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by Clare BYRNE Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) — Nearly 200 protesters were arrested Tuesday after May Day riots in central Paris, where hooded youths torched a McDonald’s restaurant and several vehicles during a march against President Emmanuel Macron’s public sector reforms. Shouting “Rise up, Paris” and “Everyone hates the police”, around 1,200 people in black jackets and face masks joined the traditional May 1 union-led demonstration for worker’s rights, according to a count […]
By Melissa Allen EBC Florida Bureau TAMPA, FL (Eagle News) — Over 4,000 volunteers hit the sandy shorelines and parks of Hillsborough County to help with the community’s annual beautification effort, The Great American Cleanup, which was hosted by the local organization, Keep Tampa Bay Beautiful, an affiliate of Keep America Beautiful. Alan Donn, a Board Member for Keep Tampa Bay Beautiful, said that their primary mission is to educate people about the environment […]
WASHINGTON DC (Eagle News) — The Lincoln Memorial is a reminder to the American people to always strive toward an equal, united, and free society. The Memorial overlooks the National Mall in Washington DC and the US Capitol, where the Worldwide Walk Against Poverty will start off on May 5, 2018. Some onlookers say that Lincoln’s hands suggest his demeanor. One is clenched suggesting strength and personal determination, the other one is open and relaxed […]
By Moira Encina Eagle News Service The Office of the Solicitor General has asked the Supreme Court to junk the petitions seeking a halt in the implementation of the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion law. In its more than 70-page consolidated comment, the OSG said the petitions filed by the Makabayan bloc and Laban Konsyumer Inc. were defective and did not have any merit. “The government and the public in general will greatly suffer […]
By Caesar Vallejos Eagle News Service Several political figures and businessmen who attended the 4th Yalta International Economic Forum were one in their call for economic sanctions imposed on Russia, which has annexed Crimea, to be lifted. The sanctions were imposed by the European Union and the United States in protest of the country’s alleged backing of separatists in eastern Ukraine. The forum, held at the Mria Resort and Spa in Crimea, was attended by […]
Ni Nora Dominguez Eagle News Service LINGAYEN. Pangasinan (Eagle News) – Mahigit 5,000 trabahong lokal at sa abroad ang ipagkakaloob sa Night Job Market para sa mga Pangasinense sa Araw ng mga Manggagawa (Labor Day) ngayong araw, Mayo 1. Ito ay isasagawa sa Pangasinan Public Employment Service Office (PESO) sa Lingayen, Pangasinan. Ayon kay Arly Valdez, information officer ng Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) ng Ilocos Region, nasa 5,515 na trabaho ang maaaring aplayan […]
(Eagle News)—–Several labor groups called for an end to contractualization on Labor Day. The groups made the move following what they said was the government’s failure to address the issue even when it was one of President Rodrigo Duterte’s campaign promises. On Labor Day, though, President Duterte signed an executive order strengthening the rights of workers to security of tenure, and putting an end to illegal contractualization, among others. He said this was what he […]
(Eagle News)–Philippine National Police Chief Oscar Albayalde has ordered the relief of three policemen after they were caught confronting a civilian in his residence over a traffic altercation that transpired before, in a viral video. Relieved were brothers PO1 Rendel Soriano of Caloocan Police Station, PO3 Ralph Soriano of the Northern Police District and PO1 Reniel Soriano of Camp Crame’s Drug Enforcement Group. The PNP said it has launched a probe against the three following […]
(Eagle News) – “Your days are numbered.” President Rodrigo Duterte said this as he ordered the Department of Labor and Employment to submit to him a list of all employers and companies engaged in illegal contractualization and sub-contracting, more popularly known as “endo.” He warned these companies and businesses which are circumventing labor laws through the so-called “endo” or “end of contract system” that government would go after them. “I also directed DOLE to […]
By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service The Senate will push through with legislation that will strengthen the rights of workers to security of tenure. According to Senate President Koko Pimentel, who issued the statement after President Rodrigo Duterte signed an executive order to that effect on Tuesday, May 1, on Labor Day, it will be a priority bill of the Senate when it resumes session on May 15. “The EO, whatever is in there, is a guide […]
by Joe Freeman Agence France Presse BANGKOK, Thailand (AFP) — After a career laden with belts, cash, and kudos, boxing great Floyd Mayweather Jr retired undefeated over 50 fights — but his flawless record faces an unlikely challenge from an obscure Thai fighter known as the “dwarf giant”. At 5ft 2in (1.57m) and weighing just 105lb (47.6kg), minimumweight Wanheng Menayothin is shorter, leaner and significantly less wealthy than Mayweather, who briefly emerged from retirement last […]
(Eagle News)– Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano welcomed on Tuesday, May 1, the call for calm of a Kuwaiti official amid tensions between the Philippines and the Middle Eastern country, saying it would allow both countries to “move forward.” In a statement, Cayetano said Kuwait’s “gesture,” through Deputy Foreign Minister Nasser al-Subaih, “will allow us to hurdle the challenges we face.” Cayetano noted that Kuwait was “a country with which we have a shared history […]
