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MANILA, Philippines,Sept. 1 (Eagle News) — According to Justice Secretary Leila De Lima, she will remain in her position, saying that she will only resign her position in proper time. De Lima added that there was no such agreement between the government and the Iglesia Ni Cristo. On an earlier occasion, Iglesia Ni Cristo spokesperson, Bro. Edwil Zabala said that the Iglesia Ni Cristo is not demanding the resignation of De Lima.
MANILA, Philippines, Sept. 1 (Eagle News) — Thousands of fishermen will gather in Luneta to protest the implementation of Republic Act 10654 or the Amended Fisheries Code of the Philippines which will negatively impact their earnings due to the fact that many will no longer be able to engage in fishing due to the strict policies provided in the law. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)
QUEZON City, Philippines, Sept. 1 (Eagle News) — The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) reduced the requested budget of the Office of Ombudsman by Php 1. 775 billion or lower than 5% of the current budget of the said government office. Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales requested to the committee on appropriations to uphold their additional budget request which was supported by members of the Congress, saying that said increase is justified due to the many […]
QUEZON City, Philippines, Sept. 1 (Eagle News) — The administration and independent minority bloc in the House of Representatives joined forces to protest the proposed increase in the value-added tax by the Department of Finance, saying that it makes no sense to lower the income tax of laborers then subject them to high VAT rates. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)
MANILA, Philippines, Sept. 1 (Eagle News) — The Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) secured the services of a British consultancy firm to help solve the problem of air traffic congestion in the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA). Said move is part of the optimization plan for the NAIA. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos) https://youtu.be/w_O9CLDHnpM
MANILA, Philippines, Sept. 1 (Eagle News) — The oil company, Petron implemented a price roll back on its liquefied petroleum gas products starting midnight today. Eastern Petroleum also implemented price rollback on its petroleum products. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)
QUEZON City, Philippines, Sept. 1 (Eagle News) — According to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA), the Philippines will experience warm and humid “-ber” months due to the strong effects of the El Niño phenomenon, contrary to the normal cold weather experienced by the country with the coming of said months. <em>(Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)</em>
SEPT. 1 (Reuters) — German scientists want to prove that space travel needn’t cost the earth — as they prepare to send a home-made rover to the moon. The challenge is to place the robot on the moon’s surface and explore at least 500 meters while transmitting high-definition video and images back to Earth, and all of that at a limited cost of 30 million dollars — a snip compared to the cheapest NASA mission […]
SEPT. 1 (Reuters) — Footage released by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty on Monday (August 31) appears to show a suspect hurling a grenade which killed one and injured nearly 90 outside Ukraine’s parliament. A Ukrainian national guardsman died on Monday (August 31) during violent protests outside parliament in Kiev, as lawmakers voted to give more autonomy to rebel-held areas in the east of the country. Interior Minister Arsen Avakov said in a tweet that nearly […]
SEPT.1 (Reuters) — The hard-line Islamic State group has destroyed part of an ancient temple in Syria’s Palmyra city, a group monitoring the conflict said on Sunday (August 30). The militants targeted the Temple of Bel, a Roman-era structure in the central desert city, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. It is the second temple Islamic State has targeted in Palmyra this month. The group detonated explosives in the ancient Baal Shamin temple on […]
MANILA, Sept. 1 — Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman Andy Bautista today revealed that while the Commission will certainly bid out the refurbishment and upgrade of the existing 82,000 precinct count optical scan (PCOS) machines for the 2019 mid-term elections, it is still looking at the possibility of refurbishing some of these equipment to augment the new machines it will lease for the May 2016 elections. Though the Comelec has signed a lease agreement with Smartmatic for the use of […]
Peru conducted a national drill on Monday (August 31) to prepare the South American country for predicted natural disasters from a strengthening El Niño weather phenomena that officials have predicted to be “extraordinary”. El Niño is the periodic warming of sea-surface temperatures in the Pacific. This phenomenon is strengthening and is likely to peak in three to seven months’ time, the Australian Bureau of Meteorology said. Coastal Peruvian cities like Tumbes and Piura were put […]
