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QUEZON City, Philippines, Aug 3 (Eagle News) — The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) will send 90,000 personnel to 42,000 barangays all over the Philippines to gather census data for the 2015 Population Census. Said activity is important because the collected data will be used for the formulation of future government plans as well as the national budget. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)
MANILA, Philippines, Aug 3 (Eagle News) – Starting September, the Land Transportation and Franchising Regulatory Board (LTFRB) will require public buses to install global positioning system devices to enable said government agency to electronically monitor the speed of buses. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos) https://youtu.be/JklkBVITbfY
MANILA, Philippines, Aug 3 (Eagle News) – Labor and Employment Secretary Rosalina Baldoz is asking everyone to participate in the remaining job fairs that will be conducted by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE). The said department will conduct 46 job fairs in the August-September period. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos) https://youtu.be/iumg9Crb1ag
MANILA,Philippines, Aug 3 (Eagle News) — Social Welfare and Development Secretary Dinky Soliman defended the slow rehabilitation process of areas struck by super-typhoon Yolanda, saying that there is a lack of structural engineers as well as the slow liquidation process of the local government. This is in response to the criticism of the United Nations regarding said slow rehabilitation. <em>(Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)</em> https://youtu.be/s_iPrtbkvag
(Eagle News) — President Aquino has said that he would not want Interior and Local Government Secretary Mar Roxas to leave his department just yet as he would still have to finish pending work there. After gracing the 111th anniversary of the Bureau of Internal Revenue, Aquino hinted he would not want Roxas to resign just yet as head of the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG). “I might prevail on him to stay […]
MANILA, Philippines, Aug 3 (Eagle News) — Social Welfare and Development Secretary Dinky Soliman admitted that there is still a shortage of permanent shelters in areas struck by super-typhoon Yolanda. This is first observed by the United Nations, adding that Yolanda victims also refused to relocate to the permanent shelters due to the lack of water and electricity. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)
(Eagle News) — Malacanang said that the Sultan of Oman has issued a “royal pardon” to two overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) convicted for criminal offenses. The Palace said President Aquino himself thanked His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said, the Sultan of Oman, for issuing the royal pardon to two OFWs whom Malacanang did not name. “Nagpapasalamat po ang ating Pangulo at pamahalaan kay Sultan of Oman, His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said, sa kanyang pagbibigay […]
Vice President Jejomar Binay Sr., is set to deliver his “True State of the Nation Address” (TSONA), a week after the State of the Nation Address (SONA) of President Benigno S. Aquino III. Said “True SONA” will be held at the Cavite State University on Monday afternoon. (Eagle News Service)
MANILA, Philippines, Aug. 3 (Eagle News) — Good news for motorists. A big time price rollback in petroleum products is expected to be implemented this week. Gasoline prices may hover from P0.40 to P0.70 per liter; P0.90 to P1.05 per liter of diesel and P0.70 to P0.90 per liter of kerosene. Said big-time oil price cut down was due to the decreasing demand in the world market. (Eagle News Service) https://youtu.be/3pXgy7xQTVI
(Eagle News) – A safer and disaster-resilient ASEAN. This was the goal of the recently concluded six-month training of disaster management officers from the members countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. “As ASEAN is moving towards realizing the vision of One ASEAN, One Response, the AHA Centre as the knowledge hub for disaster management in ASEAN shall continue to implement the ACE Programme to provide […]
(Reuters) — Rio de Janeiro is up against the clock to finish preparations for the 2016 Olympic Games as the one year countdown begins amidst construction setbacks and the discovery of harmful viruses in the water at one of the main venues. The first of three phases of test events is already underway. The test events focus on open-air events for athletes to acclimatise to conditions similar to those of the August Games and is […]
(Eagle News) — Researchers recently found a promising vaccine against the deadly Ebola virus which was tested in Guinea where it was found to be 100 percent effective, according to the World Health Organization. The vaccine called VSV-EBOV was found to be “highly effective against Ebola” based on the results from an interim analysis of the Guinea Phase II efficacy vaccine trial. The independent body of international experts – the Data and Safety Monitoring Board […]
