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MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — May bawas singil sa kuryente ang Meralco ngayong buwan, ito ay papatak sa 27 centavos (Php 0.27) kada kilowatt hour. Katumbas ito ng 54 pesos na bawas singil sa mga kumokonsumo ng 200 kilowatt hour kada buwan. Ito na ang pinakamababang overall reduction ng Meralco sa singil sa kuryente magmula noong taong 2009. Ayon sa Meralco, ang pagbaba sa singil sa kuryente ngayong buwan ay bunsod ng pagbababa sa generation […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Tutol ang mga Senador sa desisyon ng Social Security System na itaas ng dalawang libong piso (Php 2,000) ang buwanang pensiyon ng mga retiradong miyembro kung saan ang pondo ay kukunin sa dagdag kontribusyon ng mga aktibong miyembro. Ayon kay Senate President Pro Tempore Franklin Drilon, bagamat maganda ang layon ng hakbang na tulungan ang mga retirado, lalabag aniya ito sa batas. Sa ilalim ng Section 4 ng Republic Act […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Hinandugan din ng pangulo si Prime Minister Shinzo Abe ng isang state dinner sa Rizal hall ng palasyo ng Malacañang. Pagkatapos ng dinner ay nagtungo sa Davao sina Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte at Prime Minister Abe. Si Prime Minister Abe ay nasa bansa para sa dalawang araw na official visit at siya rin ang kauna-unahang Head of State na bumisita sa Pilipinas sa ilalim ng Duterte Administration.
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Cleveland Cavaliers superstar LeBron James remains the top overall vote-getter in the second returns of NBA all-star fan balloting announced Thursday, with more than one million votes. Three-time NBA champion James, already 12-time NBA all-star, has received 1.06 million votes and leads Milwaukee’s Giannis Antetokounmpo (963,110) in voting for Eastern Conference frontcourt players. Cleveland’s Kyrie Irving, a three-time all-star, is first among backcourt players in the East with 971,362 […]
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AFP) — Saudi Energy Minister Khaled al-Falih said Thursday he was optimistic about a stabilization of the oil market following an OPEC deal to cut output. “We believe that the agreement that we refer to between us and OPEC and non-OPEC members will hold,” he said at an energy conference in the United Arab Emirates. Falih said Saudi Arabia had exceeded its pledges to cut production, without giving any figures. […]
HANOI, Vietnam (AFP) — US Secretary of State John Kerry returned to Vietnam on Thursday for an emotional first stop on his final tour before stepping down as Washington’s top diplomat. Kerry fought in Vietnam as a naval officer before returning to the United States in 1969 to become a prominent opponent of the war, his first foray into public life. Later, as a US senator, he worked to mend ties between the former foes […]
by Andrew BEATTY Agence Presse France WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President Barack Obama on Thursday ended a five-decade-old open door policy for Cuba migrants, who will now face similar residency restrictions to other citizens from Latin America. In one of his final acts before leaving the White House, Obama scrapped rules dating back to the 1960s which allowed those fleeing communist Cuba a fast track to US citizenship. In a statement, Obama said […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — The New York Knicks fined Derrick Rose around $200,000 (188,350 euros) for his mysterious no-show, a report said Thursday. Rose created a sensation on Monday when he failed to appear for the Knicks’ 110-96 defeat to the New Orleans Pelicans. The New York Post said in a report Thursday that Rose had been fined $193,848 — 1/110th of his $21.3 million salary — mirroring the formula used by the […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Barack Obama awarded Vice President Joe Biden America’s highest civilian honor on Thursday, in an emotional surprise ceremony at the White House. Biden was reduced to tears as the president in his last days in office surprised him by announcing he would be awarding the 74-year-old the Presidential Medal of Freedom. In remarks billed as a joint farewell to family, friends and staff before they leave the White House next […]
