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Over 1000 pass electrical engineer licensure exams

2093 hurdle tests for master electricians  (Eagle News)—Over 1000 passed the Electrical Engineer Licensure Examination given in April, while over 2000 passed the tests for master electricians, the Professional Regulation Commission said. The 1,600 who passed the electrical engineer licensure exams  in Manila, Baguio, Cagayan De Oro, Cebu, Davao, Iloilo, Legazpi, Lucena and Tacloban represent 62.79 percent of the 2,548 who took them. The 2,093 who passed the master electricians exams, on the other hand, […]

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Duterte and Xi vow to further strengthen PHL-China cooperation; Xi calls Duterte a “genuine friend”

  (Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte and Chinese President Xi Jinping held their bilateral meeting on Thursday, reaffirming and strengthening diplomatic ties between the Philippines and China. “We look forward to a productive discussion on matters of mutual interest and concern,” said Duterte, in his opening remarks prior to their bilateral meeting. He said that the Philippines and China “must continue to work together to explore new areas of cooperation and partnership.” -Better PHL-China […]

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The Manila Times: Salvosa did not resign over “oust Duterte” matrix story; he was “asked to do so”

(Eagle News)–The Manila Times on Thursday, April 25, clarified its managing editor Felipe Salvosa II resigned because he was “asked to do so.” Slamming publications that  “twisted” this fact, The Manila Times said  this was asked of Salvosa because he “behaved unethically when he posted a statement on social media without first notifying or clarifying with our Chairman Emeritus, Dr. Dante A. Ang, the issues that he had with the story ‘Oust-Duterte plot bared,’ written […]

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Palace welcomes SWS survey results that found hunger incidence down among Filipino families

(Eagle News) — The Palace on Thursday, April 25, welcomed the results of the recent Social Weather Stations survey that found that hunger incidence among Filipino families went down in March. According to Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo, the drop to “a single-digit 9.5 percent” in the first quarter of 2019 “indicate that the President’s sincere efforts in addressing soaring prices and running a bureaucracy that efficiently delivers basic services to the poor and marginalized are […]

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NUPL, iniakyat sa Korte Suprema ang pagkakasama ng grupo sa “Oust Duterte plot” matrix

Moira Encina Eagle News Service Iniakyat sa Korte Suprema ng National Union of Peoples’ Lawyer o NUPL ang pagkakasama nila sa “Oust Duterte plot” matrix na inilabas ng isang pahayagan. Sa kanilang inihaing manifestation, hiniling ng NUPL na ikonsidera ng Supreme Court sa kanilang hirit na Temporary Protection Order o TPO ang pagkakasama nila sa pangalan ng mga organisasyon, abogado at media na sangkot diumano para siraan at patalsikin si Pangulong Duterte sa pwesto. Sa […]

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Manila Times editor who criticized newspaper’s publication of “Oust Duterte plot” matrix resigns

(Eagle News) — The managing editor of The Manila Times has resigned after a matrix linking Rappler and other media outfits to an alleged plot to oust President Rodrigo Duterte was published in the newspaper several days ago. The resignation of Felipe Salvosa II came after he published social media comments against the decision to publish the matrix, which had come with a story written by Dante Ang, chairman emeritus of The Manila Times, himself. […]

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Hontiveros to MWSS, Manila Water: Set up mechanisms to ensure P1-billion fine will result in actual compensation, rebates to customers

(Eagle News)–Senator Risa Hontiveros called on the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System and Manila Water to “immediately set up the mechanisms to guarantee” that the P1-billion fine imposed by the agency on the water firm “will result in actual compensation or consumer rebates” to customers who were severely affected by the water shortage. Hontiveros made the call as she lauded the MWSS for imposing the P1.13-billion fine, which she said was “clear proof that government […]

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Medialdea designated as caretaker of gov’t with Duterte in China

(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has designated Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea as caretaker of the government as the chief executive attends the second Belt and Road Forum in China from April 24 to 28. In Special order No. 420, Duterte said Medialdea shall “take care of the day-to-day operations in the Office of the President and …oversee the general administration of the executive department..” Medialdea shall also “if necessary, act for or on behalf […]

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Palace to Canada: Retrieve your trash “pronto” or 70 years of diplomatic relations between our countries “will be put to naught”

(Eagle News) — The Palace on Thursday, April 25, said the seventy years of diplomatic relations between the Philippines and Canada “will be put to naught” if the latter “will not act with dispatch and finality” on the issue of wastes shipped to the Philippines years ago. Presidential Spokesperson issued the statement, as he described as “vague” the Canadian embassy’s response to President Rodrigo Duterte’s strong remark against Canada’s continued refusal to take back the […]

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Luzon grid under yellow, red alerts today, April 25

(Eagle News)–The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines placed on alert the Luzon grid on Thursday, April 25. The NGCP said a yellow alert was effective from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m., 5 p.m. to 6 p.m., and 9 p.m. to 11 p m. The NGCP said a red alert would be in effect from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. The available capacity of the Luzon grid is […]

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SWS: Hunger incidence among Filipino families down in March

(Eagle News)–Hunger incidence among Filipino families decreased in March, a recent Social Weather Stations survey found. The SWS survey conducted from March 28 to 31 found that the 9.5% or the estimated 2.3 million families who experienced involuntary hunger at least once in the past three months was one percent lower than the 10.5 percent in December 2018. According to the SWS, this also “marked the second consecutive quarter where there has been a decrease in […]

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Easterlies affect S. Luzon, Visayas, Mindanao on Thursday, April 25

(Eagle News)–The easterlies continue to affect Southern Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao on Thursday, April 25, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said. According to PAGASA, Bicol Region, Visayas, and Mindanao will experience  partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms as a result. Flash floods during severe thunderstorms are also possible. Metro Manila and the rest of Luzon will also have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers, this time, […]

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