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(Eagle News) — Sang-ayon ang Commission on Election (Comelec) sa plano ng Department of Education (DepEd) na i-ban ang mga kandidato sa graduation ceremonies. Ayon kay Comelec Spokesperson James Jimenez, nauunawan ng ahensya ang ginagawang pagtulong ng ilang kandidato sa graduation ceremonies sa pamamagitan ng mga donasyon ngunit hindi sila pabor sa paggamit ng ilan sa aktibidad upang mangampanya. Kaya naman plano na ng DepEd na ipagbawal na ang graduation speech maging ang pag-iimbita sa […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — The NBA, with one of the world’s largest Facebook communities, will make video recaps of every league game available on Facebook Watch, according to NBA Digital. The league, which resumes regular-season play Thursday following a break for Sunday’s NBA All-Star Game, has 400 million followers across all league, team and player Facebook accounts. In addition to NBA video recaps, Facebook Watch will feature game recaps for all Women’s NBA, […]
by Pirate IRWIN Agence France-Presse MONACO, Principality of Monaco (AFP) — Novak Djokovic’s stupendous comeback from injury last year which saw him win two Grand Slam titles earned him the Laureus Sportsman of the Year Award on Monday at a lavish ceremony. The 31-year-old Serbian — who added the Australian Open in January to the Wimbledon and US Open crowns he won in 2018 after coming back from elbow surgery — won the award for […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Tokyo stocks opened lower on Tuesday as investors were seen taking a wait-and-see attitude after a holiday in the US market with a lack of fresh clues for trading. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index was down 0.12 percent or 25.75 points at 21,256.10 in early trade, while the broader Topix index was lower by 0.10 percent or 1.61 points at 1,600.35. “Japanese shares are dominated by a wait-and-see attitude after the […]
MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — Facebook has blocked a popular page run by Russian state TV channel RT, the channel’s editor said Monday, criticizing the move as an attack on media rights. “We had a subsidiary project in English, In the Now. The project was wildly popular — 2.5 billion views and four million subscribers on Facebook alone!” RT editor-in-chief Margarita Simonyan said on her Telegram social network account. She said a report aired by […]
by Fiachra GIBBONS Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP) — A tiny beach restaurant in an isolated South African fishing village was named the best in the world on Monday. Chef Kobus van der Merwe, who did not begin to cook seriously until he was 30, forages every day for ingredients on the wild Atlantic shore of the Western Cape near his Wolfgat restaurant, where he also makes his own bread and butter. The Wolfgat — […]
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Japanese car giant Honda is expected to announce the shutdown of its plant in south west England in 2022, putting 3,500 jobs at risk, media reports said Monday. The carmaker is to announce the closure of its Swindon plant on Tuesday, according to Sky News, but still keep its European headquarters in nearby Bracknell. Nissan and Ford have also warned that jobs could be lost at British plants as Britain […]
OTTAWA, Canada (AFP) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s top advisor quit on Monday amid allegations of political interference in the criminal prosecution of engineering giant SNC-Lavalin. One of the key architects of Trudeau’s 2015 electoral win and his longtime friend, Gerry Butts said he resigned as the prime minister’s principle secretary to avoid distractions for the government facing another tough ballot fight in eight months. In a statement, Butts “categorically” denied accusations that […]
BRASÍLIA, Brazil (AFP) — Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Monday sacked a close aide who helped get him elected after a storm within his party over suspected improper campaign financing. The allegations are the latest scandal to hit the party of the far-right president, who comfortably won elections last October in large part by vowing to stamp out corruption. Bolsonaro “has decided to dismiss as of today Gustavo Bebianno as minister of the general […]
(Eagle News)–The tariffs on rice importation under the newly signed rice tariffication law will start on March 3, the Department of Finance said on Monday .Feb. 18. In a statement, the DOF said the National Food Authority Council also “approved the transfer of the NFA functions to the Department of Agriculture as provided under the rice tariffication law, effective March 3.” The DOF said the approval was made also on Monday, Feb. 18, during the NFA […]
(Eagle News)—The Palace on Monday, Feb. 18, reiterated President Rodrigo Duterte does not personally know the businessman who filed cyber libel charges against Rappler, its executive editor Maria Ressa, and former reporter Reynaldo Santos Jr. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo reiterated President Duterte’s statement anew after the Pinoy Ako Blog, known for its anti-administration stance, said Wilfredo Keng’s Century Peak Metals Holding Corp. had bagged government projects including a reclamation project in Cavite. “Even assuming that those […]
Says act was “simply an acknowledgment of INC’s existence for a hundred years.” (Eagle News) – The Supreme Court has junked the petition filed by a private citizen which questioned the Philippine Postal Corporation’s printing of the Iglesia Ni Cristo (INC) Centennial stamps in 2014. In a 26-page decision, the high tribunal said that it found “no reason or basis” to grant the petition as it found no violation of the Constitution in the printing […]
