Casualties reach up to 500 in the worse attack in five years by a militant group in Nigeria.
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Bilibid to be transferred to Nueva Ecija
The Department of Justice stated that the New Bilibid Prison will be transferred to Fort Magsaysay, Nueva Ecija from its current location at Muntinlupa City, in order to give better prison conditions to the inmates in line with the international standard.
Family arrested for selling marijuana
The Philippine National Police arrested eight members of a family caught in the act of processing marijuana in Camarin, Caloocan City.
PAGASA spots low pressure area in Batanes
A low pressure area was spotted in the Philippine area of responsibility, 450 km northeast of Batanes.
APRUB – KAPISANAN NG MGA BRODKASTER NG PILIPINAS
Binuo ang Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas upang pagtibayin ang Press Freedom, free speech at maipahayag ang karapatan ng tao. Nagsasagawa din ang KBP ng mga trainings upang madevelop ang ethical standards at values sa Philippine Broadcasting. Sa pamamagitan ng pagkakaisa, ipino-promote nito ang patas na kumpetisyon sa bawat members. Kabilang rin ang pagsasagawa ng mga seminars at conferences na may kinalaman sa Broadcast industry. Bahagi pa ng KBP ang kaayusan para sa Economic, […]
Military jet crashes in Southern California, damages homes
(Reuters) – A U.S. military jet crashed in a Southern California desert town on Wednesday, damaging homes, according to military officials and local media. An AV-8B Harrier jet from the Marine Corps Air Station in Yuma, Arizona, crashed at about 4:20 p.m. local time in Imperial, California, said Corporal Melissa Lee of the San-Diego based Marine Corps Air Station Miramar. As of Wednesday night, eight homes were evacuated, but no injuries had been reported, the […]
Bergdahl had left his unit before, but returned: sources
(Reuters) – A U.S. military investigation of Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl’s capture by the Taliban found he had slipped away from his unit before but had always returned, raising questions about whether or not he was deserting when he disappeared in 2009, people familiar with the findings said on Thursday. Bergdahl, 28, was freed after five years as an Afghanistan war prisoner on Saturday when the Obama administration agreed to release five Taliban leaders from Guantanamo prison […]
Global warming damages corals vital to small islands: UN
(Reuters) – Global warming is causing trillions of dollars of damage to coral reefs, aggravating risks to tropical small island states threatened by rising sea levels, a U.N. report said on Thursday. The rise in sea levels off some islands in the Western Pacific was four times the global average, with gains of 1.2 cms (0.5 inch) a year from 1993 to 2012, due to shifts in winds and currents, said the United Nations’ Environment […]
ERC okays lower Meralco rates starting July
MANILA (PNA) — The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) on Thursday approved the provisional decrease in Manila Electric Company’s (Meralco) distribution charge starting July. In a decision, the regulator said the distribution charge will be at an average of P1.56 kilowatt per hour (kWh), lower compared to its current P1.65/kWh level. ”This translates to a reduction of P0.0851 on the average,” ERC Executive Director lawyer Francis Saturnino C. Juan told PNA. The order requires Meralco to […]
EU gives another 30 million euros for “Yolanda”- recovery assistance
MANILA (PNA) — The Philippines has received another EUR 30 million worth of financial assistance from the European Union (EU) for the reconstruction program in areas affected by typhoon ‘Yolanda’. In her visit to the Philippines until Thursday, EU Commissioner for International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response Kristalina Georgieva said the EUR 30-million grant is an expression of continued support of EU to the Philippine government to help the victims of the super typhoon. […]
President Aquino stresses need to do more to reduce climate change risks
By Azer N. Parrocha MANILA, June 5 (PNA) — With tragedies caused by climate change becoming more frequent, devastating and larger in scale, President Benigno S. Aquino III on Thursday stressed the need to do more to reduce the risks due to natural disasters. Speaking before delegates at the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) Manila Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction and Management held at the Diamond Hotel, the President said it is about time the government be […]
Pnoy denies dealing with Napoles
President Aquino denied dealing with alleged pork barrel scam queen Janet Lim Napoles, expressing that Napoles will not gain anything from him.
