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by Cécile FEUILLATRE Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP) – The fall of Aleppo marks the victory of an authoritarian alliance stretching from Tehran to Moscow, analysts say — and the biggest win yet for President Bashar al-Assad since civil war erupted in 2011. His regime’s total control over east Aleppo, declared Thursday, was obtained with pitiless brute force that has reduced much of the country’s former economic heart to rubble, in a war that has […]
MANILA, Dec. 23 — More than 10,000 overseas Filipino workers in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia who were displaced by the oil crisis in the Middle East have benefited from the government’s Relief Assistance Program (RAP). RAP is a one-time grant of financial assistance provided to each qualified affected OFW who are either staying in camps or are live-out in KSA or who have been repatriated to the Philippines but have not received their salaries or end-of-service […]
CLARK FREEPORT ZONE (PIA) — President Rodrigo R. Duterte on Thursday, December 22 reiterated his all-out war against illegal drugs. “During the time of (Former) President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, I was taken in by her as a consultant on peace and security, so more or less I know the country’s situation because I was there,” Duterte shared during the Convergence of the Nanay Volunteers as Community Drugwatch. The President added that even when he was […]
PASIG CITY, Dec. 23 — Good news for Public School Teachers and other school employees! Department of Education (DepEd) school-based personnel in Regions 4A, 4B, 5, 6, 11, 12, Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR), CARAGA and National Capital Region (NCR) are slated to receive their performance-based bonus (PBB) for Fiscal Year 2015 in the coming days. This is following a memorandum issued by DepEd Planning Service and Field Operations Undersecretary Jesus Mateo mandating field offices to immediately […]
BAGUIO CITY — The Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) in the Cordillera region is encouraging the public to use other means of merry making and avoid fireworks, fire crackers and other pyrotechnic materials during the Yuletide celebration to ensure cleaner air. EMB Regional Director Reynaldo Digamo said that they are calling on the public to use other means of merry making and enjoyment during the during Christmas and New Year celebration not only to avoid accidents […]
MANILA, Dec. 23 — Marivic Cruz, an Information and Technology Specialist, and Jae Capistrano, an administrative assistant, called the DOLE Hotline 1349 to report about their respective company’s non-payment of overtime pay, holiday pay, and night shift differential of their companies. A report from the DOLE Hotline 1349 showed that Hotline Action Officer John Pili after getting the necessary information from both Cruz and Capistrano, immediately called up their companies to inform them of the proper […]
MANILA, Dec. 23 — President Rodrigo Roa Duterte signs into law on Thursday (Dec. 22) Republic Act No. 10924, or the General Appropriations Act (GAA) for Fiscal Year 2017. This is the first budget under the Duterte Administration. The timely submission to Congress and the eventual passage of the national budget is credited to the dedicated men and women of the Department of Budget and Management, headed by Secretary Benjamin E. Diokno. House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez […]
by Chloé COUPEAU Agence France-Presse 69576, France (AFP) – France on Thursday inaugurated the world’s first “solar highway”, a road paved with solar panels providing enough energy to power the street lights of the small Normandy town of Tourouvre. The one-kilometre (half-mile) “Wattway” covered with 2,800 square metres (30,000 square feet) of resin-coated solar panels was hooked up to the local power grid as Environment Minister Segolene Royal looked on. “This new use of solar […]
by Dmitry ZAKS Agence France-Presse KIEV, Ukraine (AFP) – A top monitor for the conflict in Ukraine warned Thursday that a “massive upsurge in violence” has pushed fighting between Kiev’s forces and pro-Russian rebels to levels not seen in months. The statement by Alexander Hug of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) came a day after the body hailed progress toward a New Year’s truce agreement that must still be approved by […]
A breath-taking rainbow stretches across Las Vegas Valley after the rain. (Eagle News Correspondents Marriane Tejada, Lisa Docena, Julie Docena)
(REUTERS) – Japanese electronic parts maker TDK is shelling out $1.33 billion to buy InvenSense, a U.S. chip maker that produces motion sensors for Apple and Samsung. The deal comes at $13 per share, which is almost a twenty percent premium to the U.S. company’s closing price on Tuesday. It will help TDK boost its sensor technology offerings. InvenSense designs parts which help smartphones calculate motion, enabling augmented reality games, such as Pokemon Go. This […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Police who will be injured during actual police operations can now avail of free hospitalization at the Chinese General Hospital. This was after the Philippine National Police and the Philippine Chinese Charitable Association – owner of the Chinese General Hospital – signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) that included the free police hospitalization benefit. https://youtu.be/Pr030hEKNGk
