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MILAGROS, Masbate (Eagle News) – Nagsagawa ng Oplan Sita o Check Points at namahagi rin ng Flyers ang Philippine National Police (PNP) sa Milagros, Masbate. Pinangunahan ito ni PCInsp Leus Anselmo Prima. Isinagawa nila ang ganito paraan upang paalalahanan ang mga motorista sa pag-iingat sa pagmamaneho. Namahagi rin ng flyers na nagpaaalaala sa pag-iwas ng paggamit ng paputok sa pagsalubong sa bagong taon. Ito ay kampanya na rin ng mga awtoridad sa programang Project Barrel […]
MANDALUYONG CITY, Dec. 28 – Days after Typhoon Nina battered Catanduanes and its nearby provinces, the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) continues its presence in the affected areas by extending assistance through clearing operations and provision of hot meals to stranded passengers in various terminals. In the immediate aftermath of the typhoon, Red Cross teams were among the first on the ground to monitor and immediately respond to the battered situation in the affected provinces. PRC Operation […]
MANILA – Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III said the Duterte administration will look “closely” at the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), given its new policy of moving the country swiftly towards economic integration with its fellow-members in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and major trade partners in Asia and the Pacific. “I personally would like to look at RCEP closely because that’s the 10 ASEAN countries, I think. That one, we are more open to,” Dominguez said […]
PASIG CITY, Dec. 28 – Two years after the initial Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) was signed, the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth), Department of Health (DOH) and Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) recently renewed their partnership for the Social Protection Support Initiatives (SPSI) that will benefit Filipino citizens, especially the poor, the vulnerable and the disadvantaged groups. Ramon F. Aristoza Jr., Acting PhilHealth President and CEO said that “gone are the days when the local government […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Russell Westbrook’s 52nd career triple-double powered the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 106-94 NBA victory over the Heat in Miami on Tuesday. Westbrook scored 29 points, pulled down 17 rebounds and handed out 11 assists, securing a triple-double with 6:40 to play in the third period. It was his 15th triple-double of the season and his sixth of the campaign to be achieved through only three quarters. Going into […]
by Maher al-Mounes and Rim Haddad ALEPPO, Syria (AFP) — Midnight means lights out in Syria’s Aleppo: as the clock strikes 12, overworked power generators shut off across the city, plunging war-ravaged neighborhoods and heritage sites into darkness. It will take many months and millions of dollars to breathe life back into Aleppo’s devastated water, electricity, and transportation networks. Four years of fighting have transformed it from Syria’s industrial and commercial powerhouse to a divided […]
(Eagle News) — Nais ng liderato ng Kamara na imbestigahan ang ulat ng umano’y plano ng US Government na patalsikin sa puwesto si Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte. Ayon kay House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez, sa Enero balak simulan ang imbestigasyon. Disyembre 16 ang huling plenary session ng Kamara at sa Enero 16 naman ito muling magbubukas. Ayon kay Alvarez, hindi maganda ang nasabing balita at kailangang alamin aniya ang puno’t dulo nito. Hindi rin aniya magandang ideya […]
(Eagle News) — Mahihirapan ang alin mang grupo na nagbabalak na ibagsak sa poder ng kapangyarihan si Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte. Ito ang reaksyon ng Malacañang sa lumabas na ulat na mayroong blue print na ginawa si dating US Ambassador to Manila Philipp Goldberg na naglalayong ibagsak si Pangulong Duterte. Sinabi ni Presidential Spokesman Ernesto Abella na sa laki ng public support ni Pangulong Duterte malabo ang anumang tangkang pabagsakin siya sa puwesto.
by Daniel MEROLLA Agence France Presse BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AFP) — Former Argentine president Cristina Kirchner was charged in a corruption case Tuesday and slapped with a $630-million asset freeze over public tenders awarded to a businessman friend during her administration. Kirchner, who was in office from 2007 to 2015, was charged with illicit association and fraudulent administration for allegedly favoring construction magnate Lazaro Baez for public contracts in Patagonia, her southern political bastion. The […]
by Jerome CARTILLIER Agence France Presse PEARL HARBOR, United States (AFP) — The leaders of war-time enemies America and Japan made a poignant joint pilgrimage to Pearl Harbor Tuesday, issuing symbolic declarations about the power of reconciliation and warning against the drumbeat of conflict. Seventy-five years after Japanese fighter pilots brought the fires of war to idyllic Hawaii and dragged the United States into World War II, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe offered his “sincere […]
(Eagle News) — Nasa dalawampu’t anim na pamilya ang naitalang naapektuhan ng bagyong nina sa Calabarzon, Mimaropa at Regions 5 at 8. Batay sa ulat ng National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC), ang nasabing bilang ay katumbas ng nasa mahigit apat na rang libong indibidwal mula sa tatlongdaan at walumpu’t apat na barangay sa mga nabanggit na apektadong rehiyon. Ayon kay NDRRMC Executive Director Ricardo Jalad, patuloy pang inaalam ang kabuuang halaga ng […]
(Eagle News) — Personal na dinalaw ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte ang mga biktima ng Bagyong Nina sa Camarines Sur. Pinangunahan ng Pangulo ang relief distribution sa mga residenteng tinamaan ng kalamidad nang manalasa ang Bagyong Nina.
