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MAKATI City, April 15 (Eagle News) — Acting Mayor Romulo Peña returns to his position as vice mayor of Makati City in compliance to the writ of preliminary injunction issued by the Court of Appeals (CA) as well as the directive of the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG). (Eagle News Service, Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRF Bonalos)
MAKATI City, April 15 (Eagle News) –The Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) and the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) plan to amend several provisions of the Air Passengers Bill of Rights, in particular, the banning of overbooking of domestic flights during peak seasons. (Eagle News Service, Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRF Bonalos)
MANILA, April 15 (Eagle News) — Mayor Joseph “Erap” Ejercito Estrada will once again run as mayor of Manila in the upcoming elections, saying that one term is not enough to fulfill all of his promises to the voters, adding further that he spent his first term fixing the bankrupt city’s finances. (Eagle News Service, Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRF Bonalos)
MANILA, April 15 (Eagle News Service) — Through the various fund-raising activities conducted by the Philippine National Police (PNP) for the families left by the Special Action Force (SAF) 44, the donations for the said families have reached 18 million pesos. This does not include the summary benefits received by said families. (Eagle News Service, Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRF Bonalos)
MUNTINLUPA City, April 15 (Eagle News Service) — The Correctional Institution for Women (CIW) is ready to accept Janet Lim Napoles if ever she is ordered to serve her sentence of reclusion perpetua in the said institution. Napoles was convicted guilty for serious illegal detention of Benhur Luy. (Eagle News Service, Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRF Bonalos)
LAOAG CITY, Ilocos Norte (PIA) — Energy experts have raised the need to share successful renewable energy (RE) development experiences among member economies of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) to attain the goal of doubling RE projects by 2030. Director Mario Marasigan of the Department of Energy’s Renewable Energy Management Bureau, who co-chairs the APEC Expert Group on New and Renewable Energy Technologies (EGNRET), said it is important for member economies to share their RE […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Malacanang said that it would continue communicating with other member-countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the international community in addressing the campaign against China’s continued reclamation work in the West Philippine Sea. Communications Secretary Herminio “Sonny” Coloma Jr., said the country’s moves would be centered on diplomacy, as it continued to push for the crafting of a binding Code of Conduct in the South China Sea […]
AN Asiana Airlines flight with 80 passengers aboard ran out of runway soon after landing at Hiroshima airport on Tuesday (April 14), according to Japanese media. Japanese media quoted local fire department as saying 23 passengers sustained minor injuries, none seriously. Media reports said government officials suspect the aircraft may have collided with a tower near the runway when it landed at night at the airport serving the city of Hiroshima and others nearby in […]
The United Nations Security Council on Tuesday (April 14) imposed an arms embargo targeting the Iran-allied Houthi rebels who rule most of the country and blacklisted the son ofYemen’s former president and a Houthi leader after veto-power Russia abstained. The Security Council adopted the resolution – drafted by council member Jordan and Gulf Arabstates – with 14 votes in favor, but after weeks of negotiations Russia abstained, saying some of its proposals were not included. […]
Global growth prospects are uneven across the main countries and regions, says the IMF’s latest WEO. In advanced economies, growth is projected to be stronger in 2015 relative to 2014, but in emerging market and developing economies, it is expected to be weaker. “Global growth in 2015 is going to be more or less the same as in 2014, about 3.5%. That’s not bad, but that’s not great. It’s clear that advanced economies are going […]
An international group launched a virtual character to combat cybersex victimizing children.
Good news for doctors and nurses working in public hospitals. Senator Grace Poe proposed a law raising the salary of doctors to P55, 000 a month while for nurses, the salary will be increased to 25, 000 pesos.
