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Tribute for ex-Senate president Jovito Salonga

MANILA, Philippines – Heartfelt messages and expressions of condolences flooded as news of the death of former Senate President Jovito Salonga died at the age of 95. Salonga is known for his advocacy against corruption and human rights violations. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)

Lack of skills, not jobs, is the problem – DOLE

MANILA, Philippines – According to the Department of Labor and Employment, it is not the lack of jobs but the lack of skills that is the real cause of unemployment, with only 10 out of 1000 applicants hired due to mismatch in industrial requirements. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)

Engineering has the highest salary – CHED

QUEZON City, Philippines – According to the Commission on Higher Education, engineering is the job that has the highest salary for fresh graduates compared to other courses, with an average of Php 19, 000 compared to Php 15, 000 salary of those in non-technical positions. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)

Election preparations should be left to the COMELEC – Brillantes

MANILA, Philippines – Former Commission on Elections Sixto Brillantes said that election preparations should be left to the COMELEC and that the Supreme Court should just let the COMELEC decide election matters. Brillantes also criticized its decision regarding the issuance of voting receipts. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos) https://youtu.be/_RMPnElOKGM

No need for members to worry, health insurance funds stable, PhilHealth chief says

  MANILA, March 11 – There is no reason for the members and other stakeholders to worry about PhilHealth’s capacity to meet its obligations, the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) chief said as he denied a report which claimed the state firm’s funds will run out in months. In a statement, Alex Padilla, president and chief executive of PhilHealth, said, “We would like to clarify some news reports that came out today (March 10) that […]

Aquino tells PNPA graduates to shun corruption especially during May polls

  PRESIDENT Aquino attended on Thursday the 37th Philippine National Police Academy commencement exercises appealing to the new graduates to shun corruption especially with the upcoming May election. In his speech during the event, the President said uniformed personnel will once again face the temptation in the coming election and asked the graduates to do what is right. “Uulitin ko ang hamon ko sa bawat pagkakataong humaharap ako sa mga guma-graduate tulad ninyo: Kung abutan kayo […]

Philippine militants holding foreigners set ransom deadline

  MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — Islamic militants holding two Canadians and a Norwegian in the southern Philippine jungles have set a one-month deadline for millions of dollars in ransom to be paid, according to a video released Thursday. In the video posted on a local jihadist group’s Facebook page, the emaciated victims said they would be killed if the ransom was not paid. Canadian tourists John Ridsdel and Robert Hall, Norwegian resort manager Kjartan Sekkingstad and […]

Palace extends condolences for passing of former Senator Jovito Salonga

MALACANANG extended its condolences to the family of former senator Jovito Salonga who died on Thursday at the Philippine Heart Center. He was 95. “The nation lost a pillar of Philippine democracy and advocate of good governance with the passing of former Senate President Jovito Salonga today,” Communications Secretary Herminio Coloma Jr. said in a statement on Thursday. “We extend our condolences to the bereaved family of Senator Salonga.” Salonga, who had battled Alzheimer’s Diseases, served […]

Korte Suprema, pinabulaanan ang alegasyon ng panunuhol

(Eagle News) — Mariing pinabulaanan ng Korte Suprema ang alegasyon ng panunuhol sa mga mahistrado kaugnay ng desisyong pabor sa pagtakbo ni Senator Grace Poe-Llamanzares sa 2016 presidential elections. Sa 21st annual convention ng Philippine Women Judges Association, mismong si Chief Justice Ma. Lourdes Sereno ang nagsabing ispekulasyon lang ang lumabas na report sa pahayagan kaya hindi na aniya pa dapat pagtuunan ng pansin. “Some matters are best disregarded and ignored. Some matters are just […]

Singil sa kuryente, magtataas-baba

(Eagle News) — Ipatutupad na ng Manila Electric Company o Meralco ang pagkakaltas ng P 0.19 kada kilowatt hour sa singil sa kuryente ngayong buwan ng Marso. Ayon kay Meralco Spokesperson Joe Zaldarriaga, dahilan ng pagbaba ng singil sa kuryente ang mababang generation charge na bunsod na rin ng mas murang halaga ng langis. “This reduction in the generation cost ay primarily ho (dahilan ho nito) ay dahilan ‘dun sa higher dispatch ng mga planta […]

Job fair ng Department of Labor and Employment sa Quezon City , dinagsa

ni Aily Millo Dinagsa ng mga naghahanap ng trabaho ang job fair ng Department Of Labor and Employment (DOLE) sa Quezon City. Nasa 130,000 na bakanteng trabaho sa ibang bansa ang inalok ng dalawampu’t apat na lisensyadong recruitment agencies ng Philppine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA). Habang nasa 1,000 naman ang bakanteng trabaho dito sa bansa na inalok ng nasa 30 kumpanya na sumali sa job fair ng DOLE. Ayon sa DOLE, layon ng job fair […]

Dating Senate President Jovito Salonga, pumanaw na sa edad na 95

(Eagle News) — Pumanaw na si dating Senate President Jovito Salonga ngayong araw, Huwebes, Marso 10 sa edad na 95. Napag-alamang isinugod sa Philippine Heart Center si Salonga kagabi na nasa malubhang kalagayan na at nakumpirma namang binawian na ng buhay kaninang alas-tres ng hapon. Nakilala si Salonga bilang isa sa mga lumaban sa pamumuno ni dating Pangulong Ferdinand Marcos, Sr. at nagtanggol sa mga political prisoner na ikinulong sa kabila ng kawalan ng reklamong […]