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The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration included the information regarding the Zika virus in its pre-departure orientation seminar for overseas Filipino workers. According to the POEA, this is the only step that it can currently take as it is still waiting for the alert level to be issued by the Department of Health and the Department of Foreign Affairs before it can implement a deployment ban. The Zika virus is currently affecting areas in central and […]
According to Bayan-Muna party-list representative Neri Colmenares, there is a big chance of overriding President Noynoy Aquino’s veto of the proposed SSS pension hike in the resumption of the session of the Congress on May 20. Colmenares added that many lawmakers have shown support in overriding said veto. em>(Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)</em>
Based on the decision issued by the Commission on Elections en banc, the voting time on May 9, 2016 will last only for 10 hours, with the polling precincts opening at 7 in the morning and closing at 5 in the afternoon. However, the COMELEC clarified that those who are within the 30-meter radius from the polling precinct can still vote even after 5 in the afternoon. em>(Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, […]
DEFENSE Secretary Ash Carter on Wednesday (February 03) said the U.S. Navy would buy more high-end submarines, destroyers, fighter jets and unmanned underwater vehicles in coming years, using $8 billion saved by scaling back orders for smaller, less capable Littoral Combat Ships. Carter said the Pentagon’s five-year budget plan also included $2.9 billion to modify Raytheon Co’s new SM-6 missiles for use as powerful anti-ship weapons and buy 625 more of the weapons, which are […]
RESEARCHERS in Panama have developed a possible strategy to combat the spread of the Zika through the release of sterile male mosquitoes to combat population numbers of the virus-carrying insect. The Gorgas Institute for Health Studies (ICGES) in Panama came across the idea last year when they were doing research on the Aedes aegypti mosquito to tackle dengue and chikungunya. According to the findings, the release of genetically-modified Aedes aegypti male mosquitoes into the female population […]
JAKARTA, 1 February 2016 – Demonstrating how the potential benefits of the ASEAN Community are more than just economic, a new initiative has been launched to bring together senior leaders from all ten ASEAN countries. The ASEAN Leaders Programme is being launched to bring together 70 senior leaders from across the ASEAN, from all sectors and walks of life, to work on a challenge relevant to the region. The inaugural programme will be held in […]
AID convoys have delivered much-needed humanitarian aid to several towns in Syria over the past two days. The town of al-Moadamiya in southwestern Damascus Countryside Governorate received 2,500 cases of aid including food and medicine from the governorate authorities and the Syrian Arab Red Crescent on Tuesday and Wednesday. The rebel-held town, which has around 45,000 residents living there, is besieged by government forces. The Chinese Embassy in Syria on Wednesday provided supplies including quilts and […]
Statement of GPH Chief Negotiator Professor Miriam Coronel-Ferrer on the Closing of the 16th Congress of the Republic of the Philippines 3 February 2016 Let me state the fact: The proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law, in whatever shape or form, did not make it out of the 16th Congress. The sheer indifference and chronic absenteeism of majority of the legislators manifested in the lack of quorum almost on a daily basis in the House of Representatives, and the prolonged […]
QUEZON CTY, Feb. 4 — Government of the Philippines said that the Bangsamoro peace process will continue even though the 16th Congress closed sessions Wednesday (3 Feb) without passing the proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL). “The collective inaction of our legislators to complete the deliberation on the BBL did not, and will not, stop the momentum of the Bangsamoro peace process,” Ferrer said in a statement on Wednesday. “At this low point, we call for […]
The Trans-Pacific Partnership, one of the world’s biggest multinational trade deals, was signed by 12 member nations on Thursday (February 4) in New Zealand, but the pact will still require years of tough negotiations before it becomes a reality. The TPP, a deal which will cover 40 percent of the world economy, has already taken five years of negotiations to reach Thursday’s signing stage. “Signature today is an important step. But TPP is still […]
THE looming crisis of antibiotic resistance means diseases that were once easily treatable are becoming deadly again. The over-prescription of antibiotics for conditions that don’t require them is spurring resistant mutations leading to so-called superbugs – multi-drug-resistant infections that can evade the medicines designed to kill them. “What we’ve done as a human species is to basically coat the world in antibiotics by our overuse and inappropriate use. So, we’ve selected for these resistance mechanisms in […]
Indian biotechnology firm Bharat Biotech based in southern Hyderabad city, said on Wednesday (February 3) it was working on two possible vaccines to fight the Zika virus, which has been linked to birth defects in thousands of babies in Brazil. The virus is spreading rapidly in the Americas, and WHO officials on Tuesday (February 2) expressed concern that it could hit Africa and Asia as well. No vaccine has been developed so far. Chairman and […]
