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MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Itutuloy ng Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) ang Strong Republic Nautical Highway na nasimulan noong panahon ng administrasyon ni dating Pangulong Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. Ayon kay PPA General Manager Atty. Jay Santiago, 30 bagong roll on roll off o RORO terminals ang itatayo sa iba’t ibang panig ng bansa upang makapagbigay ng mabilis na serbisyo sa mga pasahero. Mahigit pitong bilyong piso ang magiging pondo sa nasabing proyekto na manggagaling sa […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Nananatili pa rin ang Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) industry na pinakamalaking job generator ngayong 2017. Ayon sa PhilJobNet, halos nasa 140,000 job vacancies ang naitala mula sa BPO industry ngayong taon. Nanguna sa listahan ng job openings ang posisyon na call center agent kung saan naitala ang pinakamataas na job vacancies mula Agosto hanggang Setyembre. Ito ay umabot sa 21,986 at 21,858. Nasa kabuuang 133,300 call center agent positions ang […]
(Eagle News) – Tataas ang visa application fee para sa South Korea simula ika-1 ng Enero, 2018. Ayon sa Philippine Overseas Employment Administration, mula sa dating P2700 ay magiging P3,000 na ito. Saklaw nito ang Employment Permit System Workers na nag-a-apply para sa e-9 visa. Mangongolekta pa rin ang Government Placement Branch ng visa fee na P-2,700 hanggang December 28. Lahat ng EPS worker na mag-susumite ng application simula December 29 ay kailangang magbayad ng […]
(Eagle News) — The Bureau of Immigration on Tuesday said that all foreign nationals registered with the agency have to report in person from January 1 to March 1 next year. Immigration Commissioner Jaime Morente said this was in compliance with the 1951 Alien Registration Act, which requires them to report to the BI main office in Intramuros, Manila, or in any BI field, satellite or extension office within the first 60 days of every calendar […]
(Eagle News) — “Kung ano lang ang tama sa iyo, gawin mo.” This was what President Rodrigo Duterte said he told his son Paolo, who resigned as vice mayor of Davao on Monday. According to the President, he gave this reply on Sunday night, after his son asked him about what he thought about the vice mayor resigning from his post. “Sabi ko sa kanya, ‘Ikaw. You… you are in a position to do […]
Asian country among “at least ten countries” Israel is reportedly “in contact with” for the possible transfer (Jerusalem, Undefined) — The Philippines is considering transferring its embassy to Jerusalem, public radio citing diplomatic sources said, after the United States recognized the city as Israel’s capital. Apart from the Philippines, Honduras, Romania and South Sudan are reportedly among states considering such a move. Deputy foreign minister Tzipi Hotovely said the four are among the “at least ten […]
(Eagle News) — Busan Universal Rail Inc. and its joint venture members are not qualified to participate in the bidding for major rail projects of the Department of Transportation, after all. This is according to the DOTr that issued a statement to this effect on Monday. This was after Puwersa ng Bayaning Atleta partylist Rep.Jericho Nograles said that Busan Transportation Corporation and Edison Development and Construction had such a qualification. “(They) are disqualified from participating […]
(Eagle News) — A 5.2-magnitude earthquake struck at sea off Sarangani in Davao Occidental on Monday. The quake struck at 8:47 p.m. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said that it had a depth of focus of 12 kilometers. The epicenter was some 236 kilometers southeast of Sarangani. No damage was reported.
by Ferdinandh Cabrera Agence France Presse Firemen Monday found the bodies of “around” 36 people after a deadly blaze at a shopping mall in Davao, a fire official said as the government launched a criminal investigation. The discovery raised to 37 the confirmed death toll from the NCCC shopping mall fire in the city of Davao on Mindanao island. The Davao region chief of the Bureau of Fire Protection, Wilberto Rico Neil Kwan Tiu, […]
Firemen have found the bodies of “around” 36 people after a deadly blaze at a shopping mall in the southern Philippines, a fire official said Monday. The regional chief of the Bureau of Fire Protection, Wilberto Rico Neil Kwan Tiu, told weeping relatives of the missing that he personally counted “around 36” bodies in an office lobby at the burned down NCCC shopping mall in Davao. Mayor Sara Duterte said earlier that 38 people […]
Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II said he had already directed the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to investigate the fire that razed a commercial mall in Davao City over the weekend, where dozens are feared to have died. “The order was given for the NBI to determine the presence of any criminal liability which led to the fire and the attendant loss of lives. The NBI was also ordered to file the necessary cases against […]
