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The international community has condemned the atrocious attack on a Pakistani school by militant Taliban that killed 145 people, mostly children, in Peshawar, Pakistan. More than 100 were also wounded in the incident. UNICEF earlier expressed outrage and condemned the attack through their twitter account. It sent its condolences to the families of the victims. UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon also condemned the deadly Taliban attack as “an act of horror and rank cowardice.” The White House […]
Power rates will go up by as much as 4 centavos per kilowatthour next year. This was announced by Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) Executive Director Saturnino Juan after the ERC approved the feed-in-tariff allowance or “fit-all” for renewable energy projects. The so-called fit-all is given to renewable energy players as incentive to invest in more expensive sectors. The renewable energy players are solar, wind, biomass and hydropower companies. Under the “fit-all” system, renewable energy companies […]
The arraignment of US Marine Private First Class Joseph Scott Pemberton could take place next year, although a warrant had already been issued for his arrest. According to Justice Undersecretary Jose Justiniano, the possibility of Pemberton being arraigned this year is very unlikely because of the ongoing inventory of cases in various courts before year-end. Because of this, even other court hearings are postponed. The courts, the Department of Foreign Affairs, and the United States embassy will […]
New Weather disturbance Seen Aldczar Aurelio of PAGASA reports
(Eagle News Service) — The senate is set to review the possibility of reviving death penalty in the country. In an interview with senate reporters, Senator Vicente Sotto III has again revived his call for the re-imposition of the death penalty in the country, following the exposed luxurious prison lifestyle of several convicted drug lords in the New Bilibid Prison (NBP). The senator, however, said that he will amend his bill that imposes death penalty […]
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemned a deadly Taliban attack on a Pakistan school on Tuesday (December 16) as “an act of horror and rank cowardice to attack defenseless children while they learn.” “No cause can justify such brutality. No grievance can excuse such horror,” Ban said. “Getting an education is every child’s right. Going to school should not have to be an act of bravery.” At least 130 people, most of them children, were killed on Tuesday after Taliban gunmen broke into […]
The Aquino administration showed concern yesterday over the decision of three Sandiganbayan justices to inhibit themselves from trying the plunder and graft cases against Senator Jinggoy Estrada. “The interest of the people is that there should be no delay in the proceedings and the wheels of justice must continue to turn,” said Communications Secretary Herminio Coloma. In a letter to the anti-graft court’s presiding Justice Amparo Cabotaje-Tang, Associate Justices Roland Jurado, Alexander Gesmundo and Ma. Theresa […]
(Eagle News Service) — Justice Secretary Leila de Lima asked officials of the New Bilibid Prisons, including the commander of the jailguards in NBP’s maximum security compound, to explain how the drug inmates had managed to live luxuriously while inside the prison compound. De Lima asked NBP head Superintendent Franklin Bucayu for the list of all the assigned officers in the NBP’s maximum security compound, to determine who should be blamed for the illegal activities […]
The Palace on Tuesday offered its condolences to the victims of the hostage-taking incident in a café in Sydney, Australia where three persons, including the hostage-taker, died. Presidential Communications Operations Office Secretary Herminio Coloma, Jr. said that the Filipino nation is sending its sympathies and offering condolences to the families of those killed in the Lindt cafe siege in Sydney, Australia. “Pinaabot ng sambayanang Pilipino ang pakikiramay at panalangin sa mga mamamayan ng Australia dahil […]
The Japanese government on Tuesday (December 16) ordered the culling of roughly 4,000 poultry at a farm in western Japan after bird flu was detected in three of the chickens there, Japan’s Kyodo News reported. Health authorities said three chickens from a farm in Nobeoka City, Miyazaki Prefecture, tested positive for a highly pathogenic H5 strain of avian influenza, Kyodo News said. Local government on Tuesday began slaughtering all of the roughly 4,000 birds raised at the farm. Officials said they will […]
Vice president Jejomar Binay is facing another plunder complaint before the Office of the Ombudsman. This time, the vice president is alleged to have pocketed millions of pesos from the alleged overpriced Makati Science High School.
Sobrang suplay ng langis sa Pandaigdigang Merkado ang dahilan ng magkaka-sunod na rollback sa presyo ng produktong petrolyo sa bansa. Ayon Energy Undersecretary Zenaida Monsada, nagkaroon ng sobrang suplay ng langis sa International Market kaya’ bumaba ang presyuhan nito. Ang inaasahang pangangailangan ng langis lalo na sa Europe, China at Amerika ay hindi nagamit kaya sumobra ang suplay. Aa pagkakataong ito ay umiral ang tinatawag na Law of Supply and Demand na nagkaroon ng magandang […]
