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(Eagle News)–Head revisors of the Presidential Electoral Tribunal have been asked to resign following their controversial June 22 outing with at least one revisor from the camp of Vice President Leni Robredo. In a statement, Ilocos Norte Gov. Imee Marcos, sister of former Senator Bongbong Marcos whose electoral protest against Robredo was the reason behind the PET’s ongoing manual recount, said the tribunal personnel should step down for fraternizing with the other camp. “…What they […]
(Eagle News) — The Iglesia Ni Cristo recently conducted its outreach activity in Hong Kong. Thousands of Overseas Filipino Workers (attended the event including those in the two venues in Macau, via video link. (Miguel Gutierrez)
(Eagle News) The Iglesia Ni Cristo’s “Aid to Fight Poverty” or Lingap Laban sa Kahirapan started at around 7 a.m. today, Sunday, July 15, at the Quirino Grandstand in the Philippine capital of Manila, unhampered by heavy rains, with hundreds of volunteer doctors, dentists and other medical personnel already in the site to give free services all day long to the public. There are around at least 200 medical doctors, 150 dentists and […]
(Eagle News) — Sa kabila ng malakas na pagbuhos ng ulan ay tuloy-tuloy pa rin ang pagdating ng mga panauhin at mga kaanib sa Iglesia Ni Cristo sa Quirino Grandstand para sa isasagawang “Lingap Laban sa Kahirapan.” (Eden Santos)
by Martyn Wood Agence France Presse Belgium achieved their best World Cup finish as goals from Thomas Meunier and Eden Hazard secured a 2-0 victory over England in Saturday’s third-place playoff in Saint Petersburg. Meunier, who missed the semi-final loss to France due to suspension, scored after just four minutes before Hazard grabbed a late second as Belgium eclipsed the side that came fourth at the 1986 edition. Belgium have now defeated England twice […]
(Eagle News)–The Palace on Saturday, July 14, denied it had taken away all of Senator Antonio Trillanes IV’s security escorts. According to Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque, based on information provided by the Philippine National Police, only two security escorts were removed as the senator “already had six when he was only allowed four.” He said the “excess” security escorts were needed by the public. “Let’s allow our PNP to keep our communities safe, please,” Roque said. […]
(Eagle News)–A former vice mayor of a Batangas town was injured after an unidentified gunman shot him on Saturday, July 14. A police report said Ferdinand Malolos Ramos, who served in the town of Sto. Tomas, was on his way home when he was fired at in Barangay Poblacion 2 at 7:25 p.m. The bullet hit the left part of his face. He was rushed to Saint Cabrini Hospital for treatment. The suspect fled on […]
(Eagle News)–Columnist Ramon Tulfo on Saturday, July 14, asked the government to probe his sister, former Tourism Secretary Wanda Teo, and brother Ben over the P60-million advertisement placement contract. “Ben and Wanda may be charged with plunder, a non-bailable offense, for all I care,” he said in his Inquirer column, as he lamented how the incident that saw the Department of Tourism–then headed by Teo– placing tourism advertisements in Ben’s PTV4 program had besmirched the […]
Members of the Iglesia Ni Cristo (INC) or Church Of Christ will again gather at the Quirino Grandstand in Manila on Sunday, July 15, 2018, this time for a Lingap Sa Mamamayan (Aid For Humanity) charity mission which offers free medical and dental services to help those in need. Dubbed “Lingap Laban Sa Kahirapan” (Aid to Fight Poverty), the event is set to start at 7:00 am and is expected to draw a […]
by Daniel Hicks Agence France Presse KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AFP) — Filipino legend Manny Pacquiao weighed in Saturday comfortably under the 147-pound (67-kilogramme) limit and said he was “ready” to win back the welterweight belt against WBA champion Lucas Matthysse of Argentina. Pacquiao, the only man to have won world titles in eight weight divisions in a glittering 23-year career, tipped the scales at 146 pounds. “I am ready. Everything is under control,” […]
QUETTA, Pakistan (AFP) — Pakistan was in shock Saturday after a suicide blast killed 128 people, shaking confidence in security just as the dramatic arrest of ex-prime minister Nawaz Sharif ratcheted political tensions higher ahead of nationwide polls. Sharif’s dramatic return from London and subsequent arrest for corruption was overshadowed as the carnage in Mastung, in the country’s southwestern province of Balochistan, unfolded late Friday. Newspapers branded the blast — one of the deadliest […]
