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QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Pinag-aaralan na ng gobyerno at grupo ng mga manggagawa ang pagbibigay ng 500 pesos na buwanang subsidy sa mga manggagawang sumasahod ng minimum wage. Ayon sa Associated Labor Unions-Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (ALU-TUCP), sapul ng TRAIN law ang mga sumusweldo ng minimum dahil hindi naman ito kasama sa mga nadagdagan ang take home pay. Kasabay ng paggalaw ng presyo ay bumaba naman ang purchasing power ng maraming […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Hinamon ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte ang mga kritiko ng Tax Reform Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN) law. Ito ay matapos na maipaabot sa Pangulo ang patuloy pa ring pagkontra ng ilang grupo sa TRAIN law na nagdulot ng pagtaas ng presyo sa ilang pangunahing bilihin. Sinabi ng Pangulo na huwag na lamang magbayad ng buwis ang mga taong tutol sa pag-iral ng train. Ngunit dapat aniyang maging handa sakaling habulin naman […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Umabot na sa halos 14,000 ang naserbisyuhan sa unang isang buwan ng pagpapatupad ng passport on wheels program ng Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). Ito ay mga residente ng walong lungsod at anim na munisipalidad sa bansa. Sa datos ng DFA, sa Metro Manila nakabisita na ang ‘passport on wheels’ sa Caloocan City, Marikina City, Maynila, Las Piñas City at Muntinlupa City. Habang sa mga lalawigan, ang ‘passport on wheels’ […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Dumating na sa bansa ang labi ni Joanna Demafelis, ang Overseas Filipino Workers na natagpuang patay sa loob ng isang freezer sa Kuwait. Pasado alas-10:00 kaninang umaga nang lumapag sa Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) terminal 1 ang eroplano ng Gulf Air Flight GF-154 lulan ang labi ni Demafelis. Agad namang ililipad ang bangkay patungo sa Sara, Iloilo kung saan naghihintay ang pamilya ni Joanna. Sinabi naman ni Presidential Spokesman […]
(Eagle News)–Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez on Thursday said that he would prod Special Assistant to the President Bong Go to run for a Senate seat in the 2019 elections. “I’d like to convince someone to run for senator. I’d like to convince Christopher Lawrence Go—do you know him?” Alvarez said in a speech during the oath-taking of new members of the ruling party, PDP-Laban, in Negros Oriental. Alvarez made the statement even if Go has already […]
(Eagle News) — The Office of the Ombudsman said on Thursday that it was not “obliged to inform the subject of the fact-finding investigation about its outcome.” The anti-graft body issued the statement days after Solicitor General Jose Calida lashed out at the agency for its failure to announce that the investigation into the allegations contained in Senator Antonio Trillanes IV’s plunder complaint against President Rodrigo Duterte had been terminated for “lack of merit.” The […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) will give zero-interest loans to the families of soldiers killed or wounded in the Marawi City conflict. “We want to assure the (internally displaced persons) that President Duterte’s administration continues to provide more business and livelihood opportunities through the DTI Negosyo seminars being given to help them recover soon,” said DTI Secretary Ramon M. Lopez. Lopez said that the loans aim to […]
(Eagle News) — The Palace on Thursday said it believes China’s naming of undersea features at Philippine Rise was not done “in bad faith.” “We’re not attributing any bad faith to China, but we’re just saying respect us too that we will give Philippine names to them,” Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said in a press briefing. According to Roque, because of the incident, the Philippines would now nominate its own expert in the International Hydrographic Organization’s […]
(Eagle News) — There are no reported Filipino casualties in Wednesday’s school shooting in Florida that left 17 dead and several injured. The Department of Foreign Affairs said the Philippine Embassy in Washington, D.C. has not received any report of any Filipino being killed or injured in the incident at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. In a statement, Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano condoled with the kin of the victims. “We are deeply saddened […]
Kingdom of Jesus Christ leader later released (Eagle News) — The head of the Kingdom of Jesus Christ church was detained in Hawaii and was later released, a report said. The report said Apollo Quiboloy, who calls himself the Appointed Son of God, was detained on Tuesday, February 13, after Customs agents found $350,000 in cash and gun parts on board a private Cessna plane carrying him and six others. The plane, the report said, was […]
(Eagle News) — Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said that the Philippine government would want to “tap the network” of the Iglesia Ni Cristo (INC) or Church of Christ which has around 6,000 congregations worldwide in addressing the concerns of Filipinos across the globe. This he said was the reason why President Rodrigo Duterte appointed INC Executive Minister Brother Eduardo V. Manalo as special envoy for overseas Filipinos’ concerns. “Meron po talagang network si Mr. […]
(Eagle News) — Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon said the total ban on the deployment of Overseas Filipino Workers to Kuwait was “necessary.” The Philippines, however, “must be prepared to handle the consequences” for trade relations. According to Drilon, although he “do(es) not know what the details of the trade relations between the two countries” are, “certainly, from (his) experience before, these accepting countries would resort to all kinds of pressure on the Philippines.” “We […]
