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(Reuters) Alexis Tsipras was voted Prime Minister of Greece on a wave of euphoria after his leftist Syriza party won the election in January this year, promising to overturn 5 years of harsh austerity. With not quite enough votes to form a government, he joined forces with the anti-bailout, far-right Independent Greeks, headed by Panos Kamenos, whom he made Defence Minister. Also invited to join the cabinet were Nikos Kotzias as foreign minister, and […]
(Reuters) Japan said on Saturday (July 3) it would extend around $6 billion in development aid to Mekong region countries, as China prepares to launch a new institutional lender seen as encroaching on the regional clout of Tokyo and ally Washington. Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam all have strong economic growth potential, and are promising destinations for Japanese exporters of railway systems, power plants and other infrastructure. Tokyo’s planned assistance of about 750 […]
By Aimee V. Mendoza If we are avoiding scam sellers, we should too be aware of scam buyers. If you are an online seller, you should be aware of your buyers even if they promise to pay you a larger amount for the goods you are selling. For those who are planning to have their online business, or sell something online by signing up on several online shops, you should become technology literate. According to […]
QUEZON City (Eagle News) — The Office of the Ombudsman has indicted Zambales Governor Hermogenes Ebdane Jr., for graft and usurpation of official functions, for giving small scale mining permits to allegedly favored individuals that had affected the operations of a mining firm. In a 32-page resolution, Ombudsman Conchita Morales also approved the indictment of six other individuals including Romelino Gojo, a member of the Provincial Mining Regulatory Board (PMRB). The others indicted in the […]
MANILA, Philippines, July 3 (Eagle News) — The Philippine National Railways (PNR) had announced that its regular operations will resume by next week, this was after conducting its last test run on Thursday (July 2).
QUEZON City, Philippines, July 3 (Eagle News) — The Commission on Elections (COMELEC) announced that it had forged deals with different major malls in Metro Manila. This deal is for the setting-up of satellite registration and validation booths. This satellite registration project of the COMELEC aims to reach out more voters in connection with poll body’s ramped-up “No Bio, No Boto” campaign. Check out the video for the initial schedule of satellite registration in the […]
MANILA, Philippines, July 3 (Eagle News) — The weather bureau in its 5:00 pm forecast update said that the center of Tropical Storm “Egay” was estimated based on all available data at 445 kilometer (km) East of Baler, Aurora (15.3N, 125.7E) with maximum sustained winds of 75 kilometer per hour (kph) near the center and gustiness of up to 90 kph. It is forecast to move west northwest at 10 kph. According to the Philippine […]
(Eagle News) — The former deputy secretary general of the Association Of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Dr. Wilfrido Villacorta, talks about the ASEAN integration in this episode of ASEAN in Focus, a NET 25 program that focuses on the ASEAN region. Dr. Villacorta was the Philippine ambassador and permanent representative to the ASEAN from 2011-2012. He served as deputy secretary-general of the ASEAN from 2003 to 2006. He was a delegate to the 1986 Constitutional […]
MANILA, July 3 (PIA) — A not-for-profit watchdog group known for tracking dangerous consumer products and wastes in the market urged consumers nationwide to watch out for fake rice containing plastic resin. “Consumer awareness about this fraudulent trade in plastic-containing rice and caution when making purchases are necessary to protect the public from poison rice,” said Thony Dizon, Coordinator of the EcoWaste Coalition’s Project Protect. “Consumers should exercise extra vigilance when buying rice, a staple food source, […]
MANILA, July 3– President Benigno Aquino III’s administration has brought a government that is ‘open, transparent and accountable’, a Palace official said in a press briefing Thursday. “Masipag, maagap, at masinop ang gobyerno sa pagtuon sa pangangailangan ng mga mamamayan,” Communications Secretary Sonny Coloma said during the regular press briefing in Malacanang. Giving several examples, Coloma said the government has put in place measures that would help ensure the people’s safety when calamities strike. “Di ba’t […]
JULY 3 (Reuters) — China’s Foreign Ministry expressed anger on Friday (July 3) after the Pentagon’s updated National Military Strategy slammed Chinese claims in the South China Sea as aggressive and “inconsistent with international law”. “China’s actions are adding tension to the Asia-Pacific region,” says the paper, released this week in the first update of the strategy since 2011, making specific reference to China’s “aggressive land reclamation efforts” in the South China Sea. China’s Foreign […]
UPDATED 6:30 p..m. MANILA, Philippines, July 3 (Eagle News) — The weather bureau said on its Friday forecast that the tropical storm “Egay” has slightly intensified and slowed down while it continued to move closer to Northern Luzon. Egay has maximum sustained winds of 75 kilometers per hour near the center and gustiness of up to 90 kilometers per hour. It is forecast to move west northwest at 10 kph. Earlier, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and […]
