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(Eagle News) — Chinese warships will be in Manila for a four-day goodwill visit. The Philippine Navy said in an advisory that the Chinese guided-missile frigate Wu Hu, frigate Han Dan, and replenishment ship Dong Ping Hu will dock at Pier 15 in South Harbor on Thursday, Jan. 17. Since President Rodrigo Duterte assumed office, he has opted for friendlier relations with China, even if the country has a dispute with the Asian giant in the […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Tokyo stocks closed lower on Wednesday as investors looked for direction, and the currency market remained stable during Asian trade after volatility for the British pound around a Brexit vote. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index slipped 0.55 percent, or 112.54 points, to end at 20,442.75 while the broader Topix index was down 0.32 percent, or 4.95 points, at 1,537.77. Investors appeared to have factored in the defeat in Britain’s parliament for […]
(Eagle News) — The Manila International Airport Authority on Wednesday, Jan. 16, hailed one of its employees after he returned an envelope containing a “significant amount of dollar bills” that he found while on duty. MIAA general manager Ed Monreal lauded airport janitor Jeffrey Almoguerra, 30, and a father of two, for his honesty when he took the envelope he found at the vicinity of a foreign exchange counter in the Ninoy Aquino International Airport […]
(Eagle News) — The Bacolod police officials who were relieved by President Rodrigo Duterte for allegedly allowing the proliferation of the illegal drug trade there received a “dressing down” from no less than the chief executive himself, the Palace said on Wednesday, Jan. 17. In a statement, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said former Bacolod police chief Senior Supt. Francisco Ebreo, Supt. Allan Macapagal, Supt. Richie Yatar, Supt. Naruddin Tayuan and Senior Insp. Victor Paulino were […]
(Eagle News) — Miss Universe Jamaica 2014 finalist Zandrea Bailey has died after battling lupus for years. Bailey, who had been diagnosed with the condition in 2012, passed away in a hospital in New York, where she had been staying. She was 29 years old. According to the Lupus Foundation of America, lupus is a “chronic autoimmune disease that can damage any part of the body (skin, joints, and/or organs).” In lupus, the foundation said the […]
(Eagle News) — The military has rescued an Indonesian national who had been held hostage by Abu Sayyaf members for four months. In a statement, the Armed Forces of the Philippines’ Western Mindanao Command said Juragan Kapal Samsul Saguni was rescued by the 5th Infantry Division and 11th Infantry Division on Tuesday, Jan. 15, in Sulu. The Wesmincom said the rescue was made possible by former Sulu gov. Abdul Sakur Tan. According to the Wesmincom, […]
(Eagle News) — For the Department of Transportation, allowing motorcycles to operate as public utility vehicles requires “thorough study, deliberation and assessment.” The DOTr issued the statement after a bill was filed seeking for the legalization of motorcycles as PUVs before the House of Representatives. The filing of the bill came after the operations of ride-hailing application Angkas were suspended in November last year. The DOTr has argued the motorcycles could not operate as PUVs […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has named a new Sandiganbayan justice and a new immigration deputy commissioner. Appointed as anti-graft court judge was Makati City Regional Trial Court Judge Ronald Moreno, who replaces now-Supreme Court justice Alexander Gesmundo. Lawyer Aldwin Alegre, for his part, takes the post vacated by Aimee Torrefranca-Neri at the Bureau of Immigration. Torrefranca-Neri had resigned in April last year.
(Eagle News) — Interior Secretary Eduardo Año on Wednesday, Jan. 16, directed the Philippine National Police to intensify its measures in order to protect candidates running in the 2019 elections. “The PNP should take offensive and preventive measures. We should be several steps ahead of those who resort to violence to win an election,” Año said. According to Año, in particular, the PNP should intensify “police interventions, operations, and police visibility.” He said the police should coordinate with […]
(Eagle News) — A Chinese national wanted for alleged economic crimes and corruption in China has been arrested by authorities. In a statement, the Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission said it and the Bureau of Immigration’s Fugitive Search Unit, in coordination with Chinese authorities, nabbed Xie Haojie. His arrest came after the PACC’s counterparts from China asked for the Philippines’ help in apprehending Xie, who is accused of “economic crimes and corruption” amounting to P11 billion, in […]
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — Australian towns were among the hottest places on Earth this week as a severe heat wave hit the continent’s southeast, with forecasters warning of more record-breaking temperatures before the weekend. The past four days were among the country’s top 10 warmest on record, with temperatures nearing 50 degrees Celsius (122 degrees Fahrenheit) in some spots, the Bureau of Meteorology said Wednesday. “With South Australia breaking some all-time records yesterday, it would […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Panfilo Lacson wants part of the P75 billion the Senate deleted in the proposed 2019 budget for public works to be used to reinforce slopes and roads in the Baguio, La Trinidad, Itogon, Sablan, Tuba and Tublay area. Lacson made the statement as he reiterated slope protection work was necessary in the BLISST area, where landslides occur. “We will not allow bloated estimates similar to that in Nueva Ecija, where the […]
