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ANOTHER Filipino boxer, Charly Suarez, has earned ticket to the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro after beating Chinese bet Jun Shan in the ongoing Aiba Asian/Oceanian Olympic qualifying tournament in Qian’an, Hebei province, China. Suarez shattered the nose of Shan in the first round and forced his retirement before the start of the third in the lightweight division to join light flyweight Rogen Ladon in the gold medal bout and the plane bound […]
PASAY City, Philippines — According to the Overseas secretariat of the Department of Foreign Affairs, there are almost 7 million Filipinos that are qualified registered overseas voters. (Eagle News Service)
MANILA, Philippines — Mahigit sa dalawang libong Filipino nurses ang kailangan ngayon sa Kuwait. Ito ay ayon sa Philippine Association of Service Exporters Incorporated o PASEI. Sinabi ni Elsa Villa, Presidente ng PASEI na sakaling ma-hire, ang entry level ng Filipino nurses ay posibleng tumanggap ng minimum monthly compensation na 900 dolyar o mahigit sa 40 libong piso. Ayon kay Villa, sinabihan sila ng labor minister at grupo ng mga pribadong korporasyon sa Kuwait na itatayo […]
by Sailendra Sil KOLKATA, India (AFP) — Emergency workers battled through the night into Friday to reach dozens of people still believed trapped under a flyover that collapsed in India, killing at least 22 others. Specialist rescue teams were using heavy cutting machinery and drills to reach an unknown number of people buried under the 100-metre (330-feet) section of road in Kolkata. Gruesome pictures showed limbs and bloodied bodies sticking out from underneath huge slabs […]
North Korea fired another short-range missile off its east coast on Friday, South Korean officials said, as regional leaders met in Washington to discuss the threat of Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons programme. It was the latest in a series of North Korean missile launches during what has been an extended period of elevated military tension on the Korean peninsula, triggered by Pyongyang’s fourth nuclear test on January 6. The launch came as the South Korean coastguard […]
Beijing, China (AFP)—China’s manufacturing activity expanded in March for the first time in nine months, official data showed Friday. The official Purchasing Managers’ Index, which tracks activity in factories and workshops, rebounded to 50.2 last month, figures from the National Bureau of Statistics showed. It was the highest figure in nine months and the first expansion of manufacturing activity since June 2015. The result beat the median expectations of 49.4 in a Bloomberg News survey […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — Beijing’s defence ministry on Thursday warned the US navy to “be careful” in the South China Sea and slammed a newly signed agreement between Washington and the Philippines. Earlier this month, Manila agreed to give US forces access to five military bases, including some close to the disputed South China Sea, where tensions have risen over Beijing’s assertion of its territorial claims. China claims virtually all the South China Sea despite […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — More than $4.5 million of tens of millions recently stolen from Bangladesh and funneled into Philippine casinos was recovered Thursday, as a lawmaker in Manila said almost half the haul could still be salvaged. On February 5, unidentified hackers shifted $81 million from the Bangladesh central bank’s account with the US Federal Reserve to a nondescript bank in Manila, and then to the casinos where the trail went cold. Representatives for […]
by Andrew BEATTY WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President Barack Obama opened a meeting with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping with a promise of “candid” discussion over Beijing’s suspected military buildup in the South China Sea. “We will have candid exchanges about areas where we have differences, issues like human rights, cyber and maritime issues,” Obama said as he sat across the conference table from his Chinese counterpart. US officials have expressed concern that […]
(Eagle News) — Ipauubaya na ng Blue Ribbon Committee sa Bangko Sentral Ng Pilipinas (BSP) at sa Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) ang turnover ng mababawing pera mula sa ninakaw na $81 million mula sa bangko ng Bangladesh. Ito ang inihayag ni Senator Teofisto “TG” Guingona, chairman ng Blue Ribbon Committee matapos ang resulta ng imbestigasyon sa money laundering scam. Iginiit ni Guingona na dahil sa senate hearing, nangako ang negosyanteng si Kim Wong na isasauli nito […]
MANILA, Philippines – According to Presidential Communication Secretary Sonny Coloma, President Benigno S. Aquino III signed the Republic Act 10754 or the Exemption of Person with Disability from Value-Added Tax, which was authored by Senator Ralph Recto and Leyte Representative Martin Romualdez. Said act provides that PWDs are now exempted from paying VAT on medical and dental fees, funeral and burial services as well as cinemas and amusement parks. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay […]
NEGROS Island, Philippines – According to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, Mount Kanlaon continues to spew ash, with said ash reaching several barangays in the Negros Island. In the past 24 hours, four volcanic earthquakes were recorded by PHILVOCS. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)
