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According to Senate President Franklin Drilon, he is confident that the Senate may approve in its third and final reading, the proposed national budget for 2016. After said budget passes in the Senate, the Congress plans to conduct bicameral reading as the target for the passage of the bill is on the first week of December. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos) https://youtu.be/cl1gUIQisaQ
Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago gives rest to rumors saying that she will withdraw from the 2016 elections to give way to Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte. The senator said that although she believes in Duterte, it doesn’t mean that she will withdraw from the elections. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)
The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction said that the Philippines is number four in the list of Top 5 disaster-prone countries. Also included in the list are United States of America, China, India and Indonesia. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)
The Department of Transportation and Communication (DOTC) had announced that there will be no increase in the fare of the Light Rail Transit or LRT and Metro Rail Transit (MRT) next year. Said department assured the move when it defended its Php 42 billion budget for 2016, with Php 4 billion set aside for subsidy. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos) https://youtu.be/zKN5nkIRCew
The president of Partido Demokratiko Pilipino – Lakas ng Bayan, Senator Aquilino Pimentel III said that the tandem of Mayor Rodrigo Duterte and Senator Alan Peter Cayetano is not yet final as the party is still going to deliberate who should be the running mate of Duterte. They are also waiting for Duterte to file his certificate of candidacy before December 10, the deadline set by the Commission on Elections for substitution. Pimentel added that […]
The Philippine National Police has in its possession the initial list of election hotspots all over the country but added that the situation is still subject to change before the PNP releases the final list. The Commission on Elections has set a meeting with the PNP and the Armed Forces of the Philippines to formulate a security plan regarding the 2016 elections. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno, […]
According to the Philippine National Police, there is no terrorist threat against the Philippines, adding that although the PNP receives a lot of information regarding the entrance of terrorists in the Philippines but the PNP’s validation is yet to confirm a serious threat. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos) https://youtu.be/5Kr3s_jltAw
More members of the SCAN International file libel cases against Lowell Menorca II with members of the said organization from Makati, Las Piñas, Parañaque, Muntinlupa, Pasay and Taguig. Said libel cases stem from Menorca’s allegations that the SCAN is a death squad. (Eagle News Service)
According to Deputy Presidential Spokesperson Abigail Valte, the first round of the presentation of oral arguments will last until November 30 as the Philippine delegation appears in front of the international arbitral court in the Hague, Netherlands to present the country’s case against China regarding the territorial dispute in the West Philippine Sea. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)
As the authorities conduct another round of its “Oplan Galugad” at the New Bilibid Prison. Confiscated items include firearms, alcohol, air conditioning units and chopped up motorcycle parts. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos) https://youtu.be/8Lx3gop_IPY
The Palace has expressed hope that China would actively participate in the drawing up of a binding Code of Conduct in the South China Sea to ensure regional stability. Presidential Spokesperson Edwin Lacierda said during a media briefing in Malacañang on Monday that China has been provided the draft of the Code of Conduct, which it is studying. “Noon pa natin sinasabi, at ng ASEAN, na mahalagang magkaroon ng isang Code of Conduct dito sa […]
Educational reform advocates are divided in the issue of the implementation of the K-to-12 program. According to the Philippine Business for Education, lack of access to utilities should postpone the implementation of the said program while the Alliance of Concerned Teachers said that the government should address first the basic problems like lack of water and electricity before implementing the K-to-12 program. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno, […]
