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PASAY City, Philippines — Radyo Agila DZEC on Friday, April 29 bagged two awards during the 24th Golden Dove Awards of the Kapisanan ng mga Broadcaster ng Pilipinas at the Star Theater, Star City, CCP Complex, Roxas Boulevard, Pasay City. The Pinoy Scientist program received the Best Science and Technology award. While Congressman Angelo Palmones won the title of best Radio Broadcaster of the year.
MANILA, Philippines — The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority will install 200 more traffic cameras around Metro Manila for its no contact apprehension policy. According to MMDA chairman Emerson Carlos, the new traffic cameras will be delivered next month in two batches.
The Malacañang expressed its confidence that the Philippines National Police and Armed Forces of the Philippines have tapped augmentation forces to secure the safety of the public during the national elections on May 9. Communications Secretary Herminio Coloma Jr., on Sunday (May 1) said that the PNP and the AFP are focus on the continuously preparing and monitoring to secure a safe and orderly elections around the country.
MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Foreign Affairs said that the government will continue working for the safe release of the remaining foreign nationals being held captive by the Abu Sayyaf group. In a press statement, the DFA said “while intensified operations continue on the ground, the DFA maintains close coordination with concerned foreign governments in ensuring the safe return of all the remaining hostages.” The same statement says the Philippine government is pleased at […]
QUEZON City, Philippines — The Commission on Elections has ordered the final testing and sealing (FTS) of the vote counting machines (VCMs) this week. The purpose of the FTS is to see and test if the machines installed in that place are in the right conditions and working before it was finally locked and sealed in the polling precincts.The FTS will last until May 6. Meanwhile, COMELEC Spokesperson James Jimenez on Monday, May 2 said that […]
This commitment was made at the 7th ASEAN-U.S. Joint Cooperation Committee (JCC) meeting held at the ASEAN secretariat last week. This is the first JCC to be held since the elevation of the Asean-U.S. partnership to a strategic level in November 2015 and the successful convening of the ASEAN-U.S. special leaders’ summit in Sunnylands, California last February. The meeting took stock of the cooperation under the plan of action to implement the ASEAN-U.S. strategic partnership […]
(REUTERS) Islamic State attacks have increased this year, particularly in Iraq and Syria as the group responds to substantial territorial losses, a U.S.-based analysis firm IHS said on Sunday. There were 891 attacks during the first quarter of 2016 in neighbors Iraq and Syria, more than in any three-month period since the militants’ sweeping advance in mid-2014, IHS said in a new report. Those attacks killed 2,150 people, a 44 percent rise over the […]
(Reuters) Front-runner Donald Trump said on Sunday that he will have essentially sealed the Republican U.S. presidential nomination if he wins Tuesday’s contest in Indiana, where he holds a big lead over chief rival Ted Cruz. A new NBC/Wall Street Journal/Marist opinion poll showed Trump with a wide lead in Indiana, 49 percent to 34 percent for Cruz and 13 percent for a third candidate, Ohio Governor John Kasich. Trump, a 69-year-old billionaire real […]
(Reuters) Protesters camped out in Baghdad’s Green Zone for 24 hours left the heavily fortified government district on Sunday after issuing demands for political reform but they pledged to return by the end of the week to keep up the pressure. Iraq has endured months of wrangling prompted by Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi’s attempt to replace party-affiliated ministers with technocrats as part of an anti-corruption drive. A divided parliament has failed to approve the […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (May 2) – President Benigno Aquino III visited the Iglesia Ni Cristo’s Executive Minister, Bro. Eduardo V. Manalo at the INC Central Office to give his heartfelt thanks for the support of the Church throughout his administration. President Aquino visited the INC Central Office around 9 in the morning on Monday, May 2. The President made his courtesy call one week before the May 9 elections and after the respective courtesy calls […]
If you’re thinking of detoxing your body or losing weight, a juice cleanse may seem like the perfect way to do it, but know the risks along with the benefits. Jessica Sanchez tells us the good and the bad behind juicing. Reuters
INC’s canned food drive for “Our Place Society”, a community centre in the heart of the city of Victoria, BC Jeanete Duazo reports
