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Little Baguio sa Laguna

Isang bayan sa Laguna ay tinaguriang “Little Baguio” dahil sa taglay nitong malamig na klima. Kilala din ang naturang lugar sa mga tanim nitong pandan.

CHED Scholars sa Cavite, tumanggap ng good news

Pinulong ni Congresswoman Lanie Mercado-Revilla ang mga Commission on Higher Education (CHED) scholars ukol sa allowance na kanilang tinatanggap. Good news naman ang kanilang natanggap ng ipinaalam sa kanila na 12, 000 pesos pa rin ang matatanggap na allowance.

Heavy rains cause destruction and chaos in central Bolivia

Torrential rain and floods have left hundreds homeless in central Bolivia, the government said on Tuesday (February 17). According to preliminary reports, some 182 families have been affected, 91 hectares of crops were damaged and 12 homes were flooded in four municipalities in the region of Cochabamba in the Andean country. In the municipality of Sicaya in the province of Capinota, four communities were affected by overflowing rivers. At least 92 families lost their crops […]

MILF returns 16 PNP-SAF weapons

(Eagle News Service) — The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) has returned 16 firearms taken from the members of the Philippine National Police Special Action Force (PNP-SAF) killed in Mamasapano, Maguindanao. The guns were returned to the Philippine government through the efforts of the Joint Coordinating Committee on the Cessation of Hostilities (JCCSH).  The recovered PNP-SAF firearms were returned by the MILF’s 105th Base Command. Among the firearms returned were an M60 machine gun, one […]

Thousands flee, red cross convoy attacked in Myanmar

Unknown attackers shot and wounded two people in a convoy of eight vehicles marked with the emblem of the Myanmar Red Cross Society that was attempting to transport civilians displaced by fighting in Laukkai, yesterday on the Chinese border, a witness said. Red Cross spokeswoman Shwe Cin Myint said there hadn’t been an attack like this before. A government soldier blamed the attack on an ethnic Kokang force called Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA). […]

100 people on shortlist for Mars ‘colony’

Hundreds of thousands of would-be astronauts have been narrowed down to 100 who will proceed to the next round of the Mars One project for a chance to create a human colony on the red planet. The candidates, 50 men and 50 women, come from all around the world. The majority, 39, are from the United States, with 31 from Europe, 16 from Asia, seven from Africa, and seven from Oceania. Student Maggie Lieu, 24, […]