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MANILA, Philippines, August 27 (Eagle News) — The Malacañang said that it is open to the proposed decrease of the income tax rate of laborers but added that there should be an alternative source of government funds. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)
VIRGINIA, United States of America, August 27 (Eagle News) — During a live interview, two journalists were killed by a former reporter of the same media outfit as revenge for his termination due to bad behavior. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)
PANGASINAN, Philippines, August 27 (Eagle News) — Several areas in Pangasinan remain flooded after the San Roque Dam released water due to continuing rain. Areas near the coast suffer worse conditions as the high tide aggravated the flood. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)
MANILA, Philippines, August 27 (Eagle News) — The government will lose Php 3.1 billion if the “no remittance day” declared by overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) pushes through. The “no remittance day” was declared in protest of the random inspection policy conducted by the Bureau of Customs against balikbayan boxes. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)
MANILA, Philippines, August 27 (Eagle News) — The Commission on Election (COMELEC) targets signing of contract with SLI Global Solutions for the checking of the source code which will serve as the blueprint for the technology to be used in the 2016 elections. The contract is said to be worth Php 35 million. The COMELEC added that the checking of source code will be open to the public. <em>(Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho […]
AUGUST 27 (Reuters) — They’re known as man’s best friend; but dogs could soon also be their greatest ally in the fight against prostate cancer. Britain’s National Health Service (NHS) recently approved a trial for dogs capable of sniffing out prostate cancer in the hope that it could show up inaccuracies in the current PSA (prostate specific antigen) test. It’s long been known that a dog’s remarkable sense of smell can detect minute odors known […]
AUGUST 27 (Reuters) — Children from all over the world gathered at Toyota Motor Corp’s annual Dream Car Art Contest at Tokyo’s bay side on Wednesday (Aug 26) to share ideas and drawings on the future of cars. Families were invited to watch their children receive prizes for some of their unique ideas, such as cars that allow people to share ideas without language barriers, cars that could plant seeds, or cars that could unite […]
AUGUST 27 (CCTV) — China has taken criminal compulsory measures against 11 officials and detained 12 suspects for criminal offenses over the warehouse blasts in north China’s port city Tianjin which killed 139 people and devastated the port area, the Supreme People’s Procuratorate and the Ministry of Public Security said on Thursday. According to the Criminal Procedure Law, compulsory measures include summons by force, bail, residential surveillance, detention and arrest. The Supreme People’s Procuratorate is […]
QUEZON CITY, Aug. 27 — The Department of Agriculture (DA) said on Tuesday that the prices of pork, potato and eggplant prices has dropped while the prices of fish and certain vegetables went up following the onslaught of typhoon Ineng. Assistant Secretary for Agribusiness Leandro Gazmin said that based on the price and supply monitoring conducted by the DA’s Agribusiness and Marketing Assistance Service (AMAS), pork kasim is now sold at about P10/kg, lower than […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (August 26) – The 2016 elections are near and many advertisements with political content can be seen on national television. The Commission on Elections says it’s not considered “premature campaigning” while politicians deny that television advertisements aired on different TV stations and provincial tours are not part of the early campaigns and they said that they are only doing their jobs. COMELEC Chairman Andres Bautista lamented that since potential candidates have yet to file […]
Press Statement As read by Iglesia Ni Cristo General Evangelist minister Bienvenido C. Santiago August 26, 2015 Gusto po naming magbigay ng ilang pahayag tungkol doon sa ginawang pagsasampa ni Isaias Samson Jr., ng reklamong illegal detention laban sa mga ministro ng Iglesia Ni Cristo na bumubuo sa Sanggunian nito. Ito ay kaugnay ng bumangong suliraning panloob sa Iglesia Ni Cristo dahil sa ilang tao na noon ay kaanib at ang iba’y ministro pa sa […]
(Eagle News) – “The least we can expect from the Department of Justice – is justice.” The Iglesia Ni Cristo gave this statement today as it called on the DOJ to focus its energy in pursuing justice for the fallen members of the Special Action Force where it said two of those killed were INC members, instead of harassing the INC on what it said were false allegations of its expelled members. In a press […]
