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Japan warns China over territorial aggression

BEIJING, China (AFP) — Beijing risks triggering unintended conflict with Asian rivals through its aggressive stance in maritime disputes, Japan warned Tuesday in an annual security assessment. China’s sweeping claims over the strategic South China Sea, where it has built a series of artificial islands capable of supporting military operations despite overlapping claims from other nations, have stoked international alarm. The region’s superpower “continues to act in an assertive manner” and its actions “include dangerous […]

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Malalaking fish pen sa Laguna lake pinabubuwag ng DENR

LAGUNA (Eagle News) — Pinabubuwag ni Environment and National Resources Secretary Gina Lopez ang mga malalaking fish pens na umuukupa sa Laguna lake. Sinabi ni Lopez na ilan sa mga nasabing fish pens ay hindi naman pag-aari ng mga mangingisda kundi ng mga malalaking korporasyon bagamat wala naman itong tinukoy na kumpanya. Batay sa data ng Laguna Lake Development Authority o LLDA, 14,000 ektarya mula sa 100 ektarya ng lake ang inuukupa ng fish pens. […]

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SIM card registration to counter prank calls on emergency hotlines

QUEZON City, Philippines – Alarmed by the numerous prank calls received by the new emergency hotline 911 and 8888, Senator Dick Gordon proposed a law for SIM card registration to deter such occurrences. The emergency hotlines received 300 prank calls in the first 7 hours of its operations. Gordon also added that the public should be made responsible for its actions so that the emergency hotlines would be effective. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay […]

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Senate proposes 14th month pay for private sector

QUEZON City, Philippines – Senator Tito Sotto proposed a bill requiring employers in the private sector to give 14th month pay to its employees. Sotto added the the ten-peso increase in the minimum wage of private sector employees is too small and an extra income should be given to help them cope up with educational and medical expenses. All rank-and-file employees, regardless of employment status and designation will be entitled to 14th month pay under […]

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NAPOLCOM to file administrative cases against Pagdilao and Tinio

QUEZON City, Philippines – The National Police Commission (NAPOLCOM) is confident that it holds enough evidence to file administrative charges against former NCRPO Chief Director Joel Pagdilao and Chief Supt. Edgardo Tinio, two of the five former PNP generals allegedly connected with the illegal drug trade. According to NAPOLCOM Vice Chairman Rogelio Casurao, Pagdilao and Tinio failed to observe standard operating procedures regarding anti-drug operations. Casurao admitted that the NAPOLCOM may have no evidence to […]

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DOF to focus on tax collection

QUEZON City, Philippines – The Department of Finance (DOF)  is leaning towards a more effective collection of tax than implementing a proposed tax increase in order to increase the revenue collection of the government. The DOF is also reluctant to increase the value-added tax following the declaration of President Rodrigo Duterte to reduce the personal and corporate income tax. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith […]

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PHIVOLCS warns residents near Mayon Volcano

QUEZON City,Philippines – The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) warned resident to not go inside the 6 km – radius permanent danger zone of Mount Mayon due to the possibility of lahar flows, which in turn may be caused by the continuous rain experienced by the province. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)  

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Tokyo’s first woman governor gets down to work

CCTV — The first female governor of Tokyo has started her new job at the Tokyo Metropolitan Government office on Tuesday (August 2), after her election victory at the weekend. Yuriko Koike was welcomed by hundreds of staff and Tokyo residents with warm applause and flowers adorned with green ribbon, her election campaign colour. The sprawling city of some 13.5 million people faces a plethora of problems such as an ageing population, daycare shortages, and […]

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Typhoon Nida damages houses and tears down tree branches in Hong Kong

HONG KONG, China (Reuters) — Social media video footage showed Typhoon Nida damaging houses and tearing down tree branches as it swept through Shek O, a beachside village in Hong Kong on Tuesday (August 2). Twitter user Marianne Bray, a freelance journalist and journalism teacher at Hong Kong University, shared her videos with Reuters, showing strong winds at dawn and damage in the village where she lives. Hong Kong’s first major typhoon this year brought […]

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Contaminated food seen as cause of Alburquerque poisoning

TAGBILARAN CITY, August 2 (PIA) –- Provincial Health authorities are now focusing their lectures on proper food handling and hand washing, believing that improper food handling was what caused the food poisoning that downed 31 students of San Roque National High School (SRNHS) in Alburquerque town. The Provincial Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit (PESU) of the Provincial Health Office noted that food poisoning caused the illnesses of 31 students, all because of contaminated food prepared for their […]

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Airport chaos after typhoon Nida hits Hong Kong

HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Hordes of angry passengers stranded after Typhoon Nida pummelled Hong Kong crowded the airport on Tuesday, desperately seeking flights as the city emerges from lockdown while the storm swept across southern China. Hundreds of flights were cancelled, schools and shops shut and the stock market closed for the day as the storm brought violent winds and torrential showers. Gusts of 151 kilometers (93 miles) per hour whipped the city and […]

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Palestinian designer for rich and famous pops up in W.Bank

by Shatha Yaish RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories(AFP) — Rami Kashou’s designs are worn by Hollywood stars and royalty but for the past few days he has been back home in the occupied West Bank rather than London, Paris or New York. As on most days, Yasser Arafat Square in central Ramallah was crowded with pedestrians, taxis with screaming horns and fruit sellers lugging their goods on carts. But tucked behind a nondescript door another world beckoned: […]

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