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MANILA, Philippines, September 15 (Eagle News) — The senate will conduct its own investigation in the recent killings that involved three leaders of Lumad in Surigao del Sur allegedly by a paramilitary forces. Senator Teofisto Guigona III asked for the return of the rule of law in the province. Meanwhile, Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Spokesman Col. Restituto Padilla denied the accusations that the military is involved in the said killings. (Eagle News Service)
(Eagle News) – President Benigno Aquino III said he is hoping Trade and Industry Secretary Gregory Domingo will finish work related to the country’s hosting of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in November before he leaves the government to go back to the private sector. The President said he is set to meet with Domingo this week to discuss the latter’s resignation. The President confirmed that Domingo had indeed submitted his resignation […]
MANILA, Philippines, September 15 (Eagle News) — The Philippine National Police-Highway Patrol Group (PNP-HPG) called for a ban on the buying of vehicles when the prospective buyers does not have or owning a garage or a slot in a parking area in order to ease the traffic in the business city district. In a joint hearing of the Senate Committee on Economic Affairs and Committee on Public Works, HPG Director Senior Supt. Arnold Gunnacao recommended […]
QUEZON CITY, Sep. 15 — The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said the PHP 1.1 billion donation it received for the rehabilitation of Typhoon Yolanda-stricken regions was used as intended. Secretary Corazon Juliano-Soliman said P73 billion foreign aid was pledged, of which P45 billion were in cash and P28 billion were non-cash. However, the Philippines only received P17 billion, of which P1.202 billion were in cash and 1.269 billion in non-cash were given to […]
MANILA, Sep. 15 — The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) will be holding a policy discussion on the effects of climate change on the country’s agriculture sector and its relative impact on economic growth. NEDA together with the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS), will organize the high-level policy form and research symposium, which will be held on September 18-19, 2015 at the EDSA Shangri-La Hotel, Mandaluyong […]
(Reuters) — Australia woke on Tuesday (September 15) to the news that the ruling Liberal Party voted to oust Tony Abbott as prime minister in favour of Malcolm Turnbull, a multi-millionaire former tech entrepreneur who is hugely popular with the electorate. Abbott was deposed late on Monday (September 14) following months of opinion polls that showed his popularity with the public near rock bottom as Australia’s $1.5 trillion economy struggles to cope with the end […]
MAKATI City, September 15 (Eagle News) — Light Rail Manila Corp. a consortium composed of Ayala Corporation and Metro Pacific Investments Corporation (MPIC), has taken oven the operations and maintenance of LRT-1 Transit. The LRMC won the P64.9 billion LRT 1 Cavite extension project after offering the highest premium bid of P9.35 billion. The LRMC has secured the right to operate and maintain it for 32 years. It will also extend the rail line […]
MANILA, Philippines, September 15 (Eagle News) — President Banigno S. Aquino III on Monday, September 15 said that lowering prevailing income tax rates will lead to fewer government revenues and will only expand tax collection deficit. The president said that by lowering the income tax rates this might affect the country’s credit ratings. He also bucked calls to increase value-added tax (VAT) to compensate for the expected government revenue loss due to income rate cuts. […]
(Reuters) — Australia will have its fifth prime minister in eight years after the ruling Liberal Party on Monday (September 14) voted out Tony Abbott in favour of longtime rival Malcolm Turnbull, following months of infighting and crumbling voter support. Turnbull, a multi-millionaire former tech entrepreneur, won a secret party vote by 54 to 44, Liberal Party chief whip Scott Buchholz told reporters after the meeting in Canberra. Australia is set to hold elections before […]
(Reuters) — Family members in the Mexican city of Guadalajara were notified on Monday (September 14) of their relatives’ injuries and deaths after an Egyptian Army aircraft hunting for militants in the desert mistakenly bombed a convoy of mostly Mexican tourists, reportedly killing 12 in total. Survivors said their group was bombed from a plane and helicopters. As members of the tourist convoy tried to flee, additional forces on the ground fired on them, Egyptian […]
QUEZON City, Philippines, September 15 (Eagle News) — The weather bureau on its Tuesday forecast said that cloudy skies with light moderate rains and isolated thunderstorms will be experienced over Visayas and Mindanao and the Province of Palawan. These cloudy skies with light moderate rains and isolated thunderstorms experienced in the provinces of Visayas and Mindanao was due to the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ), the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said. PAGASA […]
(Eagle News) — Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott was ousted as leader of the Liberal Party late Monday night Sept. 14, in a hastily-arranged party leadership ballot where his cabinet minister, Malcolm Turnbull, edged him out by just 10 ballots. Turnbull got 54 votes over Abbott’s 44, making him Australia’s 29th prime minister. The Liberal Party however retained Julie Bishop as deputy leader after she won in ballots with 70 votes over […]
