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QUEZON City, Philippines – The Bureau of Customs turned over to the Land Transportation Office 303, 000 license plates despite the fact that its supplier failed to pay taxes on said license plate’s shipment. The BOC and the LTO agreed to implement the intra-government payment of duties and taxes. According to the LTO, said turn-over can help in the reduction of the license plate backlog. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing […]
(Eagle News) — Muling magtataas ang presyo ng mga produktong petrolyo simula bukas, Abril 19. Magtataas ang Flying V, Phoenix Petroleum Philippines Inc., at SEAOIL Philippines Inc. ng P1.50 sa kada litro ng diesel at P1.10 sa kada litro ng gasolina simula 12:01 ng hatinggabi para sa Flying V, habang simula 6:00 ng umaga naman para sa Phoenix at SEAOIL. Ayon sa Department of Energy (DOE) naglalaro sa P20.05 hanggang P25.77 kada litro ang presyo ng […]
A new study is helping to predict a child’s type 2 diabetes risk. Researchers are finding a correlation between a child’s waist size and diabetes. By dividing the waist measurement in inches into the hip measurement, doctors can calculate the waist to hip ratio. If a child’s ratio is 0.9 or above, they may be at risk for diabetes. Reuters (Source: Lindy Moore, Florida Hospital)
FUTENMA, Japan (Reuters) – U.S. military Osprey aircraft took off on Sunday (April 17) from Futenma U.S. military base in Okinawa, Japan, to provide aid for those affected by multiple large-scale earthquakes in the Kumamoto region in the south of the country. The aircraft are scheduled to land first at a Japanese Self Defence Force base in Iwakuni, Yamaguchi prefecture, to load food and water for the evacuees. As early as Monday (April 18), the […]
STATEN ISLAND, NEW YORK, United States (Reuters) – Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton told supporters in New York on Sunday (April 17) that she was “sick and tired of people running for president who view our country through a negative lens.” Her remarks came while she was campaigning at Staten Island in the Empire State ahead of the Democratic primaries in the delegate heavy state. “This nation of immigrants with Lady Liberty in the harbor […]
(Reuters) An Australian court let off the actress wife of Hollywood star Johnny Depp with a good behavior bond on Monday after she pleaded guilty to falsifying travel documents to sneak two pet dogs into the country. Depp accompanied his wife, Amber Heard, for the hearing at a packed courthouse in the Southport magistrates court, near where he had been shooting a “Pirates of the Caribbean” sequel when the scandal erupted last year. Bringing an […]
MINAMI-ASO VILLAGE, Japan (Reuters) -A drone operated by Japan’s Geospatial Information Authority (GSI) captured dramatic footage over the weekend (April 16 and 17) of the extent of some of the landslides triggered by powerful earthquakes in southern Japan, as well as cracks in the ground revealing seismic fault lines. In one video, a landslide carrying large amounts of mud and water is seen running through a neighbourhood, swallowing a nearby public road. Long cracks in […]
MANILA, April 18 – Communications Secretary Herminio B. Coloma Jr. recognized the efforts of the private sector to avert brownouts last Friday after the Luzon grid was placed on red alert due to the lack of power reserves. “Nagpalabas ang NGCP ng yellow alert status noong umaga na itinaas pa nila into a red alert status sa bandang tanghali. Ngunit ito ay natugunan kaagad sa pamamagitan ng interruptible load program. Ito ang boluntaryong pagtulong ng […]
Video courtesy: COURTESY SITE INTEL GROUP / Reuters (REUTERS) Islamist militants in the Philippines announce a new deadline of April 25 for the execution of three foreign captives and a Filipino, but scale back their ransom demand in a video posted on social media.
GOLD COAST, Australia (Reuters) – The wife of Hollywood star Johnny Depp pleaded guilty on Monday (April 18) to falsifying travel documents to sneak the couple’s two pet dogs into Australia. Depp and Heard arrived, surrounded by media at a packed courthouse near the spot where Depp was shooting a “Pirates of the Caribbean” sequel when the scandal erupted last year. Heard, 29, faced charges of illegally importing animals after authorities accused the couple of […]
PASIG CITY, April 18 — The ongoing military operations against the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) in Basilan highlight the need to continue with the Bangsamoro peace process in order to curb activities of extremist and terrorist groups, Government of the Philippines chief peace negotiator Professor Miriam Coronel-Ferrer said in a national televised interview, April 14. “The event in Basilan indicates a very deep and complex problem that you cannot simply solve through military means,” Ferrer said. […]
(Reuters) A Chinese military aircraft has for the first time publicly landed at a new airport on an island China has built in the disputed South China Sea, state media said on Monday, raising the prospect that China could base fighter jets there. The United States has criticized China’s construction of artificial islands in the South China Sea and worries that it plans to use them for military purposes, even though China says it has […]
