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QUEZON City, Philippines, April 24 (Eagle News) – According to the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR), more than 12, 000 Filipino fishermen are affected by the continuing Chinese reclamation in the West Philippine Sea which destroys the coral reefs which served as the natural habitat of several marine life. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)
APRIL 24 – The execution of death sentence against Mary Jane Veloso and others was postponed by the Indonesian government in deference to the World Economic Forum and the Africa-Asia Summit, both of which are currently being held in Indonesia. (Jakarta, Indonesia) (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)
QUEZON City, Philippines, April 24 (Eagle News) – According to International Relations and Political Science Professor Temario Rivera of the University of the Philippines, the government should consider approaching China for the joint development of the West Philippine Sea. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)
More than a hundred activists gathered outside the Indonesian Embassy in Manila on Friday (April 24) to appeal for clemency pending the execution of a Filipino national in Indonesia. Mary Jane Veloso, a mother of two children, was arrested with 2.6 kilograms of heroin at Yogyakarta airport in 2010. Her plea for presidential clemency and judicial review were rejected. Migrant rights activists accompanied several family members in front of the embassy gate, carrying placards and […]
MANILA, Philippines, April 24 (Eagle News) — According to a Philippine baking industry group, the price of the popular Pinoy Tasty may decrease as bakers tries using bakers conduct a study of using European flour which is cheaper than flour coming from the United States. The price of Pinoy Tasty may go down by 50 centavos to one peso. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)
MANILA, Philippines, April 24 (Eagle News) — More than 1, 000 bar exam passers will undergo oath-taking in the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC), to finally become a full-pledged attorney. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)
APRIL 24 (Eagle News) — According to the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP), Cebu will experience an 11-hour brownout due to the annual preventive maintenance of the NGCP. (Cebu, Philippines) (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)
MANILA, Philippines, April 24 (Eagle News) — According to Secretary Janet Garin of the Department of Health (DOH), the public should put importance to the completion of vaccination especially for young children. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)
QUEZON City, April 24 (Eagle News) — According to the audit report of the Commission on Audit (COA), the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) failed to implement properly two projects worth 7.2 billion pesos which resulted in a waste of said funds. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)
APRIL 24 — A 37-years old Danish artist turned Eco-warrior showed his love for the environment when he single-handedly cleaned a river and through his efforts turned said river trash-free. (Rotterdam, Denmark) (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)
APRIL 24 (Reuters) — Sawyer Sweeten, who alongside his brother and sister starred as one of Ray Romano’s children in the hit sitcom “Everybody Loves Raymond,” has committed suicide, according to various media reports. Sweeten, born May 12, 1995, was 19 years old. Various outlets are reporting that during a visit with family in Texas, he shot himself in the head with a shotgun. Sawyer Sweeten and his real-life twin brother Sullivan Sweeten played on-screen […]
A British entrepreneur has designed what he calls ‘the safest bike in history’ and hopes its manufacture could help those currently reluctant to cycle, due to safety concerns, to get in the saddle. Crispin Sinclair and his team have created the Babel Bike, which they are seeking to fund via crowd-sourcing website Indigoego. According to Sinclair, the Babel’s protective cage positioned around the rider, combined with a double seat-belt and host of other safety features […]
