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JAKARTA, Indonesia — Indonesian President Joko Widodo expressed thanks and appreciation to all parties that have been involved in the efforts to release the hostages so far including the Philippine government. Widodo also reiterated the importance of sea security in the border areas when announcing the release of 10 Indonesian ship crew members held hostage by Abu Sayyaf militant group. In view of that, a meeting relating to it would be held on May 5 […]
PASAY City, Philippines — Radyo Agila DZEC on Friday, April 29 bagged two awards during the 24th Golden Dove Awards of the Kapisanan ng mga Broadcaster ng Pilipinas at the Star Theater, Star City, CCP Complex, Roxas Boulevard, Pasay City. The Pinoy Scientist program received the Best Science and Technology award. While Congressman Angelo Palmones won the title of best Radio Broadcaster of the year.
ISINULONG ng mga mambabatas sa Amerika ang dagdag na pagpapatrolya sa West Philippine Sea o South China Sea. Sinabi ni Senator Bob Corker, chairman ng U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, dapat mas maraming operasyon ang gawin ng Estados Unidos sa mismong reclamation ng China sa pinag-aagawang mga teritoryo. Bagamat aminado ang mambabatas na sa kabila ng mga pagpapatrolya na ginawa ng U.S. at pag-deploy ng military assets sa rehiyon, hindi nito napigilan ang reclamation ng […]
MANILA, Philippines — The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority will install 200 more traffic cameras around Metro Manila for its no contact apprehension policy. According to MMDA chairman Emerson Carlos, the new traffic cameras will be delivered next month in two batches.
The Malacañang expressed its confidence that the Philippines National Police and Armed Forces of the Philippines have tapped augmentation forces to secure the safety of the public during the national elections on May 9. Communications Secretary Herminio Coloma Jr., on Sunday (May 1) said that the PNP and the AFP are focus on the continuously preparing and monitoring to secure a safe and orderly elections around the country.
MANILA, Philippines — Bigo ang administrasyong Aquino na tugunan ang hinaing ng mga manggagawang Pilipino sa kabila ng gumaganda umanong ekonomiya ng bansa. Ito ang inihayag ng political analyst na si Professor Ramon Casiple kasabay ng paggunita sa araw ng paggawa noong Mayo 1. Aniya, mas inuuna ng mga kapitalistang employer ang malaking kita kaysa sa kanilang coporate social responsibility sa mga empleyado. Dahil dito, tila binalewala lamang ng pamahalaan ang reklamo ng mga manggagawa […]
MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Foreign Affairs said that the government will continue working for the safe release of the remaining foreign nationals being held captive by the Abu Sayyaf group. In a press statement, the DFA said “while intensified operations continue on the ground, the DFA maintains close coordination with concerned foreign governments in ensuring the safe return of all the remaining hostages.” The same statement says the Philippine government is pleased at […]
QUEZON City, Philippines — The Commission on Elections has ordered the final testing and sealing (FTS) of the vote counting machines (VCMs) this week. The purpose of the FTS is to see and test if the machines installed in that place are in the right conditions and working before it was finally locked and sealed in the polling precincts.The FTS will last until May 6. Meanwhile, COMELEC Spokesperson James Jimenez on Monday, May 2 said that […]
This commitment was made at the 7th ASEAN-U.S. Joint Cooperation Committee (JCC) meeting held at the ASEAN secretariat last week. This is the first JCC to be held since the elevation of the Asean-U.S. partnership to a strategic level in November 2015 and the successful convening of the ASEAN-U.S. special leaders’ summit in Sunnylands, California last February. The meeting took stock of the cooperation under the plan of action to implement the ASEAN-U.S. strategic partnership […]
(REUTERS) Islamic State attacks have increased this year, particularly in Iraq and Syria as the group responds to substantial territorial losses, a U.S.-based analysis firm IHS said on Sunday. There were 891 attacks during the first quarter of 2016 in neighbors Iraq and Syria, more than in any three-month period since the militants’ sweeping advance in mid-2014, IHS said in a new report. Those attacks killed 2,150 people, a 44 percent rise over the […]
KOLKOTA , India (AFP) — Four people were killed when the crude bombs they were making exploded in India’s West Bengal, where bitterly fought state elections are underway, a senior police official said Monday. Another six people were injured in the explosion on Sunday night in a village about 360 kilometres (220 miles) north of Kolkata, close to the eastern state’s border with Bangladesh. “Four people were killed and six others injured when the bombs […]
(Reuters) Front-runner Donald Trump said on Sunday that he will have essentially sealed the Republican U.S. presidential nomination if he wins Tuesday’s contest in Indiana, where he holds a big lead over chief rival Ted Cruz. A new NBC/Wall Street Journal/Marist opinion poll showed Trump with a wide lead in Indiana, 49 percent to 34 percent for Cruz and 13 percent for a third candidate, Ohio Governor John Kasich. Trump, a 69-year-old billionaire real […]
