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“Insurgent” to take top spot in weekend box office

“Insurgent” will sweep the North American box office from Friday (March 20) through Sunday (March 22). Shailene Woodley as “Divergent” heroine Tris Prior is hell-bent on revenge, battling the ghosts of her past in “Insurgent,” the second film in the young adult sci-fi action film franchise. “Insurgent” picks up where the first film in the dystopian series ended, with the genocide of Tris’ parents and the people in her faction after she joins another community. […]

Scientists collect data from giant Stingray

Footage shot on (March 6) during the making of wildlife program Ocean Mysteries, shows scientists examining a Giant Whiptail Stingray found in the Mae Klong River, Thailand. The creature measures over fourteen feet long, eight feet wide and weighed over eight hundred pounds. According to wildlife presenter Jeff Corwin, the ray may be the largest freshwater fish ever captured. “So we’re here in this incredible river system in Thailand. I’m with my good friend Dr […]

Total solar eclipse most spectacular thing, says ‘Mr Eclipse’

On Friday (March 20), people on the Faroe Islands will experience a total solar eclipse. The Faroe Islands, a self-governing nation within Denmark, estimates that around 8,000 visitors will visit the island of 50,000 for the big event. A total eclipse, when the moon blocks the sun and its shadow falls on the Earth, will sweep across the Atlantic but from land it will only be visible from the Norwegian Arctic islands of Svalbard and […]

1st Crowdfunding Summit in Manila, launched

The concept of crowdfunding was spurred by the Global Financial Crisis of 2008 when individuals finally took it upon themselves to finance their ideas instead of heading to banks and other big financial institutions for their initial capital. American economic and social theorist, Jeremy Rifkin, summarized this: “Now millions of people are becoming their own bankers.” And indeed this had become the trend with sites such as Indiegogo and Kickstarter, where individuals could post their […]

Japan Provides Funding for the Construction of Biodegradable Composting Facility in the Municipality of Buguias

Japanese Ambassador to the Philippines Kazuhide Ishikawa and the Mayor of the Municipality of Buguias Mr. Melchor D. Diclas signed the grant contract for “The Project for the Construction of Biodegradable Waste Composting for Environment and Farmland Soil Enrichment” on March 17, 2015 at the Embassy of Japan. The total amount is US$ 91,599 (approximately 4.08 million pesos) and is funded through the Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Projects (GGP). Municipality of Buguias is the biggest […]