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(Eagle News) — The Food and Drug Administration has warned the public against the purchase and consumption of unregistered food products in the market. Based on the FDA Advisory No. 2019-008, the public has been warned against five food products present in the market. The FDA said that the unregistered products were Not Fried Baked Snack (in green box), noodles in purple packaging, chips (in red packaging), Wei Lih Meh noodles and anchovies in soy […]
(Eagle news) — The Department of Transportation (DOTr) has ordered the suspension of five private emission testing centers (PETC) found to be falsifying emission tests results. The suspension came after the department’s Investigation Security and Law Enforcement Staff (ISLES) conducted a thorough probe where the five emission testing centers were caught to have falsified test results or entered false information regarding tested vehicles. The following were the emission testing centers which were suspended by the […]
(Eagle News) — Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno has allowed the release of the fourth tranche of increase of salaries of some government workers. House Majority Leader Rolando Andaya Jr., who made the revelation in a statement, said, however, that the order applies only to workers in local government units and in government-owned and -controlled corporations based on Local Budget Circular No. 118 and Corporate Budget Circular No. 23 signed by Diokno last Tuesday. “Now, (Diokno) realizes […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte is slated to meet the 12 minors who were being used as drug couriers and were “rescued” by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in Navotas. PDEA Director General Aaron Aquino made the revelation in a radio interview on Friday, Jan. 18. According to Aquino, the meeting could take place next week. “Hindi niya akalain na yung mga ganung edad ay ginagamit na as couriers,” Aquino said, noting that Duterte […]
(Eagle News)–The Palace on Friday, Jan. 18, branded as “remarkable in ignorance and bias” the report of a United States-based non-government organization that said the Philippines was a “war zone in disguise.” “Not having presented any proof that it has conducted factual investigation in the country as to the conditions obtaining, it is reasonable to believe that its conclusions (are) based on allegations made by groups that are hopelessly and blindly critical of the Duterte […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has appointed a former Malabon vice mayor at the Department of Social Welfare and Development. Mark Allan Jay Yambao, who served as Malabon vice mayor from 1995 to 2004, will serve as undersecretary of the agency. His appointment paper was signed by President Duterte on Tuesday, Jan. 15.
Urges PDEA to help send the minors to Bahay Pag-Asa instead (Eagle News) — Senator Leila de Lima on Friday, Jan. 18, slammed what she said was the parading of minors before the media so authorities could “brag about their presumed accomplishments and earn ‘brownie points.’” De Lima made the statement after the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency nabbed 28 suspected drug offenders, including 12 minors from four to 15 years old, in Navotas on Jan. […]
(Eagle News) — Pinag-aaralan ng Philippine National Railways (PNR) ang posibilidad ng pagpapatupad ng taas-pasahe para sa taong ito. Ito ay upang matugunan ang gastos sa kanilang operasyon at maintenance na epekto ng ikalawang bugso ng excise tax sa ilalim ng TRAIN law. Ayon kay PNR General Manager Jun Magno, mayroon nang nabuong fare matrix ang kanilang planning team. https://youtu.be/YDd4ET34HyE
(Eagle News) — Hihigpitan ng Facebook ang panuntunan nito para sa political ads sa mga bansang may nakatakdang eleksyon sa first half ng 2019. Ayon sa Facebook, habang naghahanda sila para sa mga pangunahing eleksyon sa buong mundo ngayon taon ay patuloy silang nakatuon sa pagpigil ng foreign interference at ang pagbibigay ng mas marami pang impormasyon sa mga tao patungkol sa ads na nakikita sa kanilang platforms. Sa mga political advertiser sa Amerika, Britanya […]
(Eagle News) — Senators have agreed to require the Bureau of Immigration to coordinate with the Department of Labor and Employment before it issues special working permits to foreigners who intend to work in the Philippines for less than six months. The senators came to an agreement upon the advice of Senator Joel Villanueva, who questioned the BI’s authority to issue the permits even with what he said was its lack of technical capability to […]
(Eagle News) — A measure seeking to institutionalize a framework to advance energy efficiency and conservation practices in the country has hurdled the bicameral conference committee. In a statement, Senator Sherwin Gatchalian, chair of the Senate committee on energy, said the approval of the reconciled version of Senate Bill No. 1531 and House Bill No. 8629, or the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Act, is “quite timely, especially at a time when the Philippines is experiencing sustained economic […]
(Eagle News)—-Senator Bam Aquino has filed a resolution seeking to increase the social pension of senior citizens. In calling for a P1000 increase for those receiving a pension not exceeding P3,000, and those who are not receiving any at all, Aquino noted in Senate Bill. No. 2142 that that sector of society needed to cope with the rising cost of basic commodities. For this, Aquino cited a study conducted by the Coalition of Services of […]
