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(Eagle News) — The Commission on Elections on Wednesday, Feb. 13, reminded voters not to “overvote” on the day of the elections in May. According to Comelec Spokesperson James Jimenez, voting for more than the maximum number of candidates allowed will invalidate one’s vote. Jimenez said only 12 senatorial bets should be picked on election day. Only one party-list group, on the other hand, is allowed, Jimenez said. The campaign period for those seeking national […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Struggling Japanese engineering firm Toshiba lowered its profit forecasts Wednesday with rising costs weighing on its energy operations. The fresh downgrade comes as the firm undergoes painful reforms to stay afloat after logging billions of dollars in losses from its disastrous acquisition of US nuclear firm Westinghouse. Having sold its lucrative chip making business, Toshiba also saw sharply lower operating profit over the past three quarters compared with the previous year, […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) – A Japanese cultivator of bonsai trees appealed on Tuesday for the thieves who made off with his expensive potted plants to take good care of them. Seiji Iimura, a fifth-generation bonsai cultivator who runs a garden in Kawaguchi, north of Tokyo, told AFP the seven tiny trees stolen from his garden were his “family treasure”. “It’s something I would never sell even if I got 10 million yen ($90,000),” he said. […]
(Eagle News) — The deadline for candidates running for national posts to remove their illegal campaign materials is Thursday, Feb. 14. According to Commission on Elections spokesperson James Jimenez, after Thursday, Comelec teams will start taking down the oversized campaign materials and those found outside of common areas. He said the Comelec will also study what legal action to take against the erring candidates. In a series of Tweets on Tuesday, Feb. 12, the official […]
(Eagle News)—The Bureau of Immigration has detained the Chinese national who splashed a cup of taho on a police officer who was merely explaining to her the Metro Rail Transit ban on liquids over the weekend. BI spokesperson Dana Sandoval said Zhang Jiale, who had just posted bail for the direct assault charged filed in court against her, was taken into custody by immigration agents on Tuesday, Feb. 12, by virtue of a mission order […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — A robot will attempt to examine radioactive fuel at Japan’s Fukushima nuclear plant on Wednesday in a complex operation seen as key to clean-up efforts after the 2011 meltdown. The operation is intended to better assess the status of the melted fuel, including whether it is stable enough to be picked up for removal, or may crumble upon contact. “The operation began at 7:00am local time and will last around five […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping plans to meet with top US officials in Beijing this week, a report said Wednesday, as the world’s two biggest economies rush to patch up their trade differences before a looming deadline. Xi will meet on Friday with officials including US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, who are in the capital for crunch talks towards a trade deal, the South China Morning Post […]
(Eagle News)–A Makati court on Wednesday, Feb .13, convicted a man believed to be a member of the Sinaloa cartel for drug trafficking. Justice Undersecretary Markk Perete, also the Department of Justice spokesperson, said Branch 63 Judge Selma Palacio Alaras found Horacio Herrera guilty beyond reasonable doubt for selling 2.5 kilograms of cocaine worth P12 million in Makati on Jan. 11, 2015. Herrera, a Mexican national, was sentenced to life imprisonment, and given a fine […]
(Eagle News) — Dahil sa pansamantalang pagsasara ng isla ng Boracay, kabilang sa mga ipinasara at ipinaayos ang ilang mga establisyemento, hotel at mga resort dahil sa paglabag sa patakaran ng isla lalo na sa usaping pangkalinisan. Makalipas ang anim na buwang muling unti-unting pagbangon at pagsasaayos sa isla para sa patuloy na paglago ng turismo sa ating bansa, umabot sa 316 kabuuang mga hotel at resort na ang maaaring makaaccomdate ng mga bisita dahil […]
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Iran Tuesday that Israeli missiles can travel “very far”, on the eve of a conference in Poland about peace and security in the Middle East. Speaking during a visit to a naval base in the northern port of Haifa, Netanyahu said: “The missiles you see behind me can go very far, against any enemy, including Iran’s proxies in our region” — an apparent reference to Lebanon’s powerful Hezbollah movement. “We […]
by Philippe SCHWAB Austria’s leaders are coming under increasing pressure to grant statutory paternity leave to all fathers, despite fierce resistance in business circles. Austria has allowed fathers to take an unpaid month off following the birth of their children — the so-called “Papamonat” or “daddy’s month” — since 2017, but at the employer’s discretion. During the four weeks, the new dads receive 700 euros ($790) in social security payments — a right the country’s […]
(Eagle News) — Pormal nang binuksan sa publiko ang kauna-unahang museum ng Philippine Economic History sa bansa. Ang nasabing museo ay ang lumang building ng Commission on Audit. Ito ay naglalayong ipaalam sa publiko ang kasaysayan ng ekonomiya sa bansa sa pamamagitan ng mga naka-display na mga lumang kagamitan at kasangkapan na ginagamit ng iba’t ibang industriya na nagpalakas ng komersyo sa bansa. Ang museo ay may labintatlong (13) galleries na maaaring pasyalan ng libre […]
