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QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority plans to extend the “no window hour” policy of the number-coding scheme up to June 2017. According to MMDA Director Tim Orbos, the policy was successful in lessening the traffic problem in Metro Manila since it was implemented. The “no window hour” policy was implemented in November 2016. https://youtu.be/_6F6JHO7QPM
A South Korean businessman who went missing in the Philippines three months ago was kidnapped by policemen and murdered on the day he disappeared, a Seoul official said Wednesday. The family of the man, in his 50s and only identified with his surname Ji, reportedly sent the suspects a ransom of five million pesos ($100,000) two weeks after he was seized in Angeles, near Manila. But he had already been strangled to death and […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Malacañang has welcomed the financial assistance offered by the European Union on government drug rehabilitation programs. Presidential spokesperson Ernesto Abella said that the Duterte administration will not turn away any financial aid – even from EU – as long as said aid is unconditional. “As the Duterte administration gains ground in the war on drugs, the Palace welcomes all plans and offers of help without conditions for the country’s […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Senate President Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III on Tuesday appealed for immediate help for thousands of residents of Cagayan De Oro affected by the flash floods. “On behalf of Cagayan de Oro, I issue this urgent appeal. The city needs every assistance that our people can give. It needs immediate support for the reconstruction of destroyed houses and other damaged buildings,” Pimentel said. Although there is a lower number of […]
(Eagle News) — Some of the members of the Magdalo Group who orchestrated the Oakwood Mutiny were given positions in the Bureau of Customs by Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon. This includes former Army Captain Gerardo Gambala as Deputy Commissioner of Management Information System and Technology Group, former Navy Lieutenant James Layug as Director III of the Port Operations Service, and former Army Captain Nilo Maestracampo as Director III of the Import Assessment Service. The three […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Presidential spokesperson Ernesto Abella said that the final say regarding the revival of the death penalty remains with the Congress. Abella said that although the revival of the death penalty is one of the campaign promises of President Rodrigo Duterte, Malacañang concedes that the power remains with the Congress. This is despite previous pronouncements from President Duterte pushing for the revival of the death penalty. In a statement, Communications […]
(Reuters) — President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday (January 17) an unsubstantiated report that alleged Russia had gathered compromising material on U.S. President-elect Donald Trump was a hoax. The Russian leader was responding to unverified claims in a dossier published last week that Russian intelligence operatives had compromising information on Trump, including that he had met with Moscow prostitutes on a visit to Moscow several years ago. Putin doubted that U.S. President-elect had met […]
(Eagle News) – The Committee on Transportation of the House of Representatives approved on Wednesday, January 18, House Bill 544 or the Traffic Crisis Act of 2016 that seeks to provide remedies to the traffic problem in the country through emergency powers. There were 12 amendments made to the bill during the resumption of the committee hearing. The committee said the traffic crisis was concentrated in metropolitan areas such as in Metro Manila, Metro […]
(Eagle News) — Napapanahon na raw para magkaroon ng tax reform sa bansa. Ayon kay Albay Rep. Joey Salceda, masyado nang mataas ang binabayarang buwis ng mga ordinaryong mangagawang Pilipino. Sa Asya aniya ang Pilipinas ang may pinakamataas na buwis na ipinapataw sa mga empleyado. Si Salceda ang may-akda at naghain sa House Bill 4688 o Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN). Nakasaad sa nasabing panukalang batas na ibaba ang personal income tax ng […]
(Eagle News) — Para sa mga mahilig mag ‘peace sign’ sa tuwing magpapakuha ng litrato, nagbabala ang mga Japanese researcher na maaaring manakaw ang ating fingerprints dahil dito. https://youtu.be/RJWiEqRT6Qw
(Eagle News) — Naghain ng “diplomatic communication” ang Pilipinas laban sa China makaraang mapaulat na naglagay ito ng anti-aircraft at anti-missile weapons sa mga artipisyal na isla sa West Philippine Sea. Ayon kay Foreign Affairs (DFA) Secretary Perfecto Yasay Jr., ipinalabas ng pamahalaan ang “note verbale” kasunod ng report ng Center for Strategic and International Studies ng Estados Unidos hinggil sa naging hakbang ng China. Nilinaw naman ng kalihim na hindi gagawin ng Pilipinas ang […]
(Eagle News) — Nagdulot umano ng pangamba ang ginagawang militarisasyon ng China sa pinag-aagawang teritoryo sa West Philippine Sea. Ayon kay Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana, nakakabahala ang nasabing aktibidad ng China sa kabilang ng panawagang kapayapaan ng pamahalaan. Makikita sa inilabas na satellite photos ng US Think Tank CSIS Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative (AMTI) nito lamang Disyembre ang tila weapons system na inilagay sa Johnson Reef o Mabini Reef.
