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5,036, nakapasa sa Civil Engineering Licensure exam

MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Five thousand thirty six ang naka-pasa sa Civil Engineer Licensure Examination ng Professional Regulation Commission. Nanguna rito ang examinee mula sa University of the Philippines-Los Baños na may score na 93.20. Ang licensure exam ay isinagawa ngayong buwan sa Manila, Baguio, Cagayan De Oro, Cebu, Davao, Ilo-Ilo, Legazpi, Lucena, Tacloban at Zamboanga. Ang registration para sa professional identification card at certificate of registration ay maaaring gawin on-line.

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Marcos burial at Libingan ng mga Bayani set at noon

  (Eagle News)– The remains of the late President Ferdinand Marcos are set to be flown to Manila Friday morning, with the burial at the Libingan ng mga Bayani scheduled at noon, National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) chief Dir. Oscar Albayalde said. In a radio interview, Albayalde said the late strongman’s body is expected to arrive at the LNMB at 11:30 a.m. via helicopter from Laoag, Ilocos Norte. “Eksaktong 12 o’clock ilalagak na,” he […]

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Finance Dept., pinagpapaliwanag ukol sa pondo ng relokasyon para sa informal settlers

MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Pinagpapaliwanag ng senado ang Department of Finance (DOF) kung bakit walang inilaang pondo para sa relokasyon ng mga informal settler na tatamaan ng connector road mula sa North Luzon patungong South Luzon Expressway. Sa deliberasyon sa panukalang 3.35 trillion-pesos na hinihinging budget ng gobyerno sa 2017, sinabi ni Senate Finance Chairman Loren Legarda na walang komunikasyon ang  Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) at  National Housing Authority (NHA) hinggil […]

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Camp Aguinaldo, bubuksan sa mga pribadong motorista para bawas-trapiko

MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Nakumbinsi ng Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) at Inter Agency Council on Traffic (I-ACT) ang pamunuan ng Armed Forces of the Philippines na buksan ang Kampo Aguinaldo sa mga pribadong motorista para makabawas sa volume ng mga sasakyan sa EDSA. Pero bago makapasok sa Kampo, obligado munang kumuha ng access sticker ang mga motorista para na rin sa seguridad ng Kampo. https://youtu.be/23UAQNqUNUc

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Philippines’ Duterte threatens to copy Russia ICC exit

  DAVAO, Philippines (AFP) — Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte threatened to follow in Russia’s footsteps Thursday and pull his country out of the International Criminal Court, incensed at foreign criticism of his deadly drug war. Russia formally withdrew its signature to the ICC’s founding Rome Statute on Wednesday, calling the tribunal’s work “one-sided and inefficient”. Speaking in his home town of Davao city in the southern Philippines shortly before flying to Peru for a regional […]

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Kerwin Espinosa back in the country to tell all, PNP chief assures his security

  (Eagle News) — Suspected Eastern Visayas’ big time drug lord, Kerwin Espinosa, is back in the country and this time, no less than the Philippine National Police chief Director General Ronald dela Rosa is making sure that he would not suffer the same fate as his father. Now that his father is gone, Kerwin said he is willing to reveal what he knows, and give the names and details of the persons involved in […]

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Duterte gov’t gets “very good” SWS satisfaction rating, as drugs war nets “excellent” marks

  (Eagle News) — The administration of President Rodrigo Duterte got a “very good” +66 net satisfaction rating in the latest survey of the Social Weather Stations (SWS) where even his illegal drugs campaign — much criticized by human rights groups and political opponents — got an “excellent” satisfaction rating of 78 percent. The results of the survey which were first published in Business World, the SWS’ media partner, showed that the over-all performance of the Duterte […]

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PHL economy up by 7.1% in first 3 months of Duterte gov’t

  (Eagle News) — The country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew year-on-year by 7.1 percent in the third quarter of 2016, which comprised the first three months of the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority. The growth in the Philippine economy was notable as it was higher than the growth rates of 7.0 percent in the second quarter of 2016, and 6.2 percent in the third quarter of 2015. With […]

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UN Special Rapporteur sets conditions for Philippine visit

  (Eagle News) — The special rapporteur of the United Nations who had earlier made comments on the rise of extrajudicial killings since the start of the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte has set conditions for the visit, including the request for “freedom of inquiry” and “confidential and unsupervised contact with witnesses.” UN special rapporteur on summary executions Agnes Callamard specified her conditions for her visit to the country to the Department of Foreign Affairs. The conditions were disclosed […]

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President Duterte to leave for APEC today, to seek meeting with Russian President Putin

  (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte is scheduled to leave for Lima, Peru today, Thursday, to attend the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders’ Summit, where he is looking forward to having a bilateral meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The President and his party will fly from Davao City International Airport at 1:40 p.m. But his flight route will avoid passing through the United States, with a stop-over in Auckland, New Zealand before […]

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