(Reuters) — Television footage in Myanmar on Monday (August 3) showed flood waters affecting many areas of the country after deadly monsoon rains displaced tens of thousands of people and flooded swathes of rice paddies. The storm and floods have killed at least 27 people, according to government figures while the figure is expected to rise, according to a United Nations report. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in a statement said […]
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National Guard troops mobilized to fight northern California wildfire
(Reuters) — A wildfire raging through the foothills and canyons of northern California’s coastal mountains more than doubled in size as it roared into its fifth day on Sunday (August 2), leaving two dozen homes in charred ruins and displacing thousands of residents. The blaze, which has scorched about 54,000 acres (21,853 hectares) east of Lower Lake, a town about 110 miles (180 km) north of San Francisco, was the fiercest of 20 large […]
Oil price rollback ipinatupad simula kaninang hatinggabi
(Eagle News) — Nagbawas ang Pilipinas Shell at Phoenix Petroleum Philippines ng 90 sentimos sa bawat litro ng diesel at 40 sentimos naman para sa gasolina. Ipinatupad ng Shell ang rollback kaninang alas-dose uno (12:01) ng hatinggabi habang ala-sais (06:00) naman ng umaga Agosto 4 sa Phoenix Petroleum. Sitenta (70) sentimos naman ang ibinaba ng kerosene ng Shell. Ito na ang ikapitong beses na sunod-sunod na rollback sa presyo ng produktong petrolyo. Ayon sa Department […]
DILG’s Roxas submits resignation letter, bids farewell to PNP and DILG
(Eagle News) — Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Mar Roxas submitted his resignation letter on Monday afternoon, August 3, after he bid farewell to the Philippine National Police and the DILG personnel. Roxas accepted President Aquino’s endorsement last Friday as the standard-bearer of the Liberal Party for the 2016 presidential elections. He attended the traditional flag raising ceremony in Camp Crame to personally say farewell to the uniformed and non-uniformed personnel […]
VP Binay delivers counter SONA, calls Aquino administration “insensitive”
(Eagle News) — Vice-President Jejomar Binay delivered on Monday (Aug. 3) what he calls the “true State of the Nation” address where he called the Aquino administration as insensitive (manhid) and a failure (palpak). He said more people are getting poorer and hungrier, and that more people do not have jobs. Binay, who delivered his speech in Indang, Cavite, cited alleged incompetence and failure of the Aquino government. He mentioned the government’s handling of […]
U.S. military strikes Islamic State targets in Iraq – video
(Reuters) — The U.S. military released a video on Sunday (August 2) of what it says are successful coalition air strikes against Islamic State targets in Iraq. In a statement, the military said the strikes “successfully destroyed a Da’esh (ISIL) vehicle-borne improvised explosive device facility August 1, 2015 near Makhmur” in coordination with the Iraqi government. The United States and its allies carried out 18 air strikes against Islamic State in Iraq and six in […]
Aquino lauds BIR’s performance during 111th anniversary
(Eagle News) — President Aquino lauded the exemplary performance of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR), which celebrated its 111th founding anniversary on Monday, as the bureau reports increasing yearly tax collections. In a speech delivered before the agency’s officials and employees, President Aquino noted the BIR’s no-nonsense enforcement of tax laws and its steadfast implementation of priority programs to boost tax collection under the leadership of Commissioner Kim Jacinto-Henares. “Dahil sa mabuting pamamahala, […]
“Three Czech Books to be Translated into Filipino”
MANILA – As proof to the continuously strengthening Czech-Philippine ties in the field of culture and the arts, a brand new translation exchange program between the Philippines and the Czech Republic was recently launched. Spearheaded by the Czech Embassy in Manila and the Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, the sides will initiate the translation and publication of three Czech books in Filipino and reciprocally three books by Philippine writers in the Czech language. The Memorandum of Understanding […]
Joint Czech-Israeli cooperation to benefit the Philippines
MANILA – IsraAID, a humanitarian Israeli non-government organization working in the Philippines since super typhoon Yolanda, received a special grant from the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs through the auspices of the Czech Embassy and facilitation of the Israel Embassy. “IsraAID Philippines is grateful for the financial assistance of the Embassy of the Czech Republic to the Philippines, for our Food Security and Agricultural Livelihood Program established after Yolanda. Thanks to this generous donation, IsraAID Philippines will continue to support […]
Launching of Japan-Funded Project on Upgrading of Pesticide Residue Laboratories
MANILA – In simple rites held in Quezon City in Metro Manila on July 30, 2015, Embassy of Japan’s First Secretary Kenji Terada, together with Department of Agriculture Assistant Secretary Paz J. Benavides Ⅱ and Philippine Council for Agriculture and Fisheries Executive Director Ariel T. Cayanan led the launching ceremony for the “Upgrading of the Pesticide Residue Laboratories Project” under the Japan Food Security Project for Underprivileged Farmers, (formerly known as the KR2 Program). Under Japan’s […]
Two escalator accidents in China highlight need for safer escalators
TWO accidents involving escalators have been in the news in China recently, where at least one has died after being caught in a gap in the escalator’s platform. The producer of the escalator, Suzhou Seloon Elevator Co., Ltd., has already apologized to the family of the victim who was killed due to a faulty escalator produced by the company, according to Chinese state media. A woman surnamed Xia was killed by a broken escalator at […]
Mga lumang pera ipinadedeposito ng BSP sa bangko
AGOSTO 3 (Agila Probinsya) — Nanawagan ang Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) ng Naga Branch sa mga mamamayan at mga negosyante na makipagtulungan sa kanilang kampanya na mai-deposito na sa mga bangko ang mga lumang pera o yung tinatawag na news design series (NDS). Ang NDS ay maaari lamang gamiting pambili o pambayad hanggang Disyembre 31, 2015. Sa pagpasok umano ng taong 2016 ay hindi na papayagang gamitin at pwede na lamang palitan sa mga […]
