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(Eagle News)– The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) on Wednesday (September 7) announced that 2,817 out of 4,115 registered Electrical Engineers and 2,525 out of 3,709 registered Master Electricians passed the Electrical Engineer Licensure Examinations. The results were released after three working days after the last day of the examinations. Online registration for the issuance of professional identification card (ID) and certificate of registration will be on September 19-21.
(Eagle News)– President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday (September 7) met United Nations (UN) Secretary General Ban Ki Moon at the ASEAN summit gala dinner in Vientiane, Laos. A photo of the two leaders shaking hands was distributed by the Palace to members of the media. Duterte has criticized Ban’s remarks for his ongoing campaign on illegal drugs. Duterte also turned down a meeting with the UN Chief due to “scheduling incompatibility”. President Duterte also met […]
(Eagle News)– Police on Wednesday (September 7) have released the composite sketch of the primary suspect in the Davao City bombing. The composite image showed a man, about 30 of age, 5’7″ to 5′ 8″ in height, with a slim build and fair to dark skin. The sketch was composed through the help of witnesses. Witnesses said he wore a mask and a bonnet the whole time, even when he was having his massage. Investigators […]
by Karl MALAKUNAS VIENTIANE, Laos (AFP) — The Philippines said China Wednesday of secretly preparing to build an artificial island on Scarborough Shoal, a tiny and remote outpost in a contested area of the South China Sea. Doing so risks a military confrontation between China and the United States. Here are five key questions and answers about the shoal and why it is so important. What is it? A small ring of reefs that lie […]
VIENTIANE, Laos (AFP) — Japan is “seriously concerned” about Beijing’s increasingly muscular claims in the South China Sea, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told Asian leaders Wednesday. Beijing insists it has sovereign rights to almost all of the strategically vital waters, where the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei and Taiwan also have claims. It also has a simmering territorial row with Tokyo over disputed islands in the East China Sea. “I am seriously concerned with the continuing […]
(REUTERS) Apple Inc unveiled an iPhone 7 with high-resolution cameras and no headphone jack at its annual launch event Wednesday, though the biggest surprise was the debut of a three-decade-old Nintendo game franchise, Super Mario Bros, on the smartphone. While shares of Apple barely budged, Nintendo’s U.S.-listed shares jumped 29 pct on investors’ hopes that Super Mario would be another mobile gaming hit for the Japanese company akin to the wildly popular Pokemon Go. […]
(REUTERS) U.S. President Barack Obama and Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte shook hands and had a brief chat on Wednesday, officials said, easing a standoff after Duterte called Obama a “son of a bitch” ahead of a summit of Asian leaders in Laos. The presidents of the two longtime allies were due to hold talks on Tuesday but the White House canceled the meeting after Duterte’s insult. “I’m very happy that it happened,” Philippines’ foreign […]
UNITED States President Barack Obama met briefly with Philippine leader Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday, their two governments said. The encounter took place just before a dinner during a summit of regional leaders in Laos, officials indicated. “They met at the holding room and they were the last people to leave the holding room. I can’t say how long they met,” Foreign Secretary Perfecto Yasay, travelling with Duterte, told reporters shortly afterwards. “I’m very […]
by Martin Abbugao and Karl Malakunas VIENTIANE, Laos (AFP) — Beijing came under pressure at an Asian summit Wednesday over its “illegal” island-building in the South China Sea, after the Philippines produced photos it said showed fresh construction activity at a flashpoint shoal. Any artificial island at Scarborough Shoal could be a game-changer in China’s quest to control the South China Sea and raises the risk of armed confrontation with the United States, security […]
Beijing’s “illegal” island building in the South China Sea moves centre stage at an Asian summit after the Philippines produces evidence it says shows fresh construction activity at a flashpoint shoal. Video courtesy Agence France Press TV
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Nakatakda nang ibalik ng Pilipinas ang bultu-bultong mga basura mula sa Canada na iligal na itinapon sa bansa noon pang 2013. Ito’y bilang pagtupad sa inilabas na kautusan ng Manila Regional Trial Court Branch 1 na nag-aatas na ibalik sa Canada ang mga nasabing basura. Ayon sa Bureau of Customs (BOC), maghahain na ng motion for execution ang Department of Justice (DOJ) na miyembro ng binuong inter-agency committee kasama ang […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Sinuspinde na ng Commission on Election (Comelec) ang lahat ng kanilang paghahanda para sa Barangay at Sangguniang Kabataan elections na nakatakda sana sa Oktubre. Sa panayam ng Radyo Agila, sinabi ni Comelec Chairman Andres Bautista na malinaw nang hindi matutuloy ang Barangay at SK elections dahil lusot na sa House Committee on Suffrage ang panukalang postponement. Ayon kay Bautista, gusto rin ng senado na ipagpaliban ang barangay at SK […]
