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QUEZON City, Philippines, August 10 (Eagle News) — In connection with the ongoing plunder cases related to the PDAF scam, the defense counsel impleaded Budget Secretary Butch Abad as principal accused in the said cases, which is now being heard at the Sandiganbayan. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos) https://youtu.be/qA1RcDZmyz0
MANILA, Philippines, August 10 (Eagle News) — Filipino Olympian skater Michael Christian Martinez won the Asian Open Figure Skating competion which was held in Bangkok, Thailand. He won 188.53 in the Senior Men’s Category, beating skaters from Japan, Australia and others. Martinez was the sole representative of the Philippines in the recently held Sochi Winter Olympics in Russia. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)
MANILA, Philippines, August 10 (Eagle News) — According to Senator Sonny Angara, the two houses of the Congress is ready to submit to President Benigno S. Aquino III the law which will provide financial assistance to those who want to pursue college education. With the passage of said law, only the signature of President Aquino is needed to give it full effect. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos) https://youtu.be/S-WgdKzjC4w
(Reuters) A suspect is being charged with capital murder Sunday (August 9) after deputies entered a North Houston home and discovered the bodies of two adults and six children. In a news conference, Harris County Sheriff’s Chief Deputy Tim Cannon announced that David Conley, 48, is being held with no bond. “We are here today on a very sad day,” he said. “It’s a difficult day for us at the Harris County Sheriff’s Office. Once […]
(Reuters) A typhoon battered China’s east coast on Sunday, killing 14 people and forcing the authorities to evacuate hundreds of thousands more. The 14 were killed after being washed away by flash floods or buried under collapsed houses or landslides, state news agency Xinhua said, citing authorities in Zhejiang province. Another four people were missing. Typhoon Soudelor forced more than 188,400 people to leave their homes in Zhejiang and 320,000 in neighboring Fujian, Xinhua […]
(REUTERS) South Korea’s military on Monday (August 10) accused North Korea of planting land mines inside the Demilitarised Zone border that exploded last week and wounded two of its soldiers, calling it a cowardly act of provocation, and threatened retaliation. There was evidence to conclude the North’s soldiers crossed the Military Demarcation Line recently to plant the mines, and Pyongyang will be made to “pay a severe price,” the South’s military said in a […]
Gunfire was heard around the corner from where an unarmed black teenager was shot dead by a white officer one year ago in Ferguson, Missouri, a Reuters witness said. A day of peaceful rallies and prayer in Ferguson on Sunday gave way to a tense standoff between police in riot gear and protesters blocking traffic when shots were heard. REUTERS
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga, August 10 (PIA) — The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) asks for the support and active participation of Central Luzon residents in the conduct of the 2015 Census of Population (POPCEN 2015) which begins today. “POPCEN 2015 is designed primarily to take an inventory of the population of the entire Philippines. It also collects information about some characteristics of the population such as age, sex, marital status, and highest grade completed,” […]
QUEZON CITY, Aug. 10 (PIA) – The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) is hiring brilliant and highly qualified professionals to be a Drug Enforcement Officer (DEO). PDEA Undersecretary Director General Arturo G. Cacdac Jr. said the new DEOs will have an unparalleled budding career as part of an elite drug law enforcement group in the country. “To those deciding for a career change, stability and security is the thing in the civil service employment. Be […]
MANILA, Aug.10 (PIA) — The Palace welcomed the plan of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to hold presidential debates in different parts of the country so the public could thoroughly scrutinize the candidates that they are voting for. “Mahalaga po sa isang eleksyon na malaman ng mga mamamayan ang mga isyu na dapat nilang pagpasyahan,” Presidential Communications Operations Office Secretary Herminio Coloma Jr said in a radio interview when asked about the Comelec’s plan. “Mahalaga […]
MANILA, Aug 10 (PIA) — Commission on Elections (COMELEC) Chairman Andres Bautista presented on Wednesday the options being considered for the automation of the 2016 National and Local Elections before the Joint Congressional Oversight Committee on the Automated Election System (JCOC-AES) at the Philippine Senate. This, according to Chairman Bautista, is part of ongoing efforts of the poll body to consult as many stakeholders as possible regarding the automated election system. Speaking before the JCOC-AES, […]
Aug. 7 (Reuters) Pocket-sized personal transporters could soon be seen on the streets of Tokyo. A Japanese engineer has developed a portable transporter small enough to be carried in a backpack that he says is the world’s first ‘car in a bag’. Twenty-six-year-old Kuniako Saito and his team at Cocoa Motors recently unveiled the lithium battery-powered “WalkCar” transporter, which is the size of a laptop and resembles a skateboard more than a car. The slender […]
