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The Palace has assured the public that President Benigno S. Aquino III’s overall health condition is good. “Sa pagkabatid ko naman po ang kanya lang naging concern kahapon ay ‘yung vertigo at ito lang ang dahilan kung bakit dumiretso siya doon sa podium ng House of Representatives. Maayos naman po ang kanyang overall health condition,” Communication Secretary Herminio Coloma, Jr. told reporters during a press briefing in Malacañang. Secretary Coloma also noted that the President […]
(Reuters) — A funny thing happens when you open up a Dr. Seuss book — adults giggle and kids laugh. It’s been that way forever and it was that way on Tuesday (July 28), when 24 years after the death of Theodor Geisel, a new Dr. Seuss book, “What Pet Should I Get?” was celebrated at the Geisel Library on the University of California San Diego campus. “That is absolutely true the sense of […]
(Reuters) — The head of one of Iraq’s fiercest Shi’ite militias called the U.S.-led coalition against Islamic State ineffective on Tuesday (July 28). Qais al-Khazali, leader of Iranian-backed paramilitary group Asaib Ahl al-Haq, also accused Washington of lacking the will to uproot the radical Sunni Jihadis controlling large swathes of Iraq and Syria. The 41-year-old Iraqi said the campaign against Islamic State had failed because of an American agenda to redraw the map of the […]
(Reuters) — The U.N. Security Council is to vote on Wednesday (July 29) on a bid for an international tribunal to prosecute those suspected of downing a passenger airliner a year ago in Ukraine, but Russia says it is likely to block the move. On July 17, 2014, Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot down in eastern Ukraine with 298 passengers on board, two-thirds of them Dutch. It crashed in Ukrainian territory held by Russian-backed […]
(Reuters) — A power outage – it’s an experience all are familiar with and everyone dreads. The lights go out, the TV goes black, the computers shut down as their batteries drain. And worst of all – your smartphone dies. This scenario was one of the inspirations for Andrew Byrns of California startup Stower to develop the candle charger. Its simplistic design is based on the principles of thermo-electrics, which have been around since […]
PRESIDENT Benigno S. Aquino III has urged Congress to pass the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act. “To ensure the permanency of transparency policies, we urge Congress to pass the Freedom of Information Act,” the President said in his message to Congress when the proposed P3.002-trillion 2016 National Budget was submitted to the legislative body on Tuesday afternoon. The Department of Budget and Management submitted the proposed budget to Congress on behalf of President Aquino. […]
By Juliet Caranguian (Eagle News) — Muling nagtungo ang dalawang opisyal ng Commission on Human Rights (CHR) sa tahanan nina Angel Manalo sa no. 36 Tandang Sora Avenue, Quezon City. Ito ay matapos makatanggap ng tawag ang CHR na umano’y hinaharang ng mga pulis ang pagkaing dinadala rito. Pero sa pagtungo ng mga opisyal ng CHR sa lugar, sinabi ni CHR investigator na si Policronio Nalangan Jr., wala naman silang nakitang humaharang at sa halip […]
(Eagle News) — Nagpalabas ang Department of Justice (DOJ) ng subpoena laban sa international singer na si Chris Brown para dumalo sa pagdinig sa reklamong estafa na inihain laban sa kanya. Si Brown at ang kanyang Canadian promoter na si John Michael Pio Roda ay pinahaharap ng DOJ sa unang araw ng preliminary investigation sa Biyernes, July 31. Pinapayagan naman ng piskalya na makadalo ang kinatawan ng dalawang respondent. Ang reklamo laban kina Brown at […]
(Eagle News) — Sinampahan na ng kasong libelo ng Iglesia Ni Cristo ang isang itinawalag na ministro nito na si Isaias Samson Jr., dahil sa mga alegasyon nitong illegal detention and torture sa ilan nitong miyembro. Sa anim na pahinang reklamo na inihain sa Quezon City Prosecutor’s Office, sinabi ni INC legal counsel head Glicerio Santos IV na ang ibinibintang ni Samson laban sa Iglesia Ni Cristo ay pambabastos at mapanirang puri. Ayon kay Santos, […]
By Eden Suarez (Eagle News) — Naisumite na ng Aquino administration sa pamamagitan ng Department of Budget and Management ang panukalang ₱3.002 trillion national budget para sa taong 2016. Pinangunahan nina House Speaker Feliciano Belmonte at Budget Secretary Butch Abad ang turnover ceremony ng ₱3.002 trillion proposed national budget. Ayon kay Abad, sesentro ang sectoral allocation ng nasabing pondo sa social services, economic services, defense, general public services, debt burden at interest payment. Nangunguna naman […]
(Eagle News) — Tatlong ministro ng Iglesia Ni Cristo ang nagsumite na ng kanilang affidavit para pabulaanang sila’y dinukot. Ayon sa source mula sa Department of Justice, mismong sa NBI isinumite ang salaysay nina Julius Nemis, Nolan Olarte at Joven Sepillo, pawang mga ministro ng INC, para pabulaanan ang alegasyon ni Eliodoro “Joy” Yuson na sila raw ay dinukot. Si Yuson ay isa sa mga itiniwalag na ministro ng INC. Inalis si Yuson noong nakalipas na […]
By Erwin Temperante (Eagle News) — Sarado na ang alegasyong pinupukol ng ilang dating miembro ng Iglesia Ni Cristo sa isyu ng di umano’y pagdukot sa mga ministro ng INC. Ito ang binitawang salita ni National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) Anti-Organized Trans Crime Division Chief Manuel Antonio Eduarte. Paliwanag ng NBI, kanilang tinungo ang lugar ng Tandang Sora sa Quezon City upang alamin ang mga naglabas ng alegasyon na nakita sa social media sites at […]
