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by Matt LLOYD Cardiff, United Kingdom (AFP) — Wales hope to avoid the pitfalls of the past after making ten changes to the side that will play Japan in Cardiff on Saturday. Interim Wales coach Rob Howley made wholesale alterations to the line-up that beat Argentina 24-20 to end a five-match losing streak, resting players ahead of next week’s November finale at home to South Africa. The Japan match will see New Zealand-born Gareth Anscombe make his […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – Alleged drug lord Kerwin Espinosa apologized to President Rodrigo Duterte and promised the President that he will expose all of those who were involved in the illegal drug trade.
In an interview with Agila Balita Alas Dose, former Spokesperson of the Congresswoman Imelda Marcos, Cherry Cobarrubias said that she received prior confidential information regarding the plans to bury the late President Ferdinand Marcos today at the Libingan ng mga Bayani but decided not to inform other Marcos loyalists so as not to disturb the solemnity of the ceremony.
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Presidential Communications Office admitted that they were surprised when they found out that the late President Ferdinand Marcos was buried today at the Libingan ng mga Bayani. Presidential Communications Office Assistant Secretary Anna Marie Banaag admitted that their office was not informed about plans to bury the late President today. She said that it is the Philippine National Police (PNP) that was fully informed about the details of […]
This video showing the highlights of the burial ceremonies for the late President Ferdinand Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani was immediately posted by his daughter, Ilocos Norte Governor Imee Marcos in her facebook account.
PALAWAN (Eagle News) – Muling pinarangalan ng Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) ang Pamahalaang Panlalawigan ng Palawan dahil sa mabuting pamamahala nito. Personal na tinanggap ni Governor Jose Ch. Alvarez ang Seal of Good Local Governance (SGLG) mula kay DILG Secretary Ismael Sueno kamakailan sa Sofitel Philippine Plaza, Manila. Sa dalawang magkasunod na taon (2015 at 2016) ay natanggap ng Pamahalaang Panlalawigan ang nasabing award. Ipinagkakaloob ito ng DILG sa mga Lokal […]
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea has confirmed the country’s first outbreaks of the highly pathogenic H5N6 bird flu virus and has ramped up quarantine measures in response, agriculture ministry officials said on Friday. The outbreaks occurred at two poultry farms in the central and southern parts of the country after the ministry reported last week that the H5N6 strain of the virus had been found in the faeces of migratory birds. Cases of human infection […]
(Eagle News)– Foreign Affairs Secretary Perfecto Yasay Jr. met with US Secretary of State John Kerry in Lima, Peru on Friday morning (November 18), assuring the latter that the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA) will push through. Yasay, however, said the focus will not be on military exercises but on the cooperation in war against illegal drugs. “We will continue with EDCA. Not so much to focus on joint military exercises but more on […]
MANDALUYONG CITY, November, (PIA) – – The Department of Health (DOH) reiterated its call to manufacturers and retailers of tobacco products to follow the Graphic Health Warning’s (GHW) Law or face the consequences. The law is now on its full implementation and monitoring teams are now being formed in the National Capital Region (NCR) for deployment. “We already gained so much from our serious efforts to control tobacco use in the country. With the Sin […]
MANILA, Nov. 18 – Small value importations of tobacco goods as well as wines and spirits are still subject to excise taxes under a new Customs Administrative Order (CAO) that raises to P10,000 the tax-exempt value of non-commercial imports. Finance Undersecretary Antonette Tionko, who heads the Revenue Operations Group of the Department of Finance (DOF), said the CAO also lists goods prohibited and restricted for importation. “The proposed CAO provides that de minimis importations of tobacco […]
