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Congressmen wants to summon Wang Bo

QUEZON City, Philippines, June 10 (Eagle News) – More members of the House of Representatives are clamoring for the appearance of alleged Chinese crime lord Wang Bo in the investigation of the House of Representatives regarding the bribery issue in the Bureau of Immigration and Deportation (BID). (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)

Congress approves free wi-fi

QUEZON City, Philippines, June 10 (Eagle News) — The Congress approved giving the public free wi-fi access in public buildings, public terminals, public parks and plazas all over the country. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos) https://youtu.be/8PqMl4vOAao

Angat Dam water level remains low

JUNE 10 (Eagle News) — Despite the continuous rain showers, the water level in Angat Dam remains low. According to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA), said water levels even went down. (Bulacan, Philippines) (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos) https://youtu.be/55C2fRR5q4A

Interview with Party-list Bloc in Congress

QUEZON City, Philippines, June 10 (Eagle News) — In an exclusive interview with Agila Balita Alas Dose, Rep. Rodel Batocabe, spokesperson of the Party-list bloc in the 16th Congress, gives us an insight on how the party-list system works as well as the new ruling currently implemented that is related to the party-list system. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos) https://youtu.be/Ys7PFzDWfQg

New cases of MERS-CoV in South Korea

JUNE 10 (Eagle News) — South Korea records thirteen new cases of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV), increasing the total case of MERS-CoV in said country to 108 total cases. Two new deaths due to said disease were recorded, raising the MERS-CoV death toll in South Korea to nine. (Seoul, South Korea) (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos) https://youtu.be/sSh6N82me-o

Maynilad implements water rate hike

MANILA, Philippines, June 10 (Eagle News) — Maynilad will once again implement a water rate increase of three centavos per cubic meter. On the other hand, Manila Water will implement a cut in its water rate of 3 centavos per cubic meter. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos) https://youtu.be/Rtm8nTDETAk

Philippine Environment Month

As our population growth continues to expand, our natural resources starts to disappear. Creating of buildings, different infrastructures, illegal logging, mining and other acts causes damage to our environment. These things have been the cause of flash flood, landslide or soil erosion that we are experiencing and still continue to experience not only here in our country, but worldwide. In connection with this, the Philippines observed the month of June as “Environment Month/Day” as part […]

NAIA on heightened alert following Mers-CoV

MANILA, June 10 — The Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA) heightens its health alert at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) against the spread of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Corona Virus (MERS-CoV) in Manila following official guidance from the Bureau of Quarantine today. https://youtu.be/39YIcTRHxLg The said bureau released its memorandum circular directing, among others, airports to heighten surveillance and to enforce health screening measures on arriving and departing passengers and crew. The circular instructs Quarantine […]

Pistorius to be released on parole – Johannesburg reactions

JUNE 9 (Reuters) – People in Johannesburg react to reports from a family member that Oscar Pistorius is to be released on parole in August. The authorities later confirm that the athlete will be released on parole on August 21. SHOWS: SOUTH AFRICA, JOHANNESBURG, (JUNE 8, 2015) (REUTERS-ACCESS ALL) 1. WIDE OF TRAFFIC SCENE (MUTE) 2. PEOPLE WALKING ON STREET 3. MORE OF PEOPLE WALKING ON STREET (MUTE) 4. (SOUNDBITE) (English) ISAAC PLAATJIES SAYING; “In […]

MERS fears: Hong Kong issues travel alert to S. Korea and cancels tours

Hong Kong issued a “red alert” advisory on Tuesday (June 9) against non-essential travel to South Korea, where eight new cases of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) were reported bringing the total to 95 with seven fatalities. The Travel Industry Council of Hong Kong has cancelled all tours to South Korea that were scheduled to set off between now and June 30, excluding cruises. “I think for the month, whole month of June we have […]

HSBC to shed up to 50,000 jobs

(Reuters) HSBC will shed almost 50,000 jobs and take an ax to its investment bank, cutting the assets of Europe’s biggest lender by a quarter in a bid to simplify and improve its sluggish performance. The bank said on Tuesday (June 9) about half the staff cuts will come from the sale of businesses in Brazil and Turkey. The other half will come from cutting about 10 percent of the remaining 233,000 staff by consolidating […]

Longest tunnel sa Pilipinas

Noong 1994 unang maconceptualize ang daang masasabing short-cut patungo sa Nasugbu, Batangas. Ang dating apat na oras na biyahe kung babagtasin ang Tagaytay ay mahigit isang oras na lamang kung dadaan sa Ternate-Nasugbu Highway ng Southwest Luzon. Makaraan ang apat na taong construction, Hulyo 1, 2014 ng matapos ang tinaguriang longest tunnel in the Philippines na tumagos sa Northern portion ng Mt. Pico de Loro. Ang tinaguriang longest tunnel na ito ay may habang 300 […]