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Asian equities were subdued on Friday (February 5) and the dollar wobbled ahead of the closely watched U.S. jobs report, which could provide clues on the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy outlook. The markets will look to the U.S. jobs data for direction, with the employment report expected to how employers adding 190,000 jobs in January, the median estimate of 108 economists polled by Reuters. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei stock average was down 1 percent despite an […]
South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se on Friday (February 5) held a meeting with the U.S., Japan, EU and Australian ambassadors to South Korea amid the threat of a North Korean satellite launch. U.S. ambassador to South Korea, Mark Lippert, Japanese Ambassador to South Korea, Koro Bessho, Ambassador of the European Union to South Korea, Gerhard Sabathil, and Australian Ambassador to South Korea, Bill Paterson, attended the meeting at South Korea’s foreign ministry in Seoul. […]
Unsanitary conditions in Brazil’s slum areas are provided potential breeding grounds for Aedes mosquitoes that can transmit viruses including Zika and dengue. In the city of Recife, capital of the northeastern Brazilian state of Pernambuco, ditches are found with waste water and even other garbage discharged by local residents, with foul smells given out from time to time. Algae and weeds have grown in the water, and rat carcasses as well as other floating garbage […]
Violent scenes in Ecuador’s capital of Quito on Thursday (February 04) as Kurdish supporters turned out to protest Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan who is in the South American country on an official visit. The protest started out peacefully outside the country’s National Higher Studies Institute before Erdogan was due to arrive. Security was high with police and soldiers trying to keep back protesters. Scuffles later erupted when some protesters found their way into the […]
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio proposed a retirement plan for private-sector workers and a new light rail system in his State of the City speech on Thursday (February 4), while indicating that social inequality was decreasing under his administration. The Democratic mayor of the United States’ biggest city has been in office for a little over two years. He came to power promising to narrow the inequality gap that he said had created “a […]
Haiti’s president promised on Thursday (February 4( to leave power in three days’ time despite having no replacement after a botched election, as opposition protests intensified and politicians squabbled over who should lead an interim government. President Michel Martelly had earlier warned he would not step aside without an established succession plan, enraging protesters who have marched almost daily in the capital Port-au-Prince over the past two weeks. Haiti’s constitution requires Martelly to leave office […]
February is National Dental Health Month Here’s some tips to keep your teeth healthy: Infographics by Elliud Barcelona Research by Amabelle Lopez
MAYNILAD Water has intensified its anti-dengue campaign by holding series of workshops in its concession areas for some 1,000 families to help curb dengue cases in Metro Manila with the use of a simple ‘Do-It-Yourself Anti-Dengue Mosquito Trap.’ Maynilad, together with the Department of Health (DOH) and Y&R Philippines, will visit 10 barangays in Muntinlupa, Parañaque and Quezon City to teach families how to prepare the anti-dengue mosquito trap. The workshops are being conducted in barangays […]
(Reuters) — Maurice White, the founder of R&B funk band Earth, Wind & Fire, died in Los Angeles at age 74, a band spokesman said. White died at his home on Wednesday night, publicist Mark Young said. Details on the cause of death were not immediately available. “My brother, hero and best friend Maurice White passed away peacefully last night in his sleep,” White’s brother and fellow band member Verdine White said in a […]
MANILA, Feb. 5 — The Department of Public Works and Highways-National Capital Region (DPWH-NCR) will undertake reblocking and road repair on the south bound, 2nd lane from sidewalk of C.P. Garcia Street from Ma. Regidor Street to F. Florentino Street in Quezon City effective 11 PM of February 5, Friday to 5 AM of February 9, Tuesday. Affected motorists are advised to take the following alternate routes: Magiting Street; Maginhawa Street; and R. Magsaysay Avenue […]
The National Printing Office (NPO) is ready to accept the job order of the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) for the printing of the official ballots to be used in the May elections, Communications Secretary Sonny Coloma Jr. said Thursday. The NPO is expecting the job order from the COMELEC on February 8. “The National Printing Office, an attached agency of the Presidential Communications Operations Office (pursuant to Executive Order No. 4, s. 2010), is fully prepared […]
MALACANANG on Thursday released a new batch of appointments in government, including the new chairperson of the Legal Education Board. President Benigno S. Aquino III named Emerson Aquende as chairperson of the Legal Education Board, which is under the supervision of the Supreme Court. The Palace also announced the appointment of Emmanuel de Guzman, Noel Antonio Gaerlan, and Frances Veronica Victorio as commissioners of the Climate Change Commission. President Aquino appointed Virgilio Nadal, Jr. as […]
