MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — A Philippine banker shifted $81 million stolen from Bangladesh’s central bank into various accounts because she feared for her life, her colleague told a parliamentary investigation on Thursday. Maia Deguito, manager of the Rizal Commercial Banking Corp (RCBC) branch in Manila’s financial district could only muster a blank stare when discussing the dirty money, said Romualdo Agarrado, a senior officer in the same branch. “She just looked at me with a […]
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RCBC bank manager Deguito, nadidiin sa $81-m ‘laundered’ money
Ni Meanne Corvera (Eagle News) — Lalo pang nadikdik sa pagdinig ng Senado ang branch manager ng RCBC sa Makati na si Maia Santos Deguito sa nangyaring money laundering sa Bangladesh Central Bank. Sa pagpapatuloy ng pagdinig ng Senate Blue Ribbon Committee, kinumpirma ni Atty. Macel Fernandez Estavillo, head ng legal and regulatory afairs ng RCBC na lumilitaw sa kanilang internal investigation na si De Guito ang nagbukas ng bogus bank accounts sa pangalan ng […]
SC pinagtibay ang desisyon sa pag-imprenta ng voters’ receipt para sa May 9 polls
Ni Erwin Temperante (Eagle News) — Pinagtibay ng Supreme Court ang naunang desisyon nito kaugnay sa pag-imprenta ng Commission on Elections (COMELEC) ng voters’ receipt sa May 9 elections. Sa botong 12-0, pinagtibay ng Korte Suprema ang naunang desisyon na nag-aatas sa COMELEC na mag-imprenta ng voters’ receipt. Ito’y matapos ang oral argument na ginawa kaninang umaga. Apat na beses sinubukan ng COMELEC na mag imprenta ng voters’ receipts sa harap ng mga mahistrado ng […]
Clinton apologizes for praising Nancy Reagan over AIDS
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Hillary Clinton apologized Friday for praising Nancy Reagan’s commitment to the fight against AIDS in remarks which critics said ignored President Ronald Reagan’s dismissal of the mounting health crisis for years. “Because of both President and Mrs. Reagan, in particular Mrs. Reagan, we started a national conversation, when before nobody would talk about it. Nobody wanted to do anything about it,” Clinton said on MSNBC on Friday, when she was in […]
Alzheimer’s ‘lost’ memories may be recoverable: study
https://youtu.be/fQ-LIdz3Qxo by Kyoko Hasegawa TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Sufferers of Alzheimer’s disease may not have “lost” their memories, but could simply have difficulty accessing them, researchers said as they unveiled a possible treatment that could one day offer a cure to the ravages of dementia. Nobel Prize-winner Susumu Tonegawa said studies on mice showed that by stimulating specific areas of the brain with blue light, scientists could make the creatures recall thoughts that […]
Pawnshop sa bayan ng Labo, Camarines Norte, pinasok ng mga hindi pa nakikilalang kawatan
Labo, Camarines Norte – Pinasok ng mga hindi pa nakikilalang mga magnanakaw ang isang pawnshop sa bayan ng Labo madaling-araw ng Marso 13, 2016. Batay sa inisyal na imbestigasyon at ulat ng Labo Municipal Police Station (MPS) nagtungo sa kanilang tanggapan si Gilbert Jose y Papares, 42 taong gulang, may asawa, may ari ng GPJ pawnshop na matatagpuan sa Maharlika Highway, P-5 Brgy. Kalamunding, Labo, Camarines Norte , at residente ng Rosario Street, Brgy. VII, Daet, Camarines […]
Oplan Summer Vacation 2016, nakatakdang ilunsad sa lalawigan ng Camarines Norte
Talisay, Camarines Norte – Nakatakdang ilunsad ng Highway Patrol Group – Camarines Norte (HPG) ang Oplan Summer Vacation (SUMVAC) 2016 sa darating na Sabado (Marso 19, 2016). Ang isinagawang pagpupulong na pinangunahan ni HPG Provincial Officer PSI Ruel Salvino ay dinauluhan ng mga ahensya ng pamahalaan tulad ng Philippine National Police (PNP), Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP), Philippine Red Cross (PRC), Land Transportation, Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB), Land Transportation […]
US signs new sanctions against North Korea
WASHINGTON D.C., United States of America – President Barak Obama signed orders implementing new sanctions against North Korea due to the latter’s continued nuclear testing as well as launching of ballistic missiles. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)
SSS website transactions increase to Php 5.5 million
QUEZON City, Philippines – According to the Social Security System, its website transactions increased to Php 5.5 million from 2014-2015. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos) https://youtu.be/urlrNA48CJ0
OPEC holds meeting to stabilize oil prices
DOHA, Qatar – The members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries will conduct a meeting with other major oil producers in order to stabilize the price of oil in the world market. This is in the wake of a previous meeting between Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia and Venezuela that proposed a freeze-oil output within January levels. Said meeting is supported by major oil producing countries. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video […]
No anomaly in chopper deal – Department of National Defense
MANILA, Philippines – The Department of National Defense stood by its statement that there is no anomaly in the Php 1.2 billion procurement deal of 21 Huey helicopters. This is after a plunder complaint was filed against Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin by an employee of the Bureau of Internal Revenue. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos) https://youtu.be/sSw6twd2rWk
LTFRB issues special permits
MANILA, Philippines – The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board started issuing special permits for the use of provincial buses in the long holiday period. The LTFRB approved 347 applications including roll-off roll-on or RORO vehicles. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos) https://youtu.be/OO1cZ8W9lfg
