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MANILA, Aug. 11 – President Rodrigo Roa Duterte renewed his call for businessmen to pay correct taxes citing that government needs funds to put up, among others, rehabilitation centers for the thousands of drug addicts who have surrendered nationwide. In a press conference in Davao City Monday night, the President gave an assurance that businessmen who pay correct taxes will not be checked upon by personnel from the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) who will […]
QUEZON CITY, Aug. 11 – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) continues to alert citizens affected by the low pressure area (LPA) to stay vigilant for possible flooding and landslides that may occur due to moderate rains and thunderstorms. “Nais po naming ipaalala sa ating mga kababayan na apektado ng masamang panahon na manatiling alerto at kaagad i-report ang kanilang sitwasyon sa lokal na pamahalaan o sa mga DSWD- Field Offices sa kanilang lugar […]
ISTANBUL, Turkey (AFP) – by Stuart WILLIAMS One nation. One flag. One homeland. One state. These eight words have been the key slogan of Turkish politics in the last years, strongly favoured by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan as a symbol of national unity. But in the months before the July 15 failed military coup, there had been precious little such unity in Turkey with the southeast riven by conflict, the opposition in a constant war […]
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) – More than 2,000 leaked reports detailing allegations of sexual assault, child abuse and self-harm in Australian immigration centres on Nauru were published Wednesday, prompting rights groups to renew calls for refugees to be resettled elsewhere. Under Canberra’s current policy, asylum-seekers arriving by boat are sent to the remote Pacific island nation of Nauru or to Papua New Guinea’s Manus Island. They will not be allowed to resettle in Australia even if […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) – by Jennie MATTHEW A US government report on Wednesday delivered a scathing indictment of the Baltimore police department, concluding that officers had disproportionately and illegally stopped, searched and arrested African Americans for years. The Justice Department findings follow a 14-month investigation, launched after a 25-year-old black man, Freddie Gray, died from injuries sustained in police custody. His death sparked riots in a city troubled by crime, poverty and segregation problems, […]
WARRI, Nigeria (AFP) – Hundreds of protestors stormed a Nigerian facility owned by Chevron on Wednesday demanding better jobs and forcing staff to be airlifted out, community leaders said. Protestors from Ugborodo village, which is close to Chevron’s Escravos terminal, want the company to relocate more of its Nigerian offices to the southern Delta state to secure work for people living in the oil-producing swamplands. “Our people are casual workers in their own land,” Collins […]
SANAA, Yemen (AFP) – Saudi-led coalition warplanes launched fresh air strikes against Shiite rebels across Yemen Wednesday despite international concerns over the escalation after the suspension of peace talks. The coalition resumed strikes days after UN-brokered peace talks in Kuwait between representatives of the government and the Iran-backed Huthi rebels ended without a breakthrough. The coalition, which has been battling to prop up Yemen’s government against the Huthis since March 2015, hit rebel positions across […]
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (AFP) – by Mahmut BOZARSLAN At least eight people, mostly civilians, were killed on Wednesday in two separate bomb attacks targeting police blamed on Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants in Turkey’s southeast, officials said. Five people, all civilians, were killed in a car bomb attack in the centre of the city of Diyarbakir, the regional governor’s office said in a statement. Twelve people were wounded including five police, it added. Another three people […]
Taipei, Taiwan (AFP) — Taiwan has demanded the developers of Pokemon Go make its highways off limits for the augmented reality game after more than 1,200 people were caught playing while driving. Authorities are grappling with the explosive popularity of the gaming app, which has caused accidents as users hunt virtual cartoon characters in real-world locations. The National Freeway Bureau said Wednesday it has asked game creator Niantic not to use the island’s motorways and rest stops. […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) – Several senators expressed their support for President Rodrigo Duterte’s “name-and-shame” campaign against wealthy tax evaders. According to Senator Sonny Angara, this is an opportunity so big-time tax evaders would be forced to pay the proper taxes.
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte’s next target are the big-time tax evaders. President Duterte said that he has already ordered the Bureau of Immigration (BOI) not to allow the big-time tax evaders to leave the country. Furthermore, President Duterte said that he already asked Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) Commissioner Caesar Dulay for the list of tax evaders and that when such list is delivered to the President, he will order the police and […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) will be solely responsible for managing traffic in Metro Manila. This is one of the solutions seen by the Senate in order to solve the severe traffic problem in Metro Manila, where a systematic traffic management will call for the suspension of the local government unit’s power to manipulate traffic in their respective jurisdictions. https://youtu.be/T8bhUXjwGh4
