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#50FirstDays to showcase President Duterte’s milestones

MANILA, Aug. 18 – The Presidential Communications Office (PCO) has launched the #50FirstDays campaign to highlight the achievements, and milestones of President Rodrigo Roa Duterte’s administration since his assumption to office on June 30. This will be the first time that an incumbent President will showcase his achievements even with only two months coming into the presidency. “The Duterte administration challenges the status quo of the usual 100-day milestone. We are confident that even at an […]

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Malacañang: Nothing final yet on scrapping of VAT exemption of PWD’s, seniors

MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Presidential Spokesman Ernesto Abella said, there is nothing final yet regarding proposals to remove value added tax (VAT) exemptions of persons with disabilities (PWDs) and senior citizens The finance department wants to lift certain vat exemptions to make up for revenue losses that would result from the lowering of corporate and individual income tax rates. Some lawmakers are against the proposal, which they described as difficult and “too ambitious.” Abella […]

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Households, businesses urged to adopt solar energy

Eagle News — More households and business firms are urged to invest in solar technology which can create huge impacts in lowering electricity bills amid climate change. Naderev Saño, Executive Director of Greenpeace Southeast Asia, said cost of investment on solar panel for homes of a middle-class family with five members can reach at least Php 50,000. Saño said investment in solar technology, which has a lifespan of 25 to 30 years, can reduce electricity […]

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Duterte says he’s willing to face probe into drug killings

MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte said on Wednesday that his government is willing to face any inquiry into the deaths of hundreds of suspected drug dealers and users as human rights groups express alarm over extrajudicial killings. Duterte said in a speech at the National Police Office, that quote:  “We are willing to submit ourselves for an investigation before anybody — adding some of the killings were carried out by drug gangs. […]

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Clinton Foundation hired cyber firm after suspected hacking – sources

  (REUTERS)  Bill and Hillary Clinton’s charitable foundation hired the security firm FireEye to examine its data systems after seeing indications they might have been hacked, according to two sources familiar with the matter. So far, no message or document clearly hacked from the New York-based Clinton Foundation has surfaced in public, the sources said. One of the sources and two U.S. security officials said that like hackers who targeted the Democratic National Committee, Hillary […]

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Calcium supplements tied to higher dementia risk for some women

  (Reuters Health) – Some older women who take calcium supplements commonly recommended to ward off age-related bone damage may face an increased risk of developing dementia, a small study suggests. The heightened dementia risk appears limited to women who have had a stroke or suffer from other disorders that affect blood flow to the brain, researchers report in the journal Neurology. “Our study is the first to show a relationship between calcium supplementation and […]

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Trump hires ‘street fighter’ in new shakeup of White House campaign

  (REUTERS)  U.S. Republican Donald Trump overhauled his presidential campaign team on Wednesday for the second time in less than two months, hiring the head of a conservative news website to bolster his combative image and try to reverse poor opinion poll numbers. Trump named Steve Bannon, head of the Breitbart News website, as campaign chief executive officer, a new position. He also promoted senior adviser Kellyanne Conway to the post of campaign manager. The […]

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Brazil police hunt U.S. swimmer Lochte on judge’s orders

  (REUTERS)  Brazilian police were searching for U.S. Olympic gold medalist swimmers Ryan Lochte and James Feigen on Wednesday after a judge issued an order preventing them from leaving the country until they clarified their accounts of how they were robbed at gunpoint. After checks at Rio’s international airport, police sources said they believed Lochte had already left Brazil where he won a relay gold medal in the Olympic swimming competition that ended on Saturday. […]

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U.S. assessing if Russian use of Iran base violates U.N. resolution

  (REUTERS)  The United States is looking at whether Russia has violated a U.N. Security Council resolution on military dealings with Tehran by using an Iranian air base to carry out strikes inside Syria, the State Department said on Wednesday. State Department spokesman Mark Toner said U.S. government attorneys had not yet decided whether they think Russia’s use of the Iranian base is a violation of U.N. Security Council Resolution 2231, which was passed as […]

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President says gov’t forces to cooperate in probe, but fight vs drugs won’t stop

  (Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte vowed he would not be deterred in his campaign to fight the drug menace, even in the face of complaints of human rights violations being hurled against his police force. In his speech during the 115th anniversary of the Police Service, the President said he is supporting the police force in their fight to suppress the drug menace since this was what he had promised even during his […]

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Uniformed personnel to start receiving rice allowance in September

QUEZON City, Philippines – Starting September 2016, every uniformed personnel will receive a 20-kilo rice allowance from the government. Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno said that the rice allowance is a non-salary benefit promised by President Rodrigo Duterte. The beneficiaries include all the personnel of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, the Philippine National Police, the Bureau of Fire Protection, and the Philippine Coast Guard. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by […]

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No penalties for companies that don’t regularize employees

QUEZON City, Philippines – The Department of Labor and Employment admitted in the hearing of the Senate Committee on Labor, Employment and Human Resources that the law penalizing companies for not regularizing their employees is weak.  Labor Assistant Secretary Joji Aragon said  that what the DOLE can only do is to order the payment of the compensation of the employee whose contract has ended. This was, however, countered by Senator Franklin Drilon who said that there is […]

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