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MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Social Welfare and Development said it will build more than 8,000 disaster-resilient houses in Bohol for families who were affected by the 7.2 magnitude quake. DSWD Secretary Corazon Soliman said the project will be undertaken in partnership with the Habitat for Humanity under the Core Shelter Assistance Project (CSAP). The project aims to build a total of 8,083 disaster- resilient homes which will be environment-friendly. The houses will be […]
DANISH film director Gabriel Axel, the first Dane to win an Oscar for best foreign film “Babette’s Feast”, died Sunday, February 9, at the age of 95. News about his death was announced by his daughter, Karin Moerch, in a statement. She said her father died “quietly and peacefully after a long and eventful life.” She did not say where he died or give the cause of death. Born April 18, 1918, in Denmark’s second […]
MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) announced Monday that a total of P17.69 billion has already been released since December for the recovery and rehabilitation of communities damaged by the outrage of the Super Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan). Yolanda, considered as one of strongest typhoon on record, left more than 6,200 dead and a total P39.8 billion in damages to both property and livelihood. “True to the President’s word, the Administration has […]
By Ellen Wulfhorst NEW YORK Mon Feb 10, 2014 4:57pm EST (Reuters) – Going for the gold isn’t just a slogan for the Olympics Games; the gleaming metal is dominating fashions for fall. Gold is appearing in elegant evening wear, where it might be expected to shine, and in casual tops, sweaters and jackets as well on the runways in New York, where hundreds of designers are showing their Fall 2014 collections this week. Son […]
By Keith Weir SOCHI, Russia Mon Feb 10, 2014 8:05pm EST (Reuters) – American snowboarder Shaun White, one of the best known faces in winter sport, makes a belated bid for Olympic gold in Sochi on Tuesday when he tries to retain his halfpipe title. Women ski jumpers compete for the first time at an Olympics after their years of lobbying for a Games spot was rewarded. They make their debut on a day when […]
By Andrew M. Seaman NEW YORK Mon Feb 10, 2014 5:29am EST (Reuters Health) – Young women who smoke may have an increased risk of a common type of breast cancer, according to a new study. Researchers found that women between 20 and 44 years old who had smoked a pack of cigarettes per day for at least 10 years were 60 percent more likely than those who smoked less to develop so-called estrogen receptor-positive […]
BAGHDAD Mon Feb 10, 2014 3:22pm EST (Reuters) – The speaker of Iraq’s parliament narrowly escaped death on Monday when a roadside bomb exploded near his convoy close to the northern city of Mosul, his office said. Usama al-Nujaifi, one of Iraq’s most senior Sunni Muslim politicians, was visiting al-Salam area south of Mosul when the bomb exploded, badly damaging a vehicle carrying his bodyguards, who were wounded, it said. No group immediately claimed responsibility […]
By Paulo Prada RIO DE JANEIRO Mon Feb 10, 2014 4:06pm EST (Reuters) – A Brazilian television cameraman was pronounced brain dead by surgeons at a Rio de Janeiro hospital Monday, four days after a firework lit by a protester struck him in the head. His death, the first in Brazil this year due to protests that threaten to disrupt the World Cup soccer tournament beginning in June, underscores the unruliness and violence that have […]
MANILA, Philippines (ENS) — President Aquino has called a meeting of all relevant government agencies about public road safety as he expressed alarm about the recent spate of fatal road accidents that involved passenger buses, Malacanang said Monday, February 10. The President was particularly “very concerned” and saddened with the most recent accident involving a G.V. Florida bus that fell into a ravine in Bontoc, Mountain Province killing 14 passengers, one of whom was actor-comedian […]
If you are looking for a unique vehicle, a truck made from 11 thousand blocks of ice can be found in Canada. The ‘ice truck’, which is a replica of the 2005 Chevy Silverado, is fully functional. According to various reports, the truck was built by Hensall, Ontario-based Icedculture, using a real truck chasis and running gear. Its battery can reportedly resist temperatures as low as minus 40 degrees celsius. Last year, the truck set a […]
(Reuters) – Hundreds of farmers rallied outside Thailand’s justice ministry on Monday to protest against the state’s failure to pay them for rice bought under a controversial subsidy scheme that the caretaker administration in Bangkok is struggling to fund. The rice program was a signature policy of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, who was swept to power in 2011 with the help of millions of rural votes, but has become one of the biggest threats to […]
Indonesia released on parole convicted Australian drug trafficker Schapelle Corby on Monday (February 10) from a prison on the resort island of Bali despite calls from some legislators for the high-profile prisoner to serve out her full term. Corby, 36, was among nearly 1,300 convicts approved for parole, the Justice Ministry said in a statement, because she “fulfilled substantive and administrative requirements as laid out by the law”. Corby was sentenced to 20 years in […]
