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In its latest bulletin, the PAGASA said that typhoon “Jose” continues to weaken as it moves away from the country. The typhoon was last seen near Aparri. PAGASA reiterated that “Jose” will not affect any part of the country, saying that it is the “habagat” that is bringing rains to the Philippines.
A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck southwestern China on Sunday, killing at least 367 people and leaving 1,881 injured in a remote area of Yunnan province, and causing thousands of buildings, including a school, to collapse. The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake registered at a shallow depth of less than 1 mile (1.6 km). Chinese state media said it was felt most strongly in Yunnan as well as in the neighboring provinces of Guizhou and […]
The Moro Islamic Liberation Front does not find it acceptable that the Malacañang amended 50% of the Bangsamoro Basic Law.
The water level in Angat Dam rises to more than two meters due to the continous rains.
An estimated 50 overseas Filipino workers were said to be included in the foreign workers that evacuated Libya through the Tunisian border.
Communications Secretary Sonny Coloma said that the Malacañang has nothing to do with the call for President Aquino to run once again in the 2016 elections, saying that it is just a call for support from the social media citizens. Coloma reiterated the constitutional provision which prohibits President Aquino from running for another term.
YANGON, Aug. 3 (PNA/Xinhua) — Myanmar is taking preventive measures against the spread of Ebola in the wake of discovery of such disease in four western African countries. Myanmar has started to screen and monitor the epidemic at airports and ports by using modern equipment, and training courses and infection control programs are being carried out at healthcare facilities with establishment of isolation wards there. According to a statement by the Health Ministry on Sunday, […]
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 3 (PNA/Bernama) — Malaysia has adopted precautionary measures following an outbreak of the deadly Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in western Africa, Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr S. Subramaniam said Sunday. He said the Health Ministry had strengthened preparedness and response activities, particularly at entry points into the country such as the KL International Airport (KLIA). The National Crisis Preparedness and Response Center (CPRC) was monitoring and coordinating the preparedness and response activities […]
MANILA, Aug. 3 (PNA) – Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago has filed a bill establishing an advisory office within the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) that will primarily protect senior citizens from any kind of fraud or scams. ”The seniors have the right to be free from abuse or exploitation of any kind,” Santiago explained in her Senate Bill 2293 or ‘Seniors Fraud Prevention Act.” Under the proposed bill, the DTI shall be directed to […]
MANILA, Aug. 3 (PNA) — Malacañang on Sunday renewed its call for Filipinos in Libya to repatriate themselves as the conflict there continues. “Tinatawagan po muli ang ating mga kababayang nasa Libya at pati na rin ang kanilang mga kamag-anak dito na pagtulungan po natin ang paghikayat sa kanila na lumikas na sa lalong madaling panahon para sa kanilang kaligtasan,” said , Presidential Communication Operations Office Secretary Hermio Coloma, Jr., in a press briefing over […]
(Reuters) – McDonald’s Corp CEO Don Thompson sure could use a break. The head of the world’s biggest restaurant chain, who for much of his two years at the helm has been battling to spark sales growth in the United States and Europe, got battered by headline-grabbing bad news in late July. In the final days of the month, its China business was hit with a food-safety scare involving a key supplier; the chain got ensnared in […]
(Reuters) – General Motors said on Sunday that it had asked its main Chinese supplier to find an alternative source of components after an explosion ripped through a factory a day earlier killing at least 69 people. The accident at the Zhongrong Metal Products Co Ltd plant in Kunshan city in the eastern province of Jiangsu was China’s worst industrial accident in a year. Aside from the fatalities, some 200 people were injured in the […]
