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Aquino queues up at LTO to renew driver’s license

MANILA, Feb. 6 (PNA) — Applicants for driver’s license renewal were surprised to see President Benigno S. Aquino III queuing up at the Land Transportation Office (LTO) on Tayuman St. in Manila Thursday morning. They took the opportunity to greet the President and even posed for souvenir photos with him. President Aquino arrived at the LTO district office at around 10 a.m. to renew his driver’s license two days before his birthday on Saturday. He […]

US guided missile destroyer to arrive in RP

A United States guided missile destroyer is going to arrive in Manila on February 7. According to the US Embassy the port-of-call will highlight the special relationship between the US and Philippine military. Of the ship’s 300 sailors, 10 are Filipino-Americans.

Pinoy Developers Win Google Cloud Developer Challenge

Two senior students from University of St. La Salle – Bacolod City have won the Google Cloud Developer Challenge 2013 for Southeast Asia. Franz Sarmiento and Katrina Tan Kit, both taking up Bachelor of Science in Computer Science succeeded in the “Social /Personal Productivity/Games/Fun” Category. Last September, Google launched the Cloud Developer Challenge by developing new applications built using the company’s cloud platform. Developers submitted their apps to one of two specially-designated competition categories and only to a […]

Chinese Media Condemns PNOY’s Remarks

Chinese media attacked President Aquino after the latter compared Chinese leadership to Nazi Germany leader Adolf Hitler, saying that there is significant historical foundation backing the Chinese claim on South China Sea.

SC Issues TRO Against QC Garbage Fees, Property Tax Hike

The Supreme Court issued a temporary restraining order against the collection of garbage fee and the ten percent hike on property tax on Quezon City residents. Supreme Court Spokesman Theodore Te said that the highest court in the land issued a temporary restraining order in favor of a petition submitted by a certain Jose Ferrer, a resident of Kamias, Quezon City. In his petition, Ferrer alleged that the garbage fee as well as the 10% […]

Northeast monsoon grows weaker

The whole country will continue to experience fair weather with partly cloudy skies and isolated rain showers. The northeast monsoon is now limited in the extreme northern part of the country while the easterlies from Pacific brings warm weather.

Fil-Am Doctors Conduct Medical Mission For Yolanda Victims

Filipino-American Doctors of the Medical Surgical Mission of Texas went to Baybay, Leyte to conduct a medical-humanitarian mission for the victims of “Yolanda”.  More than 200 registered for minor surgery in the first day alone.  The number is expected to increase in the following days.  According to a doctor, Leonides Andres, they are doing this to help the victims of typhoon Yolanda who are still recovering three months after the calamity.  The mission will run […]

TODA officer gunned down in Luzon Ave , QC

The widow of a gunned down officer of a tricycle operators and drivers association in Luzon Ave., Old Balara, Quezon City is crying for justice for her dead husband. Her husband was gunned down in the TODA terminal. Conflict within the TODA is the suspected cause of the killing.

Fair weather today, according to PAGASA

Expect fair weather today while the effect of the Northeast monsoon will continue to affect Northern Luzon. Gale warning is also raised in northern Luzon. More details of our weather today from this update from the PAGASA Weather Forecasting Center.

Monsoon continues to bring cold mornings to PI

The northeast monsoon will continue to bring in cold mornings according to PAGASA. The temperatures slight increase in the past two days is caused by winds coming from the Pacific bringing a short break in the cold weather. Fair weather is expected in the next five days but a cyclone may enter the country this month and will be named “Caloy”.