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Australia to implement stricter visa rules for foreign skilled workers

(Eagle News) – The Australia government will implement stricter visa requirements for skilled workers from overseas. According to Australian Prime Minister Malcom Turnbull, they will remove the visa program for skilled workers in the restaurant, information and medical industries because of criticisms that it is affecting the employment of native Australians. Because of this, the Australian embassy has decided to also increase visa fees for foreign workers. Overseas workers are also required to be more […]

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Sulphur-powered giant shipworm unearthed in Philippines

  MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — An enormous black worm that lives in the mud of the sea floor and survives on the remnants of noxious gases digested by bacteria has been unveiled by scientists for the first time. The slimy giant shipworm can grow up to 155 centimeters (five feet) in length, despite living a sedentary life in ocean sediment and apparently eating nothing more than the waste products of the micro-organisms that live in […]

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DOH now mulling giving additional security escorts for “doctors to the barrio”

QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Department of Health is now studying the possibility of providing additional security escorts and added compensation for those who would volunteer for the government’s “Doctors to the Barrios” program following the killing of another volunteer doctor in Cotabato City. Health Secretary Paulyn Ubial said that the killing of Doctor Sajid “Jaja” Sinolinding and his security escort made them rethink that there should be additional safety that should be […]

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Arrested Syrian woman with alleged linked to ISIS, yet to be deported

(Eagle News) — The Bureau of Immigration said that the Syrian woman with alleged links to the international terror group ISIS, is still in the country. According to the Bureau of Immigration, the agency is still coordinating with the Syrian embassy regarding the deportation of Rahaf Zina who was earlier arrested together with her husband, Husayn al-Dhafiri, a Kuwaiti national. Immigration officers said that they are still waiting for tickets to deport the female Syrian […]

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Senate mulls forming National Transport Safety Board after N. Ecija bus tragedy

QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Senator Grace Poe, chairperson of the Senate committee on public services, called for the formation of a National Transport Safety Board following the bus tragedy in Nueva Ecija on Tuesday, April 18. The tragedy resulted in the death of more than 30 people. The senator  filed Senate Bill No. 162 or the NTSB Act that, if passed, will allow for the formation of a board tasked to investigate accidents involving […]

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Renovated na Quinta market sa Maynila, pinasinayaan

Ni Jerold Tagbo Eagle News Service Pinangunahan ni Manila Mayor Joseph Estrada ang pagpapasinaya sa renovated na Quinta market sa Quiapo nitong Miyerkules. Ang pagrenovate sa nasabing pamilihan ay bahagi ng programa ng lokal na pamahalaan na maisailalim sa rehabilitasyon ang mga merkado sa lungsod dahil sa karamihan sa mga ito ay luma na. Mahigit p150 million ang ginastos ng pribadong sektor sa pagsasaayos ng nasabing palengke. Pumasok ang lokal na pamahalaan ng Maynila sa joint venture […]

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Net satisfaction w/ drug war at “very good;” 70% see government serious about addressing EJKs

(Eagle News) — Net satisfaction with the administration’s campaign against illegal drugs remains high, with 70 percent saying the government was “serious” about solving the problem of extra-judicial killings in the country. According to results from the latest Social Weather Stations survey, 78 percent were satisfied with the drug war, which only recently resumed following the kidnap-slay of Korean businessman Jee Ick Joo reportedly by rogue policemen who used the war as an excuse to commit the crime. […]

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Death toll after bus plunge in Nueva Ecija rises to 31

    (Agence France Presse) — The death toll from a bus  that plunged into a ravine in Nueva Ecija rose to 31 with signs that overloading contributed to the crash, a police official said Wednesday. The accident, which saw the bus come off a winding road to fall 24 meters (80 feet) into a ravine in the upland province on Tuesday, also left 46 injured with four still in a critical condition, said Senior […]

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Escudero denies he made proposal to offer UP honorary degree to President Duterte

By Jodi Bustos Eagle News Service QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News)– Senator Chiz Escudero on Wednesday denied that he was behind the proposal to confer a University of the Philippines honorary doctorate to President Rodrigo Duterte, but admitted that he “did not object when it was proposed.” “I did not move but I did not object when it was proposed given that it is a UP tradition that Philippine heads of state (including the Chief Justice […]

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100 drug surrenderees na dumaan sa Community Based Rehab Program, nagsipagtapos na

By Ailly Millo Eagle News Service QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Isandaang sumukong drug users at pushers sa Quezon City ang nagsipagtapos kahapon, Abril 18. Sila ang unang batch na nagsipagtapos sa ilalim  ng Community Based Rehab Program ng pamahalaan ng lungsod ng Quezon. Ayon kay Quezon City Vice Mayor Joy Belmonte, sumalang ang mga nagsipagtapos na drug users at pushers sa labindalawang sessions ng clinical counseling. Isinailalim din aniya ang mga ito sa […]

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MMDA, kinukunsidera ang flexible schedule sa trabaho

(Eagle News) — Isinusulong ngayon ng Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) ang flexible schedule ng trabaho sa Metro Manila upang mapaluwag ang daloy ng trapiko. Partikular na rito ang sa MMDA, Land Transportation Office, Bureau Of Internal Revenue at Social Security System. Panukala ni General Manager Tim Orbos, ang dalawang shift mula alas-siyete ng umaga (7:00 AM) hanggang alas-kwatro ng hapon (4:00 PM) at alas-diyes ng umaga (10:00 PM) hanggang ala-siyete ng gabi (7:00 PM) […]

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