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QUEZON City, Philippines, June 16 (Eagle News) — Atty. Salvador Panelo denied reports that his client, Andal Ampatuan Sr., is already dead. He added that his client is confined at the National Kidney and Transplant Institute due to liver cancer. Ampatuan is the main suspect in the 2009 Maguindanao Massacre. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)
MANILA, June 16 — The deployment of household service workers (HSWs) has declined drastically in the first five months of 2015, the Department of Labor and Employment reported. “I have received a report yesterday from Philippine Overseas Employment Administration chief Hans Leo J.Cacdac that the deployment of newly-hired OFWs who are working as household service workers have decreased by 20 percent over a five-month period, from January to May 2015, compared to the same period […]
JUNE 15 — A Palace official on Monday assured that the country is prepared to deal with the Middle East Respiratory Coronavirus (MERS-CoV). “The Philippines is fully prepared to thwart and contain the Middle East Respiratory Coronavirus and government has put in place all the necessary preventive measures, including contact-tracing and other infection control protocols to isolate those exhibiting symptoms of MERS-CoV,” Communication Secretary Herminio Coloma, Jr. said in a statement. Secretary Coloma noted that […]
MANILA, Philippines, June 15 (Eagle News) — Starting June 16 (Tuesday), the first batch of decommissioning of firearms of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) will take place in Maguindanao as part of attaining the peace process and “a strong commitment to end the armed conflict”. According to Philippine National Police Officer-in-charge (PNP-OIC) Police Chief Supt. Wilfredo Franco said “decommissioning” of firearms of the MILF was part of strengthening ties between the Government and the […]
QUEZON City, Philippines, June 15 (Eagle News) — Information Technology (IT) experts urged the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) to try the new two technologies as an alternative voting system to the Precinct Count Optical Scan (PCOS) machines for the 2016 elections. The said two technologies were the Transparent and Credible Election System (TCES) and the Fairness, Accuracy, Integrity, Transparency, and Honesty (FAITH).
JUNE 15 (Reuters) — Four people have been confirmed dead after a building collapse in the city of Zunyi in southwest China’s Guizhou Province on Sunday. Part of the nine-story apartment building, built two decades ago, collapsed at 05:58. As of 22:30, firefighters had removed four bodies from the building, after a 15-hour rescue effort. Three others were injured in the collapse. The building housed eight households, with a total of 22 residents, 12 of […]
MANILA, June 15 — The Philippines on June 12 stressed before the United Nations that China’s expansionist policy claiming almost all of the South China Sea should concern the international community as a whole. Speaking at the annual meeting of States Parties to the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), which counts 167 countries including the Philippines and China, Ambassador Lourdes Yparraguirre, the country’s Permanent Representative to the UN, noted the growing […]
MANILA, June 15 – The government and Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) will kick off on Tuesday the first phase of the decommissioning program which aims to put the arms and forces of the rebel group beyond use as agreed by the Parties under the Annex on Normalization of the Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro (CAB). In simple ceremonies dubbed “Ceremonial Turnover of Weapons and Decommissioning of the MILF Combatants” to be held at the Old Provincial […]
JUNE 15 — Malacanang on Sunday invites Filipinos to watch and disseminate the documentary regarding the maritime dispute in the West Philippine and its impact to small fishermen and the maritime ecology. “Malugod naming inaanyayahan ang lahat na panoorin at i-share ang video na pinamagatang “Kalayaan: Karapatan sa Karagatan” upang lubos na maunawaan ang usapin hinggil sa West Philippine Sea. Maaaring matunghayan ito sa Facebook page ni Pangulong Aquino na nakapaloob sa <president.gov.ph>, said Presidential […]
SAN Juan, Metro Manila (Eagle News) – In her Independence Day speech in the Pinaglabanan Shrine, Senator Grace Poe said that the Filipinos are not fully free when there is no transparency in government transactions. According to the senator, this is the reason why the Freedom of Information (FOI) bill should be passed. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Dexter Magno, Vince Alvin Villarin)
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) – Filipino veterans gather at the Manila North Cemetery in celebration of the Independence Day which was held in the site of the proposed Mouseleo De Los Veteranos. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Dexter Magno, Vince Alvin Villarin) https://youtu.be/FR7IIIpvBH8
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) – Various activities were held as part of the Independence Day celebration which includes a job fair in Luneta. Said job fair was successful in drawing many job-seekers. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Dexter Magno, Vince Alvin Villarin) https://youtu.be/wklZ57CilIY
