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South Korea resumes broadcasting propaganda towards North Korea

South Korea unleashed a high-decibel propaganda barrage across its border with North Korea on Friday (January 8) in retaliation for its nuclear test, a step that has angered the isolated North in the past. Seoul decided to restart the broadcasts against Pyongyang after Pyongyang announced this week that it had successfully tested a hydrogen nuclear device. The broadcasts, in rolling bursts from walls of loudspeakers at 11 locations along the heavily militarised border, blare rhetoric […]

Bagong barangay chapel ng Iglesia Ni Cristo sa Capiz pinasinayaan

Muli, isang bagong barangay chapel ng Iglesia Ni Cristo ang pinasinayaan sa lalawigan ng Capiz. Matatandaan na noong nakaraang araw lamang ay pinasinayaan ang barangay chapel sa barangay Lawaan, Sitio San Jose. Ngayon naman ay pinasinayaan ang barangay chapel na matatagpuan sa West Villaflores, sa San Antonio Maayon, Capiz. Ang pagpapasinaya ay pinangunahan ni Kapatid na Ceasar S. Almedina ang District Minister ng Capiz. (Agila Probinsya Correspondent Andress Ocampo)

Early campaign costs, criticized

A senatorial candidate criticized the costs of the early campaign conducted by the top three presidential candidates. The total expenditures of said presidentiables have reached a total of Php 2 billion. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)

AFP targets to submit IPSP this year

The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) admitted that it may not be able to meet its timeline for the achievement of the Internal Peace and Security Plan in 2016 which includes as one of its goals the total elimination of insurgency in the Philippines. Said plan was interpreted last 2010. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)

Napeñas no longer credible witness – Erice

According to the Liberal Party’s Vice Chairman for Political Affairs, Caloocan Representative Edgar Erice, former PNP Special Action Force Director Getulio Napeñas is no longer a credible witness in the new investigation to be conducted by the Senate regarding the Mamasapano incident due to Napeñas’ connection with Vice-President Jejomar Binay. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)

OFWs in Saudi Arabia want to go home

According to the Blas Ople Center, the government should implement a deployment ban to stop the sending of new overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) to Saudi Arabia as the situation continues to worsen between Saudi Arabia and Iran. Said center added that several OFWs in Saudi Arabia are now asking help to go back to the Philippines. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)

MRT suffers new systems failure

The Metro Railway Transit or MRT-3 suffered another systems failure, to the detriment of commuters. Chairman of the Senate Sub-Committee on Transportation, Senator Grace Poe criticized the Aquino administration for said failure, adding that the government should take responsibility and stop blaming the past administration. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)

LTO files motion for reconsideration to release license plates

The Land Transportation Office plans to file a motion for reconsideration in the Commission of Audit in order to release the license plates. The LTO has a backlog of 3 million license plates after the COA disallowed funds for the same. The LTO targets the release of said license plates before the end of the President Aquino’s term. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos) […]

Showbiz pillar, German Moreno dies at 82

Considered as one of the pillars of the showbiz industry, veteran host German Moreno died at the age of 82 due to cardiac arrest. <em>(Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)</em>

House of Representatives will not reinvestigate Mamasapano incident

According to House Majority Leader Neptali Gonzales, unlike the Senate, the House of Representatives will not conduct a re-investigation of the tragic event in Mamasapano which resulted in the death of 44 Special Action Forces commandos. Gonzales added that there are some congressmen who asked for said re-investigation but it should not be allowed because there is no confirmation that any of said congressmen have in their hands the alleged additional information possessed by Senator […]

Asian shares open calmer after China circuit breaker axed

China’s major stock indexes opened higher on Friday (January 8) after Beijing ditched a circuit breaker mechanism that halted trading twice this week when share prices tumbled and had been blamed for exacerbating the market sell-offs. The People’s Bank of China also raised its guidance rate for the yuan for the first time in nine trading days, having allowed the currency’s biggest fall in five months on Thursday (January 7), sending shivers through regional currencies […]