DOTC Secretary Joseph Abaya cleared that the one-day maintenance work of the MRT will not result to operational shutdown.
Other News
ITCZ causes rain in Luzon
“Ompong” has totally left the Philiipine area of responsibility, but an Inter-tropical Convergence Zone causes rains to southern Luzon and Metro Manila.
Lava flow in Mayon Volcano
According to the PHIVOLCS, Mayon Volcano underwent a soft eruption which caused a lava flow.
Transport group asks LTFRB to lower jeepney fare
PASANG-MASDA is asking the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board to lower the jeepney fare to 8 pesos due to the rollback on petroleum prices.
Spanish authorities still hopeful for Ebola nurse’s recovery
(Reuters) — Spanish health authorities said on Sunday (October 12) there is still hope for Teresa Romero, the Spanish nurse who tested positive for the deadly virus a week ago. The 44-year-old nurse was conscious and sitting unaided on Saturday (October 11), as three more people joined 12 others hospitalized in Madrid for monitoring. “The amount of the virus Teresa has seems to be lowering. It is important to believe there is hope regarding her case. We have […]
Initiatives to strengthen trade with key ASEAN partners gaining momentum
QUEZON CITY, 12 Oct. (PIA)- After the visit of Indonesian Vice Minister for Commerce Bayu Krishnamurti, Vietnam’s Ministry of Trade Vice Minister Tran Tuan Anh arrived recently to meet with trade officials from the Philippines. “We have been actively engaging our key ASEAN partners to provide greater market access for our exporters and SMEs. Our dialogues with Vietnam focus on expanding our market access particularly for flour and processed fish,” Undersecretary for Trade and Industry Adrian […]
Mount Mayon still under Alert Level 3 despite “quiet” lava flow, says Palace
(Eagle News Service) — Mount Mayon remains in Alert Level 3, despite quiet lava flow activities early Sunday, a Palace official said.“Batay sa pinakahuling ulat ng NDRRMC (National Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council), umiiral ang Alert Level 3 sa Mount Mayon na ang ibig sabihin ay ito: that magma is at the center of the volcano and that hazardous eruption is possible within weeks,” Presidential Communication Operations Office Secretary Herminio Coloma, Jr., said an interview […]
U.S. military faces new kind of threat with Ebola
BY PHIL STEWART (Reuters) – At Fort Campbell in Kentucky, spouses of U.S. soldiers headed to Liberia seem to be lingering just a bit longer than usual after pre-deployment briefings, hungry for information about Ebola. For these families, the virus is raising a different kind of anxiety than the one they have weathered during 13 years of ground war in Afghanistan and Iraq. They want to know how the military can keep soldiers safe from the epidemic, a new […]
Agri sector preparing for ASEAN Economic Integration by end-2015, Alcala says
QUEZON CITY, Oct. 12 — Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala assured the agribusiness sector and its development partners that the government has been working to better prepare the agri-fishery for fast-liberalizing global trade, including the much-anticipated ASEAN economic integration by end of 2015. Speaking at the opening ceremony of the 21st AgriLink, Foodlink and AquaLink trade show Thursday at World Trade Center in Pasay City, Alcala said the DA has intensified the small farm clustering initiative and […]
Texas health worker tests positive for Ebola
BY LISA MARIA GARZA (Reuters) – A health worker in Texas at the hospital where the first person diagnosed with Ebola in the United States died last week has tested positive for the deadly virus in a preliminary test, the state’s health department said on Sunday. The worker at the Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital reported a low-grade fever Friday night and was isolated and referred for testing, the Texas Department of State Health Services said […]
DOH: “We need to strengthen resolve to keep country Ebola-free”
QUEZON CITY, 11 Oct. (PIA)–Due to the growing concern over the Ebola virus, the Department of Health (DOH) gathered concerned private organizations and government agencies in a National Summit on Ebola Virus Disease. With the theme: One Nation, One Direction for EBOLA prevention, the event which was held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Ortigas, Quezon City, Friday, October 10, aims to solicit the support of participants to help the government keep the Philippines free […]
U.N. says thousands likely to be massacred if jihadists take Kobani
(Reuters) – Thousands of people most likely will be massacred if Kobani falls to Islamic State fighters, a U.N. envoy said on Friday, as militants fought deeper into the besieged Syrian Kurdish town in full view of Turkish tanks that have done nothing to intervene. U.N. envoy Staffan de Mistura said Kobani could suffer the same fate as the Bosnian town of Srebrenica, where 8,000 Muslims were murdered by Serbs in 1995, Europe’s worst atrocity […]
