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(Eagle News)– Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno on Tuesday (January 3) confirmed that the police and the military will receive their pay hike starting the month of January in line with the government’s salary standardization program. Even public school teachers and government hospital personnel were also included in the salary increase. “They are part of these tranches. But it does not mean that we will double their salary because right now the pay of public school […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Two Russian Navy ships arrived in Manila on Tuesday (January 3) for a five-day goodwill visit in the first ever official naval contact between Russia and the Philippines, as Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte moved to strengthen ties with Moscow. A possible weapons deal is also seen in the offing, as well as joint military exercises between the Philippines and Russia, considered the main rival of the Philippines’ once closest […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Malacañang lauded the health department, police department and the local government officials for a “generally peaceful” celebration of holidays. Presidential Communications Secretary Martin Andanar congratulated the DOH for its “very successful ‘Iwas Paputok’ campaign. He also congratulated the PNP and the local executives for a general peaceful celebration during the holiday season up to the New Year’s Day. Department of Health Secretary Paulyn Ubial said that the number of firecracker-related […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Former President and now Pampanga Representative Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo filed a bill that seeks to limit the power of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas over the Anti Money Laundering Council (AMLC). The proposed provision made by the former president said that it would “insulate the BSP officials from the actuations of AMLC, especially the political ones which may be influenced by the council officials’ loyalty to their appointing authority.” “The BSP […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Oil firms welcomed the new year by increasing their pump prices. Flying V, PTT Philippines, Pilipinas Shell Petroleum, Phoenix Petroleum Philippines, Unioil and Seaoil said the cost of gasoline increases by Php 0.70 centavos per liter and diesel by Php 0.60 centavos per liter starting Tuesday, January 3. Flying V, Petron and Shell also announced that the price of kerosene is up by Php 0.55 centavos per liter.
(Eagle News) — Inaasahang tatalakayin ng Kongreso sa Pebrero ang panukalang batas na naglalayong mabigyan ng emergency powers si Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte para maresolba ang matinding trapiko. Ayon kay Catanduanes Representative Cesar Sarmiento, maraming mga tinukoy na proyekto na nasa ilalim ng emergency measures na hindi pa kasama sa 2017 budget ang pondo. Maaari aniya na sa pamamagitan ng supplemental budget ay mapondohan ang mga nasabing proyekto. Kabilang sa emergency powers ang detalye sa bawat […]
(Eagle News) — Masasaksihan mamayang gabi hanggang Miyerkules ng umaga ang unang meteor shower ngayong taong 2017. Inanunsyo ng Time and Date.Com na nasa apatnapung meteors o falling stars ang maaring masaksihan.
by Stuart WILLIAMS and Raziye AKKOC in Ankara ISTANBUL, Turkey (AFP) — Islamic State jihadists Monday claimed the shooting rampage at a glamorous Istanbul nightclub that killed 39 on New Year’s night, while police arrested eight suspects but the attacker remained on the run. The statement by the extremist group — which Turkey is fighting in neighbouring Syria — was the first undisputed claim it has made for an attack in Turkey despite being blamed […]
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP)–Atleast 60 people were killed in a prison riot in Brazil’s Amazon region when fighting broke out between rival gangs, an official said Monday. The riot happened Sunday at a prison in Manaus, the capital of Amazonas state, said the head of the state’s prisons administration, Pedro Florencio. “There are 60 dead so far,” he told journalists. Riots are common in Brazil’s overcrowded and underfunded prisons. Some 622,000 people were imprisoned […]
(Eagle News) – Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno confirmed on Monday that the increase in the base pay and allowances of soldiers and policemen had been included in the 2017 national budget. Diokno, however, did not give any more details as he is expected to make the announcement about the figures in Malacanang on Tuesday. In a yearend video report, Presidential Communications Secretary Martin Andanar said President Rodrigo Duterte would fulfill his promise to the […]
(Eagle News) – The number of firecracker-related injuries experienced a significant drop this year with the estimates ranging at 350, down from the average of 1,000 from the past 10 years. This was the lowest in 10 years, according to the Department of Health. Health Secretary Paulyn Ubial said 350 were injured by firecrackers and fireworks this year compared to a 10-year average of 1,000. Ubial said most of the victims are children and […]
(Eagle News) — The damage to agriculture and infrastructure wrought by Typhoon Nina (international name Nock-Ten), the last typhoon to hit the country in year 2016, reached P5.183 billion, according to the latest damage assessment report of the government. As of the latest report of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC), typhoon Nina damaged P4.130 billion in agriculture, and P1.053 billion in infrastructure – roads, bridges, and school and health facilities. […]
