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SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — South Korean President Moon Jae-in’s approval rating jumped this week as he basked in an intense media focus on his summit with the North’s leader Kim Jong Un in Pyongyang, a survey showed Friday. Seoul’s leader had seen his ratings fall to the lowest of his presidency earlier this month, in the face of a struggling economy with rising unemployment and high house prices. But it leaped 11 points to […]
(Eagle News) — Muling isasailalim sa lifestyle check ang lahat ng mga opisyal at empleyado ng Bureau of Customs. Ayon kay Customs Commissioner Isidro Lapeña, kaugnay ito ng kautusan ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte na mapuksa ang kurapsyon sa kanyang administrasyon. Nauna dito ay sumulat kay Lapeña ang isang grupo kung saan hinihikayat nila ang opisyal na tingnan ang kayamanan nina Jimmy Guban ng Customs Intelligence Office na naimbestigahan sa P6.8 billion shabu shipment sa Senado. […]
(Eagle News)—Around 4000 Metro Manila policemen will be deployed to Luneta, Manila where several groups are expected to gather to commemorate the 46th anniversary of martial law declaration in the country. In a statement, National Capital Region Police Office Director Guillermo Eleazar added his men would exercise maximum tolerance towards the rallyists. “Filipinos are one in our advocacy for a democratic country that all are treated fairly and justly,” Eleazar said. “The entire police force […]
The NET 25 comedy TV series, Hapi ang Buhay, reinvents itself as a musical full-length movie set to roll out nationwide with its Red Carpet Premiere on Friday night, September 21, 2018, 6 p.m., at SM Megamall Cinemas. Your favorite characters from Eagle Broadcasting Corporation’s Net 25 series break out in song and dance as this musical comedy will be sure to entertain, as well as teach a moral lesson or two. When Alfajor, the […]
(Eagle News) — The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority announced the Department of Public Works and Highways would conduct repairs, affecting several streets starting Friday, Sept. 21 until Monday, Sept. 24. Below is a list of those streets: Southbound C5 road before Tiendesitas approaching C5 Ortigas flyover C5 Road Gap 3 Chainage 52 – Chainage 420 (1st lane) Edsa in front of Francesca Tower after Sct. Borromeo (3rd lane from the center-island) Northbound Edsa beside […]
HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Asian markets enjoyed more gains on Friday, putting them on course to end the week with a flourish as investors looked past the China-US trade row to focus on the booming American economy. The upbeat mood on trading floors was being felt across the board, with embattled emerging market currencies seeing a recovery, while some observers suggested a fear of missing out was also providing some lift. Regional dealers were […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The United States expanded its sanctions war against Russia to China on Thursday, announcing punitive measures against a Chinese military organization for buying Russian fighter jets and missiles. Stepping up pressure on Moscow over its “malign activities,” the US State Department said it was placing financial sanctions on the Equipment Development Department of the Chinese Ministry of Defense, and its top administrator, for its recent purchase of Russian Sukhoi […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of the Interior and Local Government is asking sixteen mayors to explain their absence in their areas of jurisdiction during the onslaught of Typhoon “Ompong.” DILG spokesperson Jonathan Malaya said the nine mayors from the Cagayan Valley and seven mayors from the Cordillera Administrative Region will be issued show-cause orders for that purpose. He said the show-cause orders, signed by the DILG Undersecretary for Peace and Order and the officer […]
(Eagle News) – The Philippine government described as a “sham decision” the recent finding of the International People’s Tribunal in Brussels, Belgium that found President Rodrigo Duterte guilty of human rights violations for drug-related deaths in the war against drugs. Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque said that the IPT convened in Belgium had “no official sanction.” “I’m in this field of law, I do not know who sat there. They appear to be a propaganda body […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday, Sept. 21, will visit Naga, Cebu, where a landslide has claimed over 20 lives, and where dozens are still missing. After his visit to the area, Duterte will proceed to the Asia Pacific Association of Gastroenterology (APAGE) 3rd Inflamatory Bowel Disease Clinical Forum, where he will serve as keynote speaker. He will then proceed to Cagayan de Oro, where he will visit wounded soldiers.
(Eagle News) — Fewer Filipinos fell victim to crimes this second quarter of 2018, the Social Weather Stations said. Based on its survey done from June 27 to 30, 5.3% of families, or an estimated 1.2 million, reported being victimized by any common crime–pickpocket, break-in, carnapping, physical violence–within the past six months. This, according to the SWS, was 1.3 points below the 6.6 percent of families, estimated at 1.5 million, registered in March 2018, and […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Prices in Japan edged up modestly in August, according to government data on Friday, as the world’s third-largest economy continues its years-long battle with deflation. Inflation stood at 0.9 percent year-on-year in August, still far below the Bank of Japan’s two-percent target, even though slightly higher than 0.8 percent in July and June and 0.7 percent in May. The latest figure was in line with market consensus. With fresh food and […]
