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International crisis in Ukraine continues to escalate as Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a treaty that returns Crimea to Russia. The Japanese government condemned Russia’s move, reiterating that this infringes Ukraine’s territorial integrity. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said that Japan would consult with Group of Seven allies and would look into on taking further steps against Russia.
(Reuters) – Investigations into the mystery of a missing Malaysian jet appeared to be at a deadlock on Wednesday, with no conclusive evidence of foul play and doubts whether nations would share military tracking data that could show where the plane may have headed. Eleven days have passed since Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 went missing, and 26 nations are struggling to search for the airliner over an area more than two-thirds the size of the […]
More than 500 families were affected by a fire in Sitio Camansi, San Miguel, Cebu.
The Philippine Coast Guard was dismayed with the decision of the Department of Justice when it filed a homicide case against 8 PCG personnel involved in the Balitan Channel incident.
(Reuters) – Phil Jackson was officially named president of the New York Knicks on Tuesday in a move the National Basketball Association team hopes will help restore a winning culture to the franchise. Jackson, a link to the Knicks’ glory days as a defensive-minded role player on teams that won two NBA titles in the early 1970s, went on to win a record 11 NBA titles as a head coach – six with the Chicago […]
Twelve days after the disappearance of Malaysia Airline Flight 370, relatives of the Chinese passengers threaten hunger strike due to the unambiguous statements made by the authorities.
A low-pressure area entered the Philippine Area of Responsibility in Mindanao resulting in scattered rain showers in Eastern Visayas and Mindanao.
Presidential Communications Operations Office Secretary Sonny Coloma said that the government, in particular, the Department of Energy, is on top of the electric supply problem. This is in response to Manny Pangilinan’s statement saying that Manila may suffer rotational brownouts if the government is not ready for the scheduled maintenance of electrical plants.
MANILA, Philippines — Nielson Pangan, this year’s bar topnotcher, describes himself as “just an average student” who prayed a lot. The 27-year old law graduate of the University of the Philippines College of Law topped the 2013 Bar Exams, besting 1,174 other examinees who passed the exams with a grade of 85.80 percent. When his friends started calling him up to congratulate him, Pangan said he thought it was just a joke at first. But […]
The topnotcher of the 2013 Bar Examination, Atty. Nielson Pangan, is a professor of New Era University College of Business Administration. Here is the exclusive interview with Neah Mangawang.
(Reuters) – Apple Inc said it would offer an iPad 4 tablet in place of the mid-range iPad 2 at the same price and the company launched a cheaper, lower capacity version of its plastic-backed iPhone 5C in Australia, China and some European countries. The iPad 4 is available at $399 for the 16GB Wi-Fi model and $529 for the 16GB Wi-Fi + cellular model at the four major U.S. carriers – AT&T Inc, Sprint […]
They call it the Uninterrupted Direct Current and it could be the solution to India’s crippling, rolling power cuts. The UDC guarantees continuous power from the grid even during outages. A new collaboration between the Indian government and the Indian Institute of Technology in Chennai promises to be a “game changer” in power starved India. It could spell the end for the country’s chronic power outages. In the southern state of Tamil Nadu, for instance, […]
