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(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte vowed to modernize the Philippine Navy which celebrated its 120th anniversary on Tuesday, May 22, saying that there are projects amounting to P77 billion lined up to enhance its capability. “We live in exciting times for our armed forces as we further enhance the capability of our Navy,” the President said. “Since the beginning of this administration, I have exerted efforts to upgrade your equipment and artillery,” he […]
(Eagle News) — The ten accused in the death of University of Sto. Tomas law student Horacio Castillo III were transferred to the Manila City Jail on Wednesday, May 23. Clad in their orange T-shirts and what appeared to be bullet-proof vests, Arvin Balag, Mhin Wei Chan, Axel Munro Hipe, Danielle Hans Matthew Rodrigo, Oliver John Audrey Onofre, Joshua Joriel Macabali, Ralph Trangia, Robin Ramos, Jose Miguel Salamat, and Marcelino Bagtang were brought out of the […]
By Mar Gabriel Eagle News Service Philippine National Police Chief Director General Oscar Albayalde on Wednesday, May 23, said he has requested for his men to be allowed to take part in the annual Balikatan exercises. In a press conference on Wednesday, May 23, Albayalde said he made the request to United States Ambassador to the Philippines Sung Kim himself in a recent meeting. “I’ve requested na ‘pag may Balikatan sana kahit na ‘yung SAF (Special […]
AKLAN— Mahigpit pa ring ipinatutupad ang seguridad sa pagpasok ng mga tao sa Boracay, kaugnay sa isinasagawang rehabilitasyon sa isla. Ang mga pumapasok na tao ay kailangang magpakita ng ID o anomang pagkakakilanlan upang malaman ng mga opisyal na nagbabantay doon kung sila ay residente, empleyado, turista, o negosyante. Kapansin-pansin rin ang katahimikan sa lugar dahil limitado lamang ang maaaring maglabas-pasok sa nasabing isla dahil sa isinasagawang pagsasaayos rito. (Jane Malicse, Eagle News Service)
By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service The guidelines for the deployment of Filipino household service workers to Kuwait will be released next week. Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III made the revelation in a hearing by the Senate committee on labor on Wednesday, May 23, a day after President Rodrigo Duterte said he had yet to see “guarantees” on the conditions agreed upon by the Philippines and Kuwait in a signed pact on May 11, before […]
(Eagle News)— Nasa mahigit 30 na establisimyento sa El Nido, Palawan ang inirekomenda ng Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) na sapilitang buwagin dahil sa hindi umano nilang pagsunod sa 30 araw na abiso ng ahensya na tanggalin ang kanilang mga istraktura. Ayon kay Natividad Bernardino, DENR regional director ng Mimaropa (Mindoro, Marinduque, Romblon and Palawan) binigyan nila ng isang buwan ang 32 establisimyento na iligal na nakatayo sa water easement zone ng Bacquit Bay ngunit hindi […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Prolific novelist Philip Roth, a dominant force in American literature throughout the latter half of the 20th century, has died at the age of 85. Roth’s death on Tuesday, first reported by the New Yorker and The New York Times, was later confirmed by Roth’s literary agent Andrew Wylie. He said the cause was congestive heart failure. Roth won the 1998 Pulitzer Prize for fiction for his acclaimed novel […]
(Eagle News) — The bicameral conference committee approved on Tuesday night a bill seeking to put in place a national ID system. Senator Panfilo Lacson, chair of the Senate committee on public order, expressed hopes the reconciled version would be ratified by both the House of Representatives and the Senate before Monday, May 28. This will hopefully then be transmitted to President Rodrigo Duterte for signing into law. According to Lacson, a national ID will […]
by Sunghee Hwang Agence France Presse SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — Invited foreign journalists gathered in North Korea Wednesday to witness the slated destruction of the reclusive regime’s nuclear test site, a high profile gesture on the road to a summit with the US that Donald Trump now says might not happen. In a surprise announcement Pyongyang said earlier this month that it planned to “completely” destroy the Punggye-ri facility in the country’s northeast, […]
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AFP) — At least six Americans were injured Tuesday when a plane crashed while landing at the Honduran capital’s international airport and split in two. The commercial jet from Austin, Texas left the runway and veered into a ditch, Carlos Cordero, deputy head of Honduras’s disaster relief agency Copeco told local media. Firefighters arrived at Toncontin airport in Tegucigalpa and used foam to extinguish flames coming from the wreckage. Local businessman Pedro Atala […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte’s daughter Kitty, his daughter-in-law and his granddaughter received shots of the controversial Dengvaxia vaccine. Special Assistant to the President Bong Go said the wife of presidential son Paolo Duterte, Sabina Duterte, issued the clarification herself that apart from Kitty, it was she and her daughter Sabina who were given the shots. It was Go who earlier said that Kitty, Sabina and her brother Uno had been administered the vaccine. […]
(Eagle News)– Nasa 10.71 porsyento lamang o 25,602 mula sa 238,966 na kumuha ng pagsusulit ang nakapasa sa Career Service Professional examinations na isinagawa ng Civil Service Commission (CSC) nitong Marso 18. Mas mataas naman ng kaunti ang mga nakapasa sa Career Service Sub-Professional examination na nasa 11.20 porsyento o 4,573 na bilang ng mga pasado mula sa 40,821 na kumuha ng pagsusulit. Ayon sa CSC, ang Cordillera Administrative Region o CAR ang nakasungkit sa […]
