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QUEZON City, Philippines – The group Bayan Muna conducted a lightning rally in the Quezon City office of the Bureau of Internal Revenue during the last day of the filing of the income tax return. Said group asks that the government should reduce the tax levied against low and middle income earners. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos) https://youtu.be/hJCPYWkqivM
MANILA, Philippines – Senator Ralph Recto asked the Commisison on Elections and the Department of Education to consider a Php 1000 increase on the honorarium to be received by the Board of Election Inspectors. The senator made the suggestion after the COMELEC decided to extend the duty of the BEI to 11 hours or from 6 in the morning to 5 in the afternoon. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by […]
METRO Manila, Philippines – Good news for commuters! The MRT will add two new trains next week which will greatly alleviate the problematic situation faced by commuters everyday. From 14-18 trains operating everyday, the MRT now has 20 trains in operation. The new trains feature safety belts and digital signages. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)
QUEZON City, Philippines – The Philippine National Police asks the public to refrain from spreading unverified reports regarding planned terrorist attacks on shopping malls. This is in response to a text message warning the public to stay away from malls due to said terrorist attacks. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos) https://youtu.be/T6VNSBTcmGc
TOKYO, Japan – According to the United States Geological Survey, a magnitude 6 earthquake hit the southwestern portion of Japan. Said quake centered on Komamoto City and resulted in 9 deaths and hundreds injured. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)
MANILA, Philippines – The Bureau of Customs set aside 20 million pesos in order to install additional CCTV cameras in its offices and ports all over the country. According to BOC Commissioner Alberto Lina, said measure aims to strengthen the security and monitoring in all BOC offices. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos) https://youtu.be/L_cYv6gQx6c
KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Apr. 15 (PIA) — Mt. Apo, the country’s highest peak, is off limits to all mountaineers, an official of the city government of Kidapawan announced. Joey Recimilla, city tourism officer of Kidapawan and eco-tourism committee chair of the Mt. Apo Natural Park-Protected Area Management Board (MANP-PAMB), told Philippine Information Agency 12 that the PAMB has agreed to restrict climbing to the peak after the destructive forest fire. Recimilla said the PAMB, in […]
MANILA, April 15 – President Benigno S. Aquino III on Thursday met with US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter during a courtesy call in Malacañang Palace. Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin and Foreign Affairs Secretary Jose Rene Almendras joined President Aquino during his meeting with Carter. The American defense chief, who arrived in the country on Wednesday, was accompanied by US Ambassador to the Philippines Philip Goldberg; Ambassador David Shear, US assistant secretary of defense; Eric Rosenbach, […]
MANILA,Philippines (AFP) – US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said he would visit a warship close to flashpoint waters of the South China Sea on Friday, as Beijing reacted defiantly to an American military build-up in area. “Later today, I will visit the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis, sailing in the South China Sea, after some of its sailors and Marines participated with you in Balikatan,” Carter said in Manila, referring to annual war games […]
Eagle News – Himutok pa ng mga militante ang mga mahihirap na magsasakang dumadaing ng gutom ang hinuli at ikunulong habang ang kagaya ni Janet Lim Napoles pinalalaya Isang sulat naman ang ipinarating ng Grupong Gabriella sa kalihim ng Department of Justice. Hiling nila ang pagpapalaya sa anim na Senior Citizen at tatlong babaeng buntis na hinuli at ikinulong at kinasuhan ng Direct Assault. Paliwanag ng grupo walang kakayanan ang mga matatanda at buntis sa […]
by Shingo ITO Nine people were killed after a powerful earthquake hit southern Japan, toppling homes, sparking fires and injuring hundreds, officials said Friday, as rescuers scrambled to find residents feared trapped in rubble. Tens of thousands of people fled their homes after the 6.5-magnitude quake struck the southwestern island of Kyushu, buckling roads and leaving lumps of broken concrete strewn in the streets. Dozens of aftershocks followed the quake, which hit on Thursday evening […]
by Jung Ha-Won SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — North Korea tried and failed to test-fire what appeared to be a medium-range Musudan missile on the birthday of founding leader Kim Il-Sung Friday, a high-profile misstep after Pyongyang claimed a series of breakthroughs in its nuclear weapons program. There had been widespread intelligence reports in recent days that the North was preparing a first-ever flight test of the Musudan, believed to be capable of striking US […]
