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QUEZON CITY (Eagle News) – Simula noong Martes, Enero 3, 2017 ay mahigpit nang ipinagbabawal ang pagpuputol ng puno ng niyog. Ito ay ayon sa Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA). Layunin nito na maingatan ang coconut industry sa bansa dahil higit na mas marami ang napuputol na puno kaysa naitatanim. Noong December 23, 2016, nang lagdaan ni PCA Administrator Billy Andal ang moratorium ukol dito. Ilan sa mga kasamang lumagda ay sina Cabinet Secretary Leoncio “Jun” […]
QUEZON CITY, Jan. 5 – With its 24/7 power restoration efforts, the Department of Energy (DOE), together with its private institution partners has resumed electricity supply to 1,003,519 households or about 57% re-energization of Typhoon Nina-affected areas as of 4 January 2017. Energy Secretary Alfonso G. Cusi said, “After restoring power in town centers and nearby communities, our ground personnel are working round the clock, even double time to bring back the power supply to all […]
MANILA, Jan. 5 – In line with President Rodrigo Duterte’s directive to provide victims of Typhoon Yolanda a conducive and permanent resettlement area, Department of Public Works and Highways Secretary Mark Villar said that water tanks and jetmatic pumps have been installed in all resettlement sites of Yolanda victims. “As promised, all resettlement sites are now provided with water. The Tacloban North Resettlement Site is now equipped with 67 units of 5 cubic meter and […]
QUEZON CITY, Jan. 5 – The attainment of the current administration’s goal of reducing poverty in the country is now rolling. Three checks worth P25 million each were released by the Department of Agriculture 12 to provincial local government units (PLGUs) which are identified recipients of the government’s Special Area for Agricultural Development (SAAD) program. Under SAAD, the Agri department will focus on top 10 prioritized poorest provinces, in line with President Rodrigo Duterte’s thrust […]
QUEZON CITY, Jan. 5 -The Bureau of Fisheries and the Philippine Fishports Development Authority, two agencies of government which are under the Department of Agriculture, have come up with a nationwide program to facilitate the distribution of fish straight from the fish ports to the remote towns of the country. Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol said the program called “Isda sa Kabukiran” or Fish in the Rural Areas would entail the direct involvement of the BFAR […]
by Catherine TRIOMPHE NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — A New York commuter train derailed Wednesday during the morning rush at a station in Brooklyn, sparking chaotic scenes and leaving more than 100 people with minor injuries. The accident at Atlantic Terminal in the heart of the New York borough came less than four months after a fatal crash on another commuter line in New Jersey, when a speeding train derailed and slammed into […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — NASA is sending an African-American astronaut to the International Space Station for the first time. The traveler is Jeanette Epps, a physics and science whiz who used to work for the CIA as a technical intelligence officer. Epps will head to the ISS as a flight engineer in 2018. Her commander will be Andrew Feustel, a veteran astronaut. “Each space station crew brings something different to the table, and […]
NEW YORK (Eagle News) – The New York Knicks’ woes continue as the Milwaukee Bucks rallied from a 16-point deficit to defeat the Knicks 105-104 on a buzzer beating jumper by Giannis Antetokounmpo on Wednesday night. During the first half, the game was neck-to-neck. The Madison Square Garden crowd was excited as the hometown team, the New York Knicks, looked to snap their 5-game losing streak by pulling away with the lead in […]
by Myriam LEMETAYER Agence France-Presse SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France (AFP) – A 105-year-old Frenchman set a new one-hour cycling record for his age Wednesday — although Robert Marchand was already in a class of his own. Marchand pedalled for 22.547 kilometres (14.01 miles) in the national velodrome in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines west of Paris to the cheers of hundreds of spectators — and when he had finished he said he could have gone faster. “I didn’t see the sign […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Loren Legarda filed the proposed Expanded Maternity Leave Law (Senate Bill No. 1262) on January 4 to increase the maternity leave of employees in the government and private sector to 100 days. Legarda said that the current maternity leave of 60 days for normal delivery and 78 days in case of caesarean delivery does not even comply with the international labor standards on maternal protection that recommend a minimum of 14 […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News)– Senator Leila De Lima denied accusations that she and Senator Antonio Trillanes had a hand in the stabbing of Jaybee Sebastian at the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) in Muntinlupa City last September 2016. In a press statement, she said that the accusations against her and Trillanes are in line with the propaganda thrust of the Duterte administration to pin all the blame on them. “If I were responsible for the stabbing, […]
(Eagle News) – It was New Bilibid Prison inmate Tomas Donina who had linked Senators Leila de Lima and Antonio Trillanes IV to the previous attempt to kill controversial inmate Jaybee Sebastian in September last year. This was the clarification of Department of Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II amid denials from De Lima that she was behind any attempt on the life of Sebastian who had earlier linked her to the illegal drug trade […]
