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Henares advises “tiangge” operators to register their business
Internal Revenue Commissioner Kim Henares advised “tiangge” operators to have their business registered as well as to issue receipts to their customers. She said that the BIR will conduct surprise visits in various “tiangge” centers all over the country.
OFWs in Sierra Leone, afraid of losing jobs
Overseas Filipino workers in Sierra Leone are afraid that they will lose their jobs due to the alert level three implemented by the Department of Foreign Affairs.
Meralco expects more “Kuryente Load” consumers in 2015
Meralco is expecting an increase in consumers availing of their pre-paid electricity scheme. Known as “Kuryente Load”, said scheme was proven to be cheaper compared to the usual electricity payment scheme.
Climate change high on the French agenda
As the host of COP 21 in December 2015, France has placed climate change among its foreign policy priorities. “With the upcoming visit of President Hollande, we hope to be able to open new areas for cooperation, as well as to strengthen our existing partnership in various sectors, and among them is the environment,” the French envoy said. The Embassy of France to the Philippines is committed to work together with the Philippines to address […]
Climate change on the agenda of French President’s visit to the Philippines in 2015
After President Aquino’s historic official visit to France as part of his European tour last September, French President François Hollande is expected to reciprocate it with a visit of his own to the Philippines next year. President Aquino’s visit to France from September 17 to 18, 2014 was the first visit of a Philippine head of state since 1994. Both heads of state discussed issues of mutual interest and witnessed the signing of three agreements […]
National Reading Month Infographic
Reading is fun! But if you need more reasons to pick up a book, check out these amazing facts!
U.S. stocks rise, oil falls below $80
(Reuters) – U.S. stock prices rose on Thursday, hovering near record highs, while crude fell below $80 a barrel for the first time in four years on further signs of a slowdown in China’s economy. Brent crude has fallen more than 30 percent since June, and the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) said demand for its members’ oil could drop by about a million barrels per day in 2015 due to the U.S. shale boom. […]
European space probe resting on comet’s surface
(Reuters) – A European probe that landed on a comet in a first for space exploration is resting on the surface despite technical problems, pictures beamed half a billion kilometers (300 million miles) back to Earth showed on Thursday. The lander, named Philae, was launched from its mothership Rosetta on Wednesday as it orbited comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, the climax of a 10-year-odyssey for the European Space Agency (ESA). But during Philae’s seven-hour descent to the comet, […]
Students on the News – Placido Del Mundo Elementary School
Placido Del Mundo Elementary School conducts simultaneous contests in celebration of the school’s English month. Let’s join John Paul Rosales and Gabrielle Felimer as they share with us the report. Follow @EagleNewsPH Catch Students on the News in Mata ng Agila, weeknights at 6pm and Eagle News International Edition, weeknights at 9pm!
Family members welcome UN Filipino peacekeepers from Liberia
(Reuters) — More than 100 Philippine peacekeepers arrived at an airbase in Manila on Wednesday (November 12) after staying for almost a year in Liberia. Family members were not allowed contact with the Filipino soldiers and had to watch their arrival in front of monitors set up inside the air force museum, which was around a kilometre away from the peacekeepers. Social workers from the Health Department assisted in debriefing the families with a psycho-social session to help them understand […]
Senate President Franklin Drilon denies involvement in ICC
In his opening statement, Senate President Franklin Drilon denied his involvement in the alleged overpriced Iloilo Convention Center.
