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(Eagle News) – The Committee on Transportation of the House of Representatives approved on Wednesday, January 18, House Bill 544 or the Traffic Crisis Act of 2016 that seeks to provide remedies to the traffic problem in the country through emergency powers. There were 12 amendments made to the bill during the resumption of the committee hearing. The committee said the traffic crisis was concentrated in metropolitan areas such as in Metro Manila, Metro […]
(Eagle News) — Napapanahon na raw para magkaroon ng tax reform sa bansa. Ayon kay Albay Rep. Joey Salceda, masyado nang mataas ang binabayarang buwis ng mga ordinaryong mangagawang Pilipino. Sa Asya aniya ang Pilipinas ang may pinakamataas na buwis na ipinapataw sa mga empleyado. Si Salceda ang may-akda at naghain sa House Bill 4688 o Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN). Nakasaad sa nasabing panukalang batas na ibaba ang personal income tax ng […]
(Eagle News) — Para sa mga mahilig mag ‘peace sign’ sa tuwing magpapakuha ng litrato, nagbabala ang mga Japanese researcher na maaaring manakaw ang ating fingerprints dahil dito. https://youtu.be/RJWiEqRT6Qw
(Eagle News) — Naghain ng “diplomatic communication” ang Pilipinas laban sa China makaraang mapaulat na naglagay ito ng anti-aircraft at anti-missile weapons sa mga artipisyal na isla sa West Philippine Sea. Ayon kay Foreign Affairs (DFA) Secretary Perfecto Yasay Jr., ipinalabas ng pamahalaan ang “note verbale” kasunod ng report ng Center for Strategic and International Studies ng Estados Unidos hinggil sa naging hakbang ng China. Nilinaw naman ng kalihim na hindi gagawin ng Pilipinas ang […]
(Eagle News) — Nagdulot umano ng pangamba ang ginagawang militarisasyon ng China sa pinag-aagawang teritoryo sa West Philippine Sea. Ayon kay Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana, nakakabahala ang nasabing aktibidad ng China sa kabilang ng panawagang kapayapaan ng pamahalaan. Makikita sa inilabas na satellite photos ng US Think Tank CSIS Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative (AMTI) nito lamang Disyembre ang tila weapons system na inilagay sa Johnson Reef o Mabini Reef.
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Malabo umanong mapagtibay ang panukalang panunumbalik ng parusang kamatayan ito ay dahil ilang Senador ang nagsabing hindi ang bitay ang solusyon para tuluyang masugpo ang matinding problema ng krimen sa bansa. https://youtu.be/OMmew4CNrs0
MANILA, Philipines (Eagle News) — Kinumpirma ni House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez na may dalawang incumbent congressmen ang kasama sa Narco List ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte. Gayunman, tumanggi si Alvarez na pangalanan ang dalawang kongresista. Tiniyak naman ni Alvarez na naberipika nang husto ang impormasyon kaugnay rito at maging siya ay nagsagawa rin ng sariling beripikasyon. Protektor umano ng sindikato ng droga ang papel ng dalawang nasabing kongresista. Maliban aniya sa mga ito, may mga Gobernador, […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Foreign Affairs said it had sent about three or four note verbales to China expressing the Philippines’ concern over the reported military equipment recently set up by China in the Spratly Islands. One note verbale was issued after an American think tank report in December 2016 that said China has installed anti-aircraft and anti-missile weapons on its man made islands. Earlier, the Center for Strategic and International Studies […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – The European Union is considering giving financial assistance to the anti-drug campaign of the Philippines. EU Ambassador to the Manila Franz Jessen said that EU is conducting a study into funding the drug rehabilitation of drug dependents in the country. EU was one of the earlier critics of the anti-drug campaign in the Philippines due to the numerous cases of extra judicial killings.
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — In an exclusive interview with Agila Balita Alas Dose, Cagayan De Oro City Mayor Oscar Moreno talks about the water level in Cagayan De Oro City after strong rainfalls induced flash flooding in the city. According to Mayor Moreno, there are no more rains and the water level is already going down. Families are also returning to their homes from the evacuation centers.
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Cabinet will meet this week in order to lay down projects that will be funded by the 1 trillion yen or Php 441 billion official development assistance (ODA ) and investments from Japan. Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez said that the Cabinet will study the details of the projects to be funded by the ODA before submitting the same to Japan. https://youtu.be/HetheZWQ10g
(Eagle News) — Hinimok ni Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III ang mga kawaning miyembro ng Social Security System na ituring na long-term savings at hindi gastos ang dagdag na kontribusyon. Ayon sa kalihim, ang miyembrong aktibong nagbabayad ng kanilang kontribusyon ay makaka-avail ng mga social benefit at loan privileges ng SSS. https://youtu.be/bBGynbRAmM8
