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(Reuters) — China said on Tuesday (August 19) it is investigating the head of its work safety regulator who for years allowed companies to operate without a license for dangerous chemicals, days after blasts in a port warehouse storing such material killed at least 114 people. Yang Dongliang, head of the State Administration of Work Safety, is “currently undergoing investigation” for suspected violations of party discipline and the law, China’s anti-graft watchdog said in a statement […]
Hackers dumped online personal details of more than a million users of infidelity website AshleyMadison.com, tech websites reported on Tuesday (August 19), the latest high-profile cyber attack that threatens to wreak strife in relationships across the globe. After threatening to release salacious details on as many as 37 million customers of the website, which uses the slogan “Life is short. Have an affair,” hackers claimed to publish a huge cache of email addresses and credit […]
AGOSTO 19 (Agila Probinsya) — Naging pahirapan man sa mga miyembro ng Tarlac City-Philippine National Police (PNP) ang pagtungo sa liblib na barangay ng Balanti sa lungsod ng Tarlac, narating din ng mga ito ang lugar matapos ang mahaba-habang lakarin at pagtawid sa ilog. Ito’y upang maisakatuparan ang kanilang outreach program na “Each One Reach One.” Sa nasabing programa sa halip na mga school supplies ang ipinamimigay ng nasabing ahensya ay mga bota para sa […]
AGOSTO 19 (Agila Probinsya) — Pinag-iingat ng Pangasinan Provincial Health Office ang publiko sa lalawigan laban sa mga waterborne diseases. Ayon kay Dr. Jeremy ‘Ming’ Rosario, assistant Provincial Health Officer, kabilang sa mga waterborne diseases na ito na dapat iwasan ng publiko ay acute gastroenteritis, dengue at leptospirosis. Ito ay makaraang maitala sa Pangasinan ang mataas na kaso ng mga nabanggit na sakit. Sa acute gastro entiritis ay umabot na sa higit 5,000 ang kaso, […]
AUGUST 19 (Reuters) — Thailand’s national police chief on Wednesday (August 19) said it is likely that there could be more than one suspect involved in the Bangkok shrine blast earlier this week. Thai authorities said on Wednesday they were looking for accomplices of the chief suspect for the Bangkok shrine bomb blast that killed 22 people, a man who was captured on closed-circuit television (CCTV) dumping a backpack and walking away. Thai investigators have […]
BANGKOK, Thailand — Thailand authorities said on Tuesday (August 18) that they were looking for a suspect seen on closed-circuit television (CCTV) footage near a popular shrine where a bomb blast killed 22 people, including nine foreigners from several Asian countries. National police Chief Somyot Pumpanmuang said the suspect, who was wearing a yellow shirt and was seen in a first CCTV image with a backpack and then in a later one without the bag, […]
QUEZON City, Philippines, August 19 (Eagle News) — According to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA), typhoon “Ineng” has maintained its strength as it countinues to move westward. As of 12 PM today 19 August 2015, typhoon “Ineng” (GONI) was located based on all available data at 780 km east of Calayan, Cagayan (19.0°N, 128.9°E) Public Storm Warning Signal No.1 was raised in the areas of Batanes, Cagayan, Calayan and Babuyan Group […]
QUEZON City, Philippines, August 19 (Eagle News) — The Land Transportation Office (LTO) has started releasing its new driver’s license card. According to LTO Spokesman Jason Salvador the new license cards are now available in the 18 LTO offices in the National Capital Region and will also be available in the Regional levels on Monday and all other offices nationwide on September 15, 2015. (Eagle News Service Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)
QUEZON City, Philippines, August 19 (Eagle News) — The Commission on Election (COMELEC) urged the delisted voters to apply for reactivation of their registration records for them to be able to vote again in the 2016 election. Today, almost one million voters were removed from the official voters list. According to the COMELEC, most of the voters removed from the list were those who failed to vote in two consecutive elections. COMELEC also said that […]
MANILA – Cine Europa turns 18 years old, celebrating its Debut! The transition from youth to adulthood is said to be one of the most exciting chapters in everyone’s life. This year’s edition carries the theme “Coming of Age.” Mr. Lubomir Frebort, Political Counsellor of the EU Delegation in the Philippines will be joined by Ms. Marline Dualan of the Shangri-la Plaza and Mr. Quintin Cu-unjieng, Project Development Officer of the Film Development Council of the […]
MANILA, Philippines, August 19 — The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) warns the agency’s internal and external stakeholders of unscrupulous individual or individuals who they claim to be or directly connected to the DPWH Secretary and other Senior Officials. Secretary Rogelio L. Singson has received several reports from the field that unscrupulous individuals are calling Regional Directors and District Engineers to facilitate inclusion of projects in the DPWH Infrastructure Program, in particular a […]
MANILA, Philippines, August 19 — Labor and Employment Secretary Rosalinda Dimapilis-Baldoz yesterday urged the country’s private employers and businesses to abide by the pay rules for their employees in observance of the Ninoy Aquino Day and in celebration of the National Heroes Day on 21 and 31 August, respectively. President Benigno S. Aquino III’s Proclamation No. 831, Series of 2014 declared 21 and 31 August as special (non-working) day and regular holiday, respectively. “Proper observance […]
