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New PNP chief urges all personnel to do small good deeds daily

QUEZON CITY, 22 July (PIA) – Newly-installed chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP) Director General Ricardo C. Marquez urged all officers and personnel of the national police force to do at least one good deed daily. Marquez emphasized the importance of collective efforts by means of doing a small good deed everyday from the 160,000 Uniformed and Non-Uniformed personnel of the PNP. The PNP chief also reiterated his instructions of going back to basics […]

Disaster Preparedness, isinagawa sa Cavite

HULYO 21 (Agila Probinsya) — Kaugnay ng pag-oobserba sa National Disaster Consiousness Month (NDCM) na kasabay ng pagdiriwang ng Police Community Relations Month, ang Cavite Police Office, sa pakikipagtulungan ng PDRRMC at BFP ay nagsagawa ng Disaster Preparedness Drill competition sa bayan ng Naic, lalawigan ng Cavite. Nilahukan ito ng Barangay Peace Keeping Action Teams mula sa iba’t-ibang siyudad at municipalidad ng buong probinsya ng Cavite. Layuni ng drill na ito na maihanda ang mga […]

Emergency Rescue Team pinalakas sa bayan ng Camarines Sur

HULYO 21 (Agila Probinsya) — Mas lalong pinalakas ng Calabanga, Camarines Sur ang kanilang Emergency Rescue Team sa kanilang lugar. Kaya naman isang stimulation ang isinagawa para sa mga miyembro ng nasabing lalawigan. Layunin ng aktibidad na ito na lalo pang mapaigting ng mga rescuer ang kanilang tungkulin upang mailigtas ang mga mamamayang mahaharap sa anumang uri ng aksidente. (Agila Probinsya Correspondent Richard Cecilio)

Seaweed tastes like bacon

OREGON, United States of America, July 21 (Eagle News) – A group from the Oregon State University discovered a new type of seaweed that is not only full of nutrients and antioxidants but also has a taste that is similar to bacon. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos) https://youtu.be/mvIEMklE6EI

PNP to implement tight security for President Aquino’s last SONA

QUEZON City, Philippines, July 21 (Eagle News) — The Philippine National Police (PNP) will implement tighter security measures for the last State of the Nation Address (SONA) of President Benigno S. Aquino III which will be held on Monday, July 27 at the session hall of the House of Representatives. The PNP also reiterated their readiness for the SONA and that they are expecting 30, 000 rallyists – the largest number of protesters recorded for […]

Members of police allege cover-up in Manila rub-out

MANILA, Philippines, July 21 (Eagle News) – Several members of the Manila Police District (MPD) allege that there is a cover-up in the investigation conducted by the MPD regarding the rub-out incident in Sampaloc, Manila. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)

AFP to secure oil exploration in West Philippine Sea

QUEZON City, Philippines, July 21 (Eagle News) — The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), in particular the Philippine Navy, was given the mandate to secure the oil exploration to be conducted in the Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone in the West Philippine Sea. The AFP believes that the Chinese Coast Guard will not harass the oil exploration mission. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)

Why go gluten-free?

QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News Service, July 21) – Many consumers are unaware of what gluten is. Gluten is a kind of protein found in wheat, barley and rye. Generally, eating gluten is not a problem unless you have celiac disease – a type of autoimmune disease of the small intestine that occurs in genetically predisposed people. Eating gluten causes sufferers of celiac disease to be affected by symptoms which include digestive discomfort, constipation, diarrhea, […]

NASA satellite camera takes photo of Earth from a distance of one million miles

  JULY 21 (Reuters) — A NASA camera on the Deep Space Climate Observatory satellite, nicknamed DSCOVR, has taken sent its first image of the whole sun-lit side of Earth. The high-resolution photo from NASA’s Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera (EPIC), released on Monday (July 20), was taken on July 6 from a distance of one million miles. NASA said the camera takes 10 separate images using different narrowband filters. The image of Earth uses the […]

Table Tennis? Let’s Enjoy the Game!

The Unity Games International is getting nearer and nearer and the excitement is already mounting. Here’s your daily dose of fun sports facts and trivia as we wait for the Unity Games! #UnityGamesIntl2015 #UnityGames2015 Infographics designer: Shaira Darleen Barretto Researcher: Mary Rose Faith Bonalos

DOST – ICT office lifts free Wi-Fi speed cap

QUEZON City, Philippines, July 21 (DOST)– Undersecretary Louis Napoleon C. Casambre announced the removal of the speed cap of 256 kbps on the Free Wi-Fi service offered by the Free Wi-Fi Internet Access in Public Places Project during the first inter-division press conference hosted by the DOST–ICT Office held July 16, 2015. Pre-empting questions regarding the matter, Casambre underlined the need to increase the maximum limit, allowing more Filipinos to access the internet through the […]