The fourteen-story building that serves as the office of the City Security Force of the Manila City hallsuffered from a fire that reached “Task Force Bravo”.
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DOH insists on total firecracker ban
Department of Health Acting Secretary Janet Garin insisted on a total firecracker ban and partial ban on fireworks due to large number of firecracker- and firework-related incidents this New Year celebration.
QC Commemorates 203rd Birth Anniversary of “Tandang Sora”
QUEZON CITY, 7 Jan. (PIA)–The Quezon City government with the National Historical Commission yesterday commemorated Melchora Aquino’s 203rd birth anniversary at the Tandang Sora National Shrine in Banlat. The event was highlighted by the awarding of honor for Chief Justice Maria Lourdes P.A. Sereno for her exemplary service in the judiciary, as this year’s Tandang Sora awardee. The Tandang Sora Award is bestowed to QC’s outstanding women who embody the 7 virtues of Melchora Aquino […]
Gov’t reaches full-year inflation target for 2014
MANILA, Jan. 7 – Cutbacks in the prices of petroleum and electricity with lower increases in the price of most food items brought headline inflation down to 2.7 percent in December 2014 from 3.7 percent in the previous month, according to the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) said in a statement. This is the fourth consecutive month that headline inflation slowed down, which pulled average inflation for full-year 2014 to 4.1 percent. Thus, the […]
UN health agency says no Ebola detected in Iraq, calls reports of cases ‘rumours’
Despite reports of Ebola cases in Mosul in several Iraqi media sources last week, the Iraqi Ministry of Health and the United Nations health agency have confirmed today that no cases of the disease have so far been found in the country. As well as confirming that laboratory facilities in Mosul do not have the necessary capabilities to diagnose and confirm Ebola, the Health Ministry and the UN World Health Organization (WHO) investigated through “existing […]
AirAsia search: U.S. Navy divers deploy sonar, but no sign of black box
Search teams scouring the ocean for the wreckage of an AirAsia jet found two new metal objects on Tuesday (January 6), but nine days after the plane crashed officials say there is still no sign of the crucial black box flight recorders. An Indonesian search and rescue official said a U.S. Navy ship located two more metal objects using sonar signals, though it is not known yet if they are part of the missing plane. […]
Sony’s ‘The Interview’ earns $31 million online, $5 million at theaters
Sony’s provocative North Korea parody “The Interview” has earned more than $31 million from online, cable and telecoms sales since its December release, Sony Pictures Entertainment said on Tuesday (January 6). The raunchy comedy was rented or purchased more than 4.3 million times between Dec. 24 and Jan. 4 on online and video-on-demand platforms. To date, the film has earned $5 million at the theatrical box office, with 580 independent theaters showing the movie in […]
Falling oil prices, EU worries spook global stocks
(Reuters) – Asian share markets slipped while the euro hit a nine-year trough on Wednesday as collapsing oil prices and worries about the world economy drove skittish investors into the arms of safe havens such as the yen and sovereign debt. From Japan to Germany to Australia, government borrowing costs reached all-time lows as oil fell 10 percent in just two days and investors wrestled with the risk of global deflation. Data from the euro […]
Daimler’s self-driving concept car turns into mobile living room
The race for being the first car maker to offer true autonomous driving just hit the fast lane as Mercedes-Benz unveiled its futuristic F 015 concept at the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Daimler Chief Executive Officer Dieter Zetsche, introduced the fuel-cell powered luxury car at the automaker’s keynote address on Monday evening (January 05). The car’s arrival on stage drew applause from the standing room only crowd as the doors of the […]
Doctor is shot and suspect kills himself in incident near army medical center in Texas
A doctor at the El Paso VA Health Care System was shot and a suspect apparently then took his own life on Tuesday (January 06, 2015) in an incident that led to a lockdown at the William Beaumont Army Medical Center in west Texas, the El Paso Times reported. The paper said the information was based on a preliminary investigation provided by officials. Base officials were not immediately available to comment. (Reuters)
Las Vegas is gadget central for annual CES tech convention
The 2015 International Consumer Electronics Show kicked off on Tuesday (January 06), turning the city of Las Vegas into the tech capitol of the world, at least for the next four days. There are a number of early trends and among those is the continued consumer fascination with bigger, lighter, thinner, and certainly more dramatic TV’s. South Korean electronics giant Samsung has been ahead of the curve and once again looks to be a leader […]
PH exports benefit from duty-free access to the European Union
MANILA, Jan. 7 — Philippine exports enjoy duty-free access into the European Union (EU) market last December 25, 2014 through the Union’s “tariff preferences under the special incentive arrangements for sustainable development and good governance”, more popularly known as the Generalized System of Preferences Plus (or GSP+). GSP+ privileges extend duty-free access to Philippine exports in 66 per cent of all product tariff lines, including fisheries products and garments. The grant of GSP+ privileges is […]
