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(Eagle News)–The Department of Labor and Employment has lifted the deployment ban on Filipinos who wish to return to their jobs in Libya. The Philippine Overseas Employment and Administration said the ban–which was imposed in September last year after the Department of Foreign Affairs raised an Alert Level 3 over the area because of cases of kidnapping of Overseas Filipino Workers there—was relaxed after the DFA and the National Security Council lowered the crisis alert level […]
(Eagle News) –Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana has said reports a Yemeni couple who committed suicide bombing was behind the blasts at a Jolo, Sulu cathedral have yet to be validated. He said for this, a body part found at the Our Lady of Mount Carmel cathedral will undergo DNA testing. “(May) kalahati ng mukha ng tao nasa SOCO (Scene of the Crime Operations) (that) you cannot identify, nobody (is claiming him or her yet)…So we’re trying […]
(Eagle News) — The Senate has passed on second reading the Murang Kuryente bill. Under Senate Bill No. 1950, electricity rates are reduced by allowing the use of the net national government share from the Malampaya natural gas project for the payment of the stranded contract costs and stranded debts of the National Power Corporation. The net national government share shall be remitted to a special trust fund to be administered by the Power Sector Assets […]
(Eagle News) — The House of Representatives on Wednesday, Jan. 30, passed on second reading a bill that aims to legalize motorcycles as public utility vehicles. House Bill 8959 aims to amend Section 7(c) of the Land Transportation and Traffic Code that specifies that private motorcycles “shall not be used for hire under any circumstances, and shall not be used to solicit, accept or be used to transport passengers or freight for pay.” The bill […]
(Eagle News) — The Palace on Wednesday, Jan. 30, attributed the country’s improved anti-corruption rating to the measures implemented by the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo noted Duterte’s dismissal of government officials for corruption, and Duterte’s launch of the 8888 hotline for complaints on corrupt government employees and officials, and his issuance of a freedom of information order for compliance by the executive department, among others. “The President has truly displayed […]
(Eagle News) — Over 1,000 passed the Architect Licensure Examinations in January, the Professional Regulation Commission announced on Wednesday, Jan. 30. According to the PRC, the 1,120 who passed the exams in Manila, Baguio, Cebu, Davao, Legazpi and Zamboanga on January 25 and 27 represent over 50 percent of the 1,990 who took the tests. Justin Lei Germino Ramos of the Cebu Institute of Technology University topped the exams, with an 83.8 percent rating. Ramos was […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has defended the showing of the biopic of Bureau of Corrections chief and senatorial candidate Ronald Dela Rosa that hit theaters on Wednesday, Jan. 30. According to Duterte, who spoke to reporters in an interview after the premiere night of “Bato The Movie: The General Ronald Dela Rosa Story” in a Mandaluyong mall the day before, the biopic was merely a “tribute to an officer and a soldier of the […]
(Eagle News) — All four individuals who were caught in closed-circuit television camera in the site of the Jolo, Sulu blasts that killed at least 21 people surfaced on Wednesday, Jan. 30, to clear their names. Armed Forces of the Philippines Western Mindanao Command spokesperson Lt. Col. Gerry Besana said Alshaber J. Arbi, 18, and Gerry Isnajil, a teacher, first surfaced at the police provincial office around 10 a.m. The teacher, who was wearing a […]
(Eagle News) — Amnesty International is urging the Philippine Congress “to reject attempts to lower the minimum age of criminal responsibility” as it aired its deep concern at renewed efforts by the Philippine government to lower the minimum age of responsibility from 15 to 12 years old. The London-based non-governmental organization focused on human rights views current moves in Congress on lowering the minimum age of criminal responsibility as “disturbing.” “Amnesty International calls on the […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Detained auto tycoon Carlos Ghosn believes his arrest and the charges against him are the result of a “plot and treason” at his former employer Nissan, he told the Nikkei newspaper Wednesday. The Japanese business daily quoted Ghosn as saying he had “no doubt” that the charges against him were motivated by Nissan executives opposed to greater integration of the firm with its French alliance partner Renault. It was the first […]
(Eagle News) — Iniimbestigahan na ng National Privacy Commission ang detalye ng data breach sa Globe Telecom na nakaapekto sa halos 9,000 prepaid customers nito. Sinabi ni NPC Commissioner Raymund Liboro na pinayuhan na nila ang mga posibleng naapektuhan ng data breach na i-monitor ang kanilang online at offline accounts. Pinayuhan din silang magpalit na ng mga password at iba pang identity verification at maging maingat sa mga posibleng phishing attempts. https://youtu.be/4_2MzJeC3TI
Appointments of 9 others also confirmed (Eagle News) — The Commission on Appointments on Wednesday, Jan. 30, confirmed the appointments of several individuals, including that of General Benjamin Madrigal Jr. as Armed Forces of the Philippines chief. Also confirmed were Brigadier General Virgilio Bartolome, Lt. General Noel Clement and seven officials of the Department of Foreign Affairs. The seven DFA officials were: Leah Basinang-Ruiz as Ambassador to the Republic of Poland with concurrent jurisdiction over Ukraine, […]
