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Know what you ought to know about rights.

QUEZON City, Philippines (September 10) – “Ikaw ay may karapatang manahimik. Ang iyong mga sasabihin ay maaaring gamitin bilang patunay laban sa iyo sa korte. Ikaw ay may karapatang kumuha ng isang abogado. Kung ikaw ay hindi makakuha ng abogado ay ang korte ang magtatakda para sa iyo.” “You have the rights to remain silent. The things you will say may be used as evidence against you in court. You have the right to obtain a […]

Apple announces iPad Pro, with 12.9 inch screen

SEPTEMBER 10 (Reuters) — Apple Inc. on Wednesday (September 9) announced a bigger iPad with a new keyboard and stylus aimed at business customers. Chief Executive Tim Cook promised a day of “monster” news on Wednesday, but shares of the company remained nearly flat as executives showed off the iPad, which will be priced starting at $799. After various announcements about the Apple Watch, he rolled out the “iPad Pro” with a 12.9 inch screen […]

MRT Bus

QUEZON City (September 9) – The MRT bus has been approved last July 27  and  has started its day-to-day operations, Monday to Friday, starting 6:00 o’clock till 9:00 o’clock in the morning, with four different routes. The MRT Bus is an alternative method or mode of public transportation offered by the MRT to its passengers to lessen the number of commuters which is the cause of the infamously long lines in the MRT. But many people are reluctant […]

APEC members agree on renewed agenda for structural reform in next five years

(CEBU CITY, Cebu) Senior officials of member economies of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) set forth this week the Renewed APEC Agenda for Structural Reform (RAASR) 2016-2020 to meet the needs and priorities of the economic bloc in the next five years and beyond. “We invite leaders of APEC economies leaders to jointly pledge to undertake robust, comprehensive and ambitious structural reforms to reduce inequality and stimulate growth in their economies,” APEC senior officials said […]

U.S. and South Korea conduct joint biological defense exercise

  (Reuters) — The United States and South Korea on Wednesday (September 9) conducted a joint biological defense exercise, called “Able Response 15”, in a bid to improve their capabilities to deter possible biological attacks. The exercise is aimed at checking the combined response system and to enhance alliance between the two armies, the South Korean defence ministry said. “The purpose of today’s FTX (Field Training Exercise) is to enhance R.O.K (Republic of Korea) – […]

“WHAT’S THAT SOUND?”

QUEZON City, Philippines (September 9) – “Music is life” that’s what they say. Almost all of what with do is connected to sounds. Anything we do creates sounds. That’s why the term “Music” was invented. Not only was the term invented but almost simultaneously, different instruments for making sound were also developed. Music is an art form whose medium is sound and silence. Generally, a song is considered the smallest stand alone work of music, especially when […]

Queen Elizabeth becomes Britain’s longest-ruling monarch on Sept 9

(Reuters) — After 63 years on the throne, Queen Elizabeth becomes Britain’s longest-ruling monarch on September 9 but there is little prospect of her stepping aside, as other ageing European crowned heads have done, in favour of her son, Charles. Those close to Elizabeth – who on September 9 takes the long-service record from her great-great-grandmother Queen Victoria – say the 89-year-old has no intention of succumbing to the European fashion for abdication. That means […]

Katy Perry and celebrity designer Jeremy Scott cement friendship in unlikely place

SEPTEMBER 9 (Reuters) — Pop star Katy Perry and her designer best friend Jeremy Scott put their hand prints in cement in front of the famous TCL Chinese Theater on Tuesday (September 8), taking part in a time honored tradition usually reserved for the likes of screen legends like John Wayne, Marilyn Monroe and Arnold Schwarzenegger. According to theater officials it is the first time that the hand and footprint ceremony is “paying homage to […]

Hi-5 Campaign ng DOH sa Tarlac mas pinaigting

Puspusang isinusulong ng pamahalaang panlalawigan ng Tarlac ang programa ng Department of Health o DOH, na tinawag na High Impact-5, na ang layunin ay maturuan at mapangalagaan ang mga kalusugan ng bawat mamamayang Tarlaqueno. Ang nasabing programang ito ng DOH ay walang sawang pinangungunahan ng mga health workers sa naturang lalawigan, kaagapay sina Governor Victor Yap at Congresswoman Susan Yap. Nakapaloob sa high impact 5 ng doh ay mga programang serbisyo sa mamamayan tulad ng […]

Mga pulis sa Aurora nagturo ng Values subject sa mga estudyante

AURORA, Setyembre 9 (Agila Probinsya) — Sinimulan na ang kauna unahang programa ng kapulisan sa Aurora ukol sa pagbabahagi ng values at information campaign sa mga mag-aaral sa sekondarya. Isasagawa ng Dipaculao-Philippine National Police (PNP) ang nabanggit na pulis project lingo-linggo para sa mga estudyanteng nasa ikatlong taon ng sekondarya sa Mucdol National High School. Ayon kay Police Superintendent Ferdinand Usita, hepe ng Dipaculao PNP, makatutulong ang naturang programa ng pulis na iiwas ang mga […]

Chicago police call for stricter gun control after 8 dead, 46 wounded on Labor Day

  (Courtesy CCTV) — Police officials in the U.S. city of Chicago on Tuesday called for stricter gun control laws after a violent Labor Day holiday weekend saw eight people killed and 46 others wounded in multiple shootings. The shootings occurred just days after the most serious single-day gun-violence in decades which saw nine people killed on Sept. 2. The police have seized 4,824 illegal firearms in Chicago in the first eight months of 2015, […]

LRT postpones fare increase

MANILA, Philippines, September 9 (Eagle News) — According to Manny Pangilinan, chairman of Metro Pacific Investment Corporation, part of the Light Rail Manila Corporation, there will be a postponement of the proposed fare hike in the LRT-1, adding that the government just implemented a fare increase last January. Said company also won the Php 61 billion LRT-Cavite extension project. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos) https://youtu.be/29xDWU9yQVM