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QUEZON City, Philippines, June 24 (Eagle News) — The House of Representatives Committee on Metro Manila Development may summon Manila Mayor Joseph Estrada and former Manila Mayor Alfredo Lim regarding its investigation on the construction of the Torre De Manila. The said committee will also summon representatives from the DMCI and the National Commission on Culture and the Arts (NCCA). (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos) https://youtu.be/76S4TjRvr6I
MANILA, Philippines, June 24 (Eagle News) — The Philippine Postal Corporation or Philpost asked other government agencies to make use of their postal services rather than those of private courier services. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)
MANILA, Philippines, June 24 (Eagle News) — According to Presidential Communications Secretary Sonny Coloma, the Palace is asking the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) to rush its master plan against floods with the official start of the rainy season. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos) https://youtu.be/-qIrhlpvuZg
PASAY City, Philippines, June 24 (Eagle News) — A 5-storey building collapsed in Pasay City due to old age, aggravated by a creek that runs under it. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)
JUNE 24 (Reuters-CCTV) — Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC) in Karachi, Pakistan is under great pressure these days to treat patients with heatstroke, as the high temperature had claimed nearly 750 lives as of Tuesday night. Statistics show that most of the killed were people around 50 years old. “Mostly people coming here are facing heatstroke and they are old people. Their ages are around 45 to 50 years old, so the older they are, […]
JUNE 24 (Reuters) — Islamic State militants have blown up two ancient shrines they consider sacrilegious in Palmyra, a 2,000-year-old UNESCO World Heritage site in central Syria, the ultra hardline Sunni Muslim group said on Tuesday (June 23). The report was the first of any damage being done by the militants to buildings in Palmyra since they seized control of the city, also known as Tadmur, in May. Syrian forces have bombed the city, and […]
JUNE 24 (Reuters) — Beijing on Tuesday (June 23) urged Tokyo and Manila not to create tensions in the region after a Japanese military patrol plane circled over disputed parts of the South China Sea at the start of an exercise with the Philippine military that has irked China. According to Japanese and Philippine officials, the Japanese P3-C Orion surveillance plane, with three Filipino guest crew members, flew at 5,000 feet (1,524 m) above the […]
MANDALUYONG, June 24—The Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) announced on Tuesday that prototypes of 48 new light rail vehicles (LRVs) for the Metro Rail Transit III (MRT-3) is on schedule for delivery in mid-August. “As reported by the joint DOTC and MRT-3 team, the prototype is on-schedule for delivery in mid-August. The dynamic testing phase will start in November, which is when the prototype’s bogies will arrive,” DOTC Secretary Jun Abaya said. The new […]
QUEZON City, Philippines, June 23 (Eagle News) — The Social Security System (SSS) is considering a higher rate of contribution before the end of President Benigno S. Aquino’s term to prevent the running out of SSS’s reserve funds. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)
JUNE 23 (Reuters) — Known as the “Peter Pan” of South Korea, Shin Hyomyung looks like a 12-year old despite being actually 26 years old due to an uncommon health condition. (SEOUL, South Korea) (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)
MANILA, Philippines, June 23 (Eagle News) — According to Transportation and Communication Secretary Joseph Abaya, the Metro Rail Transit (MRT) and Light Rail Transit (LRT) will implement a single-ticketing system in September which means that passengers of both transport system can now use a single smart card. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)
MANILA, Philippines, June 23 (Eagle News) — According to Senator Ferdinand Marcos Jr., the power shortage in Mindanao will worsen if the Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) passes because the National Power Corporation (NPC) will lose control of Lake Lanao which provides 50% of the power supply in Mindanao. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)
