Gunfire was heard around the corner from where an unarmed black teenager was shot dead by a white officer one year ago in Ferguson, Missouri, a Reuters witness said. A day of peaceful rallies and prayer in Ferguson on Sunday gave way to a tense standoff between police in riot gear and protesters blocking traffic when shots were heard. REUTERS
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PSA asks CL residents to support 2015 Census of Population
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga, August 10 (PIA) — The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) asks for the support and active participation of Central Luzon residents in the conduct of the 2015 Census of Population (POPCEN 2015) which begins today. “POPCEN 2015 is designed primarily to take an inventory of the population of the entire Philippines. It also collects information about some characteristics of the population such as age, sex, marital status, and highest grade completed,” […]
New agents needed in PDEA
QUEZON CITY, Aug. 10 (PIA) – The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) is hiring brilliant and highly qualified professionals to be a Drug Enforcement Officer (DEO). PDEA Undersecretary Director General Arturo G. Cacdac Jr. said the new DEOs will have an unparalleled budding career as part of an elite drug law enforcement group in the country. “To those deciding for a career change, stability and security is the thing in the civil service employment. Be […]
Malacanang welcomes Comelec’s plan to hold presidential debates
MANILA, Aug.10 (PIA) — The Palace welcomed the plan of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to hold presidential debates in different parts of the country so the public could thoroughly scrutinize the candidates that they are voting for. “Mahalaga po sa isang eleksyon na malaman ng mga mamamayan ang mga isyu na dapat nilang pagpasyahan,” Presidential Communications Operations Office Secretary Herminio Coloma Jr said in a radio interview when asked about the Comelec’s plan. “Mahalaga […]
COMELEC presents automation options to Ph legislators
MANILA, Aug 10 (PIA) — Commission on Elections (COMELEC) Chairman Andres Bautista presented on Wednesday the options being considered for the automation of the 2016 National and Local Elections before the Joint Congressional Oversight Committee on the Automated Election System (JCOC-AES) at the Philippine Senate. This, according to Chairman Bautista, is part of ongoing efforts of the poll body to consult as many stakeholders as possible regarding the automated election system. Speaking before the JCOC-AES, […]
Japanese engineer develops world’s first ‘car in a bag’
Aug. 7 (Reuters) Pocket-sized personal transporters could soon be seen on the streets of Tokyo. A Japanese engineer has developed a portable transporter small enough to be carried in a backpack that he says is the world’s first ‘car in a bag’. Twenty-six-year-old Kuniako Saito and his team at Cocoa Motors recently unveiled the lithium battery-powered “WalkCar” transporter, which is the size of a laptop and resembles a skateboard more than a car. The slender […]
DOST undergrad scholarship slots more than triple in 2015
MANILA, Aug. 8 (PIA) — The number of beneficiaries for undergraduate scholarship being offered by the Department of Science and Technology (DOST), under its Science Education Institute (SEI), has more than tripled in five years, jumping from 1,250 in 2010 to 5,595 in 2015. “We’re also now preparing the groundwork for recruiting new partner universities and introducing innovations into the program for us to expand by 100% in 2017, on our way to meet the […]
Weather improvement expected as typhoon ‘Hanna’ exits PAR –PAGASA
MANILA, Aug. 9 (PNA) — Expect a weather improvement in most parts of the country as typhoon “Hanna” is already outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR), the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said on Sunday. In an interview, PAGASA weather observer Lenny Ruiz said typhoon “Hanna” left the PAR at around 3 p.m. on Saturday as it headed toward China. Ruiz said that as the typhoon exited, the southwest monsoon has […]
Colorado movie gunman gets life sentence
(Reuters) A Colorado jury sentenced movie rampage gunman James Holmes to life in prison on Friday (August 7), rejecting the death penalty for the 27-year-old who entered a midnight showing of a Batman movie wearing a gas mask, helmet and body armor and shot dead a dozen people. Last month, the panel of nine women and three men found the former neuroscience graduate student guilty on all counts related to the July 2012 massacre. They […]
Typhoon Soudelor kills 6, causes floods in parts of Taiwan
(Reuters) Many Taiwanese residents caught in the path of Typhoon Soudelor were left with their homes flooded after the powerful storm battered the island on Saturday (August 8), killing at least six and injuring 64. In the greater Taipei area, the authorities worked to rescue around two dozen people trapped by a mudslide. “We received a report from people earlier that there was a mudslide. Then we sent a fire truck and rescue vehicle here to […]
Eco-friendly 3D printed supercar
Aug.5 (Reuters) This is the Blade, a supercar that its makers hope will re-define car manufacturing. It didn’t come off an assembly line – but out of a 3D printer. Kevin Czinger of Divergent Microfactories has spent most of his adult life tied in one way or another to the automotive industry. One day he realized that no matter how fuel efficient or how few tailpipe emissions the modern car has, the business of car […]
Ebola vaccine found safe, effective in monkeys
WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 (PNA/PTI) — A single dose of an experimental Ebola virus (EBOV) vaccine, currently undergoing testing in humans, completely protects monkeys against the current outbreak strain, when given at least seven days before exposure, scientists have found. The vaccine partially protects the cynomolgus macaques against the EBOV-Makona strain if given three days prior, researchers said. The live-attenuated vaccine, VSV-EBOV, uses genetically engineered vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) to carry an EBOV gene that has […]
