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(Eagle News) — Muling nag-ikot sa nakalipas na magdamag sa mga istasyon ng pulis sa Metro Manila si National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) Chief Guillermo Eleazar. Sa pag-iikot ni Eleazar, tatlong pulis ang nadatnan niyang natutulog sa mga binabantayang istasyon ng pulisya. Kabilang dito ang desk officer sa PCP-2 ng Novaliches Police Station. Sarado ang PCP nang dumating si Eleazar pero dahil glass door o gawa sa salamin ang pintuan, kita sa labas na […]
(Eagle News) — Starting Monday, June 18, Senate employees have begun using 15 modernized jeepneys from the Department of Transportation (DOTr). The launching of modernized jeepneys was part of the department’s program under Public Utility Vehicle Modernization Program (PUVMP). The routes approved by the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) will be operated by the Senate Employees Service Cooperative (SETSCO). SETSCO is one of the three pre-selected cooperatives in the initial implementation of the […]
HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Fresh fears of a trade war between the world’s top two economies sent most Asian markets tumbling on Monday after the United States and China imposed tit-for-tat tariffs on billions of dollars of imports. Energy firms were among the biggest losers as oil prices plunged ahead of a key OPEC meeting, where Saudi Arabia and Russia are expected to lift a two-year-old production cap. Donald Trump’s decision to hit China […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Foreign Affairs has expressed its condolences to Japan following two strong quakes that rocked western Japan which killed three persons and injured more than 200 persons. The DFA said it had not yet received reports of any Filipino casualty in the strong quakes that were recorded, the strongest of which happened early morning on Monday, with recorded magnitudes of 4.5 (12:43 am Japan time) and 5.3 which occurred […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — South Korea said Monday that sanctions against North Korea could be eased once it takes “substantive steps towards denuclearization”, seemingly setting the bar lower than Washington for such a move. Last week’s Singapore summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un produced only a vague statement in which Kim “reaffirmed his firm and unwavering commitment to complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula”. Amid fears […]
By Phoebe Salvador Eagle News Service (Eagle News) — Projecting over a million of new jobs created yearly due to the government’s massive infrastructure program, the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) emphasized the need to ensure that the laborers’ skills and competencies match the industry’s needs. “To fully maximize gains from ‘Build Build Build,’ the Philippine labor market should be ready to meet the infrastructure program’s requirements. Bodies governing the education and labor sectors have […]
(Eagle News)–The Palace on Monday, June 18, said there was no need for peace talks to be done in Norway. In a press conference, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said President Rodrigo Duterte himself “does not understand why we should continue talking” in the European country. “Pare pareho naman tayong Pilipino puwedeng pag-usapan na ‘yan dito sa Pilipinas. Bakit kinakailangang lumayo pa?” Roque said. He said the talks would be brokered by a “panel and they have the […]
MADRID, Spain (AFP) — The Spanish king’s brother-in-law was jailed Monday after losing an appeal against a graft conviction, the prison authorities said. Inaki Urdangarin, the husband of King Felipe’s sister Cristina entered the prison in Brieva, just over 100 kilometres (62 miles) north of Madrid at 8:00 am (0600 GMT), a spokesman for the facility said. The former Olympic handball player was sentenced to five years and 10 months in jail in a case which […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — South Korea on Monday began two days of war games to practise defending the disputed Dokdo islands off its east coast — against an unlikely attack by Japan. The drills come just days after President Donald Trump announced the suspension of long-running US joint exercises with South Korea — aimed at deterring North Korea — calling them expensive and “provocative”. The two-day exercise — tiny compared with the suspended US-South […]
GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala (AFP) — Authorities on Sunday called off a search for the nearly 200 people missing since Guatemala’s Fuego volcano erupted earlier this month, devastating the surrounding countryside. Officials have confirmed the deaths of 110 people as a result of the volcanic eruption on June 3, but another 197 remain unaccounted for. A spokesman for the government’s civil protection agency, David de Leon, said the agencies involved decided to end the search “due to […]
MAWLAMYINE, Myanmar (AFP) — Flooding in southern Myanmar has caused a landslide at a famed Buddhist pagoda, submerged homes and displaced hundreds of people as monsoon rains batter the country. Several parts of Myanmar’s southern Mon state are facing flash floods due to heavy rains since the weekend with no relief in sight, according to a report in the state-run Global New Light of Myanmar on Monday. Rains triggered a landslide that damaged the hilltop […]
by Kerry Sheridan © Agence France-Presse SARASOTA, United States (AFP) — Along sun-splashed shorelines in the US state of Florida, home prices are on the rise, developers are busy building new complexes, and listings just blocks from the beach describe homes that are “not in a flood zone,” meaning no flood insurance is required. But experts warn that ignoring sea level rise won’t prevent a looming economic crisis caused by water-logged homes that will someday […]
