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Gov’t on track to complete Metro Manila Subway construction by 2029: DOTr

(Eagle News)–The government is on track to complete the construction of the Metro Manila Subway by 2029. The Department of Transportation made the statement after noting it had shortened the negotiation process for property owners who might be affected by the country’s first underground rail project. “If there will be no agreement, we will have to file expropriation proceedings but without prejudice to continue the negotiations,” Transportation Undersecretary for Rails Jeremy Regino said. Regino emphasized […]

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March 11 not a holiday: PHL gov’t

    (Eagle News)–March 11 is not a holiday. This was the clarification issued by the government after a “Proclamation No. 729” supposedly declaring the same started circulating online. According to the Official Gazette, the document is “spurious.” “It is a tampered version of Proclamation No. 729 s. 2019 issued by then- Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea during the previous administration,” it said.    

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PAGASA: Easterlies affecting PHL

Northern, Central Luzon also affected by northeast monsoon  (Eagle News)–The northeast monsoon is affecting Northern and Central Luzon. According to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration, the easterlies are also affecting the country. As a result, Caraga, Eastern Samar, Leyte and Southern Leyte will have cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms. Flashfloods or landslides due to moderate to at times heavy rains are possible. Cagayan Valley, Cordillera Administrative Region, and Quezon, […]

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PNR to temporarily stop operations starting March 28 to give way to NSCR construction

(Eagle News)–The Philippine National Railways will temporarily stop  its Governor Pascual-Tutuban and Tutuban-Alabang operations starting March 28. In a statement, the PNR said this was to pave the way for the construction of  the North-South Commuter Railway (NSCR) project. The PNR said with the temporary halt, NSCR construction can be expedited by eight months, ensuring savings of at least P15.8 billion. It said the move will also ensure the safety of passengers throughout the construction. […]

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PHL employment rate in January 2024 at 95.5%: PSA

(Eagle News)–The country’s employment rate in January 2024 was pegged at 95.5 percent. The Philippine Statistics Authority said this translates to 45.94 million employed persons, lower than the number of employed individuals in the same month last year, pegged at 47.35 million. January 2024’s employment rate was also higher than the employment rate posted in the same month last year–at 95.2 percent—but lower than the employment rate reported in October 2023, at 95.8 percent, the […]

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India raids network sending citizens to fight for Russia

NEW DELHI, March 8, 2024 (AFP) – Indian authorities said they had detained members of a “trafficking” network sending citizens of the country to fight for the Russian army in Ukraine after raiding several travel agents. Two years since Russia’s invasion began, tens of thousands of its soldiers have been killed in Ukraine and Moscow is on a global quest for more troops. At least two Indian soldiers have been killed in the conflict, with […]

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For ‘difficult’ creator, ‘Dragon Ball’ success provided acceptance

TOKYO, March 8, 2024 (AFP) – Akira Toriyama was already famous to comic fans in the early 1980s with “Dr. Slump” but he won manga immortality with the global sensation and Japanese success story that is “Dragon Ball”. But as his creation and his fame exploded when his creation won over kids the world over, Toriyama, who has died in Japan aged 68, shunned the limelight and preferred to focus on drawing. “‘Dragon Ball’ is […]

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UK PM Sunak’s mother-in-law appointed to Indian parliament

NEW DELHI, March 8, 2024 (AFP) – The mother-in-law of British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was on Friday appointed to serve in India’s parliament, capping a career working for the philanthropic arm of her billionaire husband’s tech firm. Sudha Murthy, 73, is the former chair of the Infosys Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the global tech behemoth Infosys her husband N.R. Narayana Murthy co-founded in 1981. The couple’s daughter Akshata married Sunak in 2009. Indian […]

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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversees live-fire drills targeting South Korean capital

SEOUL, March 8, 2024 (AFP) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un guided a large-scale live-fire artillery drill involving a unit Pyongyang says is capable of striking the South Korean capital, the North’s state media said Friday. So far this year, Pyongyang has declared South Korea its “principal enemy”, jettisoned agencies dedicated to reunification and outreach, and threatened war over “even 0.001 mm” of territorial infringement. Pyongyang’s latest announcement came after Washington and Seoul started […]

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Nigeria: Gunmen kidnap more than 280 students in shocking school raid

  Local government officials in Kaduna State confirmed the kidnapping attack on Kuriga school on Thursday, but gave no figures as they said they were still working out how many children had been abducted. At least one person was shot dead during the attack, local residents said. Sani Abdullahi, one of the teachers at the GSS Kuriga school in the Chikun district, said staff managed to escape with many students when the gunmen attacked the […]

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Sweden finally joins NATO, ending non-alignment, in Ukraine war shadow

By Shaun TANDON WASHINGTON, March 8, 2024 (AFP) – Sweden on Thursday became the 32nd member of NATO, turning the page on two centuries of non-alignment and capping two years of tortuous diplomacy after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine triggered new fears. Days after Hungary followed key holdout Turkey and became the last NATO member to sign off, Sweden ceremonially handed over accession documents to the United States, the leading force of the transatlantic alliance that […]

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US lawmakers push for TikTok to cut ByteDance ties or face ban

  US lawmakers moved Wednesday to pressure TikTok to sever ties with its Chinese parent company ByteDance or face a ban, in a broader push to keep social media apps out of foreign adversaries’ control. A bipartisan group of 20 lawmakers have introduced a bill barring platforms controlled by ByteDance from US app store availability or web hosting services — unless they are no longer linked to China. The legislation would also allow the president […]

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