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Jason Day wins BMW Championship by six strokes after final round 69, claims world number one ranking for first time. Jason Day claimed his fourth victory in six starts and surged to the world number one ranking after going wire-to-wire to win the BMW Championship by six shots on Sunday (September 20). The Australian closed out his tournament with a two-under-par 69 to finish at 22-under 262 at Conway Farms, six clear of American rookie […]
BAGUIO CITY, Sep. 24 — The key to better understanding of the aspirations of the Bangsamoro people and their appeal for genuine self-autonomy is through Speaking to over 600 youth leaders at the University of the Philippines Baguio campus, Ferrer emphasized the importance of Filipinos, especially the youth, in knowing and understanding the historical injustice suffered by the Philippines’ Moro community. This will make Filipinos understand why biases and prejudices against Filipino Muslims are the […]
Laoag City, Ilocos Norte, Sept. 24 – A lawmaker advised the farmers from the provinces in Luzon area to adjust their cropping season as a practical solution to mitigate the emerging effect of the El Niño phenomenon. Senator Cynthia Villar, the current chairperson of the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Food, made her call when she attended the Luzon wide congress of the agriculture and fishery councils (AFC) held recently in one Vittoria hotel in […]
Apat na tauhan ng Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI ) ng Amerika ang nasa Samal Island upang pag-aralan ang naganap na kidnapping ng apat-katao sa Island Garden City ng Samal. Ayon sa report, kinausap ng mga FBI agent ang mag-asawang nakatakas umano sa kamay ng mga kidnapper. Samantala, naniniwala ang Regional Deputy Police Commander ng Police Regional Office (PRO)-11, na hindi pa nakakalayo sa Davao del Norte ang mga dumukot sa tatlong dayuhan at isang […]
Lebanese education minister announces that Lebanon is to provide free school education for tens of thousands more children this year including Syrian refugees. Lebanon is to provide schooling for tens of thousands more children this year including Syrian refugees, the education ministry said on Monday (September 21), as the country tries to cope with the effects of the war next door. Funding from international donors, UN refugee agency UNHCR and children’s fund UNICEF could see […]
MANILA – To strengthen the bilateral ties between the Czech Republic, Germany and the Philippines, these countries have agreed to translate their literary pieces into Filipino. In collaboration with the Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino (KWF), the Embassy of the Czech Republic was able to translate the literary masterpiece written by Jaroslav Seifert from Czech and English into Filipino in the span of eleven months. Through the talents of the poets from Linangan sa Imahen, Retorika, […]
(Reuters) — Chinese President Xi Jinping toured the headquarters of Microsoft on Wednesday (September 23) where he met with the company’s founder Bill Gates as well as tech leaders including Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, Amazon’s Jeff Bezos and Apple Inc’s Tim Cook and other top tech executives. At the meeting Xi told assembled industry leaders that China shared a vision of a secure and open cyberspace, seeking to allay concerns over accusations of hacking by China […]
(Reuters) — At least 220 pilgrims were killed on Thursday in a crush at Mina, outside the Muslim holy city of Mecca, where some two million people are performing the annual haj pilgrimage, Saudi Arabia’s civil defense authority said. At least 450 others were injured in the crush, which took place on Street 204 of the camp city at Mina, a few kilometers east of Mecca, where pilgrims stay for several days during the […]
MANILA, Sep. 24 — Hon. Evan P. Garcia, Undersecretary for Policy of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), headed the Philippine delegation to meet with Viet Nam counterparts last September 14 for the Senior Officials’ Meetings (SOM) of the 8th Philippines-Viet Nam Joint Commission on Bilateral Relations (JCBC) and the 2nd Philippines-Viet Nam Joint Commission on Maritime and Ocean Concerns (JCMOC) held in the capital city of Hanoi, Viet Nam. The Viet Nam delegation was […]
MANILA, Sep. 24 — The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has released P9.41 billion to the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), the government’s primary construction arm, to build 6,098 classrooms in 956 high schools nationwide for the Department of Education (DepEd). Charged under the DepEd’s Basic Educational Facilities Fund (BEFF) in the 2015 National Budget, the fund release of P9.41 billion will increase the capacity of public high schools, as well as […]
QUEZON CITY, Sep. 24 — The Department of Education (DepEd) continues to strengthen education reforms to ensure a safer and learner-centered education for Filipino children, with the government’s sustained investment of the government in basic education “Without any second thoughts, a teacher’s first move is to protect children,” Education Secretary Br. Armin Luistro, FSC, said during the deliberation of the 2016 proposed budget for the DepEd at the House of Representatives. The education chief said […]
Dalawang libong seedlings ang itinanim ng mga miyembro ng Iglesia ni Cristo sa kanilang Tree Planting Activity sa Eastern Pangasinan. Maging ang mga senior citizen ng nasabing lalawigan ay nakilahok sa aktibidad at sumama sa pag-akyat sa bundok para magtanim ng puno. Ang tree planting activity ay pinangunahan ng SCAN International. Ang ganitong tree planting activity ay taunang isinasagawa ng mga miyembro ng Iglesia Ni Cristo sa iba’t-ibang bayan sa nasabing lalawigan. (Agila Probinsya Correspondent […]
