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PHNOM PENH — The 2nd Meeting of the Steering Committee of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Regional Mine Action Centre (ARMAC) was held on 21 November at the ARMAC’s Headquarters, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Upon full operationalization, ARMAC will serve as a center of excellence to assist interested ASEAN Member States in research, knowledge sharing and raising awareness on the effects of explosive remnants of war and encourage efforts to address them. The meeting discussed […]
MANILA, Dec. 1 – The Department of Finance (DOF) is pushing for the implementation of its proposed restructuring of the excise tax on automobiles not only to partly ensure the financial sustainability of the government’s 10-point socioeconomic agenda on inclusive growth, but also to help deal with the worsening traffic crisis in Metro Manila and other highly congested urban centers. Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III said that under the DOF timetable, the implementation of the automobile tax […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (December 1) – The Office of the Ombudsman in the Philippines or also known as “Tanod ng Bayan” is responsible for investigating and prosecuting any public officer or employee accused of illegal, improper or inefficient conduct . The term “ombudsman” is synonymous to public defender, a grievance man, a watchman over the law’s watchmen, voice of the citizen, and citizen’s counselor. Essentially, the Ombudsman protects citizens against injustices committed by government officials. Any citizen […]
by Rosa SULLEIRO CHAPECO, Brazil (AFP) — Fans of Brazil’s Chapecoense football club whose team was wiped out in a Colombian air crash crammed into the home stadium late Wednesday for tearful prayers around the empty pitch. The stadium in Chapeco, southern Brazil, was a solid wall of green as fans and mourners dressed in the team shirt stood shoulder to shoulder. They gathered at exactly the hour their team, which just a few years […]
TAYABAS CITY, Quezon (Eagle News) – Labis ang katuwaan ng mahigit kumulang 500 na mga kababayang nating Aeta ng magsagawa ang Iglesia ni Cristo ng Lingap-Pamamahayag sa kanilang lugar sa Brgy. Tungko, Tayabas, City. Pinagkalooban sila ng INC ng pangunahing pangangailangan nila sa araw-araw tulad ng bigas, delata instant food, damit at mga pansariling gamit. Pinangunahan ito ng mga Church Worker na sakop ng Lucena City. Sa kasalukuyan ay patuloy pang pinalalawak at pinaiigting ang proyekto […]
MANILA, Dec. 1 – The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew year-on-year by 7.1 percent in the third quarter of 2016. This growth is driven by Manufacturing, Trade, and Real Estate, Renting and Other Business Activities. This is higher than the growth rates of 7.0 percent in the second quarter of 2016 and 6.2 percent in the third quarter of 2015. Among the major sectors, Services posted a growth of 6.9 percent in the third quarter of 2016, lower than the 7.2 percent growth in the previous […]
MANILA, Dec. 1 – President Rodrigo Duterte appealed to the Muslim people to help his administration achieve peace in Mindanao that in the end would bring economic prosperity in the region. Addressing the troops in Butig, Lanao del Sur on Wednesday, Nov. 30, the President said he does not want to wage war with fellow Filipinos and this is the reason why the government has embarked on peace initiatives on different fronts. B ut […]
SOUTH CAROLINA, Unite States (Reuters) — Defense attorneys urged a South Carolina jury on Wednesday (November 30) to look beyond a shocking video of a white police officer shooting a fleeing black motorist to death last year and consider all the evidence presented at the former policeman’s murder trial. Lawyers were making their closing arguments to jurors who will decide whether Michael Slager, 35, committed a crime when he killed 50-year-old Walter Scott in […]
LUCENA CITY, Quezon (Eagle News) – Inilatag ni Lucena City Mayor Roderick Alcala ang solusyon sa problemang trapiko sa kanilang lungsod. Nagpatawag na sa nakaraan ng pagpupulong ang alkade sa mga pangulo ng mga TODA upang pag-usapan ang problema sa trapiko. Tinatayang nasa 6,000 tricycle drivers ang namamasada sa buong Lucena City. Kalahati dito ay mga kolorum. Ayon sa napagkasunduan, bibigyan aniya ng prayoridad na pagkalooban ng prangkisa ang mga lehitimong Lucenahin. Para matuldukan na rin ang problema sa […]
MEDELLIN, Colombia (Reuters) — Brazil’s chancellor, Jose Serra, said authorities should withhold any premature conclusion on what caused the plane crash in Colombia which virtually wiped out a Brazilian soccer team among 71 victims on Monday night. Serra spoke alongside his Colombian counterpart, Maria Angela Holguin, on Wednesday (November 30) on arriving in the western Colombian city of Medellin near to where the crash took place. “With respect to subjective analyses of the accident, we […]
NASSAU, Bahamas (Reuters) — Tiger Woods seemed upbeat and carefree and he took questions from reporters at the end of a Pro-Am tournament on Wednesday (November 30) in the Bahamas. Woods was asked if anything about his game surprised him. “Surprised me? Not much. I felt good with pretty much everything. I was able to hit all the shots I needed to hit. The wind was definitely pumping to day and it was good to […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Cleveland Cavaliers coach Tyronn Lue said Wednesday he had spoken to J.R. Smith over his “embarrassing” hug with a former team-mate during the NBA champions’ defeat to Milwaukee. Lue was left furious after Smith hugged Bucks bench player Jason Terry on the sidelines late in the second half of Cavs blowout defeat. With Smith’s back turned, Bucks guard Matthew Dellavedova picked out a wide open Tony Snell who dunked […]
