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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 […]
(Reuters) – New York Giants sack master Michael Strahan and Raiders punter Ray Guy were among seven former NFL players enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame during ceremonies at Canton, Ohio on Saturday. They joined defensive end Claude Humphrey, linebacker Derrick Brooks, tackle Walter Jones, receiver Andre Reed and cornerback Aeneas Williams in boosting the Hall’s ranks to 287. “I’ve waited almost 30 years to get to this podium, so don’t rush me […]
(Reuters) – Top seed Serena Williams won the final eight games to rout Andrea Petkovic in the semi-final at the Stanford Classic in California on Saturday. Williams eventually turned what started as a closely-fought contest into a one-sided romp as she beat the frustrated German 7-5 6-0. The American will go for her third title in four years when she meets third seed Angelique Kerber in the final on Sunday. “Andrea and I both had really long matches yesterday, […]
(Reuters) – An American doctor stricken with the deadly Ebola virus while in Liberia and brought to the United States for treatment in a special isolation ward is improving, the top U.S. health official said on Sunday. Dr Kent Brantly, a 33-year-old father of two young children, was able to walk, with help, from an ambulance after he was flown on Saturday to Atlanta, where he was being treated by infectious disease specialists at Emory […]
(Reuters) – An Israeli air strike killed 10 people and wounded about 30 on Sunday in a U.N.-run school in the southern Gaza Strip, a Palestinian official said, as dozens died in Israeli shelling of the enclave and Hamas fired rockets at Israel. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon described the attack as a “moral outrage and a criminal act” and called for those responsible for the “gross violation of international humanitarian law” to be held accountable. The […]
(Reuters) – Islamic State fighters seized control of Iraq’s biggest dam, an oilfield and three more towns on Sunday after inflicting their first major defeat on Kurdish forces since sweeping through the region in June. Capture of the Mosul Dam after an offensive of barely 24 hours could give the Sunni militants the ability to flood major Iraqi cities or withhold water from farms, sharply raising the stakes in their bid to topple Prime Minister […]
