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MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Labor and Employment accused the Migrante International of exaggerating the events in Saudi Arabia, where a company conducted a mass lay-off. According to the DOLE, said exaggerated comments are not helping the country. Furthermore, although there was a mass lay-off, the 2 thousand employees that lost their jobs came from different countries not just overseas Filipino workers. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho […]
MANILA, Philippines – According to Presidential Communications Secretary Sonny Coloma, three global companies based in Los Angeles, California expressed their interest in conducting business in the Philippines after meeting with President Benigno Aquino III. Said companies include Walt Disney International. Coloma added that said companies are considering the country as investment venue. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)
NEW York City, United States of America – According to the World Meteorological Organization of the United Nations, the El Niño phenomenon already attained its peak and is starting to weaken although the high temperature in the ocean continues to have a great impact on the global climate. The 2015-2016 El Niño phenomenon is said to be the worst in 15 years and will last until mid-2016. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, […]
MANILA, Philippines – The Malacañang denied that the 30th celebration of the EDSA People Power Revolution does not aim to hurt the feelings of vice-presidential candidate Senator Bongbong Marcos. The Palace added that the aim of the celebration is to raise awareness on the truth behind the People Power Revolution and the martial law and not to hurt the campaign of any candidates in the 2016 election. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, […]
By Jerold Tagbo Eagle News Service IPINAGMALAKI ni Pangulong Aquino na mas dumami na ngayon ang nananawagan ng pagpapairal ng kapayapaan at instabilidad sa West Philippine Sea. Sa kanyang arrival speech matapos ang working visit sa Amerika, sinabi ni Aquino na malinaw ang mensahe ng US-ASEAN summit sa inilabas nitong joint statement na dapat ipatupad ang seguridad nang naaayon sa pamantayan ng batas. “Sa usapin ng maritime concerns ay naging malinaw ang suporta ng […]
SINGAPORE (AFP)– Oil prices fell in Asia Friday after a sharp rise in US crude stockpiles and Saudi Arabia’s rejection of proposed output cuts shot down a rally by the battered commodity. The about-turn came as the US Energy Department reported a 2.1 million barrel increase in US commercial crude inventories, to the highest in more than eight decades, as well as sizeable increases in gasoline and other refined products. An inventories rise typically suggests soft […]
BEIJING, China (CCTV/Reuters) — Chinese State Councilor Yang Jiechi on Thursday urged Australia to be impartial on territorial disputes in the South China Sea in his meeting with visiting Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop. Australia is not a directly involved country and should abide by its commitment to impartiality on sovereignty and territorial disputes in the South China Sea, Yang said. He urged Australia not to participate in or take any action that may harm […]
SYDNEY, Australia (Reuters) — Australia and New Zealand on Friday (February 19) urged China to refrain from further stoking tensions in the South China Sea after its apparent deployment of surface-to-air missiles on a disputed island. Tensions were escalated after China deployed an advanced surface-to-air missile system to one of the disputed islands it controls in the South China Sea, Taiwan and U.S. officials said. “We know that the prosperity of an Australia and New […]
US President Barack Obama on Thursday signed off on new sanctions against North Korea to punish the reclusive Asian nation for its provocative recent nuclear test and rocket launch. The White House said Obama had signed measures passed by Congress, tightening sanctions on anyone importing goods or technology related to weapons of mass destruction into North Korea, or anyone who knowingly engaged in human rights abuses. “The administration is deeply concerned about North Korea‘s […]
BRUSSELS, Belgium (Reuters) — European Union leaders want to reach a deal to help keep Britain in the bloc even if securing an agreement will be difficult for many countries, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Friday (February 19). “Everyone wished to keep Britain as a member of the European Union, all of Britain’s different requests which were on the agenda were discussed, and it’s true that not everyone around the table found it all […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — Prosecutors raided Volkswagen’s South Korean head office Friday, a spokesman for the car-maker said, as part of a probe into the firm’s emissions-cheating scandal. Investigators confiscated computer hard drives and documents after searching the headquarters in Seoul and other Volkswagen offices in the South Korean capital, Yonhap news agency said. Homes of company officials in charge of product quality control were also raided. “We have made clear that we will […]
PANAMA City (AFP) — The mosquito-borne Zika virus has spread in Panama beyond a remote coastal area it was previously confined to, with a new case detected in the capital, the health ministry said Thursday. Deputy health minister Miguel Mayo announced the spread of the disease, bringing to 65 the number of diagnosed cases of Zika infection in Panama. Sixty-four of the cases were in the Comarco region, along Panama’s Caribbean coastline, which is predominantly […]
