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(Eagle News) — Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Zhao Jianhua on Tuesday, July 17, denied the Philippines was headed for a debt trap with its availing of Chinese loans to finance projects under the “Build, Build, Build” program. “Let me make it quite clear, these projects, these two bridges are going to be financed by Chinese grants. That is, we’re going to build it for free,” Zhao, who graced the groundbreaking ceremony for the Binondo-Intramuros bridge on […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippines will never be a province of China. “It has never been any part of China. No, not now, not ever,” Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Zhao Jianhua told reporters on Tuesday, July 17. Zhao made the comment in response to the “Welcome to the Philippines, Province of China” banners that were hung in some overpasses in Metro Manila on July 12, two years after the Philippines won the arbitration case against […]
(Eagle News) — Dahil sa walang tigil na pagbuhos ng ulan mula pa kaninang umaga, ilang mga lugar sa Subic Bay sa lungsod ng Olongapo ang binaha. Hirap ang mga sasakyan na makadaan sa mga kalsadang nalubog sa tubig-baha. Ang ilan sa mga lugar sa nasabing lungsod na may kataasan ang tubig baha ay ang Tipo Road na daan papasok sa SCTEX at ang Dewey Avenue na daan papalabas sa Kalaklan gate ng Subic Bay. Belle […]
(Eagle News) — The government has allowed the establishment of a trust fund funded by express lane fees to increase the salaries of Bureau of Immigration personnel. “There is a need for an interim measure to augment the salaries of BI employees, in recognition of the indispensability of their functions, the apparent disparity between the basic pay of BI employees and employees of government agencies performing comparable functions, and to promote the continuous and unhampered […]
(Eagle News) – Situation in Brgy. Layac, Dinalupihan, Bataan, around 1:30 in the afternoon, Tuesday, July 17, 2018. As can be seen in the video, the water under the bridge is already rising because of the continuous rains. (Video courtesy Aaron Cruz)
(Eagle News) — A second alarm has been hoisted over the Marikina River amid the incessant rains. In a Facebook post, the Marikina City Rescue 161 said water level in the river has reached 16 meters. The monsoon rains have prompted the Palace to issue Memorandum Circular No. 47, suspending work classes in public schools and government offices in Metro Manila.
President Vladimir Putin accused Britain Monday of making baseless allegations against Russia after a former Soviet spy was among four people found poisoned by a nerve agent in southern England. Asked in a Fox News interview about the British government’s assertion that Moscow was behind the Novichok attack on the former spy Sergei Skripal, Putin said London had not provided any evidence to back up their claim. “We would like to get documentary evidence […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un berated officials during inspections of a factory, power station and holiday camp, state media reported Tuesday, with analysts saying the reports show nuclear-armed Pyongyang’s desire to focus on economic development. “Field guidance” visits by the leader are the mainstay of the North’s state media output, with Kim regularly shown giving “on-the-spot guidance” to attentive officials, their notebooks in hand. After his latest tour to […]
(Eagle News) — The Supreme Court unanimously endorsed the appointment of Associate Justice Samuel Martires to the post of Ombudsman, a media briefer said on Tuesday, July 17. The briefer said Martires obtained 11 votes of the 12 justices who were present. Martires did not take part in the voting, while Associate Justices Alfredo Caguioa and Estela Perlas-Bernabe were not present. Only three applicants to the Ombudsman post received votes from the SC. Apart from […]
(Eagle News) — The Supreme Court has reprimanded ousted Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno after she lashed out at the justices while a quo warranto petition was pending against her. In a media briefer shown to the media on Tuesday, July 17, the SC said it gave Sereno a “stern warning a repetition of the same acts will merit a heavier penalty.” The SC issued a show-cause order against Sereno after she went around universities […]
(Eagle News) — Former President Benigno Aquino III on Tuesday, July 17, said there was a lack of due process in the National Bureau of Investigation’s filing of a technical malversation complaint against him and several others over the Dengvaxia mess. “Ang punto lang dito, to give your evidence on a certain investigation…pero ‘di mo matukoy sa pinadalang subpoena ano ‘yung nirereklamo sa’yo para masagot mo,” Aquino, who filed his rejoinder to the complaint also […]
(Eagle News) — See below the traffic situation along EDSA near MRT-Boni station on Tuesday, July 17. The video is courtesy of Eagle News correspondent Ian Jasper Ellazar.
