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The Philippine National Police – Highway Patrol Group targets the installation of tougher barriers as well as steel fences in all of the yellow bus lanes in EDSA to prevent vehicles, private or public to use the lanes that are not for them. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos) https://youtu.be/g3VQfSPPJjU
Only President Benigno S. Aquino’s signature is needed for the Customs Modernization and Tariff Act or CMTA to fully become a law, after it was ratified by both the Senate and the House of Representatives. Said law aims to end corruption by automating the customs and tariff administration. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)
In the signing of the memorandum of agreement for a clean and green election between the Commission on Elections, the Metro Manila Development Authority and the Department of Public Works and Highways, COMELEC Chairman Andres Bautista asks the public to join in the shame campaign against candidates that will post campaign materials outside the legally mandated common poster area. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno, Uploaded by MRFaith […]
According to the United States Ambassador Philip Goldberg, the US is strictly monitoring the threat of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria in the Philippines as well as other nations in South East Asia. Goldberg added that the US is monitoring the activities of groups that expressed support for ISIS, including the Abu Sayyaf Group. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)
United States Ambassador Philip Goldberg asked the government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front to continue talks as well as to show unity despite the failure of the Bangsamoro Basic Law’s passage in the last day of session of the Congress. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos) https://youtu.be/mGSGlrFv3zM
United States Ambassador to the Philippines, Philip Goldberg said that the US is looking into the possibility of conducting joint patrols in the disputed territories in the West Philippine Sea. Goldberg added that it has always been the principle of the US to ensure the freedom of navigation in the West Philippine Sea and that said proposed joint patrol has nothing to do with the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA) between the Philippines and the […]
According to the Senate sub-committee on public services led by Senator Grace Poe, Department of Transportation and Communications Secretary Joseph Emilio Abaya should be charged with graft in connection with the multi-billion dollar maintenance contract entered into by said Department. em>(Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)
The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration included the information regarding the Zika virus in its pre-departure orientation seminar for overseas Filipino workers. According to the POEA, this is the only step that it can currently take as it is still waiting for the alert level to be issued by the Department of Health and the Department of Foreign Affairs before it can implement a deployment ban. The Zika virus is currently affecting areas in central and […]
According to Bayan-Muna party-list representative Neri Colmenares, there is a big chance of overriding President Noynoy Aquino’s veto of the proposed SSS pension hike in the resumption of the session of the Congress on May 20. Colmenares added that many lawmakers have shown support in overriding said veto. em>(Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)</em>
Based on the decision issued by the Commission on Elections en banc, the voting time on May 9, 2016 will last only for 10 hours, with the polling precincts opening at 7 in the morning and closing at 5 in the afternoon. However, the COMELEC clarified that those who are within the 30-meter radius from the polling precinct can still vote even after 5 in the afternoon. em>(Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, […]
DEFENSE Secretary Ash Carter on Wednesday (February 03) said the U.S. Navy would buy more high-end submarines, destroyers, fighter jets and unmanned underwater vehicles in coming years, using $8 billion saved by scaling back orders for smaller, less capable Littoral Combat Ships. Carter said the Pentagon’s five-year budget plan also included $2.9 billion to modify Raytheon Co’s new SM-6 missiles for use as powerful anti-ship weapons and buy 625 more of the weapons, which are […]
RESEARCHERS in Panama have developed a possible strategy to combat the spread of the Zika through the release of sterile male mosquitoes to combat population numbers of the virus-carrying insect. The Gorgas Institute for Health Studies (ICGES) in Panama came across the idea last year when they were doing research on the Aedes aegypti mosquito to tackle dengue and chikungunya. According to the findings, the release of genetically-modified Aedes aegypti male mosquitoes into the female population […]
