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PANGASINAN, Philippines, August 27 (Eagle News) — Several areas in Pangasinan remain flooded after the San Roque Dam released water due to continuing rain. Areas near the coast suffer worse conditions as the high tide aggravated the flood. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)
MANILA, Philippines, August 27 (Eagle News) — The government will lose Php 3.1 billion if the “no remittance day” declared by overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) pushes through. The “no remittance day” was declared in protest of the random inspection policy conducted by the Bureau of Customs against balikbayan boxes. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)
MANILA, Philippines, August 27 (Eagle News) — The Commission on Election (COMELEC) targets signing of contract with SLI Global Solutions for the checking of the source code which will serve as the blueprint for the technology to be used in the 2016 elections. The contract is said to be worth Php 35 million. The COMELEC added that the checking of source code will be open to the public. <em>(Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho […]
AUGUST 27 (Reuters) — They’re known as man’s best friend; but dogs could soon also be their greatest ally in the fight against prostate cancer. Britain’s National Health Service (NHS) recently approved a trial for dogs capable of sniffing out prostate cancer in the hope that it could show up inaccuracies in the current PSA (prostate specific antigen) test. It’s long been known that a dog’s remarkable sense of smell can detect minute odors known […]
AUGUST 27 (CCTV) — China has taken criminal compulsory measures against 11 officials and detained 12 suspects for criminal offenses over the warehouse blasts in north China’s port city Tianjin which killed 139 people and devastated the port area, the Supreme People’s Procuratorate and the Ministry of Public Security said on Thursday. According to the Criminal Procedure Law, compulsory measures include summons by force, bail, residential surveillance, detention and arrest. The Supreme People’s Procuratorate is […]
(Eagle News) – “The least we can expect from the Department of Justice – is justice.” The Iglesia Ni Cristo gave this statement today as it called on the DOJ to focus its energy in pursuing justice for the fallen members of the Special Action Force where it said two of those killed were INC members, instead of harassing the INC on what it said were false allegations of its expelled members. In a press […]
QUEZON City, Philippines, August 26 (Eagle News) — The Philippine National Police (PNP) is now translating the Miranda Rights into four other languages to respect the rights of foreigners who were being arrested in the jurisdiction of the country. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)
QUEZON City, Philippines, August 26 (Eagle News) — In the face of the proposal that shopping malls be used as voting precincts in addition to public schools, the Philippine National Police (PNP) said that it is open to giving additional training to security guards so that they can augment the PNP in their duties during the 2016 election. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)
MANILA, Philippines, August 26 (Eagle News) — Vice President Jejomar Binay reacted to the new allegations of anomalies that arose from the continuation of the Senate probe against him, admitting that some of the senior citizen beneficiaries are not residents of Makati City but are able to give their service to said city. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)
MANILA, Philippines, August 26 (Eagle News) — Thousands of senior citizens beneficiaries in Makati City that benefited from then Makati Mayor and now Vice President Jejomar Binay’s programs are missing, as the Senate Blue Ribbon sub-committee continues its probe on the alleged anomalies against Binay. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)
MANILA, Philippines, August 26 (Eagle News) — The Malacañang said that the government does not want to oppress the overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and in response to the threat of “no remittance day”, added that it is the right of the OFWs to whether or not send money to their relatives here in the Philippines. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)
MANILA, Philippines, August 26 (Eagle News) — Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) group Migrante said that they will hold a “no remittance day” on August 28 as a protest against the random inspection policy that was almost implemented by the Bureau of Customs (BOC) against balikbayan boxes. Although the policy did not push through, Migrante believes that the fight of the OFW over the issue is not over as the BOC continues to look for ways […]
