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(Eagle News)—Sacked Transportation Assistant Secretary Mark Tolentino said on Monday, May 21, that he respects President Rodrigo Duterte’s decision to dismiss him. “I am serving at the pleasure of the President,” Tolentino said in a statement. Despite him being dismissed, he said he “will continue to support (Duterte) and to continue to fight against corruption and to protect the interest of Mindanao and its people.” Tolentino was dismissed days after he said in a press […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte has accepted Cesar Montano’s resignation as chief operating officer of the Tourism Promotions Board. “Yes he has accepted it,” Special Assistant to the President Bong Go said in a text message on Monday, May 21. Montano resigned after he was criticized for the TPB’s “Buhay Carinderia” program. New Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat said the project did not undergo a bidding. Montano also came under fire for the TPB’s payment of P80 […]
(Eagle News)–Tourism Promotions Board Chief Operating Officer Cesar Montano has resigned. Montano’s resignation, which he said was “effective immediately,” took place after the TPB was criticized for the “Buhay Carinderia” project. The TPB had supposedly paid P80 million–or 90 percent of the total sponsorship deal–to advertisement agency Marylindbert International despite the project only being 15 percent completed. Montano recommended officials Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat could select from as TPB officer in charge: Maricon Ebron, officer in […]
(Timelapse images from the Gemini telescope showing lightning and ash cloud at summit of the Kilauea volcano in Hawai) Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano erupted from its summit early Thursday, shooting a huge plume of ash miles into the sky and prompting authorities to urge area residents to take cover. The Hawaii Volcano Observatory said the explosion within Kilauea’s Halemaumau crater had produced a volcanic cloud that reached as high as 30,000 feet (9,000 meters) and […]
https://youtu.be/W9-Gjv26ZJM Marathon enthusiasts across the world participate in a race held on the Great Wall in China, running, walking and almost crawling to complete the 5,164 steps. (courtesy Agence France Presse, images from Albatros Travel)
Meghan Markle’s father, who followed his daughter’s wedding to Prince Harry on TV from California, described it as “emotional and joyful,” and voiced regret he was unable to attend, TMZ reported Saturday. “My baby looks beautiful and she looks very happy. I wish I were there and I wish them all my love and all happiness,” Thomas Markle said, according to the US celebrity news website. Markle is recovering from heart surgery, and […]
Over six million people tweeted on Prince Harry’s marriage to Meghan Markle, more than three times the number during his older brother’s wedding, social media monitoring firm Visibrain said Sunday. Between 2200 GMT Friday and 2300 GMT Saturday, 6,604,498 tweets were posted worldwide on the royal nuptials, of which 5.2 million bore the hashtag #RoyalWedding, the French firm said. That compared with 1,821,669 tweets across a similar timeframe for Prince William when he married […]
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Veteran bachelor Hugh Grant, star of a string of romantic comedies including “Four Weddings and a Funeral”, is finally getting married for the first time to his Swedish girlfriend. Wedding banns for 57-year-old Grant and Anna Eberstein, 39, were published at the registry office of Chelsea Old Town Hall near the couple’s home in Notting Hill. “This is a day none of Hugh’s friends ever thought would come,” The […]
by Abhaya Srivastava Agence France Presse NEW DELHI, India (AFP) — A deadly virus carried mainly by fruit bats has killed at least three people in southern India, sparking a statewide health alert Monday. Eight other deaths in the state of Kerala are being investigated for possible links to the Nipah virus, which has a 70 percent mortality rate. Kerala’s Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has urged citizens to stay vigilant and follow instructions from […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — More than 29 million people watched on television in the United States as Britain’s Prince Harry married American actress Megan Markle, according to Nielsen ratings released Sunday. The estimated 29.2 million viewers for Saturday’s ceremony exceed the number for the 2011 wedding of Harry’s brother Prince William to Kate Middleton, which was watched by 22.8 million people. Harry and Meghan tied the knot in a ceremony at Windsor Castle, […]
(Eagle News) — Malacanang expresses “serious concern” about the reports of alleged Chinese militarization of the West Philippine Sea, and will bring this up in the next Bilateral Consultation Mechanism with China this year. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque Jr., said that they still have “no independent verification” of reports that China had landed several bombers on an island in the disputed South China Sea. “We have no independent verification. Nonetheless, we take note of […]
(Eagle News) — The House of Representatives leadership is slated to meet with members of the Bangsamoro Transition Commission on Tuesday, May 22. Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez told reporters this was to thresh out the lawmakers’ concerns about a proposed version of the Bangsamoro Basic Law. “Kinakailangan kasama rin sila para hindi na masyadong maging problema sa plenary,” Alvarez said after an all-party caucus also aimed at resolving such issues. Even then, Alvarez expressed confidence the House […]
