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(Eagle News) — The members of the urban poor group Kalipunan ng Damayang Mahihirap or KADAMAY have until May 30 to prove that they are eligible to receive free housing from the government. If not, they would have to vacate the housing units they occupied that day. This was the result of the dialogue between the National Housing Authority (NHA) and the KADAMAY leaders who were responsible for the illegal occupation of some 5,000 […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — The Philippines Monday took delivery of two Japanese military surveillance aircraft to help it patrol vital sea lanes in the South China Sea. Japan will lease a total of five surplus Beechcraft TC-90 planes to the Philippines, according to Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana. Philippine military Chief General Eduardo Ano said the new planes would be deployed over Benham Rise and the South China Sea. Japan’s attempt to bolster defense cooperation […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — An avalanche Monday killed seven Japanese high school students and a teacher on a mountain-climbing outing, and injured 40 more. More than 100 troops were deployed in a major rescue mission after the avalanche hit ski slopes in Tochigi prefecture north of Tokyo. Television footage showed rescuers climbing the mountainside as ambulances stood by. A total of 52 students and 11 teachers from seven high schools were on a three-day mountaineering […]
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — Swiss authorities have opened an investigation into a weekend rally against Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, which Ankara dubbed a “terrorist gathering,” Switzerland’s ATS news agency reported Monday. During Saturday’s demonstration in the capital Bern, organized by Kurdish groups, some people brandished a banner showing a gun pointing at Erdogan alongside the words “Kill Erdogan.” Turkey summoned the Swiss ambassador on Sunday to protest at the rally, claiming it was organized […]
(Eagle News) — The Commission on Elections has asked Congress to push through with the postponement of this year’s barangay elections soonest, if indeed the polls will be postponed. “What we’re asking is, if Congress actually pushes through with (the postponement), we’re asking them to do this as soon as possible. We need at least three months,” Comelec spokesperson James Jimenez said in an interview with CNN Philippines. According to Jimenez, this is because “we don’t want […]
Bumaba ang bilang ng mga tao sa Luzon na nakiisa sa Earth Hour 2017, habang tumaas naman sa Visayas at Mindanao. Ang Earth Hour ay nag-umpisa sa Sydney, Australia sampung taon na ang nakalilipas, hanggang sa naging largest open-sourced environment campaign ito sa buong mundo. https://youtu.be/JIf5YqV4Grk
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Mas makararamdam ng mainit na panahon ang malaking bahagi ng bansa ngayong araw. Ayon sa Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration, bunsod ito ng easterlies o ang mainit at maalinsangang hangin mula sa Pacific Ocean. Pero sinabi ng Pagasa na hindi pa opisyal na panahon na ng tag-init dahil umiiral pa ang northeast monsoon o hanging amihan sa hilangang bahagi ng Luzon. Kamakailan ay inihayag ng weather bureau […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Magkakaloob ng 10 milyong piso ang isang Thai agricultural company sa Pilipinas. Ayon kay Agriculture Secretary Manny Piñol , magmumula ang pera sa Charoen Pokphand (CP) Group na pinamumunuan ni Chairman Dhanin Chearavanont. Ibibigay ito para magamit sa kampanya ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte laban sa iligal na droga at sa Rural Development Program ng gobyerno. Inanunsyo rin ni Piñol na ipinangako rin ng CP Group ang $2 billion investment […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Iimbestigahan na rin ng dalawang kapulungan ng Kongreso ang iligal na pag-okupa ng mga miyembro ng Kalipunan ng Damayang Mahihirap o Kadamay sa mga housing unit sa Pandi 3 Village sa Bulacan. Sa panayam ng programang Feedback sa Radyo Agila, sinabi ni Senador JV Ejercito, chairman ng Senate Committee on Urban Planning, Housing and Resettlement, na may ugnayan na sila ng counterpart sa Kamara para magsagawa ng joint investigation sa […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Walo sa sampung Pilipino sa buong bansa ang nagsabing ligtas sila dahil sa kampanya ng gobyerno kontra iligal na droga. Ito ang lumabas sa pinakabagong Pulse Asia Survey na isinagawa nitong Disyembre 6 hanggang 11, 2016. Pinakamataas na naitala ang satisfaction rating sa Mindanao, kung saan 90 percent ng mga residente rito ang mas feeling safe ngayon kumpara noong nakaraang taon dahil sa kampanya ng gobyerno kontra droga. 87 […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Pasok ang isla ng Boracay bilang isa sa Asia’s Top 10 Islands ng 2017 Travelers Choice Awards. Sa report na ipinalabas ng isang sikat na travel site, nasa ika-pitong puwesto sa listahan ang Boracay habang nanguna naman ang Bali, Indonesia. Sinundan ito ng Phuket Island, Ko Samul at Koh Tao na pawang matatagpuan sa Thailand. Pasok sa pang-limang puwesto ang Lomok sa West Nusa Tenggara sa Indonesia. Kabilang pa sa […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — China’s drug problem is severe and growing, the government said Monday, with particularly sharp rises in the abuse and production of synthetic drugs which have become a major health concern worldwide. Chinese seizures of methamphetamine, ketamine and other synthetic drugs surged by 106 percent year-on-year in 2016, said Liu Yuejin, vice director of the China National Narcotics Control Commission. At the same time the manufacture of drug precursors increased along with […]
