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According to Presidential Communications Secretary Sonny Coloma, the National Printing Office is all set to print the official ballots that will be used in the May 9 elections. Coloma added that last election, the NPO was able to print the official ballots three weeks before the deadline. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos) https://youtu.be/UyWhNaHfLXQ
MAYNILAD Water has intensified its anti-dengue campaign by holding series of workshops in its concession areas for some 1,000 families to help curb dengue cases in Metro Manila with the use of a simple ‘Do-It-Yourself Anti-Dengue Mosquito Trap.’ Maynilad, together with the Department of Health (DOH) and Y&R Philippines, will visit 10 barangays in Muntinlupa, Parañaque and Quezon City to teach families how to prepare the anti-dengue mosquito trap. The workshops are being conducted in barangays […]
MANILA, Feb. 5 — The Department of Public Works and Highways-National Capital Region (DPWH-NCR) will undertake reblocking and road repair on the south bound, 2nd lane from sidewalk of C.P. Garcia Street from Ma. Regidor Street to F. Florentino Street in Quezon City effective 11 PM of February 5, Friday to 5 AM of February 9, Tuesday. Affected motorists are advised to take the following alternate routes: Magiting Street; Maginhawa Street; and R. Magsaysay Avenue […]
The National Printing Office (NPO) is ready to accept the job order of the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) for the printing of the official ballots to be used in the May elections, Communications Secretary Sonny Coloma Jr. said Thursday. The NPO is expecting the job order from the COMELEC on February 8. “The National Printing Office, an attached agency of the Presidential Communications Operations Office (pursuant to Executive Order No. 4, s. 2010), is fully prepared […]
U.S. President Barack Obama met with Colombia’s President Juan Manual Santos on Thursday (February 04) and said he will ask the U.S. Congress for more than $450 million in aid to help Colombia implement a peace accord aimed at ending Latin America’s longest war. Obama met with Santos at the White House where the two leaders held a joint press conference. “We all know that it’s easier to start wars than end them. But after […]
THE Red Cross said on Thursday (4 February) it had delivered food for more than 12,000 people to the besieged Syrian town of Mouadamiya near Damascus. The supplies are enough for only three weeks and regular access was needed, the agency said. Local resident Um Ahmad said she was in dire need of fuel to keep herself and her children warm. “There is no source of heating, no firewood, my children and I are on […]
(Reuters) — The Los Angeles (L.A.) County Department of Public Health held a news conference on Wednesday (February 3) during which officials named objectives that the country should adopt as precautionary measures against the Zika virus. “We can see that with aggressive efforts to try to control the virus and control the factor in other locations, it is continuing to spread,” Jeffrey Gunzenhauser Los Angeles (L.A.) County Interim Health Officer, said. “Our focus needs […]
Malacañang shrugged off the apparent favorable statement of Supreme Court chief justice Maria Lourdes Sereno on foundlings like presidential bet, Senator Grace Poe. Presidential Spokesperson Edwin Lacierda said it would be best to wait for the SC’s decision on the disqualification case against Poe and “not rely on the opinion of a single individual.” The high court has been hearing Poe’s case after the commission on elections disqualified her as a presidential candidate for not […]
THE Commission on Elections first division unanimously denied the four disqualification cases filed against presidential candidates Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte for lack of merit. The disqualification cases were separately filed by broadcasters Ruben Castor, Rizalito David, Ely Pamatong and John Paulo Delas Nieves. All four petitions principally questioned validity of Duterte’s substitution for Martin Diño, claiming that the latter’s certificate of candidacy (COC) for president was invalid. (Eagle News Service)
Goldberg said the United States and the Philippines both have deep interest in ensuring freedom of navigation and he is not discarding the possibility of joint patrols in the area. Two U.S. warships have sailed by China-claimed islands in the Spratly and Paracel island chains since October. Foreign affairs secretary Albert Del Rosario said last week the officials discussing possible joint patrols were looking at an area within the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone. Tensions have […]
WITH just 11 days to go before the United States-ASEAN Summit gets underway, officials on both sides of the pacific are preparing for the two-day event which will bring together U.S. President Barack Obama and leaders from the 10 ASEAN countries. The first stand-alone United States-ASEAN Summit will be on February 15 to 16. The meeting was called when ASEAN and the U.S. upgraded their level of cooperation from dialogue partner to strategic partner in […]
According to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA), 13 provinces in Mindanao, 13 provinces in Visayas and three provinces in Luzon will experience drought while 15 provinces will experience dry spell this February due to the effects of El Niño. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos) https://youtu.be/HcJW_TPUbjI
