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(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has approved the proposed identification card system for Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs). Presidential spokesman Ernesto Abella said that the ID card system will give OFWs easier access to government services and private agencies. Abella also said that the exclusive card can also be used as debit card or ATM card for OFW banks. It can also serve as a reloadable Beep card that can be used for MRT or […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday (February 8) during his speech at the National Housing Authority’s housing summit in Quezon City announced the granting of free housing for the victims of typhoons Pablo and Yolanda. “Your housing [unit], after a few years, you have to pay P200,000, even the [victims of typhoons] Pablo and Yolanda. As long as I am the President, that’s for free. No more [payment needed],” the President said. “Honestly, […]
(Eagle News) — The approved one peso provisional jeepney fare increase in National Capital Region (NCR) and Regions 3 and 4 will take effect starting Friday, February 10. The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) in a Twitter post said that the effectivity of the fare hike for the Public Utility Jeepneys will start at 12:01 am on Friday. The LTFRB also advised all the PUJ operators to post a Notice of Provisional Fare […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has approved the giving of the highest honor, the ‘medal of valor’ to 42 Special Action Force (SAF) troopers who were killed during the Mamasapano encounter with the rebel groups in 2015. It should be recalled that only two SAF troopers were Senior Inspector Gednat Tabdi and Police Officer 2 Romeo Cempron, were awarded Medals of Valor last year by then President Benigno Aquino III. According to […]
MANILA, Philipppines (Eagle News) — Mahaharap sa karagdagang kasong administratibo ang mga pasaway na pulis na hindi sumipot at humarap kay Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte sa Malacañang noong Lunes, Pebrero 7. Ang mga hindi naman magrereport sa kanilang bagong asaignment sa Basilan, titiyakin daw ng Philippine National Police na hindi na makakabalik sa serbisyo oras na mag AWOL (Absent without Official Leave) o maghain ng resignation.
MANILA. Philippines (Eagle News) — Pagtugon sa problema sa droga at pag-aayos sa public health and safety policies ng pamahalaan ang solusyon sa pagsugpo sa iligal na droga. Ito ang mensahe ni dating Colombian President Cesar Gaviria kay Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte na dating lumaban din umano sa pagsugpo sa problema sa droga sa kanyang bansa. Sa kaniyang column sa New York Times, sinabi ng dating Pangulo na umaasa siyang hindi mangyayari kay Duterte ang pagkakamali […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — The Philippines is seeking US and Chinese help to guard a major sea lane as Islamic militants shift attacks to international shipping, officials said Wednesday. Manila does not want the Sibutu Passage between Malaysia’s Sabah state and the southern Philippines to turn into a Somalia-style pirate haven, coast guard officials said. The deep-water channel, used by 13,000 vessels each year, offers the fastest route between Australia and the manufacturing powerhouses China, […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) –The US Senate confirmed Jeff Sessions as attorney general Wednesday, despite fierce debate about his civil rights record and Democratic concern over whether he serves as the nation’s top law enforcement officer independent from President Donald Trump. Lawmakers greenlighted the senator as the 84th US attorney general on a mostly party line vote of 52 to 47, with one Democrat, Joe Manchin of West Virginia, voting with the Republican majority. When […]
By Jodi Bustos Eagle News Service QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — On December 14, 2016, the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) revealed the list of passers for the November 2016 Nursing Licensure Examination (NLE). Among the 14,322 examinees, only 6,836 have passed. To be included in the list of passers is already a great honor and blessing, what more if you received more than that? Such was the case of Aldrin Erwin Salvador Bagang, a […]
By Paulo Macahilas Eagle News Service (Eagle News) — Isanglibong kabahayan ang tinupok ng apoy sa Gate 10 Parola Compound, Tondo, Maynila. Nagsimula ang sunog dakong 9:38 ng Martes ng gabi (Pebrero 7) na unang inakyat sa ikalimang alarma Dakong alas dose ng hatinggabi ay itinaas na ito sa Task Force Delta. Ibig sabihin, kailangan na ang tulong ng lahat ng mga firetruck sa buong kamaynilaan at kalapit Lungsod nito Aabot sa higit 3,000 […]
(Eagle News) — Kaagad nagpa-abot ng tulong ang Iglesia Ni Cristo sa mga biktima ng malaking sunog sa Parola Compound sa Tondo, Maynila kagabi. Binuksan ang compound ng gusaling sambahan ng Binondo para ma-accommodate ang maraming kababayan at ilang miyembro ng INC na naapektuhan ng sunog sa Gate 10 ng Parola Compound. Dumating kaagad sa Lokal ng Binondo ang District Staff ng Metro Manila West at inalam ang kailangang tulong ng mga biktima lalo na […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Commission on Election Chairman Andres Bautista said that 800 units of Precinct Count Optical Scan or PCOS machines used in the 2010 and 2013 elections were found defective out of 8000 machines tested. “I heard that about 8 to 10 percent have defects. Of the more than 80,000 machines, 10 percent have already been diagnosed. That is about 8,000 units,” he said. However, Bautista said that they already asked […]
