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MANILA (Eagle News) — Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales maintained that the issuance of the suspension order against Mayor Junjun Binay and 14 other officials of the Makati city government was in accordance with law and not due to any political pressure from the administration as alleged by Binay’s camp. In a press briefing, Morales said she had always decided cases in accordance with the law and evidence. The feisty ombudsman also said that she was never […]
JULY 1 (Reuters) — Pakistan’s port city of Karachi is just a few kilometers away from the Arabian Sea, yet its citizens suffer from a chronic water shortage and a recent heat wave has made the situation worse. Zubaida Bibi, a housewife from a poorer locality of Karachi, stood in queue near a water pump on Tuesday (June 30) waiting to fill her plastic bucket of water. “The water problem was here before Ramadan. During […]
(Reuters) — More than 140 people were feared dead on Wednesday (July 1) after a military transport plane ploughed into a residential area shortly after take-off in northern Indonesia on the previous, in what may be the deadliest accident yet for an air force with a long history of crashes. Hundreds of rescuers from the military, police and national search and rescue team continued to search for victims at the crash site in the Sumatra […]
MAKATI City, Philippines, July 1 (Eagle News) — Makati Mayor Jejomar Erwin “Junjun” Binay Jr., temporarily stepped down on Wednesday (July 1) as Mayor of Makati City after he failed to get a temporary restraining order (TRO) from the Court of Appeals on the six-month preventive suspension order issued by the Office of the Ombudsman. Binay sought reprieve from the CA but the appellate court’s 10th division deferred taking action on his petition. Instead, it […]
JULY 1 (Eagle News) — China has completed some of its land reclamation on the Spratly islands in the South China Sea, the Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday (June 30), raising the stakes in Beijing’s territorial dispute with its Asian neighbors. China stepped up its creation of artificial islands last year, alarming several countries in Asia and drawing growing criticism from Washington. The United States, which has called for a halt in China’s island building […]
JULY 1– The Palace on Tuesday denied the involvement of politics in the issuance of another suspension order against Makati City Mayor Jejomar Erwin “Junjun” Binay, appealing to him to follow the rule of law to prevent the disruption of public service in the city. “Patuloy ang panawagan ng pamahalaan sa pagpapairal ng kaayusan at rule of law upang matiyak ang daloy ng serbisyo publiko,” Communication Secretary Herminio Coloma, Jr. told reporters during a press […]
JULY 1 — During her meeting with President Benigno S. Aquino III on Tuesday, Her Majesty Queen Maxima of the Netherlands commended the Philippines’ efforts in making financial services more accessible to all Filipinos. The Queen, who is also the United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance for Development, paid a courtesy call on President Aquino in Malacañang as part of her three-day official visit to the country to promote financial inclusion. “Queen Maxima […]
Did you know that many serious health problems result from not eating properly? What you eat has a huge impact on your health. So make sure that you eat what’s good for you!!! July is Nutrition Month! Infographics designer: Shaira Darleen Barretto Researcher and Writer: Mary Rose Faith Bonalos and JP Carlos
JUNE 30 (Eagle News) — In the lighter side of the news, a handsome gorilla became a popular attraction for female tourists, with visitors calling the said gorilla a “good-looking man”. (Nagoya, Japan) (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)
METRO Manila, Philippines, June 30 (Eagle News) — According to the group Kadamay, an estimated 1.4 million informal settlers and urban poor in Metro Manila are in danger of losing their homes due to the implementation of public-private partnership scheme of the Aquino administration. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)
MANILA, Philippines, June 30 (Eagle News) — SMARTMATIC withdrew from the bidding regarding the refurbishment of the precinct count optical scan machines after the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) cut the allotted budget. The COMELEC declared a failure in bidding regarding the refurbishment of precinct count optical scan (PCOS) machines. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos) https://youtu.be/1X0f397DV_Y
MAKATI City, Philippines, June 30 (Eagle News) — According to the Philippine National Police (PNP), they will implement a policy of maximum tolerance in Makati City as the Office of the Ombudsman issued a new suspension order against Mayor Jejomar Erwin “Junjun” Binay Jr. On the other hand, the PNP is studying the possibility of filing complaints against supporters of Mayor Binay who harmed some PNP personnel. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, […]
