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Sa kabila ng naganap na pag aaklas sa EDSA tatlong dekada na ang nakalilipas, marami pa rin sa mga Pilipino ang hindi ganap na malaya. Ayon kay Senador Sonny Angara, hanggang ngayon maraming Pinoy pa rin ang mahirap at nagugutom dahil sa kawalan ng sapat na ayuda mula sa gobyerno. Naniniwala si Angara na ang pagtugon at pagbibigay lang ng solusyon sa kahirapan sa pamamagitan ng pagpapalawak sa oportunidad na magbibigay ng kinabukasan sa bawat […]
Plano ng US Navy na dagdagan ang freedom of navigation operations sa South China Sea. Itoy dahil sa patuloy na military build-up ng China sa pinagtatalunang mga isla sa lugar. Kabilang dito ang paglalayag ng US warship mula sa 12 nautical miles ng mga islang inaangkin ng China bilang paraan ng pagsagot sa assertions ng soberenya ng Beijing. Ayon kay admiral Harry Harris, ang commander ng US pacific command na simula noong oktubre ng nakaraang […]
Magla-labas na ng pondo para sa unang bahagi ng umento ng 1.6 milyong government employees sa susunod na linggo. Ayon sa Department of Budget and Management, tatanggapin ang pondo ng mga ahensya ng gobyerno base sa bilang ng posisyon hanggang December 31. Gayun-man, hindi ibig sabihing mata-tanggap ng lahat na saklaw na personnel ang umento sa sahod at allowance. Kailangan ng panahon ng Human Resource office ng mga ahensya sa pag-papatupad nito. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDSK4q-Oy5Y
Suva, Fiji (AFP) — Fiji began a massive clean-up on Sunday after the most powerful cyclone in the Pacific nation’s history left a trail of destruction, killing six people, flattening scores of homes and crippling infrastructure. The super-storm lashed the popular tourist destination overnight Saturday, packing wind gusts of 325 kilometres (202 miles) per hour, according to the UN humanitarian agency OCHA. OCHA said six people were killed during severe tropical cyclone Winston, the first-ever storm […]
(Reuters) – The Olympic torch will visit 329 cities across each of Brazil´s 26 states and the Federal District, the Rio 2016 organising committee announced on Wednesday (February 24) in a colourful ceremony at its headquarters in the centre of Rio de Janeiro. One of the greatest symbols of the Olympics will arrive in Brazil’s capital from the Games’ heartland in Athens on May 3, and will be carried 20,000 kilometres (12,430 miles) across ground […]
Suva, Fiji (AFP)—Cyclone-devastated Fiji said it was likely to need more foreign aid Thursday as the body count from the most powerful storm in its history climbed to 44. France became the latest country to join the relief effort following last weekend’s deadly super-cyclone, flying in three tons of supplies and 40 engineers to help rebuild crippled infrastructure. But with Care Australia confirming the death toll had reached 44 — up from 42 previously — […]
Washington, United States (AFP)—The United States and China have agreed on a UN resolution on North Korea and will not accept Pyongyang as a “nuclear weapons state,” the White House said Wednesday. National Security Advisor Susan Rice and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi agreed “on the importance of a strong and united international response to North Korea’s provocations, including through a UN Security Council Resolution that goes beyond previous resolutions,” National Security Council spokesperson Ned […]
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (AFP)—The Zika virus, believed to be linked to the serious birth defect microcephaly, presents a “formidable” challenge that will be hard to stamp out, World Health Organization chief Margaret Chan said Wednesday. “Things could get worse before it gets better,” she said in Rio de Janeiro after a fact-finding mission to Brazil, the epicenter of the global health scare. Chan said part of the challenge in fighting the mosquito-borne virus […]
VENEZUELA, South America – The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries or OPEC will conduct a meeting to discuss the possibility of an oil production freeze in mid-March to address the continued lowering of oil prices in the world market. Said oil price reduction is due to over-production and the weakening economy of the primary oil consumers. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos) https://youtu.be/J1tlnH528ig
MANILA, Philippines – According to the Department of Labor and Employment, the large number of overseas Filipino workers returning to the Philippines from the Middle East is due to contract violations of employers like inadequate salaries, contract substitution and others and not due to the low price of oil in the world market. DOLE asked the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration to aid the returning OFWs. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing […]
MANILA, Philippines – After the failure of the three month internet speed testing conducted by the National Telecommunications Commission, said government agency is now asking various internet subscribers to volunteer for said testing. According to the NTC, the testing failed because many internet subscribers refused NTC personnel entry to their homes. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)
MAKATI City, Philippines – The Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) gave dismantled campaign materials weighing almost a ton to the Babuyan Island Mission, a non-governmental organization, for recycling. Said campaign materials were dismantled during the “Operation Baklas” for violation of campaign rules and regulations. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos) https://youtu.be/CShJyj3indY
