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by Carola SOLÉ MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AFP) — Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto apologized and admitted committing an error on Monday over his wife’s purchase of a $7 million mansion from a government contractor as he signed anti-corruption legislation. Pena Nieto enacted the new National Anti-Corruption System aimed at fighting what he described as the “social cancer” afflicting Mexico, but he also used the occasion to address a two-year-old scandal. While he said that he […]
BERLIN , Germany (AFP) — German police shot dead a 17-year-old Afghan refugee late Monday after he attacked train passengers with an axe and a knife, seriously wounding three people in what one official said was a “probable” Islamist attack. Several other people were also injured in the assault on a regional train near the southern city of Wuerzburg, police said, adding that the teenager was killed as he tried to flee. Joachim Herrmann, the […]
MANILA, PHILIPPINES – Phoenix Suns guard Brandon Knight and former NBA player DeCovan “Dee” Brown will tip off NBA FIT Week in the Philippines by training elite Filipino athletes and coaches at this year’s Gatorade NBA Training Center, the National Basketball Association (NBA) and Gatorade announced today. The 2016 Gatorade NBA Training Center will be held at the Gatorade Hoops Center at Mandaluyong City on July 19. Returning for the third consecutive year, the Gatorade NBA […]
Standing ovation ang tinanggap ng ilang mga beteranang aktres at bida ng 1959 Classic Film ni Manuel Silos na “Biyaya ng Lupa.” Ito kasi ang naging pambungad na pelikula sa opening night ng 1st ToFarm Film Festival ng taong ito. Nagmistula rin itong reunion ng L-V-N Stars nuon. Tatakbo ang Film Festival dito sa Metro Manila mula July 13 hanggang 19 at magkakaroon ng awarding ceremony sa July 20 para sa mga natatanging parangal.
ORMOC City, Leyte (Eagle News) — Matagumpay na naisagawa ng mga kaanib sa Iglesia Ni Cristo ang isang aktibidad na tinawag nilang “PNK DAY” para sa mga batang miyembro nito. Ang PNK ay mga batang kaanib sa loob ng Iglesia ni Cristo na nasa kalagayang ang edad ay 4 na taon hanggang 12 anyos o hindi pa nababautismuhan. Sa pangunguna ng mga opisyales ng nasabing kapisanan nagtungo sila sa Ipil Central School kung saan idinaos ang […]
MANDALUYONG, Philippines (Eagle News) — A suburb in Manila is helping self-confessed drug users turn over a new leaf by forcing them into a weekly dance exercise routine. About 70 drug users, who had recently surrendered to the police in the suburb of Mandaluyong, were given an hour-long Zumba class as part of the local government’s unorthodox rehabilitation program. Zumba is a dance fitness activity created by a Colombian dancer in the 1990s, involving […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Pinahintulutan ang mga uuwing Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) na ilipat ang kanilang registration bilang over-seas absentee voter sa local registry upang maka-boto sa Barangay at Sangguniang Kabataan Elections sa October 31. Ito ay matapos maka-tanggap ng kahilingan ang comelec mula sa OFWs na payagan silang ilipat ang kanilang registration. Maaaring mag-file ng application for transfer of registration ang OFWs hanggang Hulyo 30. Gayunpaman, limitado lang ito sa mga nais […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Hindi na papayagan ni Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) Commissioner Caesar Dulay ang lahat ng uri ng pagkain na ibibigay sa mga empleyado bilang bahagi ng “no gift policy” na ipinapatupad ng kasalukuyang administrasyon. Ayon kay Dulay, ang sinumang lumabag sa nasabing kautusan ay agad na isusumbong sa kanilang Internal Affairs Services (IAS) para sa karampatang parusa. Para matiyak na nasusunod ang nasabing kautusan ,nagpaskil na si Dulay ng mga […]
PASAY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Sinimulan nang ipatupad ngayong araw ang pagpapasok ng white metered taxi at kumuha ng mga pasahero sa Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA). Sinabi ni MIAA General Manager Ed Monreal na malaking tulong ang mga naturang white taxi lalo na sa mga pasaherong maraming bagahe. Ayon pa kay Monreal, may itinalaga na silang lugar kung saan uubrang pumasok ang white taxi para makakuha ng mga pasahero.
LUNA, Apayao (Eagle News) — Matagumpay at masiglang naisagawa ang Lingap sa Mamamayan ng Iglesia Ni Cristo sa Luna Gymnasium, Luna, Apayao. Sa nasabing aktibidad, isa sa mga itinataguyod ng INC ay ang Labanan ang Kahirapan (Fight Poverty). Pinangunahan ni Bro. Bernardino E. Sabado, District Supervising Minister ng Cagayan West ang nasabing aktibidad. Dinaluhan ito ng mga kaanib ng Iglesia Ni Cristo na mula sa iba’t ibang lugar ng Cagayan at lalawigan ng Apayao. Bago isinagawa ang […]
BEIJING, China (Eagle News) — China plans to build nuclear power stations in the South China Sea to establish “effective control” of disputed islands, officials have reportedly said. The China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) made the announcement just two days after The Hague-based tribunal concluded china had “no legal basis” for its claim to almost all of the South China Sea. According to the state-run global times, the CNNC wrote on a social media account: […]
The ASEAN-Korea Center signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Korea Institute for Robot Industry Advancement (KIRIA) at the ASEAN-Korea centre on July 12. The two organizations will work on implementing investment and trade promotion products and human resource development in the industry. In a report in the Korean Times, it said, that, at the “investment and market research mission program” in Singapore from July 17 to 20, a Korean delegation of five businesspeople […]
