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12 passengers of TransAsia are still missing.

Authorities are still searching for the 12 passengers of TransAsia flight that fell over Keelung River in Taipei, Taiwan. TransAsia Flight GE235 has 58 passengers and that include its crew. The airplane was reeled between buildings and clipped an overpass with its port-side wing. It crashed upside down into the shallow river that slowly took off from a downtown Taipei airport on Wednesday (February 4). TransAsia Airways confirmed that 31 were proclaimed dead that includes […]

PNP Chief Resigns

SUSPENDED Philippine National Police chief Director General Alan Purisima tendered his resignation and President Benigno Simeon Aquino III accepted “with much equivocation,” an MST Palace source said on Thursday. News of Purisima’s resignation broke early Thursday evening, but Palace spokesman Communications Secretary Herminio Coloma Jr. could not confirm the report because he had no information about the resignation which Aquino supposedly announced in a Cabinet meeting. Purisima himself could not be reached for verification, but […]

School children enjoined to protect mother earth

In celebration of the World Wetlands Day, (February 2), the Department of Environment and Natural Resources- National Capital Region (DENR-NCR) partnered with Philippine Information Agency (PIA-NCR) for a roadshow presentation in the different local government units (LGUs) in the National Capital Region (NCR) to teach school children the importance of wetlands and at the same time promote its conservation. The joint teams were able to visit the following schools: Nazirite Christian Academy in Malabon City, […]