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Ni Mar Gabriel Eagle News Service QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Mahigit isang linggo bago ang ikatlong State of the Nation Address ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte, unti-unti nang pinaplantsa ng National Capital Region Police Office ang ipatutupad na seguridad. Ayon kay NCRPO Director PolChief Supt. Guillermo Eleazar, nasa anim na libong pulis na ang hahatiin sa limang sub-task group ang plano nilang ipakakalat sa naturang aktibidad. Pero maaari pa raw itong madagdagan depende sa […]
(Eagle News) – Hindi pa rin pinahihintulutan ng gobyerno ang mga fashionistang gown para sa ikatlong State of the Nation Address (SONA) ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte na isasagawa sa Hulyo 23, 2018. Sinabi ni Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque na nakagawa naman ng paraan ang mga babaeng mambabatas na magmukhang glamoroso kahit na ipinagbawal ang gown sa mga nagdaang SONA. Ayon kay Roque, sa kabila ng pagpapatupad ng simpleng dress code nitong mga nagdaang SONA ay […]
(Eagle News) — The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority announced the road closures that will be implemented on Sunday, July 15 at the Quirino Grandstand in Manila for the large Aid for Humanity to Fight Poverty of the Iglesia Ni Cristo. According to the MMDA, starting July 14, from 6:00 PM to 11:00 PM, the stretch of Independence Road, Katigbak Drive and South Drive will be closed to traffic. Staring midnight of July 15, the following […]
ZHUBEI, TAIWAN – Young and old alike were gifted with visits of love from volunteers of the INC Giving Project (I-N-C Giving) over the last few weeks in Taiwan. The Project is an extension of the global commitment to community partnership by the international religious organization Iglesia Ni Cristo (INC or Church Of Christ). In June, senior citizens and staff at the Tian Zhu Zhiao Ren Ci Home Care Center in Zhubei, Taiwan, were […]
By Mar Gabriel Eagle News Service At least 6,000 policemen will be deployed to secure the vicinity of the Batasang Pambansa Complex, where President Rodrigo Duterte is slated to hold his third State of the Nation Address on July 23. According to National Capital Region Police Office Director, Chief Supt. Guillermo Eleazar, this was despite the fact there were so far no threats being monitored in Metro Manila based on a report from the National Intelligence Coordinating […]
(Eagle News)–Two opposition senators on Wednesday, July 11, defended Vice President Leni Robredo from President Rodrigo Duterte’s accusations she was incompetent. “Vice President Leni has shown her competence through compassionate, empowering, and responsible leadership,” Senator Francis Pangilinan, who is president of the opposition Liberal Party, said in a statement. According to Senator Bam Aquino, “ang tunay na pamantayan ng kakayanan ng isang lider ay paghanap ng solusyon sa mga problema ng taumbayan.” He said Robredo […]
(Eagle News) — The lawyer of Vice President Leni Robredo on Wednesday, July 11, said the camp of former Senator Bongbong Marcos knew of the outing of revisors and Presidential Electoral Tribunal personnel in Laguna on June 22. In a counter-manifestation to Marcos’ plea the PET investigate the pool party attended by its personnel in charge of the recount and at least one revisor from the Robredo camp, Romulo Macalintal said proof the Marcos camp […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Panfilo Lacson on Wednesday, July 11, said it would be “more practical” to hold “localized peace talks” with the Communist rebels. Lacson made the comment after the Palace said the government was pushing for the same instead. Earlier, President Rodrigo Duterte said peace talks should be held in the Philippines and not in another country, a statement Communist Party of the Philippines founding chair Jose Maria Sison took offense at. The […]
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Britain’s data regulator has said it will fine Facebook half a million pounds ($660,000) for failing to protect users’ data, in an inquiry into whether personal information had been misused by campaigns on both sides of Britain’s 2016 EU referendum. An investigation by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has focused on the social media giant since earlier this year, when evidence emerged that an app had been used to […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) – China on Wednesday said tit-for-tat tariffs will “destroy” trade between the world’s top two economies, after Washington fired the next shot in a ballooning trade war, readying fresh levies on $200 billion in Chinese goods. “The outburst of large-scale mutual levying of tariffs between China and the United States will inevitably destroy Sino-US trade,” assistant minister of commerce Li Chenggang told a forum in Beijing. US policy “actually interferes with the […]
QUITO, Ecuador (AFP)–Ecuador’s highest court upheld in a ruling released Tuesday a $9.5 billion damages award against oil giant Chevron over decades of pollution that harmed indigenous people. But the decision by the Constitutional Court is largely symbolic because Chevron now owns no assets in Ecuador, meaning the country will have to keep pressing its case in foreign courts. In a ruling dated June 27 and released Tuesday, the court said “there is no violation […]
By Moira Encina Eagle News Service President Rodrigo Duterte has appointed four new high-ranking officials at the Department of Justice. In a statement, the DOJ said the President appointed lawyers Emmeline Aglipay-Villar, Adrian Sugay, Mark Perete as undersecretaries; and Neal Vincent Bainto as assistant secretary upon the recommendation of Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra. Villar, Sugay and Perete replace as undersecretaries Raymund Mecate, Erickson Balmes and Reynante Orceo; while Bainto replaces Assistant Secretary Juvy Manwong. Mecate, […]
