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JUNE 5 (Reuters) — South Korean President Park Geun-hye visited the National Medical Center in Seoul on Friday (June 5) where Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) patients are being hospitalized. The government has promised to do everything it can to end the outbreak which began in South Korea last month when an infected South Korean man brought it back from a business trip to the Middle East. Park met medical workers who wore personal protected […]
JUNE 5 (Eagle News) — President Aquino returned to the country on Friday, June 5, after his successful four-day state visit in Japan. Aquino’s plane landed at 5:50 p.m Friday. He was welcomed by members of his cabinet. In his arrival speech, he talked of the sucessful state visit in Japan where he not only got the support of Japanese leaders for the country’s various economic and infrastructure projects, but also strengthened the bilateral ties […]
MANILA, June 5 — President Aquino has issued Executive Order no. 183 creating a Negros Island Region (NIR), comprising of Negros Oriental and Negros Occidental. The President signed the order last May 29 “to further accelerate the social and economic development of the cities and municipalities comprising the provinces of Negros Oriental and Negros Occidental and improve the delivery of public services” in the two provinces. The 0rder stated the formation of a NIR-Technical Working Group (NIR-TWG), […]
JUNE 5 (Eagle News) — The Japanese government shared the Philippines’ serious concern over China’s ongoing massive reclamation activities in the disputed West Philippine Sea, as no less than Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced that Japan opposes any attempt of China’s further reclamation in the disputed waters. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said this on June 4, Thursday, following his summit meeting with President Benigno S. Aquino III at the Akasaka State Guest House in […]
JUNE 5 (Reuters) — Thailand’s prime minister said on Friday (June 5) his government was seriously committed to tackling the illicit trade in people and vowed no letup in its crackdown, announcing June 5 as a “national anti-human trafficking day”. The United States last year downgraded Thailand to its “Tier 3” list of worst offenders – alongside the likes of Iran and North Korea – in its annual ranking of countries by their counter-trafficking efforts. […]
Upang mabawasan ang epekto ng climate change, isang National Greening Program Summit ang isinagawa sa Lingayen, Pangasinan. Ito ay bahagi lamang ng programa ng Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) kung saan target nilang makapagtanim ng puno sa may 1.5 milyong ektarya sa buong bansa. Layunin ng programang ito na ibalik ang mga puno sa kagubatan, magkaroon ng food sustainability, lunasan ang kahirapan, mabigyan ng kabuhayan ang mga mamamayan sa kanayunan sa pamamagitan ng […]
Dahil sa patuloy na pag-ulad, mahahati sa anim na distrito ang lalawigan ng Batangas mula sa dating apat. Ito ay kung ganap ng magiging batas ang House Bill No.3750 o ang panukala ng paghahati sa lalawigan sa anim na distrito. (Agila Probinsya Correspondent Ghads Rodelas, Eagle News Service MRFaith Bonalos, Jericho Morales)
MANILA, Philippines, June 5 (Eagle News) — Senators expressed their support on Senator Bongbong Marcos’ dismissal of the Malacañang version of the Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) and submitting instead a substitute bill to the plenary. According to Senate President Franklin Drilon and Acting Minority Leader Senator Tito Sotto, it is within the prerogative of Senator Marcos to make such substitute bill. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)
MANILA, Philippines, June 5 (Eagle News) — President Benigno “Noynoy” S. Aquino III will bring home more than Php 16 billion after the recently held Philippine Investment Forum in Tokyo, Japan. Said investment will come from eleven Japanese companies. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)
PASIG City, Philippines, June 5 (Eagle News) — According to Meralco, there will be a possible 15 to 20 centavo decrease per kilowatt/hour in electricity charges due to lower generation charges which in turn resulted from the lower price of coal and liquid fuel used by power plants. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos) https://youtu.be/OWF4yGrTYFg
QUEZON City, Philippines, June 5 (Eagle News) — The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) asked officials of Sorsogon to prepare for the possibility of an intensity 8 earthquake hitting said province any time as an unnamed fault-line found in the province is ripe for movement, after 50 years of inactivity. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)
QUEZON City, Philippines, June 5 (Eagle News) — The House of Representatives adopted the resolution asking the Sandiganbayan to place former president and now Pampanga representative Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo under house arrest on humanitarian grounds. The Justice Committee of the House of Representatives, under the chairmanship of Congressman Niel Tupas, issued said resolution last month. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos) https://youtu.be/fpmTro711aE
