MAKATI City, Philippines (Eagle News) – Officials of the Israeli embassy participated in the “Brigada Eskwela” program of the Department of Education conducted in the Makati High School. Other than personally helping in the repair of chairs and re-painting of blackboards, the Israeli embassy also donated needed materiel for the repair and refurbishing of the school. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, Vince Alvin Villarin)
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Student On The News: “Brigada Eskwela” prepares schools for the opening of the school year
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) – Schools all over the nation participated in the “Brigada Eskwela” project launched by the Department of Education. Let’s join Allen Jorence Vicente and Mariel Sophia Nicole So as they give us the latest update regarding this program as it is conducted in the Placido Del Mundo Elementary School. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, Vince Alvin Villarin)
Nacionalista Party will not pass unconstitutional provisions of BBL
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) – According to Senator Cynthia Villar, the Nacionalista Party have reached consensus in not allowing the unconstitutional provisions of the Bangsamoro Basic Law, after the Senate Committee on Constitutional Amendments headed by Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago stated in its findings that the BBL should undergo amendments as many of its provisions are unconstitutional. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, Vince Alvin Villarin)
Senator Villar launches CAVITEX greening project
CAVITEX, Philippines (Eagle News) – Senator Cynthia Villar signed an agreement with the CAVITEX Infrastructure Corporation for the implementation of a greening program along the length of the Manila-Cavite Expressway. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, Vince Alvin Villarin)
Countries agree to be malaria free
GENEVA, Switzerland (Eagle News) – According to the World Health Organization, member countries agreed to eradicate malaria by 2030. Said agreement came about in an assembly held at Geneva, Switzerland. Said agreement targets to lower malaria cases by 40% in 2020 and by 90% in 2030. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, Vince Alvin Villarin)
MMDA arrests tricycles in EDSA
EDSA, Philippines (Eagle News) – The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority Traffic Enforcement Group conducted an operation against tricycles travelling in EDSA, with 10 tricycle drivers arrested while going to the Balintawak market. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, Vince Alvin Villarin)
Angat Dam nears critical level
ANGAT Dam, Bulacan (Eagle News) – At 180.95 meters, the water level in Angat Dam neared the critical level for irrigation which is 180 meters. On the other hand, the critical level for household use is 160 meters. Other major dams are also experiencing low water levels. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, Vince Alvin Villarin)
U.S. urges Myanmar to improve Rohingya living standards
Living conditions for Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar should be improved to discourage them from making risky sea journeys at the hands of human traffickers, the U.S. Deputy Secretary of State said on Friday (May 22). Antony Blinken made the comments after holding talks with the government in the capital Naypyidaw, to discuss the migrant crisis that has left thousands of people stranded on overcrowded boats in the Bay of Bengal. Myanmar’s military chief said […]
Myanmar says finds more than 200 Bangladeshis in boat offshore
Myanmar’s navy has brought ashore 200 Bangladeshis found in a boat off its coast, after its military chief said some of the thousands of migrants that have landed in Malaysia and Indonesia this month are pretending to be Rohingya Muslims to get UN aid. In response, a senior U.S. official said on Friday (May 22) that the majority of the more than 3,000 migrants that have come ashore are Rohingya fleeing desperate conditions in Rakhine […]
Islamic State expands its ‘state’
Almost a year after Islamic State’s shock capture of Mosul, Iraq’s second city, the black flags of the jihadis have been raised over Ramadi, the capital of Anbar province to the west of Baghdad, seat of Iraq’s increasingly theoretical central government. Nobody talks of Mosul or recapturing it from Islamic State. It is a forgotten city. Now it is all about the fall of Ramadi, the neighbouring ancient Syrian city of Palmyra in central Syria […]
Islamic State claims responsibility for Yemen mosque bombing
A bomb exploded at a Shi’ite Houthi mosque in the Yemeni capital Sanaa on Friday (May 22) wounding 13 people, a security source said, and Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack in a statement on Twitter. The security source added that the bomb was planted inside the al-Saiah mosque before Friday prayers and two out of those wounded are in a critical condition. A second explosive device was found nearby hidden in a shoe, […]
UN Sec-Gen Ban Ki-Moon visits Vietnam, makes remarks on South China Sea dispute
MAY 22 (Reuters) — United Nation General Secretary Ban Ki-Moon met with Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang in Hanoi Friday (May 22) as part of his two-day visit to the South East Asia nation. The General Secretary discussed with Vietnamese leaders on UN-Vietnam cooperation, UN peacekeeping operations and other issues, including regional security and human rights. Vietnam became a UN member in 1977 and is a current member of the UN Human Rights Council for […]