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(Eagle News) — Napakalaki na ang pagbabago ng peace and order sa Pilipinas magmula nang simulan ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte ang giyera kontra droga. Sa kaniyang pamumuno naman noon bilang National Capital Region Police Office director, sinabi ni ngayo’y Philippine National Police chief Dir. Gen. Oscar Albayalde na bumaba kaagad ang antas ng crimes on properties ng halos 60 percent. “Ang tanong po natin bakit po ito bumaba kung walang kinalaman ito sa iligal na […]
(Eagle News) — Maganda ang magiging epekto lalo na sa mga kabataan ang panukalang surprise inspection sa mga paaralan. Sa panayam kay Philippine National Police Director General Oscar Albayalde, sa murang edad ng mga batang mag-aaral ay namumulat na sila sa kapahamakang dulot ng ipinagbabawal na gamot sa kanilang kalusugan at maging sa buong komunidad. “Yung education dito na sa murang edad, dapat maeducate ang mga kabababayan. Ito yung tinatawag natin na “pag-asa ng bayan.” […]
“No one is being forced to drive long hours,” Cu says (Eagle News) — Grab Philippines on Friday, June 8, denied it was forcing its drivers to work as “slaves” for profit, and lashed out at PBA Rep. Jericho Nograles, who made the accusations. In a statement, Grab Philippines’ head Brian Cu said the company’s “major pillar in its strategy” was the “welfare” of its drivers, noting that “no one among Grab partners is being forced […]
(Eagle News) –The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) on Friday, June 8, officially declared the start of the rainy season in the country. The announcement came as tropical depression “Domeng” intensified into a tropical storm. “Due to the prevalent occurrence of thunderstorms and the dominance of the southwest monsoon or ‘Habagat’, the rainy season officially begins today, [Friday]” weather specialist Cris Perez said in a press conference. The weather bureau said the […]
(AFP)- With US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, poised to meet Tuesday, here is a recap of the decades of tensions between their countries: – Divided Korean peninsula – The Soviet Union declares war on Japan, Korea’s colonial power, in the closing days of World War II and Washington and Moscow agree to divide the peninsula into two zones of occupation along the 38th parallel. Two rival states emerge in […]
(Eagle News) — The National Union of People’s Lawyers said on Friday, June 8, that it would seek the help of the Supreme Court after the Court of Appeals upheld its earlier decision to disallow Mary Jane Veloso, who is on death row in Indonesia, from testifying against her alleged illegal recruiters. In a statement posted on its Facebook account, the group said they “shall legally intervene as private prosecutors” and shall “revisit and exhaust […]
BEIJING, China (AFP)- Chinese President Xi Jinping treated Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to a state visit on Friday as the neighboring giants forge closer ties in the face of US diplomatic and economic challenges. Putin, re-elected to his fourth Kremlin term in March, arrived at the grandiose Great Hall of the People in Beijing for talks with Xi, who could stay in power for life after term limits were lifted this year. The two heads of […]
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AFP)- The death toll from air strikes thought to have been carried out by Russian jets on a residential area in northwestern Syrian has risen to 38 civilians, a Britain-based monitor said Friday. The toll, which includes five children, increased after bodies were pulled from the rubble and victims died of their injuries after the raids late Thursday in the area of Zardana in the northwestern Idlib province, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights […]
By Moira Encina Eagle News Service The Court of Appeals has denied the Office of the Solicitor General’s appeal for a Nueva Ecija judge to observe the deposition of Mary Jane Veloso–a death row inmate in Indonesia–against her alleged illegal recruiters who are detained in Nueva Ecija. In junking the OSG’s motion for reconsideration of the former eleventh division’s December 13, 2017 decision, the division reiterated that the right of the accused, in this case Maria […]
(Eagle News) — Peace negotiations between the government and the Communist rebels may resume in July. This is according to President Rodrigo Duterte himself, who spoke before newly elected barangay captains in Central Visayas on Thursday, June 7. A media report quoted Communist Party of the Philippines Founding Chairman Jose Maria Sison as saying, however, that the talks were expected to resume on June 28 in Oslo, Norway. A resumption of peace talks, though, would be a […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US and Danish researchers said Thursday they have developed an inexpensive blood test that may predict with up to 80 percent accuracy whether a pregnant woman will give birth prematurely. While more research is needed before the test is ready for widespread use, experts say it has the potential to reduce fatalities and complications from the 15 million premature births per year worldwide. The test can also be used to […]
