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MADRID, Spain (AFP) — China’s President Xi Jinping told Spanish lawmakers on Wednesday his country would boost protection of intellectual property ahead of a G20 meeting where he faces a trade showdown with the United States. Xi is due to meet his US counterpart Donald Trump at the gathering in Argentina this week, with Washington threatening to ramp up a trade war with Beijing if it doesn’t allay US concerns over intellectual property theft and […]
ROME, Italy (AFP) — Italian police launched an investigation Wednesday into the death of an intruder who was shot after breaking into the premises of a man who had reportedly been robbed 38 times. Fredy Pacini, who owns a tyre shop in Monte San Savino in Tuscany, was accused of excessive use of force in Self-defense after gunning down a 29-year old Moldovan. Pacini had taken to sleeping in his shop after a series of […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Justice has asked a Makati court to dismiss Senator Antonio Trillanes IV’s request to be allowed to travel abroad. In seeking to junk the plea filed before the Makati Regional Trial Court Branch 150, noted that Trillanes was a “flight risk” who was facing several cases in courts. They noted that Trillanes, a senator and a former military officer, had the means and resources to escape. “From the tenor […]
(Eagle News) – Newly appointed Supreme Court Chief Justice Lucas P. Bersamin started his first press briefing with a request to the media and to the public for understanding, asking for a few more days so that he could complete his written detaileds plans as head of the Supreme Court. His appointment as head of the highest court of the land, surprised him, he said. In his first press briefing, minutes after he took […]
(Eagle News) — Suspendido ang number coding sa Biyernes, Nobyemre 30, 2018, Bonifacio Day. Ayon sa abiso ng Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA), suspendido ang number coding sa nasabing petsa na isang regular holiday. Samantala, sinabi naman ng Makati Traffic na suspendido rin ang pag-iral ng number coding sa lungsod sa araw ng Biyernes. Awtomatikong suspendido ang number coding sa buong Metro Manila kapag Regular Holiday. Long weekend ang paparating na weekend dahil ang Bonifacio […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — South Korea on Wednesday successfully conducted a rocket engine test launch, news reports said, paving the way for the development of its own space launch vehicle. A liquid-fuel engine successfully propelled a single-stage rocket weighing 52 tonnes and measuring 25.8 meters (84.6 feet) long, from the Naro Space Center on the southern coast, Yonhap news agency said. The engine, designed and developed by the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI ) […]
(Eagle News) — Inatasan ng Senado ang Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) na bawiin ang inilabas na Memorandum circular na nag-aatas na patawan na rin ng buwis ang premium health cards. Sa Memorandum Circular 50-2018, sinabi ng BIR na ang premium sa mga health cards ng mga empleyado ay dapat isama sa bonuses at benepisyo na tinatanggap ng mga empleyado na subject sa 90,000 tax exempt threshold. Ang kautusan ng BIR ay nakapaloob umano sa […]
(Eagle News) — Tutol ang National Food Authority (NFA) sa Region 1 sa isinusulong na Rice Tarrification Bill na pumasa na sa Bicameral conference committee kamakailan. Ayon kay NFA Region 1 Director Jaime Hadlocon, hindi sila payag na mabawasan ang trabaho o responsibilidad ng kagawaran sa ilalim ng nasabing batas. Dapat aniyang malaman ng mga mambabatas na kailangang-kailangan ng mga magsasaka ang NFA para sa kanilang karapatan. “Ang ating mga mamamayang Filipino ay niloloko ang […]
(Eagle News) — Umaasa ang National Food Authority (NFA) Region 1 na sasapat hanggang sa katapusan ng 2018 ang stock nila ng bigas. Ayon kay Director Jaime Hadlocon, nasa 19 na libong sako pa ng bigas ang nakaimbak sa mga warehouses ng Ilocos Region. Pero ayon sa opisyal, hindi naman gaanong nangangailangan ng NFA rice ang Region 1 dahil halos bawat pamilya sa mga lalawigan doon ay may kanya-kanya nang sapat na imbak ng bigas. […]
By Caesar Vallejos Eagle News Service Sellers and buyers will soon engage in a single platform where they could transact business from supply chain management to procurement and logistics. Procurement and Supply Institute of Asia (PASIA) Chairman of the Board and CEO Charlie P. Villasenor said that the rise of a single electronic marketplace is one of the technology disruptions that will impact on the industry. “This could be the next biggest story in the […]
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — There is a 75 to 80 percent chance of a moderate El Niño event forming in the next three months, possibly impacting weather patterns in several regions, the UN said Tuesday. The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) noted that the impending El Niño is not expected to be as powerful as the 2015-2016 event that was linked to droughts, floods and coral bleaching. But, it “can still significantly affect rainfall and temperature […]
Graphic on coral bleaching.
