MALACANANG is elated by a report ranking the Philippines among the top 100 happiest nations in the world, which could boost the country’s tourism campaign. The Philippines placed 90th among 158 nations ranked by the 2015 World Happiness Report. The report was unveiled in New York last Thursday. “Ikinararangal po natin na kaligayahan ang magiging karanasan ng mga dadalaw sa atin,” Presidential Communications Operations Office Secretary Herminio Coloma Jr said in a radio interview on […]
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Nepal quake death toll rising; more than 1,800 confirmed dead
NEPAL’S Home Ministry said that the death toll due to the devastating 7.9 magnitude earthquake that hit Nepal on Saturday (April 25) had killed more than 1,800 people, a toll predicted to rise as rescuers used their hands to dig for survivors among the rubble. Nepal’s Home Ministry confirmed the death toll had reached 1,805 and that more than 4,700 people had been injured. Amateur video posted on a social media website showed large cracks […]
Countdown appears to start for execution of foreigners in Indonesia
FOREIGN embassy officials arrived on Nusakambangan island on Saturday (April 25), the maximum security prison where the execution of 10 drug convicts is expected to take place. Indonesia had asked foreign embassies to send representatives to the prison island, diplomats said on Friday (April 24), although an official 72-hour notice of execution has not yet been given. Embassy officials received text messages from the government to send representatives. It was not clear why they were […]
Australian drug smuggler art unveiled as execution looms
ONE of several convicted drug smugglers on death row in Indonesia has painted three self-portraits which his lawyer presented to the media on Saturday (April 25). Two Australian drug convicts were notified on Saturday (April 25), that they will be executed by firing squad in 72 hours at the Indonesian prison island of Nusakambangan. The Attorney General’s office said notices were delivered that Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran, along with one Nigerian and four other […]
Aquino leaves for 26th ASEAN Summit in Malaysia
PRESIDENT Benigno S. Aquino III has a busy schedule ahead of him as the President and other Southeast Asian leaders gather in Kuala Lumpur on Sunday for the 26th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit. President Aquino, along with the official Philippine delegation, is due to arrive here on Sunday afternoon to attend the summit on April 26 to 28, with nine other ASEAN leaders. On his first day in Kuala Lumpur, the President […]
Malacanang says reforms at customs bureau part of country’s preparation for ASEAN integration
APRIL 26, 2015 (Eagle News) — Malacanang said it is confident that the Bureau of Customs would do its part effectively as the country becomes part of a more integrated Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), as President Aquino appointed a new head of the bureau. President Aquino appointed Alberto Lina as the new chief of the Bureau of Customs following the resignation of Sunny Sevilla who initiated several reform measures at the bureau. “Para […]
Nepal death toll rises; rescuers, residents start search for trapped people
RESCUERS and residents on Saturday (april 25) started the desperate search for people trapped amongst the rubble after a powerful earthquake struck Nepal, killing hundreds. The death toll for the earthquake has risen to 758, a home ministry official has said, of which 467 were in the Kathmandu Valley that is the most heavily population part of the Himalayan region. The magnitude 7.9 earthquake struck Nepal and sent tremors through northern India, toppling a 19th-century […]
India hit by devastating Nepal earthquake,17 killed
(REUTERS) — Indian media reported at least 17 people were killed in India on Saturday (April 25) when an earthquake measuring 7.9 on the Richter scale hit neighboring Nepal. The Nepal death toll from the powerful earthquake rose to 688, a senior home ministry official told Reuters at around 1130gmt, with 181 people killed in the capital Kathmandu. The figure was expected to rise rapidly. It was the worst quake to hit the impoverished Himalayan nation […]
Death toll in Nepal quake tops 1400 – CNN
(UPDATED 12:43 a.m. April 26) At least 1,457 people were killed in the 7.9 magnitude shallow earthquake that hit Nepal, according to a CNN report that quoted Nepal’s National Emergency Operation Center. Earlier, Reuters reported that some 900 people are dead after a shallow earthquake measuring 7.9 magnitude that struck west of the ancient Nepali capital of Kathmandu on Saturday (April 25) based on initial police estimates. Kathmandu’s main civil hospital said 36 bodies had […]
NEGH offer free medical services
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) – In celebration of its 22nd anniversary, the New Era General Hospital (NEGH) offered free medical services for two days. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, Vince Alvin Villarin)
Philhealth pays for health programs of DepEd
PASIG City, Philippines (Eagle News) – The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) will shoulder the expenses for several health programs implemented by the Department of Education (DepEd). (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, Vince Alvin Villarin)
Aurora, kabilang sa top rice achievers
Pumasok ang lalawigan ng Aurora sa Top 15 Rice Achiever sa Pilipinas sa kadahilanang isa ito sa mga lalawigan na may pinakamataas na ani ng palay sa buong bansa. Ayon sa Philippine Statistics Authority , tumaas ng 8% ang yield increment ng lalawigan. (Agila Probinsya) By Eagle News team ng Aurora ABRIL 24, 2015 (Eagle News) — Pasok ang lalawigan ng Aurora sa top 15 ng mga probinsyang may pinakamataas na ani ng palay sa […]





