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Walang dapat ikaalarma ang publiko sa napabalitang Newcastle Outbreak sa ilang lalawigan ng Luzon. Paliwanag ng Department of Agriculture (DA), “Hindi nakakahawa sa tao ang Newcastle disease na umaatake sa mga manok” Giit pa ng DA, hindi na rin daw nakakaabot sa merkado ang mga apektadong manok dahil ang mga tinamaan ng virus ay bumabaho at hindi na maibebenta.
Idineklara na ng World Health Organization (WHO) bilang “public health emergency of international concern” ang Zika virus outbreak. Ipinaliwanag ni WHO Director General Margaret Chan na ito ay dahil sa mabilis na pagkalat ng Zika na ang alert category nito ay kapareho ng Ebola.
MANILA, Feb. 2 (PNA) — The Philippines has jumped six notches in a Washington-based think-tank’s annual economic freedom report, improving its ranking from 76th to 70th place this year, an embassy report said Tuesday. Heritage Foundation reaffirmed economic freedom in the Philippines and recognized notable success in monetary freedom and management of public finance. The 2016 Index of Economic Freedom continued to grade the economies of 186 countries based on 10 independent factors called Economic […]
MANILA, Feb. 2 (PNA) — The Philippine government on Tuesday hailed another improvement on the country’s ranking on the 2016 Index of Economic Freedom after reaching the 70th place against 178 countries, up from 76th last year. US-based think tank Heritage Foundation said economic freedom in the country is now “moderately free” after getting a score of 63.1 percent out of 100 points. Improvement of the country’s ranking is among the best in the past […]
MANILA, Feb. 2 (PNA) — The case of the bus driver who bumped into traffic barriers in EDSA while racing against another bus will be heard on Feb. 9, the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) said Tuesday. According to the Board, the hearing will take place in its headquarters in Quezon City. So far, the LTFRB has already issued a show cause order to the bus’ operator and driver to explain in writing […]
MANILA, Feb. 2 (PNA) — The Philippines has formally asked the World Trade Organization (WTO) to compel Thailand to act consistently with the multilateral trade body’s ruling favoring the customs valuation of Philippine-made cigarette imports. The move was prompted by a legal action taken by the Thai government against Philip Morris Thailand which imports cigarettes from its Philippine affiliate. This was viewed by the Philippines as inconsistent with the WTO decision that ruled against Thailand’s […]
MANILA, Feb. 2 (PNA) — State pension fund Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) is encouraging its 382, 405 active members who are still holders of Life Endowment Policy (LEP) to convert their GSIS insurance plan into Enhanced Life Policy (ELP). ELP provides higher insurance benefit to legal heirs of deceased members, which is equivalent to 1.5 of the annual salary of the member. Launched in 2003, it seeks to boost financial support to members’dependents in […]
MANILA, Feb. 2 (PNA) – The Supreme Court (SC) en banc on Tuesday dismissed with finality the petition of the Laude family seeking the transfer of detention of United States Marines Lance Cpl. Joseph Scott Pemberton to a local jail. In a press conference, SC Public Information Office (PIO) Chief and Spokesman Atty. Theodore O. Te said that “the Court denied with finality the Motion for Reconsideration filed by petitioners from the Court’s Decision dated […]
MANILA, Feb. 2 (PNA) — Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and Bangsamoro Development Agency (BDA) outlined 26 anchor projects for peace and development in Mindanao under the final draft of the proposed Bangsamoro Development Plan (BDP) 2 or the Medium- to Long-Term Development Plan. The Development Plan is among components of JICA’s Comprehensive Capacity Development Project for the Bangsamoro and is meant to act as useful reference or guide for the future development undertaking not […]
BULUAN, Maguindanao, Feb. 2 (PNA) — The rising cost of damages to agricultural crops has prompted the provincial board to place the entire province under state of calamity, officials said Tuesday. Maguindanao Gov. Esmael Toto Mangudadatu, chair of the provincial disaster risk reduction and management council, said the provincial legislative body has readily approved his recommendation to put the province under state of calamity as the damages reported by agriculture officials rose to about PHP130 […]
MANILA, Feb. 2 (PNA) — Government assured securing Metro Manila’s water supply amidst the continuing strong El Nino phenomenon but still called for continuous water conservation, aware this drought-driving problem might persist beyond mid-2016. “Metro Manila water users are assured of continuous domestic and municipal water supply from Angat reservoir even with persistence of El Nino,” National Water Resources Board (NWRB) Executive Director Dr. Sevillo David Jr. said in a press statement released Tuesday (Feb. […]
The Senate Blue Ribbon sub-committee – under the chairmanship of Senator Koko Pimentel – recommended the filing of plunder cases against Vice-President Jejomar Binay and his son, former Makati Mayor Junjun Binay due to the over-pricing of several edifices in Makati City. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)
