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QUEZON CITY, Sept. 3 (PIA) — Manila Water has expressed its readiness in mitigating the impacts of El Niño phenomenon. In a statement, the Manila Water said that they have contingency and mitigation plans to lessen the potential impacts of the El Niño phenomenon to its 6.3 million customers in its service areas. This developed as the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) earlier said the public should expect that the current moderate El Niño […]
SEPTEMBER 3 (Reuters) — DreamWorks Studios, the film company co-founded by Steven Spielberg, will split from Walt Disney Co. after the release of his film, “The BFG,” the Hollywood Reporter said, citing people familiar with the matter. The director’s likely future home is Universal and is in talks with the company, according to the report on Wednesday (September 02). Spielberg’s take on “The BFG,” based on British author Roald Dahl’s 1982 book, is scheduled for […]
Thai police spokesman, Prawut Thawornsiri, on Thursday (September 3) said the suspect who was arrested in the Eastern Sakaeo Province early in the week was found with a list of substances that could be use to make a bomb. “The suspect arrested from Sakaeo, (was found with) what appears to be a recipe used to create a bomb. Right now, we have sent that to an expert to confirm whether this was a bomb recipe […]
MANILA, Philippines, September 3 (PCOO) — The Palace on Wednesday warned traffic law enforcers against extorting money or ‘kotong’ from motorists. “Kung may magko-kotong, don’t hesitate to tell us. We will not tolerate wang-wang sa daan. We will not tolerate wang-wang ng mga kahit sino sa gobyerno. So, kung mayroong manghihingi ng kotong, please don’t hesitate to tell us, our media friends. We will give you a number so that you can report these,” Presidential […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (September 3) – The history of taho is not yet fully understood, but early records suggest that the delicacy is from China, adapted by Filipinos from tow hway or Douhua prior to Spanish Occupation. The Chinese were one of the most active traders with Filipinos during that era. Traditionally, taho vendors are only seen in the morning but nowadays, they are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week considering you know where your local taho vendor […]
MANILA – Application call for the 14th batch of Japanese Grant Aid for Human Resource Development Scholarship (JDS) 2016-2017 has started. Application deadline is November 6, 2015. Basic Applicant Eligibilities of JDS program are: ・Citizens of the Republic of the Philippines under the age of 39 (as of 1st April, 2016) ・Must be a permanent employee of target organizations (listed in the Websites below) and not be a member of the military. ・Has two years of […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (September 2) – I personally think that evidence is one way of knowing the truth. The photos that went viral on the internet were true and they didn’t even deny it. I just think that it is not proper for someone to open boxes unless they’re the owner. When the big issue about the balikbayan boxes came out into the open, news said that President Benigno Aquino III has given instructions for the […]
(Eagle News) — Twenty former and incumbent lawmakers were tagged in a P500-million malversation complaint filed in connection with the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) scam. The complaint tagged allegedly fake non-government organizations which are not linked to Janet Lim Napoles. Atty. Levito Baligod, former lawyer of pork barrel witness Benhur Luy, urged the Ombudsman to investigate Senators Juan Ponce Enrile and Ramon Revilla Jr., an former senator Edgardo Angara for allegedly channeling their PDAF […]
(Reuters) — Police said they had made significant progress on Wednesday (September 2) towards finding the mastermind of Thailand’s deadliest attack after an arrested man admitted being near the August 17 shrine blast and fingerprints tied him to the room of a suspected bomber. The unidentified man arrested less than a kilometre from the Cambodian border on Tuesday (September 1) had told police he was not the bomber, but was in same area the […]
(Reuters) – A fire in an apartment building in central Paris killed eight people on Wednesday (September 2), among them two children according to official sources. Four people were also injured in the fire whose cause remains unknown and which broke out at 0400 (0200GMT). It started on the ground floor before spreading into the stairwell of the building. A spokesman from the interior ministry said the firemen had been mobilized twice during the […]
AGILA Probinsya — Isinagawa sa Cebu ang isang orientation seminar kaugnay ng Republic Act No.11630 o Juvenile Justice System. Ito ay naglalayong mabigyan ng kaalaman ang bawat kalahok tungkol sa batas na pinaiiral sa ating bansa at wastong paghawak ng mga suliranin na may kaugnayan sa mga batang nasa katayuang CAR o Children at Risk ay mga CICL o Children in Conflict with the Law at paggawa ng mga planong ipatutupad upang maproteksyonan at mapangalagaan […]
AGILA Probinsya — Makikinabang ang mga residente ng Barangay Tulat sa inu-umpisahang proyekto sa ilalim ng Sagana at ligatas na tubig para sa lahat o Salintubig Project ng Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG). Layunin ng Salintubig na bigyan ng water supply systems ang mga waterless cities, municipalities, barangays, health centers, at resettlement sites sa buong kapuluan at upang mapabuti ang kapasidad ng mga Local Government Units at water service providers sa implementasyon at […]
