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SUVA, Fiji (AFP) — Humanitarian aid was finally reaching isolated communities in Fiji devastated by super-cyclone Winston, officials said Friday, with the government estimating the damage bill will top hundreds of millions of dollars. At least 44 people died when the most powerful storm in Fiji’s history hit on Saturday and the UN says about 50,000 — more than five percent of the entire population — have been left homeless. Some of the worst-affected villages were on […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President Barack Obama put the onus for upholding a ceasefire in Syria firmly on the regime and its Russian ally Thursday, warning Moscow and Damascus that the “world will be watching.” Hours before the Saturday cessation of hostilities comes into force, Obama huddled with his top national security advisors to plot the way forward and discuss the campaign against the Islamic State group. “Everybody knows what needs to happen,” Obama […]
WASHINGTON D. C., United States (Reuters) — U.S. President Barack Obama on Thursday (February 25) expressed confidence that the United States would prevail in its fight against the Islamic State, but said that an end to the conflict in Syria would be key to dismantling the group. Obama made the comments following a meeting with the National Security Council at the State Department. Obama said his security team was realistic about how difficult the fight […]
UNITED States — Pinaghahandaan umano ng China ang pagdomina sa East Asia. Sinabi ni U.S. Pacific fleet Commander admiral Harry Harris, sa pag-deploy ng Beijing ng missiles sa Paracel Islands sa West Philippine Sea o South China Sea, ang paglagay ng bagong radars sa Cuarteron reef sa Spratly Islands at paggawa ng mga airstrips ay nagpapabago ng operational landscape sa pinag-aagawang mga teritoryo. Ayon kay Harris, bahagi ito ng kagustuhan ng China na militarisasyon sa […]
ANTOFAGASTA, Chile (Reuters) — Dozens of sea lions have washed up on Chile’s northern shore in the region of Antofagasta, local media reported on Thursday (February 25). It was a grim scene on the beach of the coastal town of Hornitos, with most of them found in an advanced state of decomposition. Chilean environmental authorities have said the animals are dying of starvation because the El Nino phenomenon is causing a scarcity of phytoplankton. Phytoplankton […]
Photo Courtesy:Radio Veritas EDSA People Power Revolution By Eden Suarez MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Marami pa rin sa mga Pilipino ang hindi umano nakikipagkaisa sa pagdiriwang ng EDSA People Power. Sa ika-30 taong paggunita sa makasaysayang EDSA People Power ngayong araw ay mas pinili ng ilan nating mga kababayan na magtungo sa parke para mag-relax kasama ang kanilang mga pamilya, kaibigan at mga katrabaho. Idineklara ng Malacañang na holiday ang araw na ito upang […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — China is on its way to securing “de facto” control of the South China Sea, a top US admiral warned Thursday, amid growing unease over Beijing’s continued military build up in the contested waterway. By building air bases and hardened bunkers on tiny islands, some of which are reclaimed from the sea, and by installing sophisticated radar and missile defense systems, China has shown it is determined to achieve military primacy in […]
UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) — The UN Security Council headed toward a vote on a new US-drafted resolution presented Thursday that would impose the toughest sanctions yet on North Korea over its nuclear and ballistic missile tests. The draft text would require countries to take the unprecedented step of inspecting all cargo to and from North Korea, impose new trade restrictions and bar North Korean vessels suspected of carrying illegal goods from ports. The United States, […]
Tampok sa ating balitang pambihira ang singsing na cellphone na sinisimulang ipakilala ng isang cellphone company sa Finland. Sa panahon ngayon, isa sa mga trend ay ang mga naglalakihang mga smart phone pero kaakibat nito ang abala at ang problema kung saan ito ilalagay at maging ang pagdadala nito. Para maresolba ito, naisipan ng isang tanyag na cellphone company na gumawa ng wearable phone. Ang fit ring phone ay isang cellphone ring na dinesenyo para […]
Nag-babala ang World Health Organization na maaaring lumala ang Zika virus bago pa ito humupa. Sinabi ni ni WHO Director-General Margaret Chan sa kanyang dalawang araw na pagbisita sa Brazil, ang sentro ng Zika outbreak. Aniya, hindi na dapat ikagulat ang mga susunod na Microcephaly reports sa Brazil. Bukod sa Microcephaly, pinag-aaralan din ang posibleng koneksyon ng Zika virus sa guillain-barre, isang disorder na nagpa-pahina ng muscles at sanhi ng paralysis. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ws0QAIRH6-Q
Puspusan na ang paghahanda ng University Of The Philippines-Cebu sa ikalawang presidential debate. Nakatakdang idaos sa performing arts hall ng UP-Cebu sa March 20 ang ikalawang tagisan ng mga presidentiables. Nabatid na 500 katao ang kapasidad ng nasabing venue at tanging ang mga accredited media organizations lamang ang papayagang makapasok dito. Tiniyak naman ng organizers na aayusin ang mga nakitang gusot sa unang presidential debate na isinagawa Sa Cagayan De Oro City noong nakalipas na […]
Kathmandu, Nepal (AFP)—Emergency workers have found the bodies of all 23 passengers and crew killed when their plane crashed into a mountainside in western Nepal, the army said Thursday. The police and army returned to the crash site at first light after abandoning recovery efforts late Wednesday due to bad weather in the remote Himalayan district where the Twin Otter turboprop aircraft came down. The site in Myagdi district is around 16,000 feet (4,900 meters) […]
