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AFP targets to submit IPSP this year

The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) admitted that it may not be able to meet its timeline for the achievement of the Internal Peace and Security Plan in 2016 which includes as one of its goals the total elimination of insurgency in the Philippines. Said plan was interpreted last 2010. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)

Napeñas no longer credible witness – Erice

According to the Liberal Party’s Vice Chairman for Political Affairs, Caloocan Representative Edgar Erice, former PNP Special Action Force Director Getulio Napeñas is no longer a credible witness in the new investigation to be conducted by the Senate regarding the Mamasapano incident due to Napeñas’ connection with Vice-President Jejomar Binay. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)

OFWs in Saudi Arabia want to go home

According to the Blas Ople Center, the government should implement a deployment ban to stop the sending of new overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) to Saudi Arabia as the situation continues to worsen between Saudi Arabia and Iran. Said center added that several OFWs in Saudi Arabia are now asking help to go back to the Philippines. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)

MRT suffers new systems failure

The Metro Railway Transit or MRT-3 suffered another systems failure, to the detriment of commuters. Chairman of the Senate Sub-Committee on Transportation, Senator Grace Poe criticized the Aquino administration for said failure, adding that the government should take responsibility and stop blaming the past administration. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)

LTO files motion for reconsideration to release license plates

The Land Transportation Office plans to file a motion for reconsideration in the Commission of Audit in order to release the license plates. The LTO has a backlog of 3 million license plates after the COA disallowed funds for the same. The LTO targets the release of said license plates before the end of the President Aquino’s term. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos) […]

Showbiz pillar, German Moreno dies at 82

Considered as one of the pillars of the showbiz industry, veteran host German Moreno died at the age of 82 due to cardiac arrest. <em>(Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)</em>

House of Representatives will not reinvestigate Mamasapano incident

According to House Majority Leader Neptali Gonzales, unlike the Senate, the House of Representatives will not conduct a re-investigation of the tragic event in Mamasapano which resulted in the death of 44 Special Action Forces commandos. Gonzales added that there are some congressmen who asked for said re-investigation but it should not be allowed because there is no confirmation that any of said congressmen have in their hands the alleged additional information possessed by Senator […]

Suspended Guatemalan judge granted release on bond in U.S. football case

A suspended Guatemalan judge who was arrested last month as part of a U.S. investigation into corruption in soccer’s world governing body FIFA won the right to be released from jail on Thursday (January 07) on a $4 million (USD) bond. Héctor Trujillo, 62, was secretary general of the Guatemalan soccer federation and a Constitutional Court judge until his Dec. 4 arrest while aboard a Disney cruise ship docked in Florida. With Trujillo’s wife and […]

China’s stock markets open high Friday

China’s stock markets opened high on Friday after trading was halted early in the previous day as a seven-percent drop triggered the newly-introduced circuit breaker mechanism. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index opened up 2.23 percent at 3,194.63 points Friday morning while the smaller Shenzhen index opened at 11,008.89 points, 2.31 percent up. Trading was halted for the day on the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock markets on Thursday morning after shares tumbled over seven percent and […]

Asian shares open calmer after China circuit breaker axed

China’s major stock indexes opened higher on Friday (January 8) after Beijing ditched a circuit breaker mechanism that halted trading twice this week when share prices tumbled and had been blamed for exacerbating the market sell-offs. The People’s Bank of China also raised its guidance rate for the yuan for the first time in nine trading days, having allowed the currency’s biggest fall in five months on Thursday (January 7), sending shivers through regional currencies […]

Holiday – it pays to know the difference!

QUEZON City, Philippines (January 8) – A holiday is a day of festivity or recreation when no work is done. A time when almost everybody does not go to work or school but is free to do what they want. Such as travel to different parts of the Philippines or out of the country. Holiday is usually the time when we rest and relax. A holiday is usually created by custom or by law on which normal […]