(Eagle News) — Tututukan ngayon ng Senado sa executive session ang anggulo ng sabwatan o grand conspiracy sa pagpasok sa bansa ng $81 million na ninakaw sa pamamagitan ng pag-hack sa Central Bank of Bangladesh account sa Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Ayon kay Senador Ralph Recto, marami aniyang dapat sagutin si Maia Santos-Deguito, branch manager ng RCBC Jupiter Makati Branch, dahil kumbinsido aniya ang mga senador na hindi lamang siya ang nakakaalam ng […]
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P2P, walang operasyon sa Marso 24
(Eagle News) — Walang operasyon ang premium point-to-point (P2P) bus service sa Marso 24 hanggang 27 dahil sa public holiday. Kasabay nito, isasagawa naman ang preventive maintenance ng P2P buses sa mga nasabing petsa habang balik-operasyon naman ang mga nabanggit sa Marso 28. Magkakaroon din ng checking ang LTFRB kasama ang operator ng premium airport bus service ukol sa public holiday schedule.
Dalawang kongresista, nanumpa dalawang buwan bago ang halalan
(Eagle News) — Nanumpa na bilang bagong mga Representative sina Congresswoman Elizabeth Ty-Delgado bilang kinatawan ng unang ditrito ng Surigao del Sur at Congressman Raul Daza naman bilang kinatawan ng unang distrito ng Northern Samar. Ayon kay House Speaker Feliciano Belmonte, ipinatupad na ng House of Representatives ang desisyon ng Korte Suprema na palitan sa pwesto ni Ty-Delgado si Philip Pichay. Matatandaang idineklara ng Supreme Court na null and void ang kandidatura ni Pichay noong 2013 dahil sa hatol […]
Money laundering suspect leaves the country
MANILA, Philippines – Businessman Kim Wong was able to leave the country for Hong Kong, according to the Ninoy Aquino International Airport. Said businessman was alleged involved in the more than $80 million money laundering activity in the Philippines. Wong is one of the RCBC account holders that are being investigated by the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)
LTFRB says that taxi distance and waiting time rates will remain the same
MANILA, Philippines – The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board clarified that the distance and waiting time rate of taxis will remain the same and will not be included in the reduction of the taxi flag-down rates on March 19. The LTFRB added that taxis must report for the recalibration and resealing of their taxi meters. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)
COMELEC has gag order regarding voters receipt issue
MANILA, Philippines – The Chairman of the Commission on Elections, Andres Bautista, said that he cannot comment regarding the issue of the voters’ receipts because of the pending oral arguments with the Supreme Court. Bautista added that the COMELEC will disclose all the pertinent issue regarding the matter at the legal debate in front of the SC magistrates. COMELEC admits that the volunteer teachers that will serve as Board of Election Inspectors need special training […]
BOC guarantees that abandoned meat will not be sold in markets
MANILA, Philippines – The Bureau of Customs guaranteed that the confiscated and abandoned meat in the Manila Port Area will be sold in the public markets. The BOC approved the order to dispose of the 171 containers of confiscated meat. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos) https://youtu.be/-QqsvzJ0dVI
Medical Technologist Licensure Exam passers, inanunsyo na ng PRC
(Eagle News) — Inanunsyo na ng Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) ang 2,046 na mga pumasa sa Medical Technologist Licensure Examination mula sa 2,596 na kumuha ng naturang eksaminasyong isinagawa nitong Marso ng kasalukuyang taon. Una sa listahan ng mga may pinakamataas na score si Jhamaica Emmyrose Ferrer Aboy ng Centro Escolar University na nakakuha ng 90.60; sinundan naman siya ni Marc Jay Gagarin Lakay ng Lorma College na may score na 90.20 habang pumangatlo naman si […]
Kill the criminals! Duterte’s vote-winning vow in Philippines
by Karl MALAKUNAS MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — Rodrigo Duterte curses the pope’s mother and jokes about his own infidelities, but many voters in the Philippines want to elect him president so he can honour a campaign pledge to kill thousands of criminals. Duterte is making a spectacular, obscenity-filled charge towards the presidential palace by selling himself as a ruthless leader willing to bypass the judicial system in an unprecedented war against crime. “Kill them all,” […]
Gov’t enforces energy security measures for elections
TAGUIG CITY, Mar. 16 — Following the issuance of the Commission on Elections Resolution No. 10067, members of the Inter-Agency Task Force on Securing Energy Facilities (headed by the Department of Energy) are deputized to provide sufficient personnel to secure power assets nationwide and enforce measures to ensure power supply for the national elections this May. The task force will also implement the clearing of obstructions (trees, infrastructures, etc.) beneath the transmission facilities. They will safeguard […]
DOH strengthens monitoring of Zika virus
MANILA, Mar. 16 — The Department of Health (DOH) recently called on all pregnant women to be more careful against mosquito bites especially during daytime. DOH also encourages those with fever, rashes and conjunctivitis to immediately consult doctors to ease apprehensions over catching the Zika virus. “Pregnant women should be wary about mosquito bites because although the Zika infection is asymptomatic in 80% of cases and most of the time self-limiting, the effect on the […]
Hiling na oral argument ng Comelec, pinagbigyan na ng SC
(Eagle News) — Pinagbigyan ng Korte Suprema ang hiling na oral argument ng Comission on Election o Comelec patungkol sa pag-iisyu ng voter’s receipt sa May 9 elections. Bagaman hindi pa tinukoy ng Supreme Court kung ano ang tatalakayin sa oral argument, nilinaw naman ng Korte na limitado ang mga isyung pag-uusapan. “It’s an oral argument, as I said, on very limited issues,” pahayag ni Atty. Theodore Te, Spokesperson ng SC. Nagpasalamat naman ang Comelec […]
