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MANILA, Feb. 10 (PIA) — The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is set to conduct mock elections on 13 February 2016 in 20 cities and municipalities nationwide, in preparation for the 9 May 2016 National and Local Elections. The objective of the mock elections is (1) to test and ensure the adequate security, accuracy, system and functional capability and integrity of the vote counting machines (VCM), transmission devices, and consolidation and canvassing system (CCS); (2) to […]
by Odessa Cruz Eagle News Service MAGUINDANAO, Philippines — Lumagda sa isang peace covenant ang mga tumatakbong kandidato para sa darating na 2016 election sa bayan ng Pagalungan, Maguindanao. Ayon kay Municipal Election officer Lunamer Gargara, dinaluhan ang nasabing covenant signing ng magkatunggaling mayoralty bets na sina incumbent Pagalungan Mayor Salik Mamasabulod at nagbabalik pulitikang si Datu Jimmy Matalam kasama ang iba pang tatakbo sa pagka Vice Mayor at councilors ng bayan. Dumalo rin sa peace covenant signing sina Maguindanao provincial […]
QUEZON City, Philippines — Pumapalo na sa 72 kongresista ang lumagda sa petisyon para i-override ang veto ni Pangulong Benigno S. Aquino III sa panukalang itaas ang pensyon ng mga pensioner ng Social Security System (SSS). Ayon kay Bayan Muna Partylist Representative Neri Colmenares, positibo siyang makakakuha sila ng kailangang 192 lagda bago ang pagbabalik ng sesyon sa may 23 para sa canvassing ng mga boto. Sinabi ni Colmenares na kabilang din sa mga handang […]
QUEZON City, Philippines — May napili nang substitution candidate ang partido ng pumanaw na presidential candidate na si dating Ambassador Roy Señeres. Siya ay si Atty. Apolonia Comia-Soguilon, na una nang idineklarang nuisance candidate ng Commission on Elections (COMELEC). (Eagle News Service)
https://youtu.be/tpQAVpqCbx8 MANILA, Philippines — Kasado na ang “nationwide walkout” ng iba’t-ibang grupo ng mga kabataan laban sa pagtaas ng matrikula. Itinakda ito sa Pebrero 24 at Marso 11. Ayon kay Anakbayan Chairperson Vencer Crisostomo, ilulunsad ang walkout makaraang isapubliko ng kabataan partylist group ang isinagawa nilang pag-aaral kung saan lumalabas na dumoble ang tuition rates ng iba’t-ibang paaralan sa panahon ng administrasyong Aquino. Nakaamba ang pagtataas ng matrikula sa halos 400 pribadong kolehiyo sa buong […]
QUEZON City, Philippines — Sisimulan na ng Commission on Elections (COMELEC) ang pagpapatupad ng “oplan baklas” o pagtatanggal ng mga campaign poster na wala sa designated areas at lumalabag sa iba pang patakaran. Nakahanda naman ang Philippine National Police (PNP) na magbigay ng seguridad sa mga tauhan ng COMELEC o sa anumang ahensya na naatasan ng Comelec na magpatupad ng oplan baklas. (Eagle News Service)
Winds bolstered by climate change will slow flights between North America and Europe, boosting fuel costs and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions — which caused the problem in the first place, researchers said Wednesday. Climate change will speed up the jet stream, a high-altitude wind blowing from west to east across the Atlantic ocean, they wrote in the Institute of Physics journal Environmental Research Letters. “The bad news for passengers is that westbound flights will be […]
North Korea, which conducted its fourth nuclear test last month and launched a long-range rocket on Saturday, could begin to recover plutonium from a restarted nuclear reactor within weeks, the director of U.S. National Intelligence said on Tuesday. James Clapper said that in 2013, following its third nuclear test, North Korea announced its intention to “refurbish and restart” facilities at its Yongbyon nuclear complex, to include the uranium enrichment facility and its graphite-moderated plutonium production […]
The mayor of Hawaii’s Big Island declared a state of emergency on Monday to deal with a growing outbreak of dengue fever, spread by infected mosquitoes, with 250 cases confirmed over the past four months. As a result of Hawaii County Mayor Billy Kenoi’s order people on the Big Island will be allowed to resume disposing of old tires in landfills, since tires which are left lying around are a known breeding spot for mosquitoes. […]
TOKYO, Japan (Reuters) — The Japanese Parliament on Tuesday (February 9) adopted a resolution condemning North Korea’s rocket launch and vowed to impose stronger sanction against Pyongyang. “North Korea pushed ahead with the launch of a ballistic missile. It’s a conduct that can be never accepted and is a clear violation of the U.N. Security Council resolutions,” Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said in parliament on Tuesday. North Korea’s launch of a long-range rocket carrying […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — The rocket launched by North Korea at the weekend seemed more powerful than its 2012 predecessor, but Pyongyang still lacks the expertise to transform it into a ballistic missile capable of reaching the US mainland, South Korean officials said Tuesday. The comments came as leaders of South Korea, the United States and Japan discussed how to punish the North for its latest defiant launch and nuclear test, eyeing “strong and […]
The Department Of Transportation and Communications said, President Benigno Aquino has signed deals that allow Philippine carriers to fly unlimited frequencies to and beyond the capital cities of the ASEAN member-countries. DOTC Secretary Joseph Emilio Abaya said that protocols 5 and 6 of the ASEAN Multilateral Agreement in Air Services (MAAS) were inked on February 3. This provides unlimited access to any point within the ASEAN area. The government targets to have new flights operational […]
