QUEZON City, Philippines, July 16 (Eagle News) — Newly-appointed Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief Ricardo Marquez gave the media the permission to look at the controversial “White House” inside Camp Krame to finally resolved the issue which was faced by former PNP Chief Allan Purisima. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos) https://youtu.be/d4NHi2DkjZI
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Malacañang denies 500 billion peso campaign budget
MANILA, Philippines, July 16 (Eagle News) — Budget and Management Secretary Butch Abad denied accusations that the administration included a 500 billion peso campaign budget in the 2016 national budget. Secretary Abad added that the detractors are misleading the public with their statements. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos) https://youtu.be/JIfJqJqvHoA
Philippine and US marine forces to conduct joint exercises
MANILA, Philippines, July 16 (Eagle News) – The Philippine and the United States Marines will conduct a three-week joint aviation assault exercises at the military bases in Pampanga and Nueva Ecija. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)
Manila policemen face murder charges
MANILA, Philippines, July 16 (Eagle News) — Several members of the Manila Police faced murder charges for killing a tricycle driver in Sampaloc, Manila in an alleged rub-out. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)
Disaster Drill Preparedness Competition, ginanap sa Calamba City
HULYO 16 (Agila Probinsya) — Nagsagawa ng Disaster Drill Competition ang Calamba Philippine National Police (PNP) sa Barangay Lingga. Layunin ng proyektong ito na magkaroon ng tamang kaalaman at kahandaan sa mga hindi inaasahanag pangyayari gaya ng lindol, malakas na pag-ulan, pagbaha at pagguho ng lupa. Ang nasabing aktibidad ay nilahukan ng mga Barangay Peace Keeping Station Teams at civilian volunteers mula sa anim na siyudad sa lalawigan ng Laguna. (Agila Probinsya COrrespondents Melanie Oguan, […]
BOC asks Tarlac to dump imported garbage
MANILA, Philippines, July 16 (Eagle News) — The Bureau of Customs (BOC) is going to ask the local government of Tarlac for permission to dump imported garbage from Canada in the said province. The said bureau sees this as the only way of dispatching the imported garbage that is currently staying at the Manila port area. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)
Pagtatanim ng gulay na hindi malakas sa tubig, isinusulong sa Aurora
HULYO 16 (Agila Probinsya) — Dahil sa nararanasang tagtuyot, iminungkahi ng Department of Agriculture (DA) sa mga magsasaka sa Aurora na magtanim ng gulay na hindi matakaw sa tubig.
Oplan Sita, pinagigting sa Cabuyao City, Laguna
HULYO 16 (Agila Probinsya) — Pinagigting ang operasyong Oplan Sita sa lalawigan ng Cabuyao City, Laguna sa pangunguna ng Cabuyao Philippine National Police Head Quarters (PNP-HQ).
One Dream sa Batangas, nauwi sa bangungot
HULYO 17 (Agila Probinsya) — Isang kompanya sa Batangas partikular sa Lipa City ang inirereklamo ng maraming mamamayan sa nasabing lalawigan dahil bigla na lamang itong nagsara na walang anumang pasabi sa mga miyembro nito.
Johnny Depp’s wife Amber Heard charged with illegally taking dogs into Australia – ABC
JULY 17 (Reuters) — Johnny Depp’s wife, actress Amber Heard, has been charged over illegally bringing dogs Boo and Pistol into Australia on a private jet and is due in court in September, Australia’s ABC reported on Thursday (July 16). The Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions has issued a summons againts Heard, according to Australia’s national public broadcaster. Heard faces two counts of illegally importing the Yorkshire Terriers into Australia and one count of producing […]
The politics of Asian integration
By Seungjoo Lee, Chung-Ang University (Courtesy East Asia Forum) — Economic integration has steadily increased in East Asia. But the region still suffers from what South Korean President Park Geun-hye calls ‘Asia’s paradox’, the disconnect between economic interdependence and backward political and security cooperation. Any further economic integration will likely reflect political power shifts in the region. Between 1990 and 2012, intra-regional trade among the ASEAN+3 nations increased from US$562 billion to US$4,436 billion. This represented […]
New footage emerges of direct aftermath of MH17 crash
(Reuters) — New footage that emerged publicly on Thursday (July 16) appeared to show the direct aftermath of the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 that was shot down over eastern Ukraine one year ago leaving all 298 passengers and crew dead. The footage was obtained by the News Corp. Australia media company and and posted on its website with a full report. The media company said the footage was filmed by separatist rebels at the crash […]