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Fantasy drama “Game of Thrones” won the Emmy award for best TV Drama on Sunday (September 20), toppling old favorite “Mad Men” for the win. It was the first best drama series Emmy for “Thrones” in its five years on the air. The show also won awards for writing, directing and for supporting actor Peter Dinklage. “Mad Men,” a long-time Emmy favorite, failed to get a farewell hug after closing its final season earlier this […]
More than 1,000 people who were forced to evacuate from areas of Northern California affected by a deadly wildfire will be allowed to return home on Sunday (September 20), a day after a new fire broke out further south and killed one person, officials said. The unidentified person died in the so-called Tassajara Fire, which also prompted mandatory evacuations in Monterey County, said Lynnette Round, spokeswoman for the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection […]
Colonies of tiny Antarctic marine creatures are thriving in response to a reduction in sea-ice cover, according to new research. A British Antarctic Survey (BAS) report suggests the filter-feeding bryozoans may be responsible for transporting millions of tonnes of carbon from the atmosphere to polar sea beds. Their research was published on Monday (September 21) in the Cell Press journal Current Biology. A British Antarctic Survey (BAS) investigation study into biological change on the seabeds […]
ROXAS CITY, Capiz, Sept. 22 (PIA) – The Executive Order directing a total ban in the harvesting, transporting, selling and eating of all kinds of shellfish in Capiz is still in effect. The Office of the Provincial Agriculturist head Sylvia dela Cruz disclosed that the directive of Governor Victor Tanco remains in force after the coastal waters and shellfish meat sample especially in Sapian Bay are still positive of red tide toxin. Dela Cruz said […]
Worrying that the lower cost of a drug means lower quality? Worry no more, generic drug is safe and can be taken. It may be cheaper than the branded drugs, but it has the same active ingredients, same-effect, and form of dosage approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). “In today’s world, it is shortsighted to think that infectious diseases cannot cross borders. By allowing developing countries access to generic drugs, we not only […]
UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 22 (PNA/Xinhua) — With more than 200 million school-aged children unable to read and write, the UN’s new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) will focus on access to quality education, the executive director of UNICEF, said Monday. “There are 250 million children around the world of fourth and fifth grade age who can not read and write or do their numbers,” Anthony Lake told reporters here. The new SDGs — a set of […]
QUEZON CITY, Sep. 22 — The Department of Agriculture is set to implement a financing model that further improves credit access for small farmers participating in the agribusiness value chain. The implementation of the program was signaled by the turnover of P40-million worth of funds by the DA’s Agricultural Credit Policy Council (ACPC) to the Philippine Postal Savings Bank, Inc. (Postbank) on September 18, 2015. Agriculture Secretary and ACPC Chair Proceso Alcala had likewise signed the […]
(Eagle News) – Senator Grace Poe remains on top as the presidential bet preferred by many Filipinos in the upcoming 2016 national elections, according to the latest survey conducted by the Social Weather Stations (SWS). The survey, made from Sept. 2 to 5,showed Poe with a 47% score, or an increase of five points from the last opinion poll of the SWS conducted last June 5 to 8. Former Interior and Local Government secretary Mar […]
Australia on Monday (September 21) swore in its first female defense minister, Senator Marise Payne, who will oversee open-ended military engagements in two countries and some of the country’s most important defense contracts in a generation. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull last week ousted long-time rival Tony Abbott as leader of their ruling Liberal Party, citing a chaotic management style and dismal poll numbers. Turnbull’s cabinet which was sworn in on Monday features five women, more […]
A first-of-its-kind hack attack hits Apple. iPhone and iPad users are vulnerable to malware embedded in popular Chinese apps from Apple’s App Store. WeChat – one of the most popular messaging apps in China – is among dozens of legitimate apps infected with the malicious code. Rather than using the official release of the developer code from Apple’s U.S. servers, developers downloaded the hacked code – dubbed XcodeGhost – from a server in China because […]
Maagang regalo ang tinanggap ng mga guro ng Southville 4 Elementary School sa Laguna kasabay ng nalalapit na paggunita sa Teacher’s Day. Labing-pitong cosmetologist mula sa Alternative Learning System ang nagtungo sa nasabing eskwelahan para bigyan ang mga guro roon ng libreng pampering, gaya ng libreng hair cut, manicure/pedicure at para naman marelax binigyan din sila ng libreng masahe. Ang proyekto ay pinangunahan ng mga opisyal ng Parents Teachers Association (PTA) ng nasabing eskwelahan sa […]
Sa pagtutulungan ng Unibersidad ng Pilipinas, Diliman at Partido State University sa Goa, Camarines Sur ay matagumpay na naisagawa ang Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Forum. Isinagawa ang tatlong araw na training program ng UP sa mga faculty ng PSU na mula sa 39 na unibersidad at kolehiyo ng Bicol region. Isinagawa ang seminar sa Gymnasium ng PSU sa nasabing lalawigan. Ang seminar ay mayroong tema na “Philippine Higher Education in an Integrating ASEAN: […]
