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Eagle News — President Rodrigo Duterte has given Rio Olympics silver medalist Hidilyn Diaz an additional 2 million pesos for bringing great pride and honor to the Philippines. Diaz arrived at the Panacan presidential guesthouse almost 10 pm, Thursday for a courtesy call to the president. Pres. Duterte said it is with “great pride” to share the honor with the Olympian. Diaz thanked the president for the additional cash prize. She now has a total […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Balak gamitin ng pamahalaan ang pondo mula sa malampaya upang pababain ang singil sa kuryente. Ayon sa Department of Energy (DOE), ito ay kung papayagan ng kongreso na magamit ang nasabing pondo. Ayon kay Energy Spokesman Felix Fuentebella, iniisa-isa nang pag-aralan ni Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi ang mga posibleng paraan upang mapagaan ang pasanin ng mga konsyumer. Isa na rito ang pagsa-subsidise sa generation charge na siyang binabayarang utang ng […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Nababahala ang Provincial Bus Operators Association of the Philippines (PBOAP) sa plano ng Department of Transportation (DOT) na isara ang bus terminals sa Edsa para lumuwag ang traffic sa Metro Manila. Ayon sa grupo, meron pang ibang paraan para paluwagin ang edsa na hindi kailangang alisin ang bus terminals na legal ang operasyon. Dapat balansehin ang pag-hahanap ng solusyon sa traffic at pangangailangan ng mga pasahero. Halos 400 thousand […]
PANACAN, Davao City (Eagle News) — Humingi ng paumanhin si Pangulong Rodrigo Roa Duterte kay Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno sa mga binitiwan niyang salita. Sa isang press conference sa Panacan, Davao City. Sinabi ng pangulo na hindi niya intensyon ang mga masasakit na salita na kaniyang binitiwan. Aniya may nangyayaring patayan dahil sa ilegal na droga at trabaho niyang bigyang-kaalaman ang publiko sa kanilang paligid upang maka-iwas sa anu-mang panganib. Una rito, pinuna ng […]
PASAY City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Isasara ang South-bound lane ng EDSA malapit sa MRT 3 Taft Station ngayong weekend. Para sa pag-assemble ng apat (4) na bagong Light Rail Vehicles o LRVS. Ayon sa Department of Transportation (DOT), ang lane ay isasara mula sabado ng alas-otso ng gabi hanggang alas-tres ng madaling araw ng Linggo. Ganoon na din mula alas-tres ng hapon hanggang alas-diyes ng gabi ng Linggo. Nais ng DOT na tiyakin ang […]
(REUTERS) Japan and the Philippines have begun talks for the transfer of two large coast guard ships to Manila, to help patrol the disputed South China Sea, a Japanese foreign ministry official said on Friday, as part of a deal on defense equipment. The two brand-new 90-metre (295-ft) multi-role response vessels will be in addition to ten 44-metre (144-ft) mid-sized coast guard ships, worth 8.8 billion pesos ($188.52 million), that Japan is set to […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — Japan on Friday announced it is pouring a massive $2.4 billion into a new railway in the Philippines aimed at easing Manila’s notorious gridlock. Japan, the Philippines’ top trading partner and source of aid, said the 38-kilometre (24-mile) elevated commuter line would connect Manila to nearby Bulacan province to decongest the capital and help spur economic activity. “This is one of the biggest projects Japan has ever embarked upon using the […]
HONG KONG, United States (AFP) — Former Philippine leader Fidel Ramos said Friday he had met with a senior Chinese official during a trip to Hong Kong aimed at improving ties between Manila and Beijing, with both sides working towards formal discussions. Relations have cooled since a UN-backed tribunal ruled last month that China’s claims over most of the South China Sea were invalid, in a sweeping victory for the Philippines which brought the case. […]
(Reuters) The man killed during a Canadian police raid at his home in Ontario on Wednesday was a supporter of Islamic State who was in the final stages of preparing an attack on a Canadian city with a homemade bomb, police said on Thursday. Police went to the home of Aaron Driver in the small town of Strathroy after receiving credible information, including a “martyrdom video,” from U.S. authorities that he planned what could […]
(Reuters) The Philippines special envoy to China, Fidel Ramos, said on Friday Manila wants formal discussions with China to explore pathways to peace and cooperation after a meeting with former Chinese deputy foreign minister Fu Ying. Ramos was speaking near the end of a trip to Hong Kong undertaken in an attempt to rekindle ties with China, which have been soured by a maritime dispute in the South China Sea. An arbitration court in […]
by Ju APILAPORN HUA HIN, Thailand (AFP) — A string of bomb attacks targeting Thailand’s crucial tourism industry have killed four people, officials said Friday, sending authorities scrambling to identify a motive and find the perpetrators. Twin bombs exploded in the upscale resort of Hua Hin late Thursday, killing one woman and wounding more than 20 others, including nine foreign tourists, and were followed by two more on Friday morning that killed another person. A […]
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — A 7.2-magnitude earthquake hit off the coast of New Caledonia Friday in the tectonically active Pacific region, but there was no tsunami threat, seismologists said. The quake struck at a depth of about nine kilometres (5.5 miles) some 109 kilometres east of Ile Hunter in New Caledonia at 0126 GMT, the United States Geological Survey said. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said there was no current warning or advisory in the […]
