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QUEZON City, Philippines, Sept. 1 (Eagle News) — The administration and independent minority bloc in the House of Representatives joined forces to protest the proposed increase in the value-added tax by the Department of Finance, saying that it makes no sense to lower the income tax of laborers then subject them to high VAT rates. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)
MANILA, Philippines, Sept. 1 (Eagle News) — The Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) secured the services of a British consultancy firm to help solve the problem of air traffic congestion in the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA). Said move is part of the optimization plan for the NAIA. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos) https://youtu.be/w_O9CLDHnpM
MANILA, Philippines, Sept. 1 (Eagle News) — The oil company, Petron implemented a price roll back on its liquefied petroleum gas products starting midnight today. Eastern Petroleum also implemented price rollback on its petroleum products. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)
QUEZON City, Philippines, Sept. 1 (Eagle News) — According to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA), the Philippines will experience warm and humid “-ber” months due to the strong effects of the El Niño phenomenon, contrary to the normal cold weather experienced by the country with the coming of said months. <em>(Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)</em>
SEPT. 1 (Reuters) — Footage released by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty on Monday (August 31) appears to show a suspect hurling a grenade which killed one and injured nearly 90 outside Ukraine’s parliament. A Ukrainian national guardsman died on Monday (August 31) during violent protests outside parliament in Kiev, as lawmakers voted to give more autonomy to rebel-held areas in the east of the country. Interior Minister Arsen Avakov said in a tweet that nearly […]
SEPT.1 (Reuters) — The hard-line Islamic State group has destroyed part of an ancient temple in Syria’s Palmyra city, a group monitoring the conflict said on Sunday (August 30). The militants targeted the Temple of Bel, a Roman-era structure in the central desert city, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. It is the second temple Islamic State has targeted in Palmyra this month. The group detonated explosives in the ancient Baal Shamin temple on […]
MANILA, Sept. 1 — Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman Andy Bautista today revealed that while the Commission will certainly bid out the refurbishment and upgrade of the existing 82,000 precinct count optical scan (PCOS) machines for the 2019 mid-term elections, it is still looking at the possibility of refurbishing some of these equipment to augment the new machines it will lease for the May 2016 elections. Though the Comelec has signed a lease agreement with Smartmatic for the use of […]
Peru conducted a national drill on Monday (August 31) to prepare the South American country for predicted natural disasters from a strengthening El Niño weather phenomena that officials have predicted to be “extraordinary”. El Niño is the periodic warming of sea-surface temperatures in the Pacific. This phenomenon is strengthening and is likely to peak in three to seven months’ time, the Australian Bureau of Meteorology said. Coastal Peruvian cities like Tumbes and Piura were put […]
SEPT. 1 (Reuters) — U.S. stocks ended the day lower on worries about China’s economy and the timing of a U.S. interest rate hike. Investors now await new economic reports for signals that might influence the Federal Reserve. S&P Capital IQ’s Sam Stovall: “I think, data this week is fairly key, because we heard from three of the FOMC voting members last week, all of whom are a bit hawkish, and were saying, look, the […]
MANILA, Philippines, August 31 (Eagle News) — Members of the Iglesia Ni Cristo, who joined the assembly in Edsa-Shaw, peacefully left the area following the official statement of Brother Bienvenido Santiago that the Iglesia Ni Cristo and the government has finally come to an amicable settlement. Most of the members are now on their way back to their different provinces. And though some of the members of the Iglesia Ni Cristo have yet to reach […]
MANILA, Philippines, August 31 (Eagle News) — Malacañang thanked the leaders of the Iglesia Ni Cristo for directing their members to withdraw from their gathering sites. In a press statement, Presidential Spokesperson Edwin Lacierda said and we quote: “We appreciate the INC leadership’s directives for the withdrawal of their members from their gathering sites”. Lacierda added that they were thankful that no serious injuries came about in the past few days, and that the public […]
MANDALUYONG, August 31 — Members of the Iglesia Ni Cristo have cleaned the area where they held their peaceful assembly first, before heading home. Just like what they did before leaving Padre Faura, the first area where the INC held their peaceful assembly, members of the Iglesia Ni Cristo picked-up and cleaned their own trash before leaving Edsa-Shaw. INC members occupied parts of Edsa on Thursday night as part of their protest against the supposed […]
