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MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) – Newly-elected Manila City Mayor Isko Moreno is pursuing his plan to have a film festival that features independent or “indie” films. Moreno announced his plans for a Manila Indie Film Festival, recalling how he started in showbiz before he entered in politics in 2010. He said that the independent film festival can run for at least three days in Manila. “At least three days magkaroon sila ng outlet na sila […]
(Eagle News)–Senator-elect Bong Go on Thursday, June 13, reiterated his push for the creation of a department for Overseas Filipino Workers following the reported rape of a Filipina in Kuwait. Go had said the department would help provide assistance to OFWs, whether this be in legal form, or in other forms. “Hinding hindi natin palalampasin ang panggagahasa sa isa nating kababayan na pumunta ng Kuwait upang magtrabaho at mabigyan ng magandang kinabukasan ang kanyang pamilya,” […]
(Eagle News)–The Philippines may sever its diplomatic ties with China if the ramming by a Chinese vessel of a Filipino fishing boat in the West Philippine Sea was intentional. This is according to Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo, who had earlier denounced the Chinese vessel’s “act of abandonment” of the 22 Filipino fishermen in the incident on June 9. “We will cut off diplomatic relations ‘yan ang unang ginagawa kapag mayroong mga aggressive acts. Magdi-diplomatic protest […]
(Eagle News) – The Department of Foreign Affairs is now “closely coordinating with the Kuwaiti authorities for the speedy arrest” of a Kuwaiti police officer who is the suspect in the rape of a Filipina household service worker. The DFA , in a tweet, said that the Philippine embassy in Kuwait reported that authorities there had already issued an arrest warrant for the suspect, Mr. Fayed Naser Hamad Alajmy, a 22-year-old Kuwaiti Police Officer. The […]
(Eagle News)–The Philippines has filed a diplomatic protest following the sinking of a Filipino fishing boat by a Chinese vessel in the West Philippine Sea, and the “abandonment” by the latter’s crew of the 22 Filipino fishermen. Foreign Affairs Secretary Teddy Locsin made the announcement in response to Senator Antonio Trillanes IV the Philippines filed the protest before the International Maritime Organization. “I fired off a diplomatic protest yesterday. The Maritime Safety Committee of the […]
(Eagle News)–The camp of Vice President Leni Robredo has asked the Presidential Electoral Tribunal to resolve all pending incidents after the revision and the recount of ballots ordered in connection with former Senator Bongbong Marcos’ electoral protest. In seeking for the resolution in an eight-page urgent motion, Robredo, through her lawyer Romulo Macalintal, said the result of the revision, recount and re-appreciation of the ballots, which were terminated in March, “clearly confirm the victory of […]
HONG KONG, China (AFP ) — Asian markets fell again Thursday with Hong Kong suffering a second straight day of heavy losses as investors fret over the impact of protests in the city and plans to introduce a controversial law allowing extradition to China. Equities were once more deep in negative territory owing to uncertainty over the China-US trade saga and following a tepid inflation report out of Washington, while oil prices were wallowing at […]
(Eagle News)–The sinking of a Filipino boat after it collided with a Chinese vessel near Recto Bank in the West Philippine Sea, and the abandonment of the Chinese crew of the Filipino fishermen calls for a “leader-to-leader talk.” According to Senator Panfilo Lacson, we, after all, “don’t treat our friends like that and we don’t expect to be treated that way either.” “Nothing short of a hard and serious punitive action by the Chinese leadership […]
(Eagle News)–Parts of Isabela are experiencing power interruption today, June 13. The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines said Iselco II-Cabagan and Tumauini substations are affected. The NGCP said the cause of interruption is due to a “breach of vertical safety clearance along Tuguegarao-Cabagan 69kV Line.” “We apologize for the inconvenience caused by this unscheduled power interruption,” the NGCP said.
(Eagle News) – The Legislative Franchise Committee of the House of Representatives has failed to submit a report on a pending bill for the renewal of the legislative franchise of television-radio network ABS-CBN Corporation which expires on March 30 next year. House Bill 4349 sought to renew ABS-CBN’s franchise which is expiring in nine months. It was filed in the 17th Congress by Nueva Ecija 2nd district representative Micaela Violago, as a follow-up of […]
PATNA, India (AFP) — At least 31 children have died in northern India in the last 10 days from a deadly brain disease believed linked to a toxic substance found in lychee fruit, health officials said Wednesday. The deaths were reported from two hospitals in Bihar state’s Muzaffarpur district, famed for it lush lychee orchards, officials said. The children all showed symptoms of Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES), senior health official Ashok Kumar Singh told AFP, […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday, June 12, said he was “working on” increasing the salary of teachers but noted there were “millions” of them. In a speech, Duterte also defended his decision to increase the salaries of uniformed personnel first, saying a country should have a strong armed forces. “If you want a strong country, you need to have a strong army. Nothing will happen if you have a weak armed forces. They are […]
