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(Eagle News) — Senators have agreed to require the Bureau of Immigration to coordinate with the Department of Labor and Employment before it issues special working permits to foreigners who intend to work in the Philippines for less than six months. The senators came to an agreement upon the advice of Senator Joel Villanueva, who questioned the BI’s authority to issue the permits even with what he said was its lack of technical capability to […]
(Eagle News) — A group of lawyers in Cebu condemned the killing of a former prosecutor on Thursday, Jan. 19. “Justice cannot be attained by another act of injustice…Killing another person is not the resolution of a problem..Never can it be and never will it be,” Mundlyn Martin, Integrated Bar of the Philippines Cebu chapter president, said in a statement issued after the killing of Mary Ann Castro. Castro was shot dead by a still-unidentified […]
(Eagle News) — A measure seeking to institutionalize a framework to advance energy efficiency and conservation practices in the country has hurdled the bicameral conference committee. In a statement, Senator Sherwin Gatchalian, chair of the Senate committee on energy, said the approval of the reconciled version of Senate Bill No. 1531 and House Bill No. 8629, or the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Act, is “quite timely, especially at a time when the Philippines is experiencing sustained economic […]
(Eagle News)—-Senator Bam Aquino has filed a resolution seeking to increase the social pension of senior citizens. In calling for a P1000 increase for those receiving a pension not exceeding P3,000, and those who are not receiving any at all, Aquino noted in Senate Bill. No. 2142 that that sector of society needed to cope with the rising cost of basic commodities. For this, Aquino cited a study conducted by the Coalition of Services of […]
by Rob Woollard Agence France Presse LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Manny Pacquiao is aiming to offer fresh evidence that life begins at 40 when the Filipino veteran takes on Adrien Broner on Saturday in his first fight in Las Vegas for more than two years. Pacquiao, who celebrated his 40th birthday last month with a lavish birthday party in the Philippines, defends his WBA regular welterweight crown against Broner at the MGM Grand […]
(Eagle News) — A former Cebu City prosecutor was shot dead on Thursday, Jan. 17. The police said Mary Ann Castro was driving her Nissan Juke on Escario St. when a man on board a motorcycle drove beside her and shot her several times at 9:53 p.m. Castro was able to drive her vehicle a few meters after she was attacked until it hit a fence. Authorities are so far looking into the cases Castro […]
Calls on “donor governments” to “intensify pressure” on Duterte (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte’s administration has “heightened its repression” in 2018 so “donor governments should intensify pressure” on the chief executive, the Human Rights Watch said in a statement. According to the group, the government’s “murderous ‘war on drugs’” has “expanded to cities outside Manila,” while “attacks against activists, journalists and critics of the government” continue. “President Duterte has used the killing of thousands […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — A giant beach resort in North Korea is nearing completion, a US monitor said Thursday, with satellite pictures showing rapid progress on the sprawling development, now equipped with a water slide and cinema. The seaside strip known as the Wonsan-Kalma Coastal Tourist Area is squeezed between a new airport and the country’s east coast, in an area that has previously been used for artillery drills and ballistic missile launches. It […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Apple chief executive Tim Cook called on US lawmakers Thursday to pass privacy legislation enabling consumers to see and delete their harvested online personal data from a central clearinghouse. Cook, writing in Time magazine, offered his view as the US Congress was set to consider tougher enforcement of privacy and data protection for online platforms. Several lawmakers and activist organizations have proposed data privacy measures, some of which contain elements […]
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — British Prime Minister Theresa May on Thursday said it was “impossible” for her to rule out a no-deal Brexit without stopping the process altogether, as she tries to come up with a strategy before exit day on March 29. May was responding to a letter from opposition Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn asking her to exclude crashing out of the EU as a precondition for talks about Brexit compromise proposals. May […]
(Eagle News) — Three Filipinas were arrested in Thailand for raising funds allegedly for a children’s charity, the Department of Foreign Affairs said. In a statement, the DFA, without naming names, said the women, who claimed to represent the Children’s Joy Foundation, were nabbed in front of a restaurant in Phettrakul in Bang Lamung district in Pattaya. “Ambassador to Thailand Mary Jo Aragon said the Philippine Embassy in Bangkok has already reached out to the […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Detroit Pistons forward Blake Griffin was fined $15,000 on Thursday following a clash with a game official earlier this week, the NBA announced. Griffin was caught hurling an expletive at a member of the officiating crew during Detroit’s 100-94 loss to the Utah Jazz on Monday. “Detroit Pistons forward Blake Griffin has been fined $15,000 for verbal abuse of a game official,” a statement said. Former Los Angeles Clippers […]
