Two more senators reacted to the visit made by Acting Secretary Janet Guarin and General Pio Catapang to the Caballo Island. Senator JV Ejercito and Senator Pia Cayetano made comments regarding the lack of precautions like wearing protective suits.
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Former Makati vice mayor to donate property
Former Makati Vice-Mayor Ernesto Mercado is ready to donate other properties that were allegedly put in his name by the camp of Vice President Binay.
President Aquino will not run for second term
In an interview with the Singaporean press, President Aquino reiterated that he has no plans to run for a second term, saying that he does not want to be like the former President Marcos.
Ilocos Sur disaster response group adopts command system in emergency plan
By Ma. Nila O. Argel Cabugao, Ilocos Sur, Nov. 19 (PIA) – The Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council (DRRMC) here has integrated the Incident Command System (ICS) in the all-hazard incident management of events. The council uses its own emergency response teams composed of search and rescue, Rapid Damage and Needs Assessment and Incident Management Teams including material resources based on the following criteria: continues even with out a natural calamity through the communication network […]
Palace welcomes house approval of resolution authorizing President Aquino to address power shortage
MANILA, Nov. 19 — Malacañang on Tuesday welcomed the House of Representatives’ approval of a resolution giving President Benigno S. Aquino III special authority to address the looming energy crisis next year. In a press briefing at the Palace, Presidential Communications Operations Office Secretary Herminio Coloma, Jr. said the House approval of the resolution is a step towards addressing the impending power shortage. The government will now wait for the Senate to make a similar […]
Families in shock as Islamic State lures sons into ‘barbaric madness’
(Reuters) – “Do you know how much it hurts to raise someone and watch them grow and suddenly they’re just gone?” says Ahmed Muthana, 57, a retired electronics engineer in Wales whose two sons Nasser, 20, and Aseel, 17, have gone to fight for Islamic State. Like any father of faraway children, he can easily slip into a reverie, talking about the studious older son who was accepted into medical school and his more rambunctious and athletic […]
All 50 U.S. states feeling freezing temperatures
(Reuters) – Temperatures in all 50 U.S. states dipped to freezing or below on Tuesday as an unseasonably cold blast of weather moved across the country, while heavy snow prompted a state of emergency in western New York. In the U.S. South, states were bracing for a record chill from the Arctic-born cold that swept the Rocky Mountains last week. Every U.S. state, including Hawaii, was bitten by temperatures at the freezing point of 32 […]
Nokia revives the brand with launch of iPad lookalike
(Reuters) – Finland’s Nokia (NOK1V.HE) launched a new brand-licensed tablet computer on Tuesday which is designed to rival Apple’s(AAPL.O) iPad Mini, just six months after the company sold its ailing phones and devices business to Microsoft(MSFT.O) for over $7 billion. Nokia, a name which was once synonymous with mobile phones until first Apple and then Samsung Electronics (005930.KS) eclipsed the Finnish company with the advent of smart phones, said the manufacturing, distribution and sales of the new N1 […]
PH will adhere to United Nations resolution condemning violent extremism, says Palace
MANILA, Nov. 19 — Malacañang on Tuesday affirmed the country’s commitment to adhere to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolution that condemns violent extremism. “Bilang kasapi ng United Nations ay tumatalima tayo sa resolusyon na ito na nagsasaad na kinakailangan ang sabay-sabay na pagkilos ng lahat ng mga member states ng United Nations para labanan ang violent extremism, at ito ay nabanggit na rin ng ating Pangulo sa maraming pagkakataon,” Presidential Communications Operations Office […]
Govt ready to discuss coco levy fund with coconut farmers, says Palace official
MANILA, Nov. 19 — The government is ready to hold a dialogue with coconut farmers who want the coco levy fund to be returned to them after several decades, a Palace official said on Tuesday. “Ang kapakanan ng mga mamamayan at ‘yung makatwirang pananagot ng pamahalaan sa mga pondo ng bayan, katulad ng coconut levy, ang ating batayang prinsipyo diyan,” Communications Secretary Herminio Coloma, Jr. said during a press briefing. It was reported that a […]
NFL suspends Vikings’ Peterson over ‘abusive discipline’ of son
(Reuters) – Minnesota Vikings star running back Adrian Peterson was suspended by the National Football League without pay for at least the remainder of the 2014 season on Tuesday for committing an “incident of abusive discipline” on his 4-year-old son. The action taken by Commissioner Roger Goodell against one of the NFL’s marquee performers comes as America’s most popular sports league struggles to contain a scandal sparked by domestic violence incidents involving several players. The […]
NBA star Dwight Howard investigated in Georgia for child abuse
(Reuters) – Authorities in Georgia are investigating child abuse allegations against National Basketball Association star Dwight Howard, a center for the Houston Rockets who is among the league’s marquee performers, police said on Tuesday. The allegation against the basketball star comes amid heightened attention to domestic violence incidents involving professional athletes including NFL star Adrian Peterson, who was suspended on Tuesday for “abusive discipline” on his 4-year-old son. Police declined to elaborate on the details […]
