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(Eagle News) — The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) warned profiteers not to take advantage of the prices of basic commodities especially those of seasonal or holiday products. The DTI even asked local government units (LGUs) and market administrators to help them pinpoint and catch those who will take advantage of the situation. Those who will be caught overpricing will be barred from continuing doing business in the country until they answer the notice […]
(Eagle News) — The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) approved the Php1 fare hike for provincial and city buses which will take effect in November. The announcement came a day after the LTFRB approved the PhP10 minimum jeepney fare that will be implemented next month. On Thursday, October 18, the LTFRB issued the order that the fare for ordinary buses will increase from Php 10.00 to Php 11.00, and for the air-conditioned buses […]
(Eagle News) – A group of jeepney operators and drivers on Thursday thanked the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) for its decision approving the proposed Php1 fare hike that will set the minimum jeepney fare from the current P9 to P10 starting November. Zeny Maranan, President of Federation of Jeepney operators and Drivers Association of the Philippines (FEJODAP) said the one peso fare increase would already be a big help to the jeepney […]
(Eagle News) — Former Philippine envoy to the United Nations, Teodoro “Teddy Boy” Locsin Jr., took his oath as the new secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs, taking over from Alan Peter Cayetano, who filed his candidacy for the 2019 mid-term elections. Locsin was sworn in as DFA secretary by President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday, October 17. The President chose Locsin, whom he had appointed earlier in 2016 as Philippine envoy to the […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
