MANILA, Feb. 5 — The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) is preparing its recommendations to President Benigno S. Aquino III on the possible implementation of the first tranche of salary adjustments for government workers, as provided for in the proposed Salary Standardization Law 4 bill, Communications Secretary Sonny Coloma Jr. said Thursday. “A total of P57.9 billion appropriation is included in the General Appropriations Act of 2016 and this will fully cover the first […]
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Ben Stiller sets selfie world record at ‘Zoolander’ premiere
DEREK Zoolander himself, Hollywood actor Ben Stiller, helped break a world record for the world’s longest selfie stick at the premiere of ‘Zoolander 2’ in London on Thursday (February 4). The stick, which Stiller held over his head with a mobile device attached to the end of it, measured in at around eight and half metres and a judge from the Guinness Book of Records was on hand to confirm the record-breaking effort. Stars of […]
Obama offers Colombia more than $450 mln aid to help with peace process
U.S. President Barack Obama met with Colombia’s President Juan Manual Santos on Thursday (February 04) and said he will ask the U.S. Congress for more than $450 million in aid to help Colombia implement a peace accord aimed at ending Latin America’s longest war. Obama met with Santos at the White House where the two leaders held a joint press conference. “We all know that it’s easier to start wars than end them. But after […]
Red Cross delivers food and medicine to besieged Syrian town
THE Red Cross said on Thursday (4 February) it had delivered food for more than 12,000 people to the besieged Syrian town of Mouadamiya near Damascus. The supplies are enough for only three weeks and regular access was needed, the agency said. Local resident Um Ahmad said she was in dire need of fuel to keep herself and her children warm. “There is no source of heating, no firewood, my children and I are on […]
National Printing Office awaiting job order on printing of official ballots, says Palace official
THE National Printing Office (NPO) is ready to accept the job order of the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) for the printing of the official ballots to be used in the May elections, Communication Secretary Herminio Coloma, Jr. said in a statement issued on Thursday. The NPO is expecting the job order from the COMELEC on February 8. “The National Printing Office, an attached agency of the Presidential Communications Operations Office (pursuant to Executive Order No. […]
LA Department of Public Health announce Zika precaution objectives
(Reuters) — The Los Angeles (L.A.) County Department of Public Health held a news conference on Wednesday (February 3) during which officials named objectives that the country should adopt as precautionary measures against the Zika virus. “We can see that with aggressive efforts to try to control the virus and control the factor in other locations, it is continuing to spread,” Jeffrey Gunzenhauser Los Angeles (L.A.) County Interim Health Officer, said. “Our focus needs […]
Palace shrugs off Sereno’s comment on Poe’s disqualification
Malacañang shrugged off the apparent favorable statement of Supreme Court chief justice Maria Lourdes Sereno on foundlings like presidential bet, Senator Grace Poe. Presidential Spokesperson Edwin Lacierda said it would be best to wait for the SC’s decision on the disqualification case against Poe and “not rely on the opinion of a single individual.” The high court has been hearing Poe’s case after the commission on elections disqualified her as a presidential candidate for not […]
COMELEC first division junks all disqualification cases VS Duterte
THE Commission on Elections first division unanimously denied the four disqualification cases filed against presidential candidates Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte for lack of merit. The disqualification cases were separately filed by broadcasters Ruben Castor, Rizalito David, Ely Pamatong and John Paulo Delas Nieves. All four petitions principally questioned validity of Duterte’s substitution for Martin Diño, claiming that the latter’s certificate of candidacy (COC) for president was invalid. (Eagle News Service)
Ambassador Goldberg: US to continue flights and sea-bys in South China Sea
Goldberg said the United States and the Philippines both have deep interest in ensuring freedom of navigation and he is not discarding the possibility of joint patrols in the area. Two U.S. warships have sailed by China-claimed islands in the Spratly and Paracel island chains since October. Foreign affairs secretary Albert Del Rosario said last week the officials discussing possible joint patrols were looking at an area within the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone. Tensions have […]
US-ASEAN Summit ‘not anti-China’ – State Official
WITH just 11 days to go before the United States-ASEAN Summit gets underway, officials on both sides of the pacific are preparing for the two-day event which will bring together U.S. President Barack Obama and leaders from the 10 ASEAN countries. The first stand-alone United States-ASEAN Summit will be on February 15 to 16. The meeting was called when ASEAN and the U.S. upgraded their level of cooperation from dialogue partner to strategic partner in […]
Mga miyembro ng Iglesia Ni Cristo nagsagawa ng clean up drive sa Los Baños, Laguna
NAGSAGAWA ng clean up drive ang mga myembro ng iglesia ni cristo sa Los Baños, Laguna. Ito ay bilang bahagi ng kanilang inisyatiba para sa isang malinis na kapaligiran. (Agila Probinsya Correspondent Kamille Pring)
Tourism industry ng Bulacan, mas palalakasin
MAGSASANIB puwersa ang Bulacan Provincial Government at tinawag na Bulacan Tourism Advocates sa pagbuo ng mga plano para palakasin ang industriya ng turismo sa kanilang lalawigan. Ang mga advocate na ito ay binubuo ng mga tourism student mula sa iba’t- ibang unibersidad sa Bulacan. (Agila Probinsya)
