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Quezon Province Ready for WorldWide Walk

The Quezon Province PNP is ready with its security operations for the “INC WorldWide Walk”. Local police said that aside from the usual number of authorities that will be stationed in the area, at least 60 more police personnel and additional military men will be deployed for the said event, which is expected to fetch over a million participants here and abroad.

Pangasinan Ready For Today’s INC Walk

Authorities and local police of Pangasinan says that their security operation is ready for the charity event that will be held today at the De Venecia Highway in the said province. Millions are expected to join the Iglesia Ni Cristo (INC) WorldWide Walk from here and abroad, which is slated to begin at 4 pm local time.

1 million expected at INC event

MANILA- Philippines (Eagle News Service) — Hundreds of thousands to a million participants are expected to turn up at the Metro Manila site of the Iglesia Ni Cristo World Wide Walk for survivors of super typhoon Yolanda on  Saturday, February 15, which will also be held in 85 other sites in the Philippines and in 55 sites abroad. The global walk for a cause on Feb. 15 is expected to be a record-breaking event as […]

Benefits of Walking – Why Walking is Good To The Health?

Benefits of Walking By: Natalie Kate Ann Juntado Some people might not get used to it, but walking 30 minutes every day especially every morning can help improve our health and fitness, reduces heart disease, osteoporosis and some cancers. Not only that, walking also stretches our mind and soul which creates a sense of rhythm as we listen to our own silent rhythm that makes us a complete man – fit in mind, body and soul. […]

Metro Manila Experiences Cold Weather

According to PAGASA, Mindano will experience cloudy skies with thunderstorms due to the trough of the low pressure area. Visayas will experience rains due to the tail-end of the cold front. Metro Manila and the rest of Luzon will generally fair weather with partly cloudy skies and isolated rain showers. Expect cold weather brought by the north-east monsoon.

Microsoft Windows 8 lags predecessor in first-year sales

SEATTLE Thu Feb 13, 2014 4:11pm EST (Reuters) – Microsoft Corp’s Windows 8 system has racked up more than 200 million license sales since its launch 15 months ago, according to Tami Reller, its head of marketing, lagging Windows 7 which sold 240 million within its first year. The latest Windows 8 sales figure, announced by Reller at a Goldman Sachs technology conference on Thursday, is the first that Microsoft has made public for more […]

BP must face shareholder suit over 2006 Alaska oil spill

By Dan Levine SAN FRANCISCO Thu Feb 13, 2014 3:41pm EST (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court on Thursday revived a shareholder lawsuit against BP PLC over statements the company made in the wake of a 2006 oil spill in Alaska. The ruling from the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco allows shareholders to proceed with some securities fraud claims against BP after a lower judge had dismissed them. Representatives for BP […]

Baseball in Brazil? U.S. sports rise in the land of soccer

By Brian Winter SAO PAULO Thu Feb 13, 2014 4:00pm EST (Reuters) – Brazil is and always will be a soccer country, especially during a year in which it hosts the World Cup. Nevertheless, the major U.S. sports leagues for football, baseball and basketball are seeing unprecedented growth here as Brazilians become wealthier, more worldly and even frustrated with the shortcomings of their own national pastime. The newfound success of the U.S.’ National Football League […]

California lawmaker wants warning labels on sugary drinks

By Sharon Bernstein SACRAMENTO, California Thu Feb 13, 2014 6:06pm EST (Reuters) – Sodas and most other sugar-sweetened drinks sold in California would be required to carry warning labels for obesity, diabetes and tooth decay under a bill introduced in Sacramento on Thursday and backed by several public health advocacy groups. The first proposal of its kind would put California, which banned sodas and junk food from public schools in 2005, back in the vanguard […]