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LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) – Britain will seek a “unique” deal on leaving the European Union, Prime Minister Theresa May’s Downing Street office said Wednesday, after ministers held their first Brexit talks since the summer break. The government wants to control immigration from the EU while retaining strong trading ties, despite warnings from other nations that single market access is incompatible with limits on the free movement of people. Britain voted to leave the EU […]
(REUTERS) Florida’s governor declared an emergency on Wednesday ahead of an approaching weather system that could bring life-threatening flooding and fierce winds, placing parts of the state’s Gulf Coast under a tropical storm warning and a hurricane watch. Storm preparations were also under way on Hawaii’s Big Island, where residents were warned of an approaching hurricane. The state’s governor ordered the closing of state offices on Wednesday. In Florida, Governor Rick Scott declared an […]
(REUTERS) Brazil’s Senate removed leftist President Dilma Rousseff from office on Wednesday for breaking budgetary laws, in an impeachment process that has polarized the Latin American country and paralyzed its politics for nine months. Senators voted 61-20 to convict Rousseff for illegally using money from state banks to boost public spending. Her conservative former Vice President Michel Temer, who has run the country since her suspension in May, will be sworn to serve out […]
(Eagle News) — Ilang oras bago ang pagbisita ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte, inihatid na sa gymnasium ng Western Mindanao Command (Wesmincom) sa Zamboanga City kanina ang labi ng mga sundalong nasawi sa bakbakan ng militar kontra sa bandidong Abu Sayyaf (ASG) sa Patikul, Sulu. Pagdating ng pangulo, isa-isa nitong nilapitan ang mga kabaong at larawan ng mga sundalo saka sinaluduhan. Kaugnay nito, binigyan ng cash assistance ang pamilya ng mga napatay na sundalo. Ayon sa […]
BIñAN City, Laguna — Para makatulong kahit paano sa mga lolo at lola namahagi ng libreng tungkod ang isang grupo sa mga nakatatatanda sa iba’t ibang barangay sa lalawigan ng Laguna.
QUEZON CIty, Philippines – Senate minority leader Ralph Recto has submitted a proposal for the release of old and sick inmates in the country’s various jails. He said this measure will cut government expenditures and, at the same time, de-clog jails. Furthermore, once all the inmates who received pardon from the Bureau of Corrections (BOC) have been released, every taxpayer will save Php 46,000 each year. Government will also save Php 19,000 for each old […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – Pasig City will implement an experimental odd-even scheme starting September 1 on designated roads in the city. Vehicles with license plates ending in even numbers will not be allowed to enter roads on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays while vehicles that have license plates ending in odd numbers will not be allowed to use the designated roads on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays.
QUEZON City, Philippines – The Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA), which is now part of the Inter-Agency Committee on Traffic or I-ACT, has warned its personnel that it would implement the one-strike policy against erring men who would be caught asking for bribes. MMDA office-in-charge Thomas Orbos said traffic enforcers engaging in corrupt practices will be immediately pulled out of the streets and investigated. “I will not allow traffic enforcers to taint the image of […]
QUEZON Citty, Philippines – The Light Rail Transit or LRT Line 1 will now run with a speed of 60 kph, and with less vibration and noise due to installation of new rails. The installation of new rails started in April 2016 with a target completion date in September 2017. Despite the changes and the innovation of the LRT 1 with the new rails, the Department of Transportation (DOTr) turned down the request for an increase […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – Malacañang proudly reported that China has agreed to allow Filipino fishermen to enter Panatag Shoal in the West Philippine Sea. According to Presidential spokesman Ernesto Abella, this was due to the personal efforts of President Rodrigo R. Duterte who raised the issue after meeting with Chinese Ambassador Zhao Jianhua last Friday. Abella, however, clarified that although China gave its permission, there is still no specific date on when this will actually […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Petitioners against the burial of the late President Ferdinand E. Marcos on Wednesday, August 3, faced the representatives of the government in front of the highest court in the land as the Supreme Court opened oral arguments on the plan to bury Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani.
GOTEMBA, Japan (Reuters) — Japan’s defense ministry on Wednesday (August 31) asked for a hike in spending to record levels, as it juggles its responses to a growing ballistic missile threat from North Korea and China’s assertive moves in the East China Sea. If approved, the hike of 2.3 percent will take the defense budget to 5.17 trillion yen ($51.47 billion) in the year starting April 1, for a fifth consecutive increase as Prime Minister Shinzo […]
