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MATARAM, Indonesia (AFP) — More than 70,000 people have been left homeless in the deadly earthquake that hit Lombok island, forced to sleep in makeshift shelters and lacking food, medicine and clean water, authorities said Wednesday. The shallow 6.9-magnitude quake killed at least 105 people and triggered panic among locals and tourists on Lombok on Sunday, just a week after another tremor surged through the holiday island and killed 17. Some 236 people have been […]
CALBAYOG CITY, Samar (Eagle News) – Patay ang assistant city engineer ng Calbayog City matapos itong pagbabarilin ng hindi pa nakikilang mga suspek nitong Martes, Agosto 7. Kinilala ang biktima na si Rafaelito Serrano alyas “Joker.” Ayon sa inisyal na imbestigasyon, si Serrano ay nagmamaneho ng kaniyang motor nang barilin ito sa ulo ng mga suspek bandang 8:20 ng umaga sa Navarro St., Brgy. East Awang. Naisugod pa sa ospital ang biktima pero dineklara na itong […]
(Eagle News) — Magsasagawa ang gobyerno ng job fair para sa ‘Build, Build, Build’ projects nito sa araw ng Linggo, Agosto 12. Ayon sa Department Of Trade And Industry (DTI), ang job fair ay isasagawa sa smx convetion center sa pasay city mula alas otso y medya ng umaga hanggang alas kwatro y medya ng hapon. Kabilang sa mga may job opening ay ang architects, engineers, finishing masons, finishing carpenters, heavy equipment operators, tile setters, […]
Ni Jerold TagboEagle News Service (Eagle News) — Tiniyak na ng ilang senador na kanilang mabubusi ang nais na pagtaas sa budget ng Presidential Communication Operations Office (PCOO). Kasunod na rin ito ng pagkwestyon ni Senadora Grace Poe sa panukalang pondo ng nasabing ng nasabing tanggapan kaakibat ang pagtapyas sa taunang budget ng ibang kagawaran. Aabot sa mahigit 1.4 billion pesos ang hinihinging pondo ng PCOO o katumbas ng isang daang milyong pisong increase mula […]
Thousands of Tokyo 2020 athletes, staff and reporters will be scanned by cutting-edge facial recognition technology in an Olympic Games first, organisers say. QUENTIN TYBERGHIEN / AFPTV / AFP
(Eagle News)–Detained Senator Leila de Lima has proposed the creation of a “specialized institute” that would “conduct empirical-based research, planning and development of road safety programs across the country.” In filing Senate Bill (SB) No. 1897 for the establishment of the Philippine Road Safety Institute (PRSI), De Lima noted that road safety was “a problem in the country, especially in highly-urbanized areas.” Under the measure, she said the PRSI would “regularly collect data pertinent to road […]
(Eagle News)–Grab Philippines on Wednesday, Aug. 8, expressed its condolences to one of its partner-drivers who was found lifeless–with 12 gunshot wounds— in the vehicle in Parañaque City. According to Grab, it will “continuously cooperate with the authorities to give justice” to the family of Ananias Antigua, who was found on July 31 in Barangay Galo. “We respect the privacy of the family and they are assured that Grab will extend the support they need in […]
(Eagle News)–Three out of five Filipinos support the national ID system, a recent Social Weather Stations survey showed. According to the survey conducted from June 27 to 30, 73 percent say the system, which was enacted into law on Aug. 6, will be a big help to them. Net approval was highest in Metro Manila at an extremely strong +60 rating, followed by Balance Luzon at astrong+58, Visayas at an extremely strong+53 and Mindanao at a very […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The first round of President Donald Trump’s punitive tariffs on China will hit the full $50 billion in goods starting August 23, the government announced Tuesday. Washington already imposed 25 percent tariffs on $34 billion in Chinese products on July 6. But it held off on a final $16 billion as a result of concerns raised by US companies. Although the move was expected, it cements the view that there appears to […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The sharp diplomatic row between Saudi Arabia and Canada has left Washington — partners and allies of both — in a bind, but the State Department on Tuesday nevertheless urged Riyadh to respect due process for detained activists. Saudi Arabia has expelled Canada’s ambassador, recalled its own envoy and cut off trade ties with Ottawa after the US neighbor denounced a crackdown on rights activists in the kingdom. “Both sides […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has “expressed alarm” over the rising inflation rate which was registered at 5.7 percent this July, and ordered his cabinet team to come up with measures to address this price rise of goods and services. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said that the cabinet economic team is already trying to find solutions to stem the rise in prices. Duterte’s economic managers are also considering the proposal of House Speaker […]
MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AFP) — The Nicaraguan government on Tuesday accused the opposition of “coup-driven terrorism” and blamed it for 197 deaths that have occurred in nearly four months of protests against President Daniel Ortega. Rosario Murillo, who is Ortega’s wife, vice president and chief government spokeswoman, made the allegation to state media. She vowed that protesters and opposition sympathizers who have been convicted over the unrest, would “pay for their crimes.” The 197 death toll […]
