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With only two-days left remaining until the last day of the registration deadline, the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) is once again reminding almost three million voters with no biometric data to have their biometrics and validate their registration for them to be able to vote in the May 2016 national and local elections. COMELEC said that the voter’s registration period will end as scheduled on Saturday, October 31. (Eagle News Service)
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) said that some portions of EDSA and Roxas Boulevard will be closed to motorists during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation 2015 Leaders’ summit in Manila starting November 16 to 20. MMDA said that only APEC vehicles are allowed to use the two innermost lanes of EDSA’s five lane both northbound southbound. (Eagle News Service)
According to Francisco Dagohoy, Media Relations Officer of the North Luzon Expressway (NLEX) they are now preparing for the influx of motorists heading for the provinces for the holidays this weekend. (Eagle News Service)
The Department of Education (DepEd) continues to facilitate the immediate resumption of classes in areas affected by Typhoon Lando (international name Koppu). DepEd field offices sent engineers and staff to expedite rapid assessment and provisions of appropriate interventions. In addition to this, DepEd is closely monitoring the schools which are still being used as evacuation centers to ensure the orderly resumption of classes. In response to the incurred damages, DepEd will be providing financial assistance to the […]
Just wear it – now. Nike will begin placing ads in the Weather Channel’s mobile app starting next month. The New York Times says the ads will suggest appropriate apparel depending on local weather conditions. For example, if it’s cold and dark, an in-app ad may appear for reflective Nike clothing. It’ll send consumers to the Nike website where they can buy the suggested items. The in-app ads are part of a broader campaign that […]
The Philippines on Friday welcomed the decision of an international tribunal in The Hague, Netherlands to assume jurisdiction over its case against China, which seeks to invalidate Beijing’s massive claim in the resource-rich South China Sea. Such ruling by the five-man judges of the Permanent Court of Arbitration on October 29, three months after the Philippine legal team argued its case in The Hague last July, enables the court to finally proceed to formal deliberations […]
Suspected poachers have used cyanide to kill 23 elephants in Zimbabwe’s Hwange national park, raising the death toll there and in the northern part of the country to 60 since late September, officials said on Thursday (October 29). Hwange national park in western Zimbabwe currently hosts 53,000 elephants, twice the park’s carrying capacity. Park rangers recovered most of the tusks after the 23 elephants were killed with the deadly poison last Friday but poachers got […]
China will ease family planning restrictions to allow all couples to have two children after decades of the strict one-child policy, the ruling Communist Party said on Thursday (October 29), a move aimed at alleviating demographic strains on the economy. The policy is a major liberalization of the country’s family planning restrictions, already eased in late 2013 when Beijing said it would allow more families to have two children providing the parents met certain conditions. […]
It’s ‘blues’ night on the upcoming episode of Sessions on 25th Street with the electrifying and soulful performances of The Brat Pack, and the talented saxophonist, Ian Jacinto. The Brat Pack is a Filipino blues band that became the first Asians to enter the finals of the 2014 International Blues Challenge or IBC that was held at the Memphis Orpheum Theater last January (PositivelyFilipino.com). Pure talent and exceptional showmanship rests in the blood of the […]
As of yesterday, only 106 evacuation centers managed by local government units (LGUs) in Regions I, III, and CAR remain open, temporarily housing 5,805 families or 25,443 persons affected by Typhoon Lando. At the height of Lando, close to 900 evacuation centers were opened to accommodate affected families. DSWD Secretary Corazon Juliano-Soliman said the decreasing number of existing evacuation centers is a good indication that evacuees are now moving towards recovery. The Secretary added that […]
MANILA – The Delegation of the European Union to the Philippines, together with the EU Member States’ Embassies and Cultural Institutes, and in collaboration with the Commission on Higher Education, is delighted to bring back the European Higher Education Fair with the theme “Quality. Mobility. Innovation.” Twenty-seven European Higher Education Institutions from 12 European Union Member States will be participating in the Fair on 7 November from 12:30 to 6:00 p.m. at Dusit Thani Hotel. […]
The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) removed the name “Lando” in the list of storm names and will be replaced with “Liwayway”. Said removal is part of the system of PAGASA which calls for the removal of the name of the storm that caused widespread destruction. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos) https://youtu.be/iBUlrgZ5jjM
