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Chinese investors, mamumuhunan sa itatayong commercial center sa Bulacan

(Eagle News) — Isang letter of intent ang nilagdaan sa pagitan ng Hunan Province ng China at lalawigan ng Bulacan para sa pagpapaganda ng relasyon ng dalawang probinsya. Ang Bulacan kasi ang napili ng isang grupo ng mga investor mula sa Hunan Province para paglagakan ng 50 billion pesos investment. Kasama sa mga proyekto ang makabagong commercial center na itatayo sa Pandi, Bulacan sa susunod na taon. Magkakaroon ito ng shopping malls, techno hubs, call […]

P10 minimum na pamasahe sa jeepney, pinagtibay na ng LTFRB

(Eagle News) — Inaprubahan na ng Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) ang sampung pisong hirit na taas pamasahe sa jeep ng mga transport group. Una nang ihinirit ng transport group ang pisong dagdag pamasahe na inaprubahan nito lamang July 6, 2018. Karagdagang piso naman sa unang apat na kilometro. Mula sa walong pisong orihinal na pamasahe ay magiging sampung piso na ito. Sa desisyon na inilabas ng LTFRB, nakasaad na, “grant the petition […]

Korte, wala pa ring pasya sa warrant at HDO vs Sen. Trillanes

(Eagle News) — Anumang oras maaari nang maglabas ng decison ang Makati Regional Trial Court Branch 148 kaugnay sa kahilingan ng Department of Justice na alias arrest warrant at hold departure order (HDO) laban kay Senator Antonio Trillanes IV kaugnay sa muling pagbuhay sa kasong kudeta ng mambabatas. At kung papabor ang decison ni Judge Andres Soriano sa justice department maaari ng arestuhin ang senador at hindi na ito maaaring magkanlong kahit nasa senado. Pasya […]

US gov’t to give add’l P1.35 billion in aid for Marawi rehab

  (Eagle News) — The United States government will be providing P1.35 billion ($25 million) for the Marawi rehabilitation for the next three years as part of its aid program to the Philippines. US Ambassador Kim Sung recently announced this on his visit to Marawi City. The aid project is called the Marawi Response Project, a three-year U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) program designed to improve economic and social conditions of communities directly affected […]

Noted gov’t personalities beat deadline for COC filing for 2019 senate race

  (Eagle News) — Noted government officials and personalities, including former senators seeking a senate comeback and other former government officials, beat the deadline for the filing of certificates of candidacy to run as senatorial bets for the May 2019 polls on Wednesday, October 17. Among those who filed their COCs were former presidential adviser for political affairs Francis Tolentino who is running under the PDP-Laban ruling party, former senator Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr., who […]

Enrile re-files certificate of candidacy as senate bet for May 2019 polls

  (Eagle News) — Former senator Juan Ponce Enrile refiled his certificate of candidacy (COC) on Wednesday, October 17, as a senatorial candidate for next year’s elections after the wrong profession was listed in the COC he had earlier filed on Tuesday. Enrile, 94, went to the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) main office in Intramuros, Manila to refile his COC where his correct profession as a “lawyer” is listed. In the first COC filed for […]

Israel’s Ambassador Harpaz makes courtesy call on INC Executive Minister, visits INC Museum and Central Temple

  (Eagle News) — The Ambassador of Israel, His Excellency Rafael Harpaz, visited the Iglesia Ni Cristo (Church Of Christ) Central Office on Wednesday morning, October 17, for a courtesy call to Executive Minister Brother Eduardo V. Manalo. He also had a quick tour of the INC Museum, as well as of the INC Central Temple in Quezon City. “It was a wonderful visit. I would like to thank Brother Eduardo Manalo for his friendship […]

Roque changes his mind, decides to run as senate bet for May 2019 polls

    (Eagle News) – Former presidential spokesperson Harry Roque changed his mind and decided to run for senator in the May 2019 elections, instead of as a party-list representative, when he filed his certificate of candidacy with the Commission on Elections on Wednesday, October 17. Roque will run under the People’s Reform Party (PRP) of the late senator Miriam Defensor Santiago. He said that he was offered by President Rodrigo Duterte to run under […]

De Vera appointed as CHED chairman

(Eagle News) — Commission on Higher commissioner Prospero “Popoy” E. de Vera III has been appointed by President Rodrigo Duterte as the new CHED chairman. De Vera will serve as CHED chairman until July 2022, according to Commission’s OIC-Executive Director Cinderella Filipina S. Benitez-Jaro in a press release posted on the Facebook page of De Vera. For his part, De Vera thanked the President for the appointment, saying he was “humbled” and “challenged” by the […]

‘Year of extremes’ for shrinking Swiss glaciers in 2018: study

GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — Despite an exceptionally snow-filled winter, Swiss glaciers have lost 2.5 percent of their volume this year, according to a report Tuesday which dubbed 2018 “a year of extremes”. This year’s record-breaking temperatures have greatly contributed to the loss of “a fifth of (the glaciers’) volume over the past decade”, according to the annual study on the state of the glaciers, published by the Swiss Academies of Science. And this despite the […]

PNP Chief to Alejano: Help improve human rights condition in PHL, instead of putting it in a bad light

(Eagle News) — Philippine National Police Chief Oscar Albayalde welcomed the election of the Philippines into the United Nations human Rights Council (UNHRC), even as he called on critics to help the government address human rights violations. “First of all, the Philippine National Police shares with the entire Filipino nation the honor of being elected anew to the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to serve another three-year term until 2020. The Philippines’ election to the […]

Red October ouster plot, tuluyan na umanong nalusaw

Ni Mar Gabriel Eagle News Service (Eagle News) — Kinumpirma ng Armed Forces of the Philippines at Philippine National Police na tuluyan nang nalusaw ang “Red October ouster plot” ng rebeldeng grupong New People’s Army. Ayon kay AFP Chief of Staff Gen. Carlito Galvez, wala nang kakayanan ang rebeldeng grupo na maglunsad ng malawakang pag-atake dahil sa maramihang pagsuko ng mga miyembro nito. Naaresto rin umano ng AFP sa operasyon ang limang matataas na lider […]