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PHL Urges UN, Int’l Community to support peaceful resolution of disputes in the West Philippines Sea

Philippine Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert F. del Rosario urged the United Nations and the international community to continue supporting the peaceful resolution of maritime disputes in the West Philippine Sea. Secretary Del Rosario joined other Foreign Ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in a meeting with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and 70th UN General Assembly President Mogen Lykketoft. “With the growing support from the international community in peacefully resolving disputes in the South […]

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NTC boosts info drive against text scams

The National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) here intensifies its information drive against text scams to curb and eliminate scammers and to protect people from falling prey into such deceitful schemes. According to Engr. Ric dela Cruz of NTC-Pangasinan, his office gets an average of three to five complaints daily against text scams which are designed to extract sensitive personal information or gyp one financially. “Text scams come from 11-digit numbers. To avoid these, people should be […]

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Animal raisers advised to protect livestock amidst El Niño threat

LAOAG CITY, Ilocos Norte, Oct. 5, 2015 – – The Provincial Veterinary Office of Ilocos Norte has issued advisory to all animal raisers to keep their livestock healthy and keep them away from the ill effects of the El Niño phenomenon in the province. Provincial Veterinary Officer Loida Valenzuela said  the animals might succumb to heart attack, heat stroke and dehydration when they are extremely exposed to the heat of the sun. Livestock animals that […]

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South Carolina hit by once in a thousand year rainfall – Haley

Persistent torrential rainfall in South Carolina caused dangerous flooding in the state’s main cities on Sunday (October 4) and prompted hundreds of rescues through shoulder-deep waters across the southeastern state. South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley said parts of the state were hit with rainfall that would be expected to occur once in a thousand years, with the Congaree River running at its highest level since 1936. Haley also said that three people had died as […]

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Islamic State militants blow up ancient Arch of Triumph in Palmyra

Islamic State militants have blown up the Arch of Triumph, a major monument in the 2,000-year-old Roman city of Palmyra, Syria’s antiquities chief said on Sunday (October 4), after they destroyed two ancient temples at the central Syrian site in recent months. Maamoun Abdulkarim told Reuters that sources in Palmyra had confirmed that the Arch of Triumph, a jewel in the exquisite collection of ruins in the oasis city, had been blown up. Islamic State […]

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“Felix Manalo” ticket sales vies with Hollywood’s block buster movies

  The most anticipated “Felix Manalo” film that will soon be hitting 300 theaters nationwide this October 7 is reaching block buster sales even with the movie not released yet, leaving sold out cinemas. “Felix Manalo” advance ticket sales, which were released only last September 28, after only a couple of days, ticket sales hit the roof just like Hollywood gems Avengers, Twilight, and Hunger Games series as the public, both INC members and non-INC, […]

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Know more about newborn screening

QUEZON City, Philippines (October 5) –  Given the improving technology that we have nowadays, we are thankful that science has developed wider range of strategies to improve lives and to better understand the science beyond people’s body. In cognizance to the developing world of science, newborn screening test has been widely used to test every newborn for certain harmful or potentially fatal disorders that aren’t otherwise apparent at birth. Newborn screening identifies conditions that can affect a […]

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Celebrating Elderly Filipino Month – this is for our grandparents!

QUEZON City, Philippines (October 5 ) -Grandparents: the people who taught us great life lessons, cared for us like we are their own, and loved us deeply aside from our parents. The wisdom and experience that they imparted on us had helped us grow into the people we are now. By virtue of Proclamation No. 470, the first week of October has been designated as Elderly Filipino Week. This is in recognition to the selfless […]

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“Felix Manalo” sets two world records

BOCAUE, Bulacan – It bodes well for the “Felix Manalo” when on its very premiere screening, it managed to set not one but two world records. Held at the Philippine Arena, the adjudicators from Guinness officially announced that “Felix Manalo” was able to garner “Largest Audience for a Film Premiere” and “Largest Audience for a Film Screening”. The Guinness adjudicators added that the total number of the audience 43,624 which is more than enough to […]

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“Felix Manalo” premiere night trends on Twitter

QUEZON City, Philippines – As the biopic film “Felix Manalo” held its premiere night, the hashtag #FelixManaloWorldPremiereNight trended on the micro-blogging site in Twitter. Said hashtag reached the Top 1 this morning and Top 6 tonight, as one of the trending topics in the Philippines. The premiere was held in the Philippine Arena, in a star-studded event attended by thousands. The film had just successfully obtained the two Guinness World Record: “Largest Audience in a Film […]

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Bangladesh PM says no sign of Islamic State in the country despite killings of foreigners

Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said on Sunday (October 4) there were no signs of Islamic State in the country despite the killings of two foreigners this week claimed by the group which has vowed further similar assaults in the Muslim-majority nation. Japanese citizen Kunio Hoshi, 65, was gunned down on Saturday (October 3) by three masked men on a motorcycle while on his way to visit a grass farm project in the northern district […]

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Flash floods kill at least 13 on French Riviera

Flooding caused by torrential rain along part of the French Riviera has killed least 13 people, officials said Sunday (October 4). The downpour hit the Alpes-Maritimes region — which lies at the eastern end of France’s Mediterranean coast and borders Italy — on Saturday evening (October 3). Eight people have been found dead and another five are missing, the government’s local office said. President Francois Hollande had earlier said there had been at least 12 […]

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