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DAVAO, Philippines (AFP) — Philippine president-elect Rodrigo Duterte wants to change the constitution to lift restrictive foreign investment laws as part of his plan to boost the economy, a senior aide said Thursday. He also plans to spend more to address crumbling infrastructure and make it easier to do business overall, Carlos Dominguez, widely tipped to win a cabinet post, told reporters. “We will ensure the attractiveness of the Philippines to foreign direct investment by […]
MANILA, May 13 – Executive Secretary Paquito Ochoa, Jr. is scheduled to meet with the members of the Presidential Transition Committee (PTC) at the Office of the President on Friday (May 13) afternoon. President Aquino has named Executive Secretary Ochoa as head of the transition committee tasked to brief the team of presumptive President-elect Rodrigo Duterte. “The transition committee created by President Aquino and headed by ES Ochoa will hold its initial meeting shortly. This committee involves […]
by Fran Blandy and Deborah Cole CANNES, France (AFP) — Jodie Foster, who presented her first mainstream film as a director in Cannes Thursday, said many studio bosses still dismissed female filmmakers as “too great a risk to take”. The two-time Oscar-winning actress, who began her career at the age of three and is one of a handful of females in Hollywood to carve out a successful directing career, highlighted the challenges women face. […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — A hefty drop in Apple shares left the Nasdaq in the red Thursday, but higher oil prices helped keep the Dow in positive territory. Apple briefly ceded its crown as the world’s biggest publicly traded company to Google parent Alphabet during the session, but managed to edge out Alphabet at the end of trade. But Apple still finished down 2.4 percent on worries about declining iPhone sales and the lack […]
(Eagle News) — The Commisson on Elections on Thursday confirmed that it has allowed the changing of the script of the poll body’s transparency server, but that this was not to revise the hash code of the system. COMELEC chair Andres Bautista said the transparency server was tweaked only to correct the error in the letter ñ. According to the poll body, Marlon Garcia, the project manager of Smartmatic, only corrected one character of the […]
The European Union celebrated 25 years of partnership with the Philippines at the Europe Day reception in Makati City.
QUEZON City, Philippines — To commemmorate the 130th birth anniversary of Brother Felix Y. Manalo, the first Executive Minister of the Iglesia Ni Cristo (Church of Christ), “Legacy,” a short film drama series had its first showing at the INC Tabernacle, with “Esperanza” as the first of these short films. The premiere showing of the special drama series was attended by many INC members, including INC Executive Minister Brother Eduardo V. Manalo, at the Tabernacle […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – The Department of Education reminded incoming Grade 11 students as well as their parents to enroll early – this weekend preferably – so that the first day of classes on June 13 will be non-problematic. The DepEd warned senior high school students that they may not be accommodated if they do not enroll early as the acceptance in a senior high school track is on a first-come, first-serve basis. (Eagle News […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – The Philippine National Police reminded the public that although the elections are over, the election gun ban is still in force until June 8. As of now,. 2012 have been arrested due to violation of the gun ban. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos) https://youtu.be/sD6bx2q2b5o
QUEZON City, Philippines – The European Union guaranteed that it will cooperate with the new President, Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte. According to EU Ambassador Franz Jessen, the EU is just waiting for the formal start of Duterte’s presidency before presenting its plans to him, including the peace talks in Mindanao. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)
QUEZON City, Philippines – Philippine marathoner Christabel Martes is back in the Philippines after winning two gold medals in the 19th Asia Masters Athletics Championship in the National Stadium in Singapore. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)
by Thomas WATKINS WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Johnny Matheny’s handshake is friendly, confident and firm — though not in the bone-crushing manner favored by some of the alpha types here in the Pentagon. What is remarkable is that Matheny’s proffered hand is not actually his. It is part of a robotic prosthesis researchers hope one day could help transform the lives of countless amputees. “In the beginning, you had to think pretty hard about […]
