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(Eagle News) — Senator JV Ejercito on Thursday said that he respects President Rodrigo Duterte’s decision to appoint former Bureau of Customs chief Nicanor Faeldon to the Office of the Civil Defense. But in a text message, Ejercito said he “would rather that appointees or those who intend to run for public office (do) not have any derogatory record or blemish in their track record.” According to Ejercito, this was because they were “entering public service.” “Public […]
(Eagle News) — The Palace on Thursday appealed for the public to follow the rules and regulations on the use of fireworks and pyrotechnics in celebration of the New Year. “Let us all have a safe New Year celebration,” the Office of the Executive Secretary said in a statement. The OES noted that President Rodrigo Duterte has already signed Executive Order No. 28, which limits the use of allowable fireworks to a mere community fireworks […]
(Eagle News) – Kaagad na sisibakin sa serbisyo ang sinumang miyembro ng Philippine National Police (PNP) na masasangkot sa indiscriminate firing sa pagsalubong ng bagong taon. Ayon kay National Capital Regional Police Office (NCRPO) Director Oscar Albayalde, mahigpit ang naging tagubilin sa kanila ni PNP Chief Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa na iwasan ang pagpapaputok ng baril sa pagsalubong sa 2018. Naniniwala ang liderato ng PNP na disiplinado ang kanilang mga tauhan kaya hindi na sila […]
(Eagle News) — The suspect in the murder of a woman and her seven-year-old child daughter surrendered to authorities on Thursday. Ruel Cabatingan surrendered to the Eastern Visayas provincial office around 8 a.m. Cabatingan is a suspect in the killing of Ruby Gamos, 37, and her child, Shaniah Nicole, whose bodies were found inside their private subdivision in Barangay Navarro on December 11. The family’s car, television, gadgets and jewelry were missing, according to authorities. According […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Target ng National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) ang zero incidents ng ligaw na bala at indiscriminate firing sa pagsalubong sa bagong taon. Una nang nakipagtulungan ang NCRPO sa local government officials para magtatag ng firecracker zones para mapababa ang insidente ng firecracker injuries. Mananatili namang naka-heightened alert ang NCRPO sa buong panahon ng holiday season. Mula Dec. 16, 2016 hanggang Jan. 5, 2017, nakapagtala ang NCRPO ng anim na […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Minamadali na ng Commission on Higher Education (CHEd) ang pagproseso sa scholarship allowance nito. Kasabay nito ay humingi rin ng paumanhin ang CHEd sa pagkaka-antala sa pagbibigay ng nasabing allowance sa mga faculty na apektado ng K to 12 program. Ayon sa CHEd, ang naging sanhi ng delay sa pagbibigay ng allowance sa mga scholar ay ang pagproseso sa mga dokumento. Ang internal system din aniya ng CHEd ay hindi […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Inihayag ng United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) na nakahanda itong magpadala ng relief supplies at magdeploy ng field teams sa mga lugar na apektado ng bagyong “Vinta.” Kabilang sa ipagkakaloob ng nasabing UN agency ay water at sanitation supplies, water kits para sa mga pamilya, malaking water tanks para magamit ng komunidad, tents at iba pa. Ayon kay Lotta Sylwander, head ng UNICEF operations sa bansa, handang-handa silang suportahan ang […]
by Olga Rotenberg and Anna Smolchenko Agence France-Presse moscow, Russia (AFP) — Russia has lost contact with Angola’s first national telecoms satellite launched from the Baikonur space pad, its maker said Wednesday — a fresh embarrassment for Moscow’s once proud space industry. The incident involving the Russian-made Angosat-1 followed a similar one in November when Russia lost contact with a weather satellite launched from a new cosmodrome in the country’s far east. Energia, Russia’s top […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) – The United States’ top diplomat defended his country’s foreign policy record on Wednesday, saying progress had been made in the last year to rein in North Korea’s nuclear ambitions and to counter the “immense challenges” posed by Russia, China and Iran. In an opinion piece in the New York Times, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said some 90 percent of Pyongyang’s export earnings had been cut off by a series of international […]
by Hervé Bar Agence France-Presse LIBREVILLE, Gabon – “Here you’re in the heart of precarious living,” one of Gabon’s first medical responders says in Kolo Ngoum, a grubby shanty suburb of Libreville that has seen no doctors in ages. Residents initially express surprise at the arrival of an ambulance belonging to the SAMU-Social (Service for Urgent Medical Aid), but once they see stethoscopes and other common instruments, they smile with reassurance. “This is a good initiative,” says […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Nintendo is expecting to sell more than 20 million of its new “Switch” consoles in the next fiscal year, the firm’s president said, with sales outpacing its smash-hit Wii console in some places. Tatsumi Kimishima told Thursday’s Kyoto Shimbun newspaper that the momentum for Switch is stronger in some markets than that of the Wii, a smash-hit household console that sold more than 100 million units worldwide. Kimishima said he expected […]
by Chris Stein Agence France-Presse LEGETAFO, Ethiopia (AFP) – He may be Ethiopia’s biggest pop star but Teddy Afro hasn’t held a concert in his country for years, some of his songs have been effectively banned, and the launch party for his last album was broken up by the police. But sitting in the living room of his spacious house outside the capital, Addis Ababa, the 41-year-old musician is relaxed and says he is focused on […]
