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QUEZON City, Philippines – The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) will give free training to the thousands of drug dependents who surrendered to the authorities through its barangay-based training program. TESDA already coordinated with the barangay officials as directed by President Rodrigo Duterte to give rehabilitation and special training to drug dependents. This program will encourage them to stay away from drugs.
QUEZON CITY, Philippines – The Makati City Police on Friday reported that homeowners’ associations of gated villages gave their permission for the entry of the “Oplan Tokhang” of the Philippine National Police (PNP) in exclusive subdivisions in Metro Manila including Forbes Park, Bel-Air and Magallanes starting Monday. The homeowners’ associations also expressed their support for the government’s campaign against illegal drugs. After the conduct of “Oplan Tokhang” in the exclusive subdivisions, the PNP will next […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief Director General Ronald Dela Rosa led the 115th Police Service Anniversary of the Cordillera Police Region. In his speech, he exhorted members of the police to be diligent in doing their part in the anti-illegal drug campaign of the government.
QUEZON CITY, Philippines – Several lanes in the EDSA-Taft area will be closed this weekend (September 3 – 4) in order to install four new coaches of the MRT. The innermost lane of EDSA-Taft Southbound will be closed from 8:00 PM Saturday until 3:00 AM Sunday and will again be closed from 1:00 PM Sunday until 6:00 PM on the same day. https://youtu.be/gvted6uWdDc
QUEZON CITY, Philippines – The Bureau of Immigration (BI) approves the Port Operations Division’s recommendation to appoint interpreters who can speak Chinese in the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA). The Chinese interpreters will help immigration officers in conducting primary and secondary investigation of Chinese nationals entering and leaving the country.
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) – Malacañang is seriously considering placing Albuera, Leyte Mayor Rolando Espinosa under the Witness Protection Program (WPP) of the Department of Justice (DOJ). This was after Mayor Espinosa said that his life is in danger after naming big personalities involved in the illegal drug trade. https://youtu.be/c2xFz790C5g
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Three key positions in the Philippine Army will be vacated due to the retirement of three army generals. The three generals who are set to retire are Major General Demosthenes Santillan, Vice-Commander of Philippine Army who will retire on Sept. 8; Brigadier General Leoncio Cirunay of the Armed Forces of the Philippine (AFP) Reserve Command who will retire on Sept. 15; and Major General Jet Velarmino of the 8th […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Troubled singer Chris Brown has released a song shortly after his arrest for allegedly threatening a woman — and the lyrics may obliquely take aim at her. Brown uploaded a free new dance track entitled “What Would You Do?” The title is likely no accident as his accuser, Baylee Curran, asked rhetorically “what would you do?” in a video she made about her decision to call police. Set to […]
by Hui Min NEO and Marie JULIEN Berlin’s mega consumer electronics fair IFA opens its doors to the public Friday, offering a dizzying array of high-tech goods from home robots to surround sound systems to drones. Some tech giants are also seeking to define what they believe will be the next gizmos and digital must-haves to drive the industry. – The future of TV is… – Oval. Or any shape, says Sharp, which showed off […]
MIAMI, United States (AFP) — Hurricane Hermine swept onto Florida’s Gulf coast early Friday with winds and heavy rain causing flooding and cutting power to tens of thousands of people, with officials warning of “life threatening” conditions. The Category One storm made landfall around 1:30 am local time (0530 GMT) near St Marks, just south of Florida’s capital Tallahassee, with 80 mile (130 kilometer) per hour winds extending 45 miles from the hurricane’s eye, the […]
(Eagle News)– The Bureau of Immigration (BI) on Thursday (Sept.1) said that they will hire Chinese-speaking Filipinos for screening and interviewing Chinese nationals following the incident of some 350 Chinese tourists barred to enter Ninoy Aquino International Airport. It turns out that they could not express their purpose of travel in English, which caused misunderstanding with the immigration personnel. The interpreters will be hired on a contractual basis and will be deployed to all three […]
SAINT-LOUIS, France (AFP) — Stargazers in south and central Africa were treated to a spectacular solar eclipse Thursday with the Moon moving across the Sun to form a “ring of fire”. At the eclipse’s peak, all that was visible was a ring of light encircling the black Moon — but the phenomenon was only fully visible to people in a narrow, 100-kilometer (62-mile) band stretching across central Africa, Madagascar and Reunion. Anyone north, south, east or […]
