Other News

Queen of Netherlands campaign for inclusive finance in visit to the Philippines

(Reuters) — Queen Maxima of the Netherlands witnessed the launch of the central bank’s strategy for financial inclusion on Wednesday (July 1), capping her two-day visit to the Philippines. Maxima, who was designated as the UN Secretary General’s Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance for Development in 2009, attended the ceremony of the Philippine government’s action plan which aims to enhance cooperation between ministries, government agencies and the private sector to improve the population’s access to […]

Continue Reading →

Greeks angered as Athens defaults on IMF loan

(Reuters) — People on the streets of the Greek capital expressed anger with their government on Wednesday (July 1), the morning after Greece defaulted on a 1.6 billion euro loan from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Greece’s last-minute overtures to international creditors for financial aid on Tuesday (June 30) were not enough to save the country from becoming the first developed economy to default on a loan with the IMF. The IMF confirmed that Greece […]

Continue Reading →

Ombudsman stresses legality of Binay suspension order; dares critics to impeach her

MANILA (Eagle News) —  Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales maintained that the issuance of the suspension order against Mayor Junjun Binay and 14 other officials of the Makati city government was in accordance with law and not due to any political pressure from the administration as alleged by Binay’s camp. In a press briefing, Morales said she had always decided cases in accordance with the law and evidence. The feisty ombudsman also said that she was never […]

Continue Reading →

Investment Priorities Plan 2015-2016 Regional Road Show

Nagsagawa ng Investment Priorities Plan (IPP) Regional Road Show ang Board of Investment sa lalawigan ng La Union. Layunin nito na makapagtatag ng mga angkop na industriya sa bawat lugar sa pamamagitan ng magagandang polisiya, mga inisyatibo at mga insentibo. (Agila Probinsya Correspondent Joshua Guerrero)

Continue Reading →

Coastal clean-up drive, inilunsad sa Pagudpud

Nagsagawa ang SIKA o Sirib Ilokano Association, Municipal Environment Office, Department of Transportation (DOT), at ilang LGU’s ng coastal clean-up drive sa lalawigan ng Ilocos Norte. Layunin ng aktibidad na ito na maipaalala sa mga mamamayan ang kahalagahan ng proper waste management. Humigit 150 na mga guro, mag-aaral ng Pagudpud National High School, opisyales ng komunidad at mga volunteers ang nakiisa sa clean-up drive na ito. (Agila Probinsya Correspondents Weller Reyes, Chester Allan Eduria)

Continue Reading →

Recent heat wave exacerbates water shortage in Karachi

JULY 1 (Reuters) — Pakistan’s port city of Karachi is just a few kilometers away from the Arabian Sea, yet its citizens suffer from a chronic water shortage and a recent heat wave has made the situation worse. Zubaida Bibi, a housewife from a poorer locality of Karachi, stood in queue near a water pump on Tuesday (June 30) waiting to fill her plastic bucket of water. “The water problem was here before Ramadan. During […]

Continue Reading →

Rescuers continue to pull out victims from Indonesia plane crash site

(Reuters) — More than 140 people were feared dead on Wednesday (July 1) after a military transport plane ploughed into a residential area shortly after take-off in northern Indonesia on the previous, in what may be the deadliest accident yet for an air force with a long history of crashes. Hundreds of rescuers from the military, police and national search and rescue team continued to search for victims at the crash site in the Sumatra […]

Continue Reading →

Junjun Binay temporarily steps down as Makati Mayor

MAKATI City, Philippines, July 1 (Eagle News) — Makati Mayor Jejomar Erwin “Junjun” Binay Jr., temporarily stepped down on Wednesday (July 1) as Mayor of Makati City after he failed to get a temporary restraining order (TRO) from the Court of Appeals on the six-month preventive suspension order issued by the Office of the Ombudsman. Binay sought reprieve from the CA but the appellate court’s 10th division deferred taking action on his petition. Instead, it […]

Continue Reading →

China says some South China Sea land reclamation projects completed

JULY 1 (Eagle News) — China has completed some of its land reclamation on the Spratly islands in the South China Sea, the Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday (June 30), raising the stakes in Beijing’s territorial dispute with its Asian neighbors. China stepped up its creation of artificial islands last year, alarming several countries in Asia and drawing growing criticism from Washington. The United States, which has called for a halt in China’s island building […]

Continue Reading →

No politics involved in Mayor Binay’s suspension, says Palace

JULY 1– The Palace on Tuesday denied the involvement of politics in the issuance of another suspension order against Makati City Mayor Jejomar Erwin “Junjun” Binay, appealing to him to follow the rule of law to prevent the disruption of public service in the city. “Patuloy ang panawagan ng pamahalaan sa pagpapairal ng kaayusan at rule of law upang matiyak ang daloy ng serbisyo publiko,” Communication Secretary Herminio Coloma, Jr. told reporters during a press […]

Continue Reading →

Dutch Queen Maxima lauds Philippines financial inclusion efforts

JULY 1 — During her meeting with President Benigno S. Aquino III on Tuesday, Her Majesty Queen Maxima of the Netherlands commended the Philippines’ efforts in making financial services more accessible to all Filipinos. The Queen, who is also the United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance for Development, paid a courtesy call on President Aquino in Malacañang as part of her three-day official visit to the country to promote financial inclusion. “Queen Maxima […]

Continue Reading →

Nutrition Month

Did you know that many serious health problems result from not eating properly? What you eat has a huge impact on your health. So make sure that you eat what’s good for you!!! July is Nutrition Month! Infographics designer: Shaira Darleen Barretto Researcher and Writer: Mary Rose Faith Bonalos and JP Carlos

Continue Reading →
1 … 6,692 6,693 6,694 6,695 6,696 … 7,408