Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) will ban provincial buses from passing through EDSA after the opening of South Station in Muntinlupa City yesterday. Watch the update report from Eden Suarez.
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Exclusive: Microsoft CEO Nadella to visit China amid antitrust probe – source
(Reuters) – Microsoft Corp Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella is set to visit China in late September, a source familiar with the matter said on Thursday, as the Chinese government conducts an into the world’s largest software company. It is not clear if Nadella, who took over as Microsoft CEO in February, will meet with any Chinese government representatives as part of his visit, or try to resolve issues with the State Administration for Industry […]
NASA says new heavy-lift rocket debut not likely until 2018
(Reuters) – NASA’s new heavy-lift rocket, designed to fly astronauts to the moon, asteroids and eventually Mars, likely will not have its debut test flight until November 2018, nearly a year later than previous estimates, agency officials said on Wednesday. NASA is 70 percent confident of making a November 2018 launch date, given the technical, financial and management hurdles the Space Launch System faces on the road to development, NASA associate administrators Robert Lightfoot and […]
Senegalese WHO doctor with Ebola arrives for treatment in Germany
(Reuters) – A who contracted Ebola while working for the World Health Organisation (WHO)in Sierra Leone arrived in Hamburg on Wednesday for treatment at a tropical medicine unit, becoming Germany’s first patient with the disease. At a news conference on Wednesday the clinic’s tropical medicine specialist said the man would not be given new experimental drugs such as ZMapp but that his treatment would at first focus on managing his symptoms. The Senegalese doctor arrived […]
Malaysia Airlines set to announce second-quarter results and major restructure
(Reuters) — After losing colleagues in two plane disasters this year the 19,500 staff of Malaysia Airlines (MAS) now face a new ordeal – a quarter of them may lose their jobs at the unprofitable airline. Deep job losses, route cuts and a change of leadership are expected to feature in a restructuring plan being prepared by Malaysia’s government, likely to be announced when MAS also reports second-quarter results, probably the last before being de-listed. The numbers are […]
Keaton on form in Venice festival opener ‘Birdman’
(Reuters) – Former “Batman” star Michael Keaton gave a soaring start to the on Wednesday as a crestfallen superhero in “Birdman”, a film its Mexican director Alexandro Inarritu called an experiment that could have failed miserably. The film brings starpower that Venice, the world’s oldest film festival, needs to keep itself from being sidelined by the celebrity magnet of Cannes in May and industry powerfest the Toronto Film Festival, which opens next week. Noted for […]
Islamic State executes soldiers, takes hostages at Syria base: social media
(Reuters) – Islamic State militants have executed Syrian army soldiers and are holding a group hostage after capturing an air base in northeast Syria at the weekend, pictures posted on social media by supporters showed on Wednesday. Islamic State, an offshoot of al Qaeda, stormed Tabqa air base near Raqqa city on Sunday after days of fighting with the army that cost more than 500 lives, according to monitoring group the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Tabqa […]
Indefinite ceasefire between Israel and Palestinian militants, takes hold
In Jerusalem, observers said that the indefinite ceasefire seems to be holding, as parties focus on long-term arrangements.
Alert level 4 remains in Gaza strip
The Department of Foreign Affairs said that the Alert Level 4 remains in the Gaza despite the ceasefire between Israel and Palestine.
Palace: Pnoy did not commit any impeachment offence
Malacañang said that President Aquino should not be impeached, saying that, although they respect the constitutional mandate of the Congress on the impeachment process, the President had not committed any impeachable offense.
Palestine celebrates cease fire
Palestinians celebrate the cease-fire after a month-long fight between Israel and Hamas militants.
Atty. Florin Hilbay, Acting Solicitor General
A professor at the University of the Philippines College of Law, Atty. Florin Hilbay, was appointed as Acting Solicitor General to replace Francis Jardeleza who was appointed as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court.
