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MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Tourism (DOT) said, this is the first time in the history of the Philippine tourism that the 500,000 mark has been breached in the first month of the year. Dot assistant secretary Rolando ‘Alan’ Canizal said tourist arrivals to the Philippines reached 542,258 visitors or a 13.17 percent growth versus the 479,149 for the same month last year. Canizal said the department meanwhile expects the strong performance of the […]
A NASA animation also shows the path the shadow of the moon took. Total eclipses occur when the moon moves between the earth and the sun, and the three bodies align precisely. As seen from earth, the moon is just broad enough to cover the solar face, creating a breath-taking silver halo in an indigo sky.
UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP ) — The United States on Wednesday urged governments to quickly mobilize to prevent a “humanitarian catastrophe of epic proportions” from the possible collapse of Iraq’s Mosul dam. Concern has grown in recent months over a possible breach in Iraq’s largest dam, which would unleash a wave as high as 14 meters (45 feet), devastating Mosul and flooding much of the capital Baghdad, with up to 1.5 million people at […]
SINGAPORE, Singapore (AFP) — Oil prices held most of the previous day’s strong gains Thursday, but while a dive in US gasoline stockpiles fueled hopes for a pick-up in demand, traders remain on edge over the long-running supply glut. Both main contracts soared on Wednesday, with US benchmark West Texas Intermediate hitting a more than three-month high and Brent breaking $41 after the US energy department report. The figures showed gasoline inventories plunged three times […]
REUTERS — The ability to capture video of your run down a mountain has come a long way. First there was shakey camcorder footage filmed by a friend. Then came GoPro, an affordable option to shoot HD video on the move. But Jason Soll of Silicon Valley based Cape Productions says the future of capturing the perfect digital memory is with flying robots. “The first time I saw a video shot with drones I knew […]
CARACAS, Venezuela (Reuters) — Tensions are mounting in Venezuela over water shortages the ruling socialist government has attributed to natural phenomena, whilst the opposition says infrastructure neglect is to blame. The country has been struggling with water rationing since the start of the year, fueling public anger already simmering over a worsening recession, soaring inflation and widespread shortages of medicines and basic goods. Lines of people queuing to buy even toilet paper has become a […]
MANILA, 10 March (PIA) — “Go beyond the (Earth) Hour.” Thus said Interior and Local Government Secretary Mel Senen S. Sarmiento as he urged all local chief executives (LCEs) when the Philippines will once again join the global community in celebrating the 10th year of Earth Hour on Saturday, March 19, 2016. Earth Hour, which is being held every third Saturday of March, is an annual global event where people from all over the world […]
MANILA, Mar. 10 — President Benigno S. Aquino III has appointed Cabinet Secretary Jose Rene Almendras as ad interim Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs, replacing Secretary Albert del Rosario whose resignation took effect on Tuesday. “Upon his assumption as Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Secretary Jose Rene Almendras has ceased to be Cabinet Secretary,” Communication Secretary Sonny Coloma, Jr. said on Wednesday. According to Secretary Coloma, Executive Secretary Paquito Ochoa, Jr. will supervise the […]
https://youtu.be/l-jFCIUl6ww by Agnès PEDRERO GENEVA Switzerland (AFP) — Global health experts agreed Wednesday to prioritize developing vaccines against the Zika virus suspected of causing birth defects, but a Brazilian specialist warned that doing so would take at least three years. “Perhaps in three years we will have a vaccine,” Jorge Kalil, head of the Butantan Institute in Sao Paulo, told reporters in Geneva, acknowledging that even that estimate was “optimistic”. He was among global health […]
BEIJING, China (Reuters) — China expressed concerns on Wednesday (March 9) over the United States’ plan to base long-range bombers in Australia, and claimed that such cooperation should not target the interests of third parties. The deployments could include B-1 bombers and an expansion of B-52 bomber missions, said Lt. Col. Damien Pickart, a spokesman for the U.S. Air Force in the Pacific, stressing that discussions were continuing and no decisions had yet been reached. […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — Manila will lease five military planes from Japan to patrol Philippine-claimed waters and outcrops in the disputed South China Sea, President Benigno Aquino announced Wednesday. He said the leasing the TC-90 aircraft was part of government efforts to protect Philippine territory, which also included previously stated plans to acquire fighter jets and transport aircraft. “Also lined up this year… is the lease of five of Japan’s TC-90 training aircraft that would […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles into the sea off its eastern coast on Thursday, fueling a build-up in military tensions after its recent nuclear test and long-range rocket launch. South Korea’s defence ministry said the two missiles were fired around 5:20 am (2020 GMT Wednesday) and flew some 500 kilometres (300 miles), before landing in the East Sea (Sea of Japan) off the North Korean port city of […]
