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PHL Agriculture policy directions on Agriculture in the context of the ASEAN Community

PHL Agriculture policy directions on Agriculture in the context of the ASEAN Community (Eagle News) — The Philippine agriculture sector is the country’s largest single employer, even as the government looks to the development of other modern industries. It directly employs more than one-quarter of all workers in non-services industries.   More than 11 million Filipinos relied on agriculture for their livelihood in 2013, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority. But ironically, despite accounting for […]

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Pound sinks but stocks bounce after Brexit vote

  by Danny McCord   HONG KONG, China (AFP) — The pound fell Monday to around 30-year lows but most Asian stock markets rebounded from hefty losses fuelled by Britain’s decision to leave the European Union, despite fears of months of uncertainty. Sterling plunged two percent in early Asian trading before paring losses as dealers rushed into safe assets, although Japan’s Nikkei stock index rallied. Britain’s finance minister George Osborne looked to reassure markets, saying the […]

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Authorities closely monitoring West Phl Sea after China’s rocket launch

  (Eagle News) — Malacanang said authorities are keeping a close watch on activities in the West Philippine Sea. Secretary Herminio Coloma Jr. of the Presidential Communications Operations Office said the safety of the public is the government’s main concern as he noted the recent warning issued by the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP). The CAAP on Saturday alerted aircraft pilots because of China’s rocket launch on Hainan Island. CAAP’s Notice to Airmen […]

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China’s re-entry module of Long March-7 lands on Inner Mongolia region

  (Courtesy CCTV) — The scaled-down version of the re-entry module of the Long March-7 carrier rocket landed on Sunday afternoon in a desert in China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, close to the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center. China blasted off its new generation carrier rocket Long March-7 from the Wenchang space launch center in south China’s Hainan province on Saturday. The re-entry module took a fresh new way to return by swirling slowly at a […]

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Clinton swipes at Trump over Brexit

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Democrat Hillary Clinton on Sunday took a swipe at Republican rival Donald Trump’s stance on Brexit, saying that “bombastic comments” do more harm than good during such times. Trump has hailed Britain’s vote to leave the European Union as “fantastic,” telling reporters during a visit to Scotland on Friday that he thinks the Brexit is “a great thing.” Clinton, who was speaking to the US Conference of Mayors, did not […]

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Palace sums up major accomplishments of Aquino gov’t

  (Eagle News) —  Malacanang summed up the major accomplishments of the Aquino administration in the last six years a few days before President Aquino steps down from office. Communications Secretary Herminio “Sonny” Coloma Jr., listed among the major accomplishments of the Aquino administration the so-called change on the perception of other countries on the Philippines with regards to corruption. In a radio interview over dzRB Radyo Ng Bayan, Coloma cited the advance made by […]

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How EBC is redefining sitcom through Hapi ang Buhay

By Caesar R. Vallejos EBC Correspondent At the Hapi ang Buhay set, eaglenews.ph sat with the Eagle Broadcasting Corporation’s (EBC) award-winning director Carlo Cuevas who earned international recognition for the INCinema-produced ‘Walang Take Two’ from London and Jakarta. The film is also nominated in another award-giving body in Madrid, Spain. The film resulted to EBC’s spin-off sitcom Hapi ang Buhay, the network’s first, that is redefining situational comedy-making in Philippine entertainment. Cuevas answered eloquently throughout […]

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Pilipinas, lalahok sa pinakamalaking maritime warfare exercise

Lalahok ang Pilipinas sa pinakamalaking maritime exercise sa June 30 hanggang August 4 na gaganapin sa Hawaii at Southern, California. Ang Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC)exercise ay magbibigay ng kakaibang training opportunity para sa mga kalahok kaugnay sa seguridan ng mga karagatan at sea lanes. Sa kabuuan, nasa 26 na bansa ang lalahok sa pagsasanay na gagamitan ng 45 mga barko, 5 submarine at 200 aircraft.

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LPA, naging bagyo na, Signal No.1, nakataas sa 7 lugar

Nabuo na bilang bagyo ang low pressure area sa Borongan City at ito ang unang bagyo na pumasok sa bansa ngayong 2016. Ang tropical depression na pinangalanang “Ambo” ay nasa 182km silangan ng Virac, Catanduanes. Ito ay may pinakamalakas na bugso ng hangin na 45kph malapit sa gitna at inaasahang kikilos sa direksyong kanluran hilagang-kanluran sa bilis na 19kph. Public storm signal no.1 as of 11:30am Catanduanes Camarines Norte Camarines Sur Northern Quezon including Polillo […]

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No hurry for Britain to trigger EU exit process – Merkel

  (Reuters) — There is no desperate rush for Britain to trigger the process for it to leave the European Union, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Saturday (June 25), leaving London some space to work out its next move after a referendum vote to leave the bloc. “Great Britain must for themselves define — and surely there will also a discussion process — what relationship it wants to have with the European Union. We […]

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