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(REUTERS) An EgyptAir senior official told CNN the wreckage of the Cairo-bound jet was located. Greek authorities said they found “floating material” that is likely to be debris from the plane. Here is the latest post from the EgyptAir airline Facebook page. It says that Cairo’s foreign ministry has confirmed finding the aircraft’s wreckage. EgyptAir flight MS804: Here’s what we know: Flight MS804 from Paris to Cairo missing soon after entering Egyptian airspace Airbus A320 […]
(Eagle News) — Bagaman tatlong batches ng upper class sa Philippine Military Academy ang naungusan, hindi umano magdudulot ng demoralisasyon sa hanay ng Philippine National Police (PNP) ang pagkakahirang kay PC/Supt. Ronald dela Rosa bilang susunod na pinuno ng Pambansang Pulisya. Ayon kay PNP spokesperson PS/Supt. Wilben Mayor, inirerespeto aniya ng lahat sa hanay ng kapulisan ang sinumang ilagay ng pangulo sa posisyon maging nasa underclass man nila. Kaugnay nito, magreretiro na rin sa serbisyo […]
(Eagle News) — Ipinaaaresto ngayon ng Sandiganbayan (SB) si former Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Alan Purisima at 10 iba pa kaugnay ng kasong graft na isinampa sa mga nabanggit matapos ang umao’y maanomalyang courier deal na kinasangkutan ng PNP noong 2011. Napag-alamang nag-award ng kontrata ang PNP sa Werfast Documentary Agency, Inc. noong Mayo 2011 para sa delivery ng firearms licenses ng mga aplikante sa kabila ng kawalan ng public bidding at kakulangan ng […]
(Eagle News) — Nagpahayag ng pagkabahala ang mga parent leader at mga miyembro ng Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) o Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) sa balak ni incoming President Rodrigo Duterte na ibigay sa Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) ang posisyon sa Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) at Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR). Anila, kontra ang mga miyembro ng CPP sa pagpapatuloy ng CCT program dahil […]
(Eagle News) — Hinimok ng grupong Philippine Legislator’s Commitee on Population and Development (PLCPD) si incoming President Rodrigo Duterte na lutasin ang suliranin ng kagutuman at malnutrisyon sa bansa. Ayon kay PLCPD Director Romeo Dongeto, dito masusubok ang susunod na administrasyon at ang kongreso mula sa kanilang ipinangako na paglutas sa mga suliranin ng bansa kabilang na ang kagutuman at malnutrisyon. Binigyang diin pa ni Dongeto ang kahalagahan ng pagrepaso sa mga umiiral na batas […]
PARIS , France (AFP) — French President Francois Hollande confirmed Thursday that the EgyptAir flight that disappeared from radar screens over the Mediterranean had “crashed”. “We must ensure that we know everything on the causes of what happened. No hypothesis is ruled out or favored,” he said in a televised address. ha-cha/er/gd/jm © 1994-2016 Agence France-Presse
Acclaimed Filipino filmmaker Brillante Mendoza is back at Cannes this year with another gritty take on his homeland, this time exploring drugs, poverty and corruption through shopkeepers trying to make ends meet. https://youtu.be/ZHUxkWhcIxQ
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — President-Elect Rodrigo Duterte has asked high-profile Lawyer Vitaliano Aguirre II to serve as Justice Secretary under his administration. Aguirre, a fraternity brother and classmate of Duterte at the San Beda Law School, said he had only asked for an audience to congratulate Duterte for winning the presidency and was surprised that the latter offered him the justice portfolio. Aguirre, a private prosecutor, is famous for being the lead counsel of […]
The White House said, the United States wants to further incentivize the people and government of Myanmar to pursue democratic reforms—-in introducing “re-calibrated sanctions” against the country. The U.S. plans to renew the bulk of its sanctions against Myanmar when they expire next week, but, White House Spokesman Josh Earnest said they will make some changes aimed at boosting investment and trade. The comments come after the United States eased some sanctions on Myanmar earlier […]
Philippine anti-poaching patrols have detained two Chinese and three Vietnamese fishing vessels along with more than three dozen crew members in the extreme north of the country. The arrests near tiny islands off the main island of Luzon came as a maritime dispute between Manila and Beijing simmers in the South China Sea. Coastguard and fisheries officials on Monday said that two Chinese fishing vessels that were fraudulently flying the Philippine flag were detained along […]
PASAY City, Philippines — Tataas ang singil sa kuryente ng Manila Electric Company o Meralco sa susunod na buwan. Ayon sa Meralco, ito ay bunsod ng tinatawag na ancillary charge. Mahigit limang bilyong piso ang kokolektahin sa lahat ng mga consumer para ibayad sa mga back-up o reserbang planta. Katumbas ito ng P6.50 na dagdag na sisingilin sa mga taga-Luzon sa loob ng anim na buwan at dalawang taon sa mga residente ng Visayas at Mindanao. […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) –Tinanggap na ni Sonny Dominguez ang posisyon na inalok sa kanya ni incoming President Rodrigo Duterte na maging kalihim ng Department of Finance (DOF). Ito ang kinumpirma ni Executive President Spokesperson Atty. Salvador Panelo . Una nang tinanggihan ni Dominguez ang nasabing posisyon dahil sa personal reason.
