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(Eagle News) — The Philippine Health Insurance Corp. will appeal before the Supreme Court the Commission on Audit’s order for it to return P163.85 million in bonuses it gave its officials. The order was made after the COA denied PhilHealth’s petition for review of the agency’s earlier decision that ruled the perks were illegal. In denying the petition, COA said that while PhilHealth was not covered by the Salary Standardization Law, its authority under National Health Insurance […]
HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Asian equities were mixed on Friday after another painful week as fears of an all-out trade war between Beijing and Washington keep investors on edge, while China’s stock market was toppled by Japan as the world’s number two. While Apple provided a boost for Wall Street after hitting the $1 trillion market capitalization mark, the prospect of the world’s top two economies exchanging painful tariffs on hundreds of billions […]
(Eagle News) — Four of the five members of the family of Janet Lim Napoles who were indicted by a United States federal jury for money laundering are still in the Philippines, Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra on Friday, Aug. 3, said. According to Guevarra, Napoles’ children Jo Christine and James Christopher, her brother Reynald Lim and his wife Ana Marie are still in the Philippines, based on Bureau of Immigration records. Napoles’ other daughter Jeane […]
SAIDA, Lebanon (AFP) — Lebanese environmentalists on Saturday sank 10 old tanks and armored vehicles to the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea in a novel attempt to attract divers and create new habitats for marine life. Three kilometres off the coast of the city of Sidon, a huge crane on the back of a ship manoeuvred the military hardware into place over the water before dropping them down to the seabed one after the other. […]
(Eagle News) — Magpapaulan pa rin sa southern Luzon at malaking bahagi ng Visayas at Mindanao ang hanging habagat. Ayon sa Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA), magiging maulap ang kalangitan na may kalat-kalat na pag-ulan, pagkulog at pagkidlat sa Mindoro Provinces, Palawan, western Visayas, Zamboanga peninsula at ARMM dahil sa habagat. Pinapayuhan ang mga residente sa naturang mga lugar ng posibilidad ng pagbaha at pagguho ng lupa. Sa nalalabing bahagi naman ng […]
After liftoff from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on August 11, the Parker Solar Probe will become the first to fly directly into the sun’s atmosphere, known as the corona. (AFP VIDEOGRAPHIC) https://youtu.be/c_GYrdbj4c4
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — England football great Terry Butcher has stepped down as the Philippines’ head coach without taking charge of a single game, saying he was not “able to make this work”. Butcher, a veteran of three World Cups who has managed in England, Scotland, Wales and Australia, lasted less than 50 days in the job after he was appointed on June 14. The shock decision by the 59-year-old — who had spoken […]
(Eagle News) — The Judicial and Bar Council will interview all five candidates for the position of Chief Justice on August 16. The Supreme Court’s Public Information Office said the public interview at the High Court’s division hearing room will start around 9 a.m. The proceedings, the SC said, will be live-streamed by its PIO. The Chief Justice post aspirants are SC Associate Justices Teresita Leonardo-de Castro, Diosdado Peralta, Lucas Bersamin and Andres Reyes Jr. […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP)–Apple became the first private company to reach $1 trillion in market capitalization on Thursday, a bright spot on an otherwise dreary day for European and Asian stock bourses wracked by trade war fears. Shares of Apple finished the formal Wall Street trading day up 2.9 percent at $207.39, topping the magic number needed to exceed $1 trillion in market value two days after the California tech giant reported strong quarterly earnings. […]
(Eagle News) – Upang maibalik ang dating ganda ng lungsod ng Maynila, inilatag ni 6th District Representative Sandy Ocampo ang masterplan nito para sa lungsod. Sagot aniya ito sa lumalalang sitwasyon ng Maynila sa usapin ng kalagayan nito kung ikukumpara sa mga kalapit na lungsod na tuluyan nang umunlad gaya ng Quezon City at Makati City. Paliwanag ng mambabatas, minsan nang tinaguriang “Paris of Asia” ang lungsod pero paglipas aniya ng panahon ay nawala ang […]
(Eagle News) — At least two members from the government side were killed in a clash with suspected New People’s Army members in Masbate on Friday, Aug. 3. The military said members of the 22nd Infantry Battalion were on patrol operations when they were ambushed by the suspected NPA rebels in Barangay Mactan past 8 a.m. It was unclear if there were casualties on the side of the rebels. On Wednesday, an explosion allegedly triggered by […]
(Eagle News) — More than 20 people were rescued from a sinking boat off Palawan, the military said on Friday, Aug. 2. In a statement, the Armed Forces of the Philippines-Western Command said the 28 people were rescued from the fishing boat Athan Uno, which had begun sinking 35 miles northeast of El Nido and two miles of an Alcon Production platform. The boat personnel had managed to send a distress call, prompting the JTF […]
