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TAIPEI, Taiwan (AFP) — Frequent and increased Chinese military drills pose an “enormous threat” to Taiwan’s security, Taipei warned on Tuesday in an annual defense review that starkly highlighted rising cross-strait tensions. China views Taiwan as part of its territory to be reunified at some point — by military force, if necessary. The two sides split after a civil war in 1949. Although Taiwan is a self-ruling democracy, it has never formally declared independence. Beijing […]
(Eagle News) – Isa na namang sunog ang naganap sa isa pang mall sa Davao City nitong Martes ng madaling araw. Sumiklab ang apoy sa Robinsons Cyber pasado alas 3 ng madaling araw. Ayon kay Sr. Insp. Ma. Teresita Gaspan, tagapagsalita ng Davao City Police, posibleng nag-overheat na air-conditioning unit ang pinagmulan ng apoy. Hindi naman na lumaki ang sunog at mabilis ding naapula. Wala ding naitalang nasugatan sa insidente.
(Eagle News) — A militant labor group on Tuesday said the company that employed the 37 call center agents who died after being trapped in their burning office in Davao should be held accountable for their deaths. Alan Tanjusay, spokesperson of the Associated Labor Unions-Trade Union Congress of the Philippines, said if Research Now SSI, the Texas-based call center company, had complied with “the labor inspection standards on the fire exits, sprinkler system, ventilation, lighting, noise, […]
(Eagle News) — The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas is now looking into why a netizen withdrawing money from an automated teller machine was given “faceless” P100 bills instead. In a statement, the Bank of the Philippine Islands said it was also probing the matter. “We will provide updates once available,” BPI said. In her Facebook account, Earla Anne Yehey posted pictures of the P100 bills she said she withdrew. They do not have the face […]
Agus power plants to be upgraded (Eagle News) — The Philippines is in talks with the Japanese government and businessmen over the possible “setting up” of liquefied natural gas stations in the country. The Department of Finance said in a statement on Tuesday that the Japanese, barring any hitches, would supply the erected LNG stations. “For the medium-term, we are upgrading or rehabilitating the Agus power plants,” Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez added. He said that […]
(Eagle News) — A 4.6-magnitude earthquake struck Nueva Vizcaya on Tuesday. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake took place seven kilometers east of Kayapa. The earthquake–which struck at 12:12 p.m.–was tectonic in origin. There were no reported aftershocks.
Ni Earlo Bringas Eagle News Service QUEZON CITY, Metro Manila (Eagle News) – Tatlong magkakaibang aksidente sa kalsada ang naitala sa Quezon City sa buong magdamag nitong Martes, ika-26 ng Disyembre. Sugatan ang 15 katao kabilang ang isang 17 taong gulang na buntis matapos na magsalpukan ang UV Express at pampasaherong jeep sa may West Avenue nitong madaling araw. Ayon sa kwento ng driver ng SUV na kinilalang si Romelito Namatay, nakahinto lamang siya dahil […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Inaasahang sa March 2018 pa tatanggapin ng ticket vending machines sa mga istasyon ng tren ang bagong P5 barya na inilabas ng Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP). Inabisuhan ng operator ng Light Rail Manila Corporation (LRMC) ang publiko na i-double check ang kanilang barya upang iwas-abala dahil aayusin pa ang ticket vending machines. Maaari namang bumili ng mga ticket at magpapapalit ng mga lumang barya sa station tellers. Ang pagsasaayos […]
(Eagle News) — The House committee on natural resources has approved a bill seeking to declare the Kalayaan Island Group as “alienable and disposable land for agricultural, residential and commercial purposes.” In their explanatory note of House Bill 5614, Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez and Majority Leader Rodolfo Fariñas said there was an “urgent need” to make such a declaration to “promote permanent dwelling and develop a viable source of livelihood for the residents…” They noted that the […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — North Korea is preparing to launch a satellite, a Seoul newspaper said Tuesday, as outside observers warn that the nuclear-armed regime’s space program is a fig leaf for weapons tests. Pyongyang is under multiple UN sanctions over its nuclear and missile tests and is prohibited from carrying out any launch using ballistic missile technology including satellites. “Through various channels, we’ve recently learned that the North has completed a new satellite […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Itutuloy ng Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) ang Strong Republic Nautical Highway na nasimulan noong panahon ng administrasyon ni dating Pangulong Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. Ayon kay PPA General Manager Atty. Jay Santiago, 30 bagong roll on roll off o RORO terminals ang itatayo sa iba’t ibang panig ng bansa upang makapagbigay ng mabilis na serbisyo sa mga pasahero. Mahigit pitong bilyong piso ang magiging pondo sa nasabing proyekto na manggagaling sa […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Grace Poe reiterated her call for the creation of a National Transportation Safety Board, following the deaths of 20 people in a head-on collision between a bus and a jeepney in La Union on December 25. “Higit kailanman kailangan natin ng isang (NTSB) na magiimbestiga at magbabantay sa mga sakunang pantransportasyon gaya nito upang maiwasan ang mga pagkakamali at pagkukulang na humahantong sa pagkawala ng buhay ng ating mga kababayan,” Poe […]
