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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
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) – Various protest groups conduct mass actions during Independence Day celebrations with a theme of “Hands Off Philippines” against the continued reclamation activities of China in the West Philippine Sea. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Dexter Magno, Vince Alvin Villarin)
STA. Barbara, Iloilo (Eagle News) – Despite the lack of an official statement regarding who he will support for the presidential election in 2016, President Noynoy Aquino indirectly names Interior and Local Government Secretary Mar Roxas as his personal choice as presidential candidate in his Independence Day speech in Sta. Barbara, Iloilo where he is all praises for said Interior Secretary. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Dexter Magno, Vince Alvin Villarin)
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) – According to the latest surveys conducted by the Ibon Foundation, Vice President Jejomar Binay and Senator Grace Poe are neck-to-neck as top presidential candidates for 2016. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Dexter Magno, Vince Alvin Villarin)
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) – According to Chief Justice Ma. Lourdes Sereno said that the Supreme Court is considering to make available to the public the summary of the Statement of the Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth (SALN) as part of the program of transparency of the judiciary. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Dexter Magno, Vince Alvin Villarin) https://youtu.be/HFPvWVzaJaE
