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We’re heading for a decentralized Internet, but will we get there by 2015?

It was all talk in Singapore. But with the US withdrawing from ICANN, the body that governs the Internet, in 2015, doubt is rife. The world’s digital community may not get a new “world stewardship” model in time. It was hardly a surprise. People had been calling for it for ages. But when the US Department of Commerce finally announced it was planning to relinquish control of a vital part of ICANN – and with it, the […]

APRUB – BUREAU OF IMMIGRATION

Nakatuon ang Bureau of Immigration sa pag-kontrol at pagpapatupad ng regulasyon ukol sa pagdating at pamamalagi ng mga dayuhan sa Pilipinas. Ito ay sa ilalim ng pangangasiwa ng administrative control ng Department of Justice. Bahagi pa ng gampanin ng Bureau of Immigration, ay bantayan o i-monitor ang bawat turista na nagnanais manatili sa bansa.

25 confirmed dead, 90 missing also feared dead in Washington mudslide

(Reuters) — At least 25 people were confirmed dead almost a week after landslide sent mud crashing into dozens of rural Washington state homes, searchers said, as locals faced up to the prospect that some of the 90 still missing might never be found. A rain-soaked hillside collapsed near the tiny town of Oso, about 55 miles (90 km) northeast of Seattle last Saturday, cascading over a river and a road into homes, blanketing about a square mile in […]

South Korea Returns Remains Of 437 Chinese Korean War Soldiers

(Reuters)– South Korea on Friday handed over to China the remains of 437 Chinese volunteer soldiers killed in the 1950-53 Korean War. The handover ceremony was held at the Incheon International Airport of South Korea. Head of the Chinese handover delegation and official from the Civil Affairs Ministry Zou Ming andMoon Sang-gyun, an official from the South Korean Defense Ministry, signed a handover protocol. Then Chinese Ambassador to South Korea Qiu Guohong covered coffins containing remains of soldiers of the Chinese People’s Volunteers with Chinese […]

TESDA, SEIPI team up anew to train over 5,000 workers

The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) has allocated P30 million for the training of 5,172 scholars in the semiconductor and electronics industry. Secretary Joel Villanueva, TESDA Director General, announced that the agency has teamed up anew with the Semiconductor and Electronics Industries in the Philippines Foundation Inc. (SEIPI) to harness the skills of technical-vocational students and workers who aspire for quality job as operators in the country’s top electronics firms. In a Memorandum […]

CCP as a Center for Choral Performance 2014

The Cultural Center of the Philippines announced that CCP would turn into a “Center for Choral Performance” starting 2014, as it offers an exciting variety of choral music concerts and workshops for choirs and choral conductors and an international choral festival under its choral music program. The following choral music events lined up for the year include the Madz et al. Choral Festival (April 1-6, 2014), a festival of choir performances of more than 50 […]