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by Jun Besa Eagle News Service HONG KONG, China (Eagle News) — The first ever human monogram the members of the Iglesia Ni Cristo in the entire ecclesiastical district of China was bring here in Hong Kong to show their spiritual that they are indeed one with Brother Eduardo V. Manalo. Thousands of the Iglesia Ni Cristo members on Tuesday, February 10 flock together in Sham Shui Po Sports Ground to participate the historic human […]
By Aroma Flores Pimentel Eagle News Service HONG KONG, China (Eagle News) — Naging matagumpay ang blood donation drive ng Iglesia Ni Cristo sa Hong Kong. May siyam na lokal ng INC at limang Red Cross Donor Center sa Hong Kong kung saan maaaring puntahan.
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Isang malaking hamon daw sa mga tumatakbo sa pagkapangulo ngayong 2016 elections ang usapin sa problema ng transportasyon sa bansa. Panawagan ng grupong Piston sa susunod na magiging presidente ng bansa na unahin ang kapakanan ng publiko at huwag pairalin ang personal na interes sa pagresolba sa problema ng transportasyon. Binatikos din ng Piston ang pamahalaang Aquino dahil sa kawalan umano ng aksyon sa naturang problema.
PASAY City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Ipinagmalaki ni Pangulong Benigno S. Aquino III ang tinatawag na bottom-up budgeting ng kanyang administrasyon. Ginawa ito ni Pangulong Aquino kasabay ng national forum on buttom-up budgeting sa PICC sa Pasay City kaharap ang mga barangay official ng bansa. Sa ilalim ng “bottom-up budgeting program” kalahok sa pagbabalangkas ng national budget ang nasa higit isang libo at limandaang (1,590) lokal na pamahalaan sa bansa. Ibig sabihin, kung ano ang […]
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Feb. 12 (OPAPP) — The Government of the Philippines (GPH) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), together with the various peace structures working under the Bangsamoro peace process, are meeting in the city to re-assess means of moving forward in light of the 16th Congress’ failure to pass the proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) before it adjourned last week. “Today could have been a much happier occasion, if only we […]
CEBU CITY, February 12 (PIA) – Environment officials are calling on local chief executives to implement the geohazard maps for disaster management. In the recent Kapihan sa PIA held at the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR-7), the department’s geologists announced that they had already completed geohazard maps of all local government units (LGUs) in Central Visayas. It is now up to the mayors and barangay captains to put these into use as reference on their disaster risk reduction […]
CEBU CITY, February 12 (PIA) – More than 100 sinkholes are being monitored by the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) in Cebu province. In this week’s Kapihan sa PIA-Cebu, MGB officials revealed there are plenty of sinkholes and probable sinkhole sites which are monitored by their office. Al Emil Berador, MGB-7 Chief Geologist, when asked by reporters, said the presence of sinkholes is the focus of the Subsidence Mapping which they started late last year […]
MANILA, Feb. 12 — Labor and Employment Secretary Rosalinda Dimapilis-Baldoz recently announced the setting up of a more cohesive and synchronized ‘Assist WELL’ Processing Centers in three Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) agencies and 17 regional offices in the country. The centers will provide an improved and comprehensive welfare, employment, legal, and livelihood (WELL) assistance to returning overseas Filipino workers. “The Assist Well Processing Center is led by a management committee that oversees and […]
CANADA (AFP) — Airports are stepping up efforts to reduce populations of mosquitoes that transmit the Zika virus in order to prevent its spread, the UN aviation agency said Thursday. “The management of the outbreak is currently focused on reducing the populations of the Aedes mosquito that transmit the virus at airports (vector control),” the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) said in a statement. Vector control refers to the spraying of insecticides or other pest […]
BRASILIA, Brazil (AFP) — Some 220,000 soldiers will hand out leaflets door-to-door across Brazil on Saturday, ahead of a massive insecticide-spraying operation as the government tries to stem an outbreak of the mosquito-borne Zika virus. “We have to protect the population, especially pregnant women, athletes and tourists who will come for the Olympic Games” in Rio de Janeiro in August, Defense Minister Aldo Rebelo said at a news conference Thursday. Troops will visit three million […]
SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — Uber said Thursday it has agreed to pay $28.5 million to settle a pair of lawsuits challenging its promises on driver safety checks. The settlement submitted for approval in US District Court in Northern California called for the ride-share company to divvy up the cash between some 25 million customers and to “avoid using certain language in safety-related advertising as well as the term Safe Ride Fee.” “No means […]
MELBOURNE, Australia (AFP) — A second pregnant woman has been diagnosed with the mosquito-borne Zika virus in Australia, officials said Friday, adding that the disease was acquired overseas and there was no public health risk. The confirmation comes after a pregnant woman in the northern state of Queensland was diagnosed on Tuesday with the virus suspected of causing a surge in brain-damaged babies in Brazil. The latest case involves a woman from the state of Victoria […]
