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P10-million fine stands, though (Eagle News)–The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board has approved the appeal of Grab on the order it reimburse its passengers for the P2 per minute of travel charge on passengers. Citing the “lack of a legal basis,” the LTFRB said Grab no longer has to reimburse its customers from June 5, 2017 to April 19, 2018 for the charges it said were illegal. Grab, however, will still have to pay the […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — One worker was killed and two injured when carbon dioxide leaked at a Samsung Electronics chip plant on Tuesday, the South Korean company said. The three were found unconscious in the basement of the semiconductor factory in Suwon just south of Seoul, the firm said in a statement. A man aged 24 was pronounced dead in hospital hours later and two others, aged 26 and 54, remain unconscious, Samsung said. […]
by Bernie McGuire Agence France-Presse NORTON, United States (AFP) — Phil Mickelson believes this month’s Ryder Cup could be the most special of his career if he is handed a 12th cap by USA captain Jim Furyk on Tuesday. Mickelson boosted his goal of competing in France later this month after posting closing rounds of 67 and 63 for an eventual 10-under-par total at the PGA Dell Technologies Championship on Monday. The 48-year-old’s closing 63 […]
CAIRO, Egypt (AFP) — One of the oldest villages in the Nile Delta has been discovered after archaeologists unearthed artifacts dating to the fifth millennium BC, Egypt’s antiquities ministry has said. Remains of the village were uncovered by a French-Egyptian team at Tel Samara, in northeastern Egypt, the ministry said Sunday. Similar structures dating to the period between 4,200 BC and 2,900 BC “have never been found in that region,” said Ayman Ashmawy, the ministry’s […]
(Eagle News) — Kinumpirma ni Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) Director General Ronald Dela Rosa ang pagtakbo sa Senado sa 2019 midterm elections. Ayon kay Dela Rosa, ang kanyang pasiya ay kasunod ng pag-endorso sa kanya ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte sa pagtitipon ng partidong hugpong ng pagbabago sa Davao City, tatlong linggo na ang nakakaraan. “Inanunsyo na ng Presidente. Sinabi sa ‘kin ng Presidente, tumakbo ako. Eh di tatakbo ako,” ayon kay Dela Rosa. Aniya, matapos […]
(Eagle News) — Napapanahon para muling buhayin ang Local Price Coordinating Council (LPCC). Sinabi ni Department of Interior and Local Government Undersecretary Martin Diño na malaki ang maitutulong nito para mabantayan ang mga di makatwirang pagtaas ng presyo ng mga bilihin sa ilang mga lugar na sinalanta ng kalamidad. Sa paraang ito, ang bawat barangay ang magsisilbing ahente ng Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) at sila ang magsasagawa ng regular inspection sa mga pampubliko […]
KOCHI, India (AFP) — “Rat fever” and other diseases have killed 14 people in the southern Indian state of Kerala after the worst floods in almost a century, authorities said Tuesday. The separate death toll from the monsoon floods that forced more than a million people from their homes in Kerala last month has meanwhile risen to 486, the government said. “We had anticipated leptospirosis (rat fever) due to contaminated water and are taking all […]
(Eagle News) — Napapanahon para muling buhayin ang Local Price Coordinating Council (LPCC). Sinabi ni Department of Interior and Local Government Undersecretary Martin Diño na malaki ang maitutulong nito para mabantayan ang mga di makatwirang pagtaas ng presyo ng mga bilihin sa ilang mga lugar na sinalanta ng kalamidad. Sa paraang ito, ang bawat barangay ang magsisilbing ahente ng Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) at sila ang magsasagawa ng regular inspection sa mga pampubliko […]
By Moira Encina Eagle News Service The Department of Justice formally asked the Makati City Regional Trial Court to issue an alias warrant of arrest against Senator Antonio Trillanes IV. The DOJ made the request via a very urgent ex-Parte omnibus motion filed before Branch 148. According to the motion, the coup d’état case filed against Trillanes in connection with the Oakwood mutiny and Manila Peninsula incident was still pending in the first place. This […]
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — Australia has minted a gold coin encrusted with rare pink diamonds worth Aus$2.48 million (US$1.8 million) to meet growing demand for high-end collectables from the ultra-rich. The two-kilogramme treasure, which depicts a sailing ship, a gold prospector and boab trees found in Western Australia, is considered legal tender and will be sold to the highest bidder. It is the most valuable coin ever made in Australia and is expected to be […]
(Eagle News) – Senator Antonio Trillanes IV spoke at the Senate session hall Tuesday afternoon, September 3, to play previous news videos that showed him beating the deadline for application of amnesty in 2010. He claimed that the facts he presented and video showed him making a personal appearance for his amnesty application during the administration of former President Benigno Aquino III. He also showed in the video screen Aquino’s Proclamation No. 75, “as […]
(Eagle News) – Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III said that the protection from arrest given to Senator Antonio Trillanes IV is only while he is inside the Senate premises, but he is free to go out if he so wishes. At the same time, Sotto said that President Rodrigo Duterte has the prerogative to void or revoke a previous grant of amnesty. “It is within the power of the President,” he said. He […]
