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Leyte Congressman Martin Romualdez challenged Liberal Party standard-bearer Mar Roxas to lead the movement to lower income tax rates and to ask his allied lawmakers so that said proposal moves forward in the Congress. Earlier, Speaker of the House, Sonny Belmonte admitted that said proposal has low chance of passing in the 15th Congress due to the lack of support from President Benigno S. Aquino III. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video […]
According to Senate President Franklin Drilon, he is confident that the Senate may approve in its third and final reading, the proposed national budget for 2016. After said budget passes in the Senate, the Congress plans to conduct bicameral reading as the target for the passage of the bill is on the first week of December. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos) https://youtu.be/cl1gUIQisaQ
Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago gives rest to rumors saying that she will withdraw from the 2016 elections to give way to Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte. The senator said that although she believes in Duterte, it doesn’t mean that she will withdraw from the elections. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)
Senator Ralph Recto is asking the government to fund the “saltwater lamp” invented by Filipino engineer Aisa Mijeno by using the funds from Malampaya royalties which amounts to 168.9 billion pesos. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)
The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction said that the Philippines is number four in the list of Top 5 disaster-prone countries. Also included in the list are United States of America, China, India and Indonesia. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)
The Department of Transportation and Communication (DOTC) had announced that there will be no increase in the fare of the Light Rail Transit or LRT and Metro Rail Transit (MRT) next year. Said department assured the move when it defended its Php 42 billion budget for 2016, with Php 4 billion set aside for subsidy. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos) https://youtu.be/zKN5nkIRCew
The president of Partido Demokratiko Pilipino – Lakas ng Bayan, Senator Aquilino Pimentel III said that the tandem of Mayor Rodrigo Duterte and Senator Alan Peter Cayetano is not yet final as the party is still going to deliberate who should be the running mate of Duterte. They are also waiting for Duterte to file his certificate of candidacy before December 10, the deadline set by the Commission on Elections for substitution. Pimentel added that […]
THE Hague, Netherlands – According to Solicitor-General Florin Hilbay, China’s argument in the international arbitral tribunal was weak and without basis. Legal counsel for the Philippines gave emphasis to China’s ban on fishing against Filipino fishermen as well as the conduct of exploration activities. They also added that China’s historical claims in the West Philippine Sea is not recognized in the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. (Eagle News Service Described by […]
Timur al-Hadidi and his team of workmen are leaving no stone unturned. They’re using discarded bricks, tyres and plastic bottles to build a home for al-Hadidi and his family. Having viewed hundreds of properties in Cairo’s city centre, al-Hadidi decided to buy a plot of land on the outskirts of the Egyptian capital. It’s a building project that started four years ago, and the 40-year-old says the construction process involves a lot of trial and […]
The addictive properties of caffeine are well known in humans, but research from the University of Sussex suggests the drug is also having an influence on the humble honey bee. Research led by Dr Margaret Couvillon, Roger Schürch, and Professor Francis Ratnieks, suggests that plants trick bees into repeatedly visiting their flowers by producing the compound in its nectar. The scientists believe the flying insect is fooled into thinking the nectar contains more sugar than […]
By Liezel Tiongson Eagle News Service, US Bureau (San Jose, California – Eagle News) — A group of expelled Iglesia Ni Cristo members once again rallied in front of INC churches in California last Sunday, Nov. 22. But instead of gaining sympathy, the same group of protestors was largely ignored by INC members who attended worship service that day. Some 40 masked protestors, mostly former INC members, gathered just a few steps outside the gates […]
Over 5 million lives per year are taken away due to hunger and diseases aggravated by climate change. Help the earth survive and help yourself survive. Global Warming and Climate Change Consciousness Week (Nov. 19 to 25) Infographics by Dex Magno Research by Alanna Marie Ambi
