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By Mar Gabriel Eagle News Service (Eagle News) – Philippine National Police chief Director General Ronald dela Rosa has expressed frustration that another case filed by the police before the Department of Justice had been dismissed. In a resolution dated March 5, the DOJ dismissed a case of illegal possession of firearms filed against an Egyptian national, Fehmi Lassqued, a suspected terrorist alleged to have connections with the ISIS who was arrested in February. While […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Posibleng pumalo sa 4.2 hanggang 4.4 percent ang inflation rate noong Marso na mataas sa target ng gobyerno. Nitong Pebrero ay 3.9 percent ang inflation rate na pasok pa rin sa 2 hanggang 4 percent target range. Nasa 3.8 hanggang 4.6 percent ang inflation rate na inaasahan ng Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) ngayong Marso dahil sa mataas na presyo ng kuryente at petrolyo at paghina ng piso. Sa Huwebes, […]
(Eagle News)–The Philippines can achieve upper-middle income status by the end of 2019, the National Economic Development Authority said. Neda said in its Socioeconomic Report 2017 launched on Tuesday that this was possible because of the country’s “strong economic growth performance..in 2017..” The country was also able to achieve gross national income per capita growth rate of 4.8 percent, which Neda said was higher than the target of 4.5 percent. Neda Undersecretary and officer-in-charge Rosemarie Edillon said 2019 is […]
(Eagle News) – Tumaas ang tourist arrivals sa Boracay nitong Marso kumpara noong nakaraang taon sa kaparehong panahon. Ito ay kahit naka-amba na ang pagsasara sa nasabing isla para masolusyunan ang problemang kinakaharap nito na may kaugnayan sa kalinisan. Sa tala ng Economic Enterprise Development Department ng Aklan Provincial Tourism Office, nasa kabuuang 172,358 na turista ang bumisita sa Boracay nitong nakaraang buwan. Mas mataas ito ng 7 percent kumpara noong Marso 2017. Ang pagtaas […]
By Moira Encina Eagle News Service (Eagle News) – Just a day after the official start of the manual recount of votes for vice-president, four of the head revisors supervising the counting decided to withdraw. There was no reason why the four head supervisors of the Presidential Electoral Tribunal begged off on Tuesday, April 3, from the work of the manual recount, but there were four alternates who would take their place, so the recount […]
By Moira Encina Eagle News Service (Eagle News) – The Supreme Court set the oral arguments for the quo warranto petition against Chief Justice on-leave Maria Lourdes Sereno on April 10 at the tribunal’s session hall in Baguio City, and directed her to “personally appear” in the hearing. On its first en banc session, the Supreme Court set the hearing for the oral arguments on Tuesday, April 10 at 2 p.m., as the high court […]
(Eagle News)–The Supreme Court has denied the government’s petition against its December 2017 order to submit reports on the war on drugs. Theodore Te, SC spokesperson, said the SC denied Solicitor General Jose Calida’s argument submitting the reports would compromise the safety of informants and police operations, and directed the government, including Philippine National Police Chief Ronald dela Rosa, to submit them within a 15-day notice. The required reports include a list of persons killed in […]
HONG KONG, China (AFP) — An extremely rare Qing Dynasty bowl made for the Chinese emperor Kangxi fetched US$30.4 million (HK$239 million) at auction Tuesday, Sotheby’s said. The bowl, just under six inches (14.7 cm) in diameter, is decorated with falangcai — painted enamels combining Chinese and Western techniques — and flowers, including daffodils which are not typically depicted on Chinese porcelain. The bowl, said to have been used by the emperor in the early […]
Ni Jun Cronico Eagle News Correspondent PATIKUL, Sulu (Eagle News) – Habang patuloy na tinutugis ng mga tropa ng 32nd Infantry Battalion ang ilan pang natitirang kidnap victims ng Abu Sayyaf sa Sulu. Muling nagkasagupaan ang tropa ng militar kontra limang miyembro nito na pinamumunuan ni ASG Subleader Walton Juljirin. Ito ay matapos makapagbigay ng tip sa militar ang ilang sibilyan ukol sa kinaroroonan ng mga bandido. Ayon sa ilang source, ang mga bandido ay […]
SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — Intel shares dove on Monday after Bloomberg reported that Apple intends to switch to chips of its own for Mac computers in two years. Intel shares were down more than 7.5 percent to $48.12 in late afternoon trading on the Nasdaq exchange in New York. Apple declined to comment on the report, which cited unnamed sources as saying Apple is designing its own chips for Mac computers and could […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — A strong but deep earthquake measuring 6.8 struck in Bolivia on Monday but there were no reports of damage or injuries, the US Geological Survey said. The quake struck in the southeast of the country at a depth of 562 kilometers (348 miles), about 200 kilometers from Tarija, and near the border with Paraguay, the USGS said. Bolivia’s private San Calixto Observatory gave the quake’s strength at 6.6 magnitudes and […]
(Eagle News)–Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana on Tuesday denied Communist Party of the Philippines’ founder Joma Sison’s claim his group and the Philippine government signed a truce last year. In a statement, Lorenzana said there was no draft agreement on unilateral ceasefire between the two parties in October. Lorenzana said Sison’s claim that the defense chief “obscures and denies the fact that against tremendous odds, the NPA has grown and gained strength nationwide from its modest beginnings” […]
