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by Awa Mulalinda Agence France-Presse A British-owned cruise ship has smashed into pristine coral reefs, causing extensive damage in a remote corner of Indonesia known as one of the world’s most biodiverse marine habitats, researchers and officials said Tuesday. Raja Ampat in eastern Indonesia has long been a top attraction for intrepid travelers and avid divers, home to palm-fringed islands surrounded by an underwater kaleidoscope of coral and fish. But the 4,200-ton Caledonian Sky slammed […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday, March 14, appointed the husband of late Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago as presidential adviser. President Duterte appointed Atty. Narciso “Jun” Santiago Jr., as his presidential adviser for revenue enhancement with the rank of undersecretary. Santiago is a former interior and local government undersecretary, and a former customs official. He also held the same position from 2004 to 2012 under the administration of former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
(Eagle News) — The Senate has approved on third and final reading Senate bills that would provide free Internet access in public places, and free tuition subsidy for those enrolled in state universities and colleges (SUCs). Senate Bills 1277 and 1304, respectively, were separately approved by the Senate on Monday. Senate Bill No. 1277 or the free internet access bill was approved with 18 votes and no abstention. The bill, also called the “Free Internet […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday said he wants to do away with the lowest-bid rule in government projects. “Gusto ko tanggalin yan. I have to talk to congressman,” Duterte said. His pronouncement was met by applause by mostly mayors who attended the first general assembly of the League of Municipalities in the Philippines. “The lowest-bid (rule) is the source of corruption. Maniwala kayo,” Duterte said. According to the President, the government should “go for quality […]
Several agencies have joined the electronic Freedom of Information online portal, making it easier for citizens to request for information from them via the Internet. These agencies are the National Economic Development Authority (NEDA) and its attached units, the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) and its attached units, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Central Office, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA), and the procurement service unit of the Department of […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has warned members of the Kalipunan ng Damayang Mahihirap (Kadamay) that he would issue an eviction order for them to vacate government housing units in Bulacan which they illegally occupied last week. Duterte said that he would issue eviction notices immediately to the illegal settlers, who occupied low-cost government housing in the towns of Pandi and San Jose del Monte City in Bulacan if they will not obey the […]
ROXAS, Palawan (Eagle News) – Nahulog ang isang pampasaherong bus sa malalim na bahagi ng kalsada sa National Highway ng Brgy. Malcampo, Roxas, Palawan. Ayon kay Raymund Bundal, driver ng bus, habang binabagtas umano nila ang daan pabalik sa Roxas ay bigla umanong may nag-cut na shuttle van. Nakabig aniya niya ang manibela dahil sa kaniyang pagkabigla kaya bumangga ang sasakyan sa guardrails ng kalsada. Tuluyan na rin aniyang nawalan ng kontrol ang sasakyan kaya humantong […]
by Frankie TAGGART Agence France-Presse It is a tale as old as time (or one dating back to the 1990s, at least): Disney dusts off an animated classic, adds bells, whistles and real people, and everyone makes a fortune. Since Jason Scott Lee annoyed purists as a grown-up Mowgli in “Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book” (1994), the company has churned out numerous big-screen live-action remakes of its hand-drawn favorites, recouping $4 billion worldwide. The latest […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — South Korean prosecutors will summon former president Park Geun-Hye for questioning as a criminal suspect, a spokesperson said on Tuesday. Park has been named as an accomplice to the secret confidante at the heart of a corruption and influence-peddling scandal that triggered her dramatic downfall, Choi Soon-Sil. Confirmation of Park’s impeachment by the nation’s top court last week stripped her of immunity from criminal prosecution. “We will decide Wednesday when […]
Tunggalian di lang talas ng pag-iisip kundi lakas ng pangangatawan ang naging pundasyon ng bawat kalahok sa 6th Championship Karate Event ng (ISKP) Rhiyo Shotokan Karatedo Phils sa Robinson Mall Las Piñas. Ang ISKP ay bahagi ng Philippine Karate-Do Federation. Taon-taon nagsasagawa ng karate events para sa ibat-ibang clubs para sa buong Pilipinas na kasapi sa PKF (Phil Karate Federation).
(Eagle News) — I trust him. President Rodrigo Duterte said he continues to trust Cesar Montano amid allegations he committed “irregularities” as chief operating officer of the Tourism Promotions Board. “I trust the guy. Kaya ko inappoint yan,” he said in a media briefing on Monday night. He noted that Montano, who has made a name for himself in the showbiz industry, “did not need money.” “I don’t think he would go for that,” Duterte said, in apparent reference to the […]
Naniniwala ang American boxer na si Floyd Mayweather Jr. na mananalo si Sen. Manny Pacquiao sa laban nito kay Amir Khan. Wala umanong nakikita si Mayweather na Tyansa na mananalo ang 30-year-old na si Khan sa 38 anyos na si Pacquiao. Ang Pacquiao-Khan fight ay isasagawa sa Mayo 20.
