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(Eagle News)–Former Vice President Jejomar Binay is running for a seat in the House of Representatives in 2019. Quoting the Binays’ spokesperson Joey Salgado, a report said Binay will go against Monsour del Rosario for the 1st district congressional seat. Salgado, the report said, also announced Makati Mayor Abby Binay would run for reelection. The elder Binay lost in the 2016 elections.
(Eagle News)– Philippine National Police Chief Oscar Albayalde on Monday, Sept. 24, said charges would be filed against blogger Drew Olivar for his Edsa bomb post. According to Albayalde, Olivar would be charged for violation of Presidential Decree 1727. Presidential Decree 1727 declares as “unlawful the malicious dissemination of false information or the willful making of any threat concerning bombs, explosives or any similar device or means of destruction.” “Ay nakakatakot naman magrally sa Edsa, […]
by Anne BEADE Agence France Presse TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — While the US takes aim at China, Canada and Mexico over perceived trade imbalances, Japan has kept a low profile, hoping Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s friendship with golf buddy Donald Trump will keep Tokyo out of the firing line. But as Abe and Trump prepare to hold talks that will touch on trade frictions, there are signs Japan could be next in the US president’s […]
(Eagle News) — Humingi ng paumanhin ang pamunuan ng Metro Rail Transit o MRT-3 dahil sa delay sa deployment ng mga tren nito kaninang umaga, dahilan upang humaba ang pila ng mga pasahero sa bawat istasyon. Sa abiso ng MRT-3, sinabi nila na ito ay dahil sa isinagawang pre-insertion checks. Kanina, tiniyak naman ng MRT-3 na magdaragdag pa ng mga tren upang makaagapay sa mga apektadong pasahero. Nasa 12 tren na ang operational sa linya […]
(Eagle News)–The Department of Justice has found probable cause to indict Mark Taguba and several others in connection with the P6.4-billion shabu shipment that slipped into the country last year. Apart from Taguba, those recommended to be charged for misdeclaration, misclassifaction, undervaluation in goods declaration, and unlawful importation and exportation were Teejay Marcellana, Eirene Mae Tatad, Chen Ju Long, Li Guang Feng, Dong Yi Shen, Fidel Dee, Chen I. Min, Jhu Ming Jyun, and other John and […]
HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Hong Kong stocks fell in the first few minutes of trade Monday after China called off planned trade talks with the United States, fuelling fears of an escalation of their long-running tariff standoff. The Hang Seng Index slipped 0.72 percent, or 200.87 points, to 27,752.71 in early trade. Mainland Chinese markets are closed for a public holiday. © Agence France-Presse
(Eagle News) – Pumalo na sa 74 ang kabuuang bilang ng mga nasawi sa landslide na naganap sa Barangay Ucab, Itogon, Benguet dulot ng bagyong Ompong. Inihayag ni Cordillera Police Regional Office Director Chief Supt. Rolando Nana na mananatili pa rin sa search, rescue at retrieval operations ang mga otoridad sa gumuhong lupa sa Itogon sa lalawigan ng Benguet sa pag-asang may makukuha pa silang survivors mula sa mga natabunan ng gumuhong lupa roon. Ayon […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — A second woman has come forward with allegations of sexual misconduct against Brett Kavanaugh, President Donald Trump’s embattled nominee for the Supreme Court, The New Yorker said Sunday. Senate Democrats are investigating the bombshell claim by Deborah Ramirez, 53, who says Kavanaugh exposed himself to her during a college party at Yale University in the 1980s, thrust his genitals in her face and caused her to touch them without […]
(Eagle News)—–Senator Leila de Lima is proposing a law that will regulate public solicitations and impose stiff penalties for any misuse of funds collected by solicitors. Senate Bill (SB) No. 2014, which repeals what she said was the antiquated Act. No. 4075, as amended by Presidential Decree No. 156, also seeks to “institutionalize the issuance of temporary solicitation permits to individuals or organizations needing aid in times of natural or human-induced calamities or disasters.” “Reported abuses […]
The New Era University, through the Office of Career Placement and Industry Linkages, will conduct a Career Fair on Friday and Saturday, September 28 and 29, 2018. The two-day career fair will be from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. It will be held at the NEU Covered Court located at #9 Central Avenue, New Era, Quezon City. The activity aim to help Filipinos — currently unemployed or underemployed — to find gainful employment. Among […]
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AFP) — More than 3,000 civilians have been killed in US-led coalition air strikes against the Islamic State group in Syria since they began four years ago, a monitor said on Sunday. The Washington-led alliance puts the toll at just over 1,000 civilians in both Syria and neighbouring Iraq, and says it does all it can to prevent civilian deaths. The coalition began bombing IS targets in Iraq in August 2014 after the […]
The Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives has already formally endorsed for congressional approval the proposed P18.68-billion budget of the Department of Finance (DOF) under the new cash-based system in which the implementation of projects and the procurement of goods and services are done within the given fiscal year. Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III said the DOF budget for 2019 is 3 percent or P630 million lower than the appropriation for the […]
