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Iglesia Ni Cristo conducts “Lingap Sa Mamamayan”, launches housing and livelihood projects in Tacloban

One month after the record-breaking INC World Wide Walk, the Iglesia Ni Cristo conducted a massive relief operations/medical-dental missions for the victims of Yolanda in Tacloban, Leyte after a special worship service lead by Executive Minister Eduardo V. Manalo. Bro. Eduardo Manalo also lead the ground-breaking ceremonies for the housing and livelihood projects for the victims of Yolanda in Tacloban, Leyte.

4 injured in an accident involving the convoy of VP Binay

Deputy Presidential Spokesperson Abigail Valte said that Vice President Jejomar Binay was safe after an accident involving his convoy occured en route to Banaue. Vice President was in Banaue for an inauguration of a building. One of his back-up vehicles suffered the accident, resulting in the injury of his four escorts.

CEOs of biggest Russian firms could be hit by sanctions: paper

(Reuters) – The CEOs of Russia’s two largest firms are on a list of those who may be hit next week with European and U.S. sanctions over the Crimea crisis, a German newspaper said on Friday, suggesting tougher than expected measures against Russia’s elite. Moscow shipped more troops and armor into Crimea on Friday and repeated its threat to invade other parts of Ukraine, showing no sign of heeding Western pleas to back off from the […]

Exclusive: Radar data suggests missing Malaysia plane deliberately flown way off course – sources

(Reuters) – Military radar data suggests a Malaysia Airlinesjetliner missing for nearly a week was deliberately flown hundreds of miles off course, heightening suspicions of foul play among investigators, sources told Reuters on Friday. Analysis of the Malaysia data suggests the plane, with 239 people on board, diverted from its intended northeast route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing and flew west instead, using airline flight corridors normally employed for routes to the Middle East and Europe, […]

MH370 search widened to the Indian Ocean

Malaysian officials have officially expanded the search for missing flight MH370 to the Indian Ocean. However, officials declined to comment on US reports that the plane had flown on for hours after losing contact. “The aircraft is still missing, and the search area is expanding,” said Transport Minister Hishammuddin Hussein on Friday during a press conference in Malaysia’s capital Kuala Lumpur. “Together with our international partners, we are pushing further east into the South China […]

US Secretary of State Kerry and Russia’s Lavrov hold crisis talks on Ukraine

US Secretary of State John Kerry has met with his Russian counterpart in a bid to defuse tensions ahead of a secession referendum in Crimea. At a UN meeting Thursday, Russia and Ukraine insisted they did not want war. Top US diplomat, John Kerry, has met with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov in London on Friday in a last-minute bid to stave off escalating tensions in the East-West crisis over Ukraine. Kerry was expected to […]