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GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala (AFP) — At least six people were killed when Guatemala’s Fuego volcano erupted Sunday, belching ash and rock and forcing the airport to close. The strong eruption was the second major one this year. The dead were from farming communities just south of the volcano who were trapped by hot lava flow, National Disaster Relief Agency spokesman David de Leon told reporters. Another 20 people have been injured, and more than 2,000 […]
(Eagle News) — Pirmado na ni Manila Mayor Joseph Estrada ang isang ordinansa na nagpapataas sa multa ng mga lumabag sa Anti-Smoking Ordinance sa lungsod ng Maynila kasabay sa paggunita sa World No Tobacco Day. Mula sa dating P 500, papalo na sa P 5,000 ang magiging multa sa violator maliban pa rito ang pagkakakulong ng tatlong araw. Estrada, nais maging halibawa dahil sa pagtigil nya sa paninigarilyo Aminado si Estrada na siya ay dating […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte thanked the government of South Korea for taking care of Filipinos in their country, as government noted that Filipinos are given equal coverage and protection as locals and enjoy the same wage, working hours, privileges, as well as insurance, benefits, and other support program. “I’d like to thank the Korean government, South Korea, for hosting so many Filipinos here — keeping them safe,” the President said in his […]
(Eagle News)~The Department of Foreign Affairs has extended its condolences to the kin of an Overseas Filipino Worker who was killed while defending two women who were being harassed in Slovakia. “Our thoughts and prayers are with the family of our kababayan Henry John Acorda,” Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano said in a statement. “We mourn the loss of another of our own who by all accounts is a hero who came to the […]
(Eagle News) — Nanawagan si Philippine National Police Chief Director General Oscar Abayalde sa mga police commander sa buong bansa na gawin ang lahat ng kanilang makakaya upang makamit ang ‘zero-crime incident’ sa pagbubukas ng pasukan ngayong araw, Hunyo 4. Ayon kay Albayalde, nabuo nila ang operational guidelines kung paano makakamit ang zero-crime incident. Dahil dito, pinakikilos ang lahat ng regional offices ng PNP at National Support Units upang mapanatili ang kapayapaan at seguridad sa […]
OAKLAND, United States (AFP) — Retired NBA coach Doug Moe, a pioneer of the “Run ‘n Gun” attack, was named Sunday as winner of the 2018 Lifetime Achievement Award by the National Basketball Coaches Association. Moe, 79, was the 1988 NBA Coach of the Year with the Denver Nuggets, who led the league in scoring in six of his 10 seasons guiding the club. “In the 1970s and ’80s Doug Moe established a pace and […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President Donald Trump’s top economics advisor acknowledged Sunday the trade dispute with US allies could jeopardize the booming American economy but dismissed criticism of the administration’s stance as overblown. Larry Kudlow’s remarks came after finance ministers from the Group of Seven industrialized countries on Saturday expressed outrage over US-imposed tariffs on steel and aluminum and called on Washington to reverse course. Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was especially irked […]
(Eagle News) — Public schools nationwide opened today, Monday, June 4, for the start of the school year 2018-2019 with almost 29 million elementary and high school students expected for this school year opening. The Department of Education said it’s all systems go with the perennial problems on classroom shortage now being addressed, with the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) deploying 1,444 enforcers to secure the June 4 school opening. Education Secretary Leonor Briones […]
by Martin Parry © Agence France-Presse SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — The Commonwealth Bank Monday agreed to the largest civil penalty in Australian corporate history to settle claims it breached anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing laws. The Aus$700 million (US$530 million) fine — which is subject to court approval — comes after mediation between the nation’s biggest lender and the country’s financial intelligence agency AUSTRAC. It follows the bank being taken to court last August for “serious […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Sunday, June 3, said he was considering looking for helicopters in South Korea. The President made the comment during a speech before members of the Filipino community in the Asian country, after the Philippine government scrapped a $233-million deal to acquire 16 helicopters from Canada. Duterte ordered the deal for the acquisition of the Bell 412EP helicopters scrapped in February, after Canada ordered a review of the same amid […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Sunday, June 3, said the fate of the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion law was up to Congress. “I leave it to Congress to decide whether or not to amend, or suspend, or modify the law,” the President said in a speech prior to his departure to South Korea at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport. The President, however, added that money was needed to fund government programs […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Sunday, June 3, again defended Solicitor General Jose Calida over the allegations of conflict of interest against him. Speaking to Filipinos in South Korea, Duterte said Vigilant Investigative and Security Agency Inc. was a business “inherited” by Calida from his father long before he was appointed as SolGen. “Why should I fire him?…Basta may bidding lahat, anything in government basta may bidding ka, walang problema, okay ‘yan. Kung siya […]
