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QUEZON City, Philippines – In an exclusive interview with the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) spokesperson Brig. Gen. Restituto Padilla, Angelo Palmones of Agila Balita Alas Dose discussed about the re-deployment of AFP troops as per the unilateral ceasefire called by President Rodrigo Duterte with the CPP-NPA. Also discussed where the several attacks done by NPA against military troops.
QUEZON City, Philippines – In the near future, Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao will be connected by an efficient and fast bullet train system. Ret. Col. Rodrigo Bonifacio, a member of the Duterte administration think tank, said the bullet train is part of the planned 9.1 trillion euro infrastructure project promised by European leaders.
QUEZON City, Philippines – The Bureau of Internal Revenue started conducting lifestyle checks on its employees. BIR Commissioner Caesar Dulay said that the lifestyle check aims to identify BIR employees who are abusing their position. Aiding the BIR are the Land Registration Authority (LRA), Land Transportation Office (LTO) and the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI).
QUEZON City, Philippines – The National Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council (NDRRMC) reported that 119 families were evacuated in Abra and Cagayan due to the storm “Carina”. Romina Marasigan, NDRRMC spokesperson added that the families are doing well. Samar also conducted a preemptive evacuation, with those affected returning to their homes after the storm passed.
LONDON, England (Reuters) — Fire crews rescued six children and 13 adults on Sunday (July 31) after they were left hanging 20 meters in the air from a broken fairground ride next to the river Thames in central London, the London Fire Brigade said. They were rescued from 10 capsules, London Fire Brigade said, which hung motionless in the air after the ride on the capital’s Southbank experienced a fault. Two aerial ladder platforms, similar […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — Ride-sharing giant Uber is to merge its China operations with local rival Didi Chuxing, reports said Monday, ending a ferocious battle for market share in the world’s second-largest economy. The deal will give Uber a 20 percent share in the combined firm, Bloomberg News reported, adding it will be valued at $35 billion. Both companies have spent billions of dollars on subsidies for drivers and passengers, as well as trading vitriolic […]
Reuters — The latest film in the Bourne franchise, “Jason Bourne,” is soared to the top of the North American weekend box office from Friday (July 29) through Sunday (July 31) with the second largest opening in the franchise at $60 million. The film stars Alicia Vikander, Tommy Lee Jones, and Matt Damon – who resumes his role as the former lethal CIA operative drawn out of the shadows. It is expected to take in […]
NEW YORK, United States (Reuters) — The musical CATS returned to Broadway for the first time in sixteen years on Sunday (July 31). Andrew Lloyd Webber’s fan favorite opened its revival at the Neil Simon Theatre, just a block away from its original home at the Winter Garden Theatre, which currently hosts Webber’s newest hit, ‘School of Rock’. “I think if you come see it you’ll probably won’t remember it exactly as it was before. […]
PAGADIAN CITY, Zamboanga del Sur (Eagle News) — Isinailalim na sa State of Calamity ang apat na Barangay sa Bayan ng Tambulig, lalawigan ng Zamboanga del Sur ngayong araw ng Lunes, August 1, dahil sa matinding pinsala ng pagbaha dulot ng pag-apaw ng tubig sa Salug River Daku. Base sa ulat ni Ginoong Nilo Munoz, Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (Tambulig MDRRMO), ang alkalde aniya ng Tambulig na si Mayor Protacio Aleman ang […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Tokyo’s new governor Yuriko Koike on Monday credited her landslide victory to having stood up to the powers that be in Japan’s ruling party who didn’t want her to run. Koike, 64, was elected Tokyo’s first female governor in the Sunday vote, winning more than 2.9 million votes, far outpacing the nearly 1.8 million ballots cast for closest challenger Hiroya Masuda. Masuda, a former governor of Iwate prefecture in northern Japan, […]
Eagle News — Tuloy-tuloy ang pagbuhos ng ulan na may mahinang hangin sa lalawigan ng Mountain Province na nagsimula pa noong Linggo ng umaga, July 31, 2016 at inaasahan na ito ay magpapatuloy pa dahil sa masamang lagay ng panahon bunga ng Bagyong Carina sa ating bansa. Nakaalerto na ang lahat ng sangay ng Pamahalaan sa pangunguna ng Provincial Derector ng DILG na si Anthony Manolo Ballug inabisuhan na nila lahat ng kanilang sakop lalo na ang DRRMCs at LGU para sa Disaster […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — China’s manufacturing shrank in July, the government said Monday, blaming the deterioration on rainstorms that wreaked havoc across large swathes of the country. It was the first time since February the official purchasing managers’ index (PMI) showed contraction, and according to a Bloomberg News survey it missed economists’ expectations it would flatline. The official PMI came in at 49.9 for July, down from 50.0 the month before and underlining problems in […]
