MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — The City Health Office of Manila has conducted inspections of various stalls and stores selling milk tea ingredients in Divisioria, Manila. Manila vice-mayor Isko Moreno accompanied the teams that inspected the ingredients for milk tea being sold in some of the stores in Manila. City health officials inspected if the ingredients in these stored had passed the food safety standards of the Food and Drugs Administration (FDA). The Manila City […]
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Aquino to push for Code of Conduct in South China Sea during ASEAN Summit
TARLAC City — President Aquino said Friday he would push for the crafting of an enforceable Code of Conduct in the South China Sea, when he attends the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit in Malaysia late this month. The President made the statement amid the United States’ and the Group of Seven’s (G7) pronouncements on the need for a peaceful resolution of the South China Sea disputes. “Sa nalalapit na pagpunta natin sa […]
Aquino confirms Espina’s resignation offer
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) – President Aquino on Friday confirmed reports that Philippine National Police officer-in-charge Deputy Director General Leonardo Espina had offered to resign from his post, but said that he had not yet accepted his resignation. In an ambush interview after the inauguration of a school buiding in Tarlac, the President said that he could not act on Espina’s resignation offer because he had not yet chosen a replacement for his post. Aquino […]
Masayang rodeo festival, isinagawa sa Masbate
MASBATE City, Philippines, April 17, (Eagle News) — Naging makulay ang pagsasagawa ng rodeo festival sa Masbate City na nilahukan ng mga cowboys at cowgirls mula sa iba’t ibang panig ng Pilipinas. (Agila Probinsya)
Peace dialogue, isinagawa sa Zamboanga Sibugay
ZAMBOANGA Sibugay, Philippines, April 17 (Eagle News) — Isinagawa ng Philippine National Police (PNP) sa Naga, Zamboanga Sibugay ng isang peace dialogue na dinaluhan ng maraming pinunong Muslim. (Agila Probinsya)
Clean-up drive sa Oriental Mindoro
ORIENTAL Mindoro, Philippines, April 17 (Eagle News) — Nagsagawa ang mga mamamayan ng “Linis Dalampasigan” ang bayan ng Baco, Oriental Mindoro, sa layuning makamit ang zero waste target sa nasabing dalampasigan. Ang nasabing aktibidad ay nilahukan ng mga miyembro ng Iglesia Ni Cristo sa naturang bayan. (Agila Probinsya)
Solon asks President Aquino to fill up vacant COMELEC positions
QUEZON City, Philippines, April 17 (Eagle News) — Isabela Congressman Rodolfo Albano III asks President Benigno S. Aquino III to urgently appoint new members of the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) so that it could fulfill its functions properly in the upcoming 2016 elections. Currently, the position of COMELEC Chairman as well as that of two Commissioners stand vacant. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)
Senate to inspect Makati relocation site in Laguna
MANILA, Philippines, April 17 (Eagle News) — The Senate will conduct an ocular inspection on the controversial Makati relocation site in Calawan, Laguna which amounted to 1.2 billion pesos during the term of former Makati Mayor and now Vice-President Jejomar “Jojo” Binay Sr. Residents in the relocation site complained about lack of electricity and the use of substandard materials in the housing units. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)
Peace talks with CPP-NDF should be resumed
QUEZON City, Philippines, April 17 (Eagle News) – Cagayan De Oro Representative Rufus Rodriguez filed a resolution asking for the resumption of the peace talks between the government and the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP), after said peace talks bogged down last 2013. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)
More cases of dengue in Manila
MANILA, Philippines, April 17 (Eagle News) — Almost three thousand cases of dengue have been recorded in Metro Manila in the first quarter of 2015 despite the fact that dengue is usually more common during the rainy season. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)
Many government employees suffer from mental health problems
MANILA, Philippines, April 17 (Eagle News) – According to the latest study conducted by the Department of Health (DOH) and the National Epidemiology Center (NEC), 32% of the Filipinos in the National Capital Region (NCR), in particular, those in the government service, suffers from mental health problems like anxiety, phobia, substance abuse and depression. Said agencies warned against taking such mental problems lightly and further added that support of loved ones will help greatly. (Eagle […]
Health workers ask for higher minimum wage
QUEZON City, Philippines, April 17 (Eagle News) — The Alliance of Health Workers (AHW) conducted mass actions to air their request for a 16, 000 pesos minimum wage. The program started in the Welcome Rotonda,Quezon City and ended at the Philippine Orthopedic Center (POC). Said group lamented the fact that health workers in the country cannot cope up with the current standard of living in the country. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, […]
