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By Narae Kim JINDO, South Korea Wed Apr 16, 2014 9:39pm EDT (Reuters) – South Korean coastguard and navy divers resumed searching on Thursday for about 290 people still missing, many of them students from the same high school, after a ferry capsized in sight of land. Grieving family members gathered on the quay of the coastal city of Jindo, huddled in blankets against the spring cold as efforts to locate the missing went into […]
(Reuters) – Several people appear to have survived in an air pocket of a capsized South Korean ferry, the father of one of the school children aboard the boat told a Reuters reporter accompanying families out to the scene of the disaster on Thursday. About 290 people are still missing out of 450 passengers on the Sewol ferry, which capsized in still-mysterious circumstances off the Korean peninsula on Wednesday in what could be […]
The National Food Authority said on Tuesday that Vietnam emerged as the lowest bidder for the contract to supply 800,000 metric tons of rice to the Philippines this year. NFA spokesman Rex Estoperez said NFA would likely award the contract to import 800,000 metric tons of rice to Vietnam.
The third fight between rivals Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez generated a total of $11,648,300 in live gate receipts, according to the Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC), which supervised the bout.
Google has beaten the largest social networking sites to purchase solar drone maker Titan Aerospace to deliver wireless internet access to remote parts of the world.
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) is accepting applicants for this year’s Special Program for Employment of Students (SPES). Aim of this program is to help students to earn money for their college tuition fees this coming school year 2014-2015. This special progra is supported by Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE). According to MMDA Chairman Francis Tolentino, selected students will be assigned to work in different agencies for a month.
Justice Secretary Leila de Lima has ordered National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to serve the warrant of arrest on Cedric Lee and his companions who were involved in the mauling of actor TV host Vhong Navarro last January 22. Among the respondents in the grave coercion case, only Denice Cornejo and Joe Fernandez were able to post the P12,000 bail. Lee and the other four respondents can only post bail on Monday, and could be […]
(Reuters) – The number of deaths caused by Ebola has slowed dramatically in Guinea and the outbreak is nearly under control, the country’s health ministry said on Tuesday. The spread of Ebola from a remote corner of Guinea to the capital and into neighboring Liberia has killed about 130 people and spread panic across West African nations struggling with weak healthcare systems and porous borders. While Guinea claimed progress in containing the virus, U.S. experts […]
(Reuters) – China’s economy grew at its slowest pace in 18 months at the start of 2014, but did a touch better than expected and showed some improvement in March, suggesting Beijing will not rush to follow up recent steps to support activity. Authorities have ruled out major stimulus to fight short-term dips in growth, signaling the slowdown was an expected consequence of their reform drive, even as some analysts think the economy will lose […]
Rescue teams in South Korea are racing against time to find almost 300 people missing after a ferry sank off the country’s southern coast. The vessel was carrying a large group of high school students. A distress signal was sent from the ferry at 9:00 a.m. local time (0000 GMT), but the 6,825-ton vessel sank within two hours, after listing sharply and capsizing. It sank 20 kilometers (13 miles) off the southern island of Byungpoong. […]
(Reuters) – More than 300 people were missing after a ferry sank off South Korea, the coastguard said on Wednesday, with a three-fold increase in the number of passengers unaccounted for put down to a miscalculation by officials. The ferry was carrying 477 people, of whom 164 were confirmed rescued, coastguard officials said. Two people were confirmed dead after the ferry listed heavily onto its side and capsized in apparently calm conditions off South Korea’s […]
Ukraine started its anti-terrorist actions against pro-Russian sympathizers in the eastern part of the country.
