Orleans Arena). Starters for the game were selected by the fans, who could select three frontcourt players and two guards for each conference. Miami’s Lebron James was the leading vote-getter with […]
The Philippines entered the record books anew, this time courtesy of the religious group Iglesia Ni Cristo (INC), which now holds the largest attendance of a charity walk. The event “WorldWide Walk” garnered a final count of 175,409 count in a single venue, besting the previous record of 70,000 held by Singapore. The number is expected to rise still, possibly in the millions in multiple sites once the counting ends. Local police estimated the crowds […]
Eagle News Correspondent Marie Francisco gives us an update as participants from various locations in Europe gather in Paris, France despite chilly weather, for INC World Wide Walk for those affected by Typhoon Haiyan.
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News Service) — A spokesperson for SGV, the official accounting and auditing firm hired to help observe the Iglesia Ni Cristo Worldwide Walk for Yolanda survivors in its Metro Manila site, said they have already validated 96,000 of those who participated in the INC charity walk. Leo Matignas, an SGV partner, said that this count was as of 2:20 p.m. This number already exceeded the 77,500 participants in Singapore’s “The New Paper Big […]
Waste and pollution watchdog EcoWaste Coalition marvelled today at the clean and well-organised charity walk of the Iglesia Ni Cristo for Typhoon Yolanda victims. The ecological group said theroute of the walkathon was “devoid of unsightly and filthy trash” – a far cry from the feast of the Black Nazarene last january when it turned Quiapo “into a dumpsite due to the unimpeded disposal of garbage on the streets.” EcoWaste coordinator Aileen Lucero lauded participants […]
