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Japanese residents evacuate due to flood

TOKYO, Japan – Due to severe flooding, 200, 000 residents of the northern portion of capital city of Tokyo were evacuated. Said flooding was caused by non-stop rains, the most severe experienced by said country. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)

Young man in China suffers from premature aging condition

BEIJING, China, September 11 (Eagle News) — A 30-year old man in China looks like an 80-year old due to what medical experts say is a premature aging condition. Said experts added that the said condition is incurable. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)

Senate promotes decentralization

MANILA, Philippines, September 11 (Eagle News) — According to Senator Alan Peter Cayetano, it is not the construction of new roads and bridges that will resolve the worsening traffic situation in Metro Manila but economic development in the provinces. Cayetano is now promoting the creation of the Philippine Decentralization Committee to achieve said provincial economic development. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)

DOJ confirms new version of Mamasapano incident

MANILA, Philippines, September 11 (Eagle News) — According to Justice Secretary Leila De Lima, the Department of Justice (DOJ) is verifying the new version of the Mamasapano incident, with said verification causing the delay in the investigation of the said incident. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)

Philippines and South Korea start 3 day naval exercises

MANILA, Philippines, September 11 (Eagle News) — The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) and its South Korean counterpart started their 3-day naval exercises which focused on law enforcement against pirates and smugglers. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)

Congress seeks to exempt workers earning less than P180,000 from paying taxes

QUEZON CITY, Sep. 11 — Workers earning less than P180,000 annually would no longer have to pay income tax once the House Bill reducing individual and personal income taxes becomes a law. The House of Representatives Committee on Ways and Means’ Technical Working Group is now finalizing the consolidated version of the bill after 11 public hearings. Committee Vice-Chair Sharon S. Garin explains that the bill is meant to increase the take-home pay of employees in […]

Loanable amount for Pag-ibig members will increase

MANILA, Philippines, September 11 (Eagle News) — According to the Pag-ibig, its members can now expect higher loanable amounts while at the same time paying smaller interest rate. Said fund prided itself on the fact that said positive developments were brought about without an increase in the monthly premium of the members. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)

Water interruption will still push through despite rains

METRO Manila, Philippines, September 11 (Eagle News) — According to the water utility companies, despite the daily rainfall, said companies will still implement a rotational water interruption next week because the water in Angat and Ipo Dams still fall short of the ideal water level. Said companies added that the government should construct more dams to guarantee the water supply of Metro Manila. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos) https://youtu.be/T8gHZ9UVFKM

No increase in honorarium for teachers in 2016 election

MANILA, Philippines, September 11 (Eagle News) — According to the Commission on Elections (COMELEC), there will be no increase in the honorarium received by teachers serving as Board of Election Inspectors in the coming 2016 election. The commission explained that the Department of Budget Management did not include said increase in the Php 20 billion – budget of the COMELEC due to a pending bill regarding the matter. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho […]

Aquino boasts of economic achievements at APEC meet; praises Cebu Action Plan

(Eagle News) — President Aquino on Thursday (Sept. 10) told finance ministers attending the Asia Pacific Economic Conference (APEC) in Cebu province of the Philippine experience in mounting an economic turn-around that the government under his watch was able to do, and equated this to the promise of economic prosperity that APEC brings. Addressing the start of the two-day APEC Finance Ministers Meeting at the Shangrila Hotel in Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu, the President boasted of his administration’s achievements […]

Apple’s latest product push

SEPTEMBER 11 (Eagle News) — Apple wants you to spend a lot more time looking at screens. They were everywhere at the company’s big special event in San Francisco. New iPhones, a bigger iPad, the iPad Pro, and new features on its watches and the biggest screen of them all: Apple tv. “I think, the TV was the buried lead here. I think, the idea of having a new, more apple-like TV experience is going […]

Cine Europa Frenzy continues on its 18th year

SEPTEMBER 11 (Eagle News) — Cine Europa celebrates its 18th year, fittingly, with the theme “coming of age”. The “debutante” was heralded with a socializing event for its European and Philippine partners, followed by remarks from honored guests and its first film-screening for 2015 in Mandaluyong City on September 9. During its two-month run, Cine Europa will screen twenty-three films from eighteen European countries. Venues in 10 different cities all over the Philippines are lined […]