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(Eagle News) — President Aquino on Tuesday explained that the Philippine government and the Iglesia Ni Cristo had reached an “understanding” where both positions had been clarified which resulted in the INC calling off its “peaceful assembly” after almost five days of protest. In a forum hosted by the Philippine Daily Inquirer, the President also clarified that he had not talked to INC Executive Minister Bro. Eduardo V. Manalo during the crisis where thousands […]
ILOILO CITY, Aug. 31 (PIA6) – Anti-corruption authorities, customs bureaus and law enforcement agencies from the 21 APEC members are ramping up their collaborative efforts to combat illegal wildlife trafficking in the Asia-Pacific, coming against the backdrop of breaking global developments that have helped to serve as a rallying point for greater policy action. This development was shared by the APEC Pathfinder Dialogue II on Fighting Corruption and Illicit Trade from the ongoing APEC meetings in Cebu […]
PARAÑAQUE CITY, Sept. 8 (PIA) — Parañaque City Mayor Edwin Olivarez, and Mayor Baek Sun Ki of Haeundae District in eastern Busan, South Korea signed a sisterhood agreement on Friday 4 September 2015, at the Parañaque City Hall. Under the agreement, the two cities sall pursue and expand cooperation on various areas such as economy, culture, sports, tourism, education and other fields “in pursuit of the best interests for both parties.” In a statement, Olivarez said the agreement between Parañaque and Busan will […]
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, September 8 (Reuters) — The South African rugby squad continued their World Cup preparations in Johannesburg on Monday (September 7), four days before they depart for England. South Africa will rely on players who have seen it all before as they bid to become the most successful nation in rugby World Cup history at this year’s tournament. Coach Heyneke Meyer has included nine players from the Springboks’ winning squad of 2007 as […]
(Reuters) — When Singapore goes to the polls on Friday (September 11), Prime Minister Lee Hsieng Loong’s ruling People’s Action Party will face an unprecedented wave of young voters. For the first time, citizens born after the country’s independence in 1965 will likely account for the majority of voters in the general election. As of 2014, almost 54 per cent of citizens above 20 were born in 1965 and later. In 2010, the figure […]
MURMANSK, Russia, September 8 (Reuters) — A trimaran skippered by China’s Guo Chuan crossed the start line on Thursday (September 3) and set out on a journey of about 3300 nautical miles to cross the Arctic Sea from Murmansk to the Bering Strait. The super trimaran “Qingdao China” rapidly traveled over 1000 nautical miles in the first few days at sea. The crew, Jochen Krauth and Quentin Monegier of France, Boris Herrmann and Tim Bastian […]
ENGLAND, September 8 (Reuters) — Britain has killed two of its own nationals who had been fighting for Islamic State (IS) and plotting attacks on British soil, in its first air strike in Syria, Prime Minister David Cameron said on Monday (September 7). “In recent weeks, it’s been reported that two ISIL fighters of British nationality, who had been plotting attacks against the UK and other countries have been killed in air strikes. Both Junaid […]
MANILA, Sept. 8 (PNA) – Malacanag has received reports that slight improvement of traffic flow has been recorded along EDSA during the first day of deployment of Highway Patrol Group (HPG) in six choke points of the 23.8-kilometer road last Monday. ”We experienced progress on those choke points like in Balintawak where vendors along the road have been removed,” Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Secretary Herminio Coloma Jr. said in a Radyo ng Bayan interview […]
LONDON, Sept. 8 (PNA/Xinhua) — A team of researchers have developed a new molecular test that indicates how well a person is aging, opening a new door to the treatment of age-related disease, according to a study published Monday by King’s College London. The test can help manage age-related disease by identifying people most at risk of diseases affected by age, as well as improve the way anti-aging treatments are evaluated, the researchers say. The […]
ILOILO CITY, Sept. 8 (PNA) — The Department of Tourism (DOT) Region 6 in partnership with the local government unit of the City of Passi is conducting Streetfood Kulinarya Workshop on September 8-9, 2015 at the Senior Citizens Building, Passi City. The workshop is in connection with Passi City’s Tourism Week Celebration and targets to train streetfood vendors on how to prepare food they sell in a hygienic and presentable manner by teaching them the […]
ORMOC CITY, Leyte, Sept. 8 (PNA) – While the Department of Energy is pushing for the generation of clean energy from natural resources, some experts are apprehensive with the unstable power produced by variable renewable energy (VRE) such as solar and wind due to its fluctuating nature. Raul Galano, head of the Visayas Systems Operations of National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) told reporters that variable renewable energy is named as such because of […]
MANILA, Sept. 3 (PNA) — Assembly for the recently-delivered Metro Rail Transit Line 3 (MRT-3) prototype train coaches kicked off Thursday morning, the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) said. DOTC spokesperson Miguel Arthur Sagcal confirmed the information by posting photos of the prototype being assembled by its manufacturer, China-based Dalian Locomotive & Rolling Stock Co. Ltd. on his official Twitter account. In a text message, Sagcal told the Philippines News Agency that once the […]
