A man was gunned down in the 11th Street in the Manila Port Area by unidentified suspects. The authorities are still trying to find out the motives for the killing.
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DepEd assures regular resumption of classes in “Yolanda” – affected areas
MANILA (PNA) — The Department of Education (DepEd) has assured that classes in the areas affected by typhoon “Yolanda” will resume on June 2, 2014 as it remains committed to the rehabilitation and restoration of damaged school buildings and classrooms. In an interview with the Philippines News Agency, DepEd Assistant Secretary Tonisito Umali said that the department has prepared temporary learning centers for the affected students pending the construction of new school buildings. “We have […]
Turkish coal mine explosion kills over 150, hundreds trapped
BY HUMEYRA PAMUK AND ORHAN COSKUN (Reuters) – An explosion and fire in a coal mine in western Turkey killed at least 151 miners and trapped hundreds more on Tuesday, with the death toll expected to rise in the country’s worst mining accident for more than two decades. Energy Minister Taner Yildiz said 787 workers had been in the mine in Soma, around 120 km (75 miles) northeast of the Aegean coastal city of Izmir, when the blast occurred. […]
Senate releases so-called “Napoles list” to media
By Jelly F. Musico MANILA, May 13 (PNA) – Senate Blue Ribbon Committee Chairman Teofisto Guingona III released to the media on Tuesday the controversial list of Janet Lim Napoles, the alleged mastermind of the P10-billion pork barrel scam. A total of 11 former and incumbent senators, including Jinggoy Estrada, Juan Ponce Enrile and Ramon Revilla Jr., were among the 98 individuals whose names were written on the so-called Napoles list. Estrada, Enrile and Revilla […]
HR Giger, creator of aliens and surrealist of Switzerland, is dead
The Swiss surrealist HR Giger has died at the age of 74. Among many other achievements, he won an Oscar for the monster he created for Ridley Scott’s “Alien.” Hans Rudolf Giger died in hospital from injuries sustained in a fall, the Swiss public broadcaster SRF reported Tuesday, citing sources close to his family. His death occurred the previous day. Born in 1940 in the small eastern Swiss town of Chur, Giger moved to Zurich […]
Ex-Israel PM Ehud Olmert sentenced to six years for bribery
An Israeli court has handed down a prison sentence to Ehud Olmert on bribery charges. The former Israeli prime minister had been found guilty of a illegal real estate scheme during his time as mayor of Jerusalem. A Tel Aviv district court sentenced ex-Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to six years in prison over a real estate scheme in Jerusalem, where he served as mayor from 1993 to 2003. The 68-year-old former head of government […]
Chinese and Vietnamese ships exchange water-cannon spray in disputed South China Sea
(Reuters) — A Vietnamese patrol vessel on Monday (May 12) hit back at Chinese ships after being attacked with water cannons and blocked from approaching an oil rig recently stationed by Beijing in the disputed South China Sea, state media reported. Tensions rose in the resource-rich South China Sea last week after China positioned a giant oil rig in an area also claimed by Vietnam. Each country accused the other of ramming its ships near the disputed Paracel Islands. Two journalists from the Tuoi Tre […]
Malacañang will not take sides on Pork scam
The Malacañang said it is standing by its principle of letting the evidence take its course in light of the alleged involvement of the administration’s political allies in the pork barrel scandal.
US deploys surveillance aircraft over Nigeria
The United States has deployed manned surveillance plants to help in the search of more than 200 school girls abducted by a Nigerian terrorist group.
West Antarctic glaciers in ‘irreversible’ thaw, raising seas: study
CREDIT: REUTERS/NASA/HANDOUT VIA REUTERS BY ALISTER DOYLE (Reuters) – Vast glaciers in West Antarctica seem to be locked in an irreversible thaw linked to global warming that may push up sea levels for centuries, scientists said on Monday. Six glaciers, eaten away from below by a warming of sea waters around the frozen continent, were flowing fast into the Amundsen Sea, according to the report based partly on satellite radar measurements from 1992 to 2011. Evidence shows “a […]
National Volunteerism Month 2014 – Infographic
May is national volunteerism month. Everyone of us can do something to help! Plant a tree, pack relief goods, help in clean-up drives! Do you have any more ideas or suggestions for volunteer activities? Share with us in comments!
COMELEC confident to register 13 million voters for 2016 elections
The Commission on Elections is confident that they will have 13 million voters to register or have their records corrected before the 2016 elections due to the huge turnout on the first day of registration.
