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(Eagle News)— Former Social Security System (SSS) commissioner Jose Gabriel “Pompee” La Viña took his oath as the new Department of Tourism (DoT) undersecretary on Monday, April 30. La Viña’s oath-taking was presided by Tourism Secretary Wanda Teo at the DoT office. La Viña was appointed by President Rodrigo Duterte on April 24, replacing former tourism undersecretary Rolando Cañizal. This was after his appointment as SSS commissioner was not renewed in February. While he […]
(Eagle News)– Are companies ready to hire K-12 graduates? In a survey conducted by JobStreet.com, an online job-seeking platform, only 24% of employers are willing to hire K-12 graduates or even those who finished a two-year college course. The companies which are willing to take in K-12 graduates are in the fields of manufacturing, professional services, retail, machinery and equipment, and in the BPO. According to the report, 35% of the employers said they are not […]
(Eagle News) – Nasa kabuuang dalawampu’t limang (25) katao ang nasawi habang limampu’t anim (56) naman ang sugatan sa nangyaring vehicular accident at insidente ng pagkalunod sa nakalipas na long holiday. Ayon sa National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC), labing apat na insidente ng pagkalunod ang naitala sa Cagayan Valley, Calabarzon, Mimaropa at Cordillera Autonomous Region (CAR). Habang nasa labing dalawang vehicular accidents naman sa Ilocos, Calabarzon at CAR. Batay sa report, karamihan sa […]
RICHFIELD, United States (AFP) — US President Donald Trump warned Thursday that he may delay implementation of a renegotiated trade deal with South Korea until after planned nuclear talks with North Korea. Trump offered no explanation for the apparent threat, which came just a day after he hailed the US-Korea Free Trade Agreement (KORUS) as a victory for his get-tough stance on commerce. “I may hold it up until after a deal is made with […]
by Laurent Thomet with Douglas Gillison in Washington Agence France Presse BEIJING, China (AFP) — China warned the United States on Friday that it was “not afraid of a trade war” as it threatened tariffs on $3 billion worth of US goods in retaliation over President Donald Trump’s moves against Chinese imports. Beijing unveiled a hit list of products that could face duties of up to 25 percent, from fresh fruit to pork and wine, […]
by Tristan MCCONNELL Agence France-Presse OL Pejeta, Kenya (AFP) — Sudan, the last male northern white rhino, has died in Kenya at the age of 45, after becoming a symbol of efforts to save his subspecies from extinction, a fate that only science can now prevent. When Sudan was born in 1973 in the wild in Shambe, South Sudan, there were about 700 of his kind left in existence. At his death, there are only two females […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte said that the International Criminal Court (ICC) “will never ever acquire jurisdiction” over him. In a speech during the 145th Founding Anniversary and the 2nd Kanlahi Festival at the Bulwagang Kanlahi in Tarlac City, Duterte stressed how the ICC which is currently investigating alleged crimes against humanity in the Philippines has no jurisdiction over him. “They want me hailed before the ICC. Ayaw ko lang sabihin ngayon, but […]
WASHINGTON DC (Eagle News) — High wind warnings were announced by the National Weather Service (NWS) for the Baltimore/Washington D.C. region of the US starting Friday, March 2 until Saturday morning at six o’clock. Winds from 25 to 40 mph (40 kph to 64 kph) with wind gusts from 55 to 70 (89 kph to 113 kph) are expected to cause widespread damage and power outages, the NWS website said. According to the NWS, the […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Grace Poe on Friday revived her call for Congress to pass a bill that would grant President Rodrigo Duterte emergency powers to address vehicular congestion in Metro Manila. Poe did this after the Japan International Cooperation Agency said around P3.5 billion per day were lost due to traffic in the country, a figure that was higher than the P2.4 billion JICA estimated was lost per day in 2012. According to Poe, the […]
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AFP) — Rockets fired by Syrian regime forces killed at least 13 civilians in the besieged rebel-held enclave of Eastern Ghouta near Damascus on Thursday, a monitor said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said at least 13 people were killed in Douma, the main town in Eastern Ghouta, three of them children. “It was raining on the area so there are no warplanes but it seems the regime chose to use rockets instead,” Rami […]
(Eagle News)–The Senate committee on ethics junked on Tuesday the cases filed by former Customs Chief Nicanor Faeldon against Senators Panfilo Lacson and Antonio Trillanes IV. Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon moved to dismiss the ethics cases that were filed after Lacson and Trillanes accused Faeldon of being linked to corruption in the Bureau of Customs. Drilon said Faeldon’s move against Lacson was a “clear case of forum shopping” since the Lacson’s allegations the former […]
