LAOAG CITY, Nov. 11 (PIA) – Some 3,000 volunteers vowed to make a difference in the first Civilian Volunteers Formation, Agserbi 24/7 (CVF, Agserbi 24/7) on Oct. 27 at the Laoag City open court. Myleen Pascual, Community Affairs Division head, said volunteers were mostly from the civilian group consisted of youth, non-government organization and some media practitioner. “We have about 3,000 volunteers who registered for the first day and we are still counting because the […]
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President Aquino thanks Canada for its assistance in reconstruction of Eastern Visayas
MANILA, Nov. 11 — President Benigno S. Aquino III on Monday thanked Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper for Canada’s assistance for the rehabilitation of areas in Eastern Visayas devastated by Typhoon Yolanda last year. “The President thanked Canada for the support that it had provided, overwhelming support for the victims of Yolanda,” Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario said in a press briefing at the Philippine Embassy in China. “He wanted to know what the […]
Barangay Anti-Drug Abuse Council, pinagtibay sa Tarlac
TARLAC – Pinagtibay ng Sangguniang Panlalawigan ng Pangasinan ang Barangay Anti-Drug Abuse Council o BADAC upang puksain ang ipinagbabawal na gamot sa lalawigan ng Pangasinan.Ayon sa pinagtibay na Provincial Resolution, bubuuin ang BADAC sa may 1,300 mga barangay sa lalawigan upang palakasin ang kampanya laban sa ipinagbabawal na gamot. Ito ay sa pakikipagtulungan ng Municipal Anti Drug Abuse Council at ng Provincial Anti Drug Abuse Council at PNP.Ayon sa may akda ng pinagtibay na […]
PH policies aimed at attaining competitiveness, PNoy tells APEC
BEIJING, China, Nov 11 — Achieving competitiveness means changes in the country’s policies and guidelines, especially as Southeast Asian countries begin to integrate economically, President Benigno S. Aquino III said during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Chief Executive Officers’ Summit here Sunday. Delegates of the APEC CEO Summit asked the President about the role of the government in attaining competitiveness. The President said that it is his government’s thrust to “level the playing field” for […]
Israeli stabbed in suspected Palestinian attack in Tel Aviv – police
An Israeli man was stabbed and critically wounded near a Tel Aviv train station on Monday (November 10) in a suspected Palestinian attack, police said. A spokesman for the Magen David Adom ambulance service said the man, aged about 20, was rushed to hospital. Police said they arrested a suspect, a Palestinian from the town ofNablus in the occupied West Bank, and that the assault was apparently politically motivated. The attack came five days after a Palestinian rammed his car into […]
Obama urges China to be partner in ensuring world order
(Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama said on Monday a successful China was in the interests of the United States and the world but Beijing had to be a partner in underwriting international order, and not undermine it. Speaking to growing concerns among U.S. and other companies about the Chinese business environment after arriving in Beijing, Obama also urged China to reject the use of cyber theft for commercial gain and create a more level playing field where policy is not […]
‘Big Hero 6’ vanquishes ‘Interstellar’ to lead U.S. box office
(Reuters) – “Big Hero 6,” Walt Disney Co’s animated superhero film featuring a flying robot, clocked $56.2 million in U.S. and Canadian ticket sales to lead the weekend box office, topping director Christopher Nolan’s space adventure, “Interstellar.” “Interstellar,” starring Matthew McConaughey, opened on Wednesday and recorded $50 million over the three days from Friday through Sunday, and $52.2 million over its five-day run. If the final figures hold up, it would be only the fourth time in […]
Breakthrough Prizes in science, math earn winners $3 million each
(Reuters) – Academia doesn’t usually bring rich financial rewards. But that changed Sunday for recipients of a record 12 Breakthrough Prizes, the award created two years ago by Russian billionaire venture capitalist Yuri Milner, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, Google co-founder Sergey Brin and other tech industry luminaries. Each prize is worth $3 million, almost three times the cash a Nobel Prize winner receives. This year is the first to honor mathematicians. Five won for work ranging from algebraic geometry […]
One Direction, a “no-show” despite big win at MTV’s top European awards
(Reuters) – Boy-band sensation One Direction was among the big winners that failed to turn up to collect their prizes at one of Europe’s top music events on Sunday, after the group scooped three MTV Europe Music Awards in Glasgow. Justin Bieber and Katy Perry were among other notable no-shows, though the firework-filled ceremony was lit up by charismatic and popular rapper Nicki Minaj, who hosted, performed and won an award. Rock veterans Ozzy Osbourne, […]
Laundry detergent pods pose serious risk to young kids
(Reuters Health) – U.S. poison control centers received more than 17,000 calls – or about one per hour – about children who’d been exposed to chemicals in laundry detergent pods in 2012 and 2013, a new study found. Over 700 of the children were hospitalized, and one child died, researchers said. “This caught us by surprise,” said Dr. Gary Smith, the study’s lead author from the Center for Injury Research and Policy at Nationwide Children’s […]
Landmark Hong Kong-China stock trading scheme to start Nov. 17
(Reuters) – A long-awaited trading link between Hong Kong and Shanghai will launch on Nov. 17, a crucial step towards opening China’s capital markets that will give foreign and Chinese individual investors unprecedented access to each others’ stock exchanges. The announcement by Hong Kong and Chinese regulators on Monday comes as China is making a big push to widen the use of the yuan, with Canada and Malaysia becoming the latest addition to a growing […]
BlackBerry CEO sees fewer new devices, focus on profitability
(Reuters) – BlackBerry, which has completed the first phase of its two-year turnaround plan, is now focused on profitability and will not spread itself thin by attempting to launch too many new devices, its chief executive said. John Chen, who took the reins at the struggling mobile technology company in November 2013, has moved rapidly to try to get the one-time investor darling back on track. The company has sold assets, struck partnerships to lower […]
