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By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service Senate Majority Leader Vicente Sotto III bared on Thursday, April 26, the candidates the Nationalist People’s Coalition was likely to support in the 2019 elections. Included in the initial list were Senators Grace Poe, Nancy Binay, Cynthia Villar, Sonny Angara and Taguig Rep. Pia Cayetno. Also included were Senate President Koko Pimentel, Davao Mayor Sara Duterte and Special Assistant to the President Bong Go. Sotto said Senator Bam Aquino would […]
(Eagle News) — Nasa mahigit na 2,700 na college students ng New Era University mula sa iba’t ibang kurso at NEU branch ng Batangas at Pampanga ang sumalang sa graduation ceremony nitong Miyerkules, Abril 25, na ginanap sa Philippine Arena sa Ciudad De Victoria sa Bulacan. Aypn kay Atty. Danilo Concepcion, presidente ng University of the Philippines, ang pagtatapos ng pag-aaral ay hindi ordinaryong yugto sa buhay ng isang tao. Ito aniya ang araw kung […]
NEW DELHI, India (AFP) — At least 13 children were killed and five critically injured Thursday after a train smashed into a small school bus in northern India, an official said. The students, all aged below 10, were being driven to class in Uttar Pradesh state when a passenger train collided with their vehicle at an unmanned railway crossing. The impact of the crash lifted the bus several meter into the air, killing 10 […]
(Eagle News) — A graduate from the University of St. La Salle in Bacolod topped the 2017 bar examinations, the Supreme Court announced on Thursday, April 26. Mark John Simondo garnered a rating of 91.05%, the highest among the 6759 who took the test in November. Only 25.5 percent, or 1724, passed the gruelling exams, the SC said. In second place was Christianne Mae Balili of the University of San Carlos (90.80%); in third, Camille Remorosa […]
(Eagle News) – The Department of Foreign Affairs will ask the Kuwaiti ambassador to the Philippines to explain why the Kuwaiti government is expelling Philippine ambassador Renato Villa who was declared as “unacceptable” in Kuwait. The DFA said this action by the State of Kuwait was “deeply disturbing” as it was allegedly “inconsistent with the assurances” given by Kuwaiti Ambassador Musaed Saleh Ahmad Althwaikh during his meeting DFA secretary Alan Peter Cayetano in Manila […]
(Eagle News)– A Japanese ship docked in a Manila port on Thursday, April 26, for a three-day goodwill visit. The Japan Maritime Self Defense Force’s Osumi (LST-4001) carried over 100 crew members when it docked at Pier 15 of the South Harbor. The Japanese ship , which is the frontrunner of the Japanese Navy’s Osumi-class tank landing ships, will be in the country until April 28. This is the third ship of the Japanese Navy […]
(Eagle News) — Handang-handa na umanong magtrabaho ang unang batch ng Senior High School na nagtapos ngayong Miyerkules, Abril 24 mula sa New Era University. Nasa 2,181 ang grumaduate ng Senior High School sa 43rd Commencement Exercises ng NEU na idinaos sa Philippine Arena sa Ciudad De Victoria. Sa mga grumaduate, 67 ay galing ng Lipa, Batangas branch habang 168 ang graduate ng Pampanga branch. Mahigit 1000 naman, o 1,946, ang nagtapos sa main branch […]
(Eagle News) — The Office of the Solicitor General has asked the Department of Justice to deny businessman Peter Lim’s motion seeking for the reinstatement of the Department of Justice’s panel of prosecutors’ resolution that dismissed the drug complaint against him and several others. The OSG, which represents the Philippine National Police’s Criminal Investigation and Detection Group, made the request in a comment to Lim’s motion for reconsideration of Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre’s order “vacating” […]
Ano nga bang mayroon sa Boracay at dinarayo ito ng napakaraming turista mula sa iba’t-ibang panig ng mundo? (Eagle News) — Noon, kapag sinabing Boracay, pinung-pinong buhangin at malinaw na tubig ng dagat lamang ang dapat mong asahan. Subalit ngayon, ang Boracay ay naging sentro na rin ng iba’t-ibang tourist activities, kung kaya’t higit itong nakilala sa buong mundo, kasabay ng pag-usbong ng social media. Bukod sa paglalakad sa pinong buhangin at pagtatampisaw sa dagat, […]
By Moira Encina Eagle News Service Only 25.55 percent out of more than 6,000 law graduates who took the 2017 Bar Exam have passed. According to court sources, only 1724 passed the 2017 bar exams taken by 6759 individuals. The sources said the top 1 of the bar exams got a 91.05 % rating, while the one in tenth place got an 88.4 % rating. The names of those who passed will be released around […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Former US President George H.W. Bush, admitted to the hospital shortly after the funeral of his beloved wife, has been moved out of intensive care, his office said on Wednesday. Bush, 93, is feeling “good” and focused on the Houston Rockets’ Wednesday night National Basketball Association playoff game, a statement from his office said. The 41st president was admitted to Houston Methodist Hospital on Sunday morning, the day after the […]
