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QUEZON City, Philippines, August 26 (Eagle News) — Pasig City representative Roman Romulo is asking for the rescinding of the intelligence fund of the Bureau of Customs (BOC), just in time for the strong criticisms faced by said bureau due to its aborted balikbayan box policy. Romulo added that the BOC should be investigated as to how it spends its intelligence funds as smugglers continue to be active and able to bypass the Bureau of […]
BENGUET, Philippines, August 26 (Eagle News) — The search and retrieval operations being conducted in Benguet continues to face difficulties as minor landslides continue to plague the area. There is also a shortage of needed equipment as well as the fact that the volunteers cannot all go to the area because of the danger. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)
Migrants traveling across Serbia continued to flow into the Hungarian border area on Wednesday (August 26) morning as daylight hit the border. Some braved the new barbed wire fence along the border in order to avoid police checks. Hungarian authorities have been rolling out a low, barbed-wire barrier along the border with Serbia, while construction crews race to complete a more substantial 3.5-metre-high fence. Critics point out that the vast majority of migrants who enter […]
A 25-year-old doctorate student in Chile has discovered a new planet which orbits a red star twice the size of the Sun, located 293 light years from Earth. Maritza Soto Vasquez, an Astronomy student at the University of Chile, said that she had happened upon the planet by coincidence, whilst studying the red star, known as “HD 110014”, which she knew already had one planet in its orbit known as “HD110014 b”. It was then […]
MANILA – Applications are now being accepted for the 2016 Young Leaders Program (YLP). The Young Leaders Program (YLP) is a year-long academic scholarship program funded by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan. It aims to prepare young professionals from different countries for future leadership roles in their respective fields by enabling them to pursue graduate level study in select Japanese universities. YLP grantees can choose to major in any […]
AUGUST 26 (Reuters) — A dead baby blue whale was found along the shores of French Basque country town Bidart on Monday evening (August 24). Local media reported that the approximately 12-metre long blue whale weighting some five to eight tonnes was found around 20.30 local time (1830 GMT). Firemen secured the area and brought the body of the animal on the beach, where it stayed for the night. Three diggers were necessary to move […]
AUGUST 26 (Reuters) — Manchester United coach Louis van Gaal said on Tuesday (August 25) Bruges are capable opponents as they prepare to take on the Belgian team in the second leg of their Champions League play-off. United are going in to the match with a 3-1 lead after the first leg at Old Trafford on August 18, but van Gaal was not sitting comfortably ahead of Wednesday’s (August 26) match. “It’s a preliminary round […]
South Korea is willing to discuss North Korea’s demand for an end to sanctions imposed over a 2010 naval attack, South Korean Unification Ministry said on Wednesday (August 26), a day after the rivals struck a landmark pact that defused a standoff between their forces. South Korea is preparing to open a new channel of dialogue with the North after the Tuesday (August 25) accord, in which North Korea expressed regret over a landmine incident […]
COTABATO CITY, Aug. 26 — Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) Executive Secretary Atty. Laisa Masuhud Alamia commended the Senate for finally starting the much-anticipated plenary debates on the Basic Law for the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region (BLBAR). At the same time, ARMM officials appealed to senators to keep into consideration the original Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) draft when they review the bill’s version they are debating on the Senate floor. “The public, especially the people in […]
MANILA, Aug. 26 — Philippine imports recorded its highest growth for the year at 22.6 percent in June 2015, recovering from three consecutive months of contractions since March, according to the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) on Tuesday. The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported today that the spending for imported goods rose to US$5.9 billion in June 2015 from US$4.8 billion in the same month last year. The recovery was due to significant increases in imports […]
The Palace on Tuesday brushed off a senator’s allegation that it was behind the policy on the random inspection of balikbayan boxes that has recently angered overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), saying the accusation has no concrete basis. “Walang katotohanan at walang batayan ang paratang na ‘yan. Batid natin na nagpahayag si Customs Commissioner Alberto Lina ng obserbasyon na pinagsasamantalahan ng ilang sektor ang paggamit ng mga balikbayan box,” Communication Secretary Herminio Coloma, Jr. said of […]
A filling is one of the most common procedures carried out by dentists. But just the thought of anesthetic injections followed by the sound of the drill is enough to send shivers down the spine of many people. But a new technology developed by British scientists could dramatically reduce the need for unpleasant dental drilling. Based in the Scottish city of Perth, Reminova say their patented technology can painlessly repair teeth by ‘supercharging’ the remineralisation […]
