BAGHDAD,Iraq (AFP) – The United States will deploy additional forces to Iraq and make Apache attack helicopters available to support the country’s troops, US Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter said Monday in Baghdad. https://youtu.be/hVX3mWT8ayc
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WHO-SAGE recommendation on dengue vaccine makes DOH happy
QUEZON City, Philippines – The Department of Health gladly welcomes the recommendation of the Strategic Advisory Group of Experts or SAGE of the World Health Organization regarding the dengue vaccination being conducted in the Philippines by the DOH. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)
Transport groups asks for fare hike
QUEZON City, Philippines – Transport groups threatened to ask for a fare hike if the Department of Energy is not able to stop the rise of oil prices in the local markets. The DOE said that it can only guarantee that there will be no abuse on the part of the oil companies due to the deregulation of oil prices in the country. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho […]
OCD hopes that many will participate in the nationwide earthquake drill on April 21
QUEZON City, Philippines – The Office of Civil Defense is hoping that many will participate in the nationwide earthquake drill on April 21. This is the first quarterly earthquake drill for 2016 and will be led by the OCD and the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos) https://youtu.be/hcLg5qPMfaM
No earthquake threat in the Philippines – PHIVOLCS
QUEZON City, Philippines – According to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, the Philippines is not next in line to experience an earthquake after Japan and Ecuador, adding that said countries are too far from the Philippines. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)
Next President will receive a Php 41, 000 salary increase
QUEZON City, Philippines – The next President of the Philippines will receive a salary increase worth Php 41, 000 based on the salary adjustment schedule released by the Department of Budget and Management. Said salary schedule was released as part of the implementation of Executive Order 20, wherein President Benigno S. Aquino III provided for the salary increase of government employees this year. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho […]
Gov’t energy policy should be reviewed – CCC
QUEZON City, Philippines – According to the Climate Change Commission, the government should review its energy policy in order to avoid dependence on coal-fired power plants and in the development of clean energy sources. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos) https://youtu.be/4XI0h2tusMM
DOLE to conduct largest job and career fair on May 1
QUEZON City, Philippines – To commemorate Labor Day, the Department of Labor and Employment will conduct the largest job and career fair on May 1 with the theme “Kinabukasan Sigurado sa Disenteng Trabaho”. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)
BI launches manhunt for 600 foreigners subject to deportation
QUEZON City, Philippines – The Bureau of Immigration conducted a manhunt against more than 600 foreigners due for deportation due to violation of immigration laws including those who are over-staying, no valid entry and no valid visa. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos) https://youtu.be/OOt32xk_ixc
Australian Ambassador condemns Duterte’s rape joke
QUEZON City, Philippines – The Australian Ambassador to the Philippines, Amanda Gorely, joined in condemning the rape joke made by Mayor Rodrigo Duterte. Said ambassador tweeted in her Twitter account that “rape and murder should never be joked about or trivialized.” (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)
Bangladesh acquires lead regarding hackers
QUEZON City, Philippines – According to the Bangladesh Ambassador to the Philippines, the Bangladeshi government now has a lead regarding the identities of the hackers behind the attack on the Bangladesh Central Bank which resulted in the $81 million money-laundering scam in the Philippines. Without revealing any details, the Bangladeshi ambassador said that the hackers are neither Filipinos or Bangladeshi. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by […]
Blast rocks Afghan capital, close to state buildings, U.S. embassy
(Reuters) A Taliban suicide car bomber attacked an office of Afghanistan’s main national security agency in Kabul on Tuesday, killing or wounding several people, the first assault in the capital since the group declared their new spring offensive a week ago. President Ashraf Ghani condemned the attack “in the strongest possible terms” in a statement from the presidential palace, only a few hundred meters away from the scene of the blast. Several people were killed […]
