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MANILA, Philippines, May 13 (Eagle News) — The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) as well as a Senate committee conducted inspections on various stores selling school supplies in Manila to find out if they are complying with the suggested retail price as well as if the products complied with the safety standards. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)
MANILA, Philippines, May 13 (Eagle News) — Secretary Rosalinda Baldos of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) asked overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Yemen to leave the said country as tensions continue to rise. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)
MANILA, Philippines, May 13 (Eagle News) — The Court of Appeals (CA) granted the request of the Anti-Money Laundering Council to freeze 242 bank accounts, investments and insurance policies connected to the Binay family. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)
MAY 13 (Reuters) — Nepalese woke up on Wednesday (May 13) after a night sleeping outdoors a day following a second powerful earthquake hit the Himalayan nation, bringing down buildings weakened by the first disaster and killing at least 66 people, including 17 in neighbouring India and one in Chinese Tibet. A 7.3 earthquake shook the region on Tuesday (May 12), the strongest since a massive magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck on April 25. Most of […]
MAY 13 (Reuters) — “American Idol” announced its fifteenth and final season on Fox. The announcement came via Twitter on Monday (May 11). The show’s final season will premiere in January 2016. Jennifer Lopez, Harry Connick Jr. and Keith Urban will return to judge the final season, along with host Ryan Seacrest. “American Idol” was created by Simon Fuller and debuted in 2002. The show was based on Fuller’s popular British show “Pop Idol”. The […]
MAY 13 (Reuters) — The “Fight of the Century” between boxing greats Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao generated record pay-per-view revenue in the United States of $400 million from 4.4 million buys, cable networks Showtime and HBO said on Tuesday (May 12). The May 2 fight in Las Vegas that saw Mayweather beat Pacquiao in a unanimous decision cost $99 to view in high definition. With additional revenue from ticket sales, international TV distribution […]
MAY 13 (Reuters) — Philippine military officials traveled to a disputed island held by the Philippines on Monday (May 11) to re-establish its claim amid tensions with Beijing and its reclamation activities in the South China Sea. China’s rapid reclamation around seven reefs in the Spratlys archipelago of the South China Sea has alarmed claimants, including the Philippines and Vietnam, and drawn growing criticism from U.S. government officials and the military. Armed Forces of the […]
May 13 (Reuters) — A second earthquake struck Nepal on Tuesday (May 12) causing a large landslide in the north of the country in Dhunche. Huge amounts of rocks and mud crashed down the mountain, scattering debris over the buildings at its base and sending plumes of dust into the air. It was unknown if the slide had caused any casualties. The 7.3 magnitude earthquake has killed at least 40 people and left over a […]
Nineteen people were killed in Nepal and 981 injured in an earthquake on Tuesday, home ministry official Laxmi Prasad Dhakal told Reuters, giving a first national estimate. The quake, with a magnitude of 7.3, struck less than three weeks after a 7.8 temblor killed more than 8,000 people and damaged hundreds of thousands of homes in the Himalayan nation. The U.S. Geological Survey said Tuesday’s earthquake was centred 68 km (about 42 miles) west of […]
MANILA, Philippines – According to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council, the tropical storm “Dodong” left 15.5 million pesos worth of damages in agriculture and infrastructure in the Ilocos region and Cagayan Valley. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, Vince Alvin Villarin)
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) – The House of Representatives Panel on the Bangsamoro Basic Law postponed its voting regarding the said law to next week, in response to the requests of some members of the Ad-Hoc Committee on the BBL to be furnished copies of the amendments on the said law. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, Vince Alvin Villarin)
QUEZON City, Philippines – According to the Armed Forces of the Philippines Chief of Staff General Pio Catapang said that the AFP is upgrading its territorial defense capability, especially in the West Philippine Sea, by buying ships that will guard the national territory. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, Vince Alvin Villarin)
