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QUEZON City, Philippines – The House of Representatives approved and endorsed its proposed anti-hazing bill to the Senate. Said bill prohibits any form of hazing and other initiation rites of fraternities, sororities and other organizations with fines and imprisonment as prescribed punishment against said activities. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos) https://youtu.be/_4J3fP_PB3k
MANILA, Philippines, June 17 (Eagle News) — The National Commission for the Culture and the Arts (NCCA) lauds the Supreme Court for its issuance of a temporary restraining order against Torre De Manila, also known as the “photo-bomber” of the Rizal Monument in Luneta. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos) https://youtu.be/Uc8yvdip9Cc
QUEZON City, Philippines, June 17 (Eagle News) — Philippine National Police Officer-In-Charge (PNP-OIC) Deputy Director General Leonardo Espina started his farewell round in the various regional offices of the PNP as his retirement nears. Espina has only one month left before he retires. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)
JUNE 17 (Eagle News) — Dreamscape Networks plan to file legal complaints against Ayala Center Cebu when the ceiling of its Cinema 5 fell down on the employees of Dreamscape during an event launching Dreamscape’s new campaign ad. (Cebu, Philippines) (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)
JUNE 17 — Real estate mogul and TV personality Donald Trump announced on Tuesday (June 16) that he is a candidate for the Republican nomination in the 2016 presidential election. The outspoken billionaire, widely seen as having little chance of winning the nomination, will certainly enliven proceedings as he joins an unusually large group of Republicans vying for the presidency. Eleven Republicans have announced they are running for next November’s election, the latest being former […]
JUNE 17 (Reuters) – -Five people including a number of young Irish citizens were killed and eight injured when an apartment balcony collapsed early on Tuesday (June 16) in the Californian city of Berkeley, police and Ireland’s foreign affairs minister said. The survivors’ injuries were “very serious and potentially life-threatening,” Berkeley Police Department spokeswoman Jennifer Coats said. Callers first reported the collapse at the multi-story block in the downtown area of the college city near […]
JUNE 17 (Reuters –CCTV) — China’s land reclamation project on part of islands and reefs of the Nansha Islands will be completed as planned in the upcoming days, an expert said Tuesday. “China will complete land reclamation project as planned in the upcoming days,” said Wu Shicun, director of the National Institute for South China Sea Studies. He emphasized it’s not because of international pressure. Wu pointed out that apart from satisfying the need of […]
(SULTAN KUDARAT, Maguindanao) — President Benigno S. Aquino III has affirmed that the laying down of arms by “our Moro brothers” is a testament to their unreserved and honest participation in the talks to find lasting peace in Mindanao. “Panawagan ko po ay suklian naman natin ang pagtitiwalang ipinakita nila (Moro Islamic Liberation Front – MILF) sa atin. Sikapin nating umabot sa puntong masasabi nating: Talagang binigay natin ang lahat ng pagkakataon upang mabago nila […]
JUNE 16 (Reuters) — Al Qaeda in Yemen said its leader, Nasser al-Wuhayshi, was killed in a U.S. bombing, in major blow by the United States against the global militant group’s strongest branch. “We as the jihadist Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula mourn to our Islamic Umma the Sheikh the prince, the leader, the ascetic Abu Basir Nasser Bin Abdulkarim al-Wuhayshi, may God rest his soul, who has been killed by an American raid which targeted […]
JUNE 16 (Eagle News) — Malacanang said the turnover of weapons and the decommissioning of combatants of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) on Tuesday, June 16, is an important confidence-building measure that shows that both sides are committed to achieve enduring peace in Mindanao. During a press briefing in Malacañang on Tuesday, Communication Secretary Herminio Coloma, Jr. said the decommissioning is important to attain peace in Mindanao, and it is part of the normalization […]
CHINESE and American scientists claimed on Monday to have jointly developed a new antibody targeting the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) virus. A research team of Fudan University in Shanghai worked with their counterparts from the U.S. National Institute of Health to develop the antibody, and they said that tests on animals had seen “very effective” results. Jiang Shibo, who led the research team at Fudan, said the m336 antibody could neutralize the MERS virus more […]
JUNE 16 (Reuters) — China will soon complete some of its land reclamation on the Spratly islands in the disputed South China Sea, the Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday (June 16), indicating that Beijing is close to setting up new outposts in the maritime heart of Southeast Asia. The Foreign Ministry did not identify which of the seven reefs undergoing reclamation would be finished soon. Ministry spokesman Lu Kang said their statement was already “quite […]
