Breaking News, Latest Philippines Headlines, World, Entertainment, Politics, Weather & Video News
MERALCO will reduce its overall power rate by 13 centavos to Php 8.32 per kilowatt-hour this month, driven by the fall in the generation charge. According to a statement from the power firm, the reduction for typical households with a consumption of 200 kwh will amount to Php 25.47, 300 kwh at Php 38.21, 400 kwh at Php 50.95 and 500 kwh at Php 63.69. Meralco cited the generation charge dropped by Php 0.16 per […]
TOP Defense and Security experts here and abroad are evaluating the impact of the 2014 US-PH Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA) on the Asia Pacific Region in a forum at the National Defense College of the Philippines (NDCP) in Camp Aguinaldo on Tuesday, June 7. Experts said the agreement would be helpful to the country so that the Philippines will not lose its vital leverage in the West Philippine sea dispute. Prof. Renato De Castro of […]
UNITS from the Philippine Navy and the US navy formally started on Monday the annual bilateral Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT). CARAT Philippines 2016 aims to conduct combined naval operations to enhance militarizes’ interoperability. It also seeks to strengthen navies’ combined capabilities in surface and modern naval warfare, amphibious operations, diving and salvage, special operations; and enhance situation awareness and information sharing. ” The Philippines is among the US Navy’s nine partner nations with whom […]
(Eagle News) — London Film Festival’s “best director for a foreign language film” Carlo Jay Ortega Cuevas is the newest addition to the Eagle Broadcasting Corporation (EBC) family. The award-winning director of INCinema’s “Walang Take Two” has recently signed up as one of the directors of EBC’s Entertainment department. Cuevas, who also recently won the Platinum World Award as “World Newcomer Filmmaker of the Year” at the recent World Film Awards in Jakarta, Indonesia, is […]
(Eagle News) — Naniniwala ang mga eksperto sa foreign relations at international studies na dapat na ipagpatuloy ng susunod na administrasyon ang pagpapatupad ng Ehanced Defense Cooperation Agreement sa Estados Unidos. Sa isang forum na isinagawa sa National Defense College of the Philippines, malaki anila ang maitutulong nito para palakasin pa ang relasyon ng Pilipinas at Amerika sa gitna ng patuloy na tensyon sa West Philippine Sea. Makatutulong din anila ito sa plano ng administrasyong […]
(Eagle News) — Hindi umano nakikialam si Pangulong Benigno Aquino III sa lipatan o pakikipag-alyansa ng ilang miyembro ng Liberal Party (LP) sa maituturing nang ruling party ngayon na Partido Demokratiko Pilipino (PDP)-Laban. Ito ang inihayag ni outgoing House Speaker Feliciano Belmonte, Vice chairman ng LP, na kasalukuyang nasa Davao City para sa pakikipagpulong kay incoming Rodrigo Duterte, kasama si incoming House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez. Sinabi ni Belmonte na alam mismo ni Pangulong Aquino na […]
(Eagle News) — Nagpapatuloy umano ang recruitment at meeting ng mga senador para sa susunod na magiging lider ng senado. Tatlo ang posibleng maglaban sa pwesto kabilang na si Senate President Franklin Drilon, Senador Alan Peter Cayetano at Senador Vicente Sotto III. Pero sabi ni Senador JV Ejercito na miyembro ng oposisyon, susuportahan niya ang sinumang i-eendorso ni incoming president Rodrigo Duterte. Nagkausap na raw sila ni Duterte tatlong linggo na ang nakalilipas at may inindorso […]
(Eagle News) — Inihahanda na ng kampo ni Senador Ferdinand Marcos, Jr., ang isasampang electoral protest kaugnay ng diumano’y nangyaring dayaan noong May 9 elections. Ayon sa kampo ni marcos, posibleng maisampa ang kaso sa Hunyo 27. Hihilingin aniya nila sa Presidential Electoral Tribunal na magkaroon ng recount sa ilang probinsya na hinihinala nilang nagkaroon ng dagdag-bawas. Hindi anila dapat isama sa bilang ng boto ang resulta ng eleksyon sa mga lugar na diumano’y nagkaroon ng […]
MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Environment and Natural Resources has declared Coron Bay in Palawan and Sabang Bay in Puerto Galera, Oriental Mindoro as water quality management areas. According to Environment Secretary Ramon Paje, this is to further protect these areas of marine biodiversity against the rapid growth of ecotourism activities in Palawan. Sabang Bay in Puerto Galera and the Coron Bay in Palawan are both world-class diving sites. (Eagle News)
From red carpet to awards ceremony, EVM Awards 2016 had been a glamorous and momentous affair as it recognized the works of up and coming film-makers from INCinema, a project of the Church of Christ (Iglesia Ni Cristo). Cannes Film Festival best actress Ms. Jaclyn José also graced the EVM awards at Resort World Manila on June 05 as one of the presenters. The veteran and award-winning actress was the first from Southeast Asia to be […]
MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Education will closely monitor the full implementation of the K-to-12 program to determine the possible deficiencies and problems when school opens on Monday. The country started to transition from its old 10-year basic educational system to a K-12 educational system, as mandated by the Department of Education in 2011 when the kindergarten program was rolled out nationwide. Program implementation in public schools is being done in phases starting school […]
Tuluyan nang isinara ni President-Elect Rodrigo Duterte ang pintuan nito para magpa-interview sa media. Sinabi ni Duterte na ibo-boycott niya ang media hanggang sa matapos ang termino sa 2022. Kapag mayroon aniya siyang interview ay maraming kritisismo at mali kaya mas mabuting wala na lang interview para walang kritisismo, walang maling pahayag at walang batikos. Nauna nang ipinahayag ng kampo ng bagong Pangulo na lahat ng magiging pahayag nito ay idadaan na sa government television […]
