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Victims speak of trauma after Ecuador earthquake
ECUADOR (AFP) — As rescuers continue to search for survivors of a powerful earthquake that killed 272 people, victims of the earthquake speak of their trauma.
Treating liver cancer with tiny beads
Treating cancer that began in the liver or has spread to the liver can often involve months of chemotherapy and painful radiation treatments. But now there’s a new procedure that takes tiny beads that carry a high dose of radiation and sends them straight to the cancer. Credit: Ivanhoe Broadcast News/Reuters
Scenes from Japan’s two powerful earthquakes
Scenes from Japan’s two powerful earthquakes Long cracks in the ground can also be seen, revealing the fault lines that triggered the two massive earthquakes, one on Thursday (April 14) and one on Saturday (April 16). Japanese media quoted experts as saying the fault lines moved as much as three metres (3.2 yards) apart in places. There have been more than 230 aftershocks of at least level 1 on the Japanese scale since Thursday’s quake, […]
Historic Kumamoto castle damaged by powerful Japan quakes
KUMAMOTO, Japan (AFP) — Kumamoto castle in south Japan is damaged after two powerful earthquakes which killed more than 40 people and left buildings in rubble and houses buried in mud. https://youtu.be/SvKb0DK-r4c
Overseas workers in Macau flock to the polls – Kit Wong reports
Overseas workers in Macau flock to the polls Kit Wong reports.
Philippines’ Ferdinand Marcos Jnr defiant on father’s legacy
by Cecil MORELLA / Karl MALAKUNAS MANILA, Philippineas (AFP) — On the verge of securing his family’s biggest victory since their humiliating downfall three decades ago, Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos’s son talks confidently about his political ambitions and his father’s legacy. In an exclusive interview with AFP ahead of May 9 elections, with surveys showing he could win the vice presidency, Ferdinand Marcos Jnr conceded there were “widespread human rights abuses” during his father’s rule. […]
WHO clears administration of dengue vaccines on areas with high dengue rates
MANILA, April 19 – The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Department of Health (DOH) address fears and uncertainties as the WHO Strategic Group of Experts (SAGE) released its recommendation to administer the world’s first dengue vaccine. WHO SAGE is the principal advisory group to WHO for vaccines and immunization. It is charged with advising WHO on overall global vaccination policies and strategies, ranging from vaccines and technology, research and development, to delivery of vaccination […]
Japan quake survivors struggle with shortages, search for missing goes on
Survivors of a series of Japanese quakes measuring up to 7.3 struggled on Tuesday with shortages of food and water as the death toll rose to 44 and rescuers dug through mud and rubble for the missing, but hopes dimmed of finding them alive. Japanese stocks bounced back from Monday’s slide, with electronics manufacturer Sony Corp climbing 6.7 percent after saying its image sensor plant in Kumamoto, shut after the quake, makes components mainly […]
OCD launches #Pagyanig Challenge
QUEZON CITY, April 19 — In line with the conduct of the 1st Nationwide Simultaneous Earthquake Drill (NSED) this year, on Thursday, 21 April 2016 the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) launches a social media campaign dubbed as #pagyanig Challenge. Given the official hashtag for the NSED, #Pagyanig, OCD developed the #Pagyanig Challenge. This campaign aims to encourage the public to participate in the earthquake drill and at the same time educate them on the importance […]
Nationwide job fairs set on Labor Day
MANILA, Apr. 19 — Labor and Employment Secretary Rosalinda Dimapilis-Baldoz announced that the 2016 Labor Day Celebration on 1 May will be highlighted by the conduct of modified Job Fairs in 44 sites across the country’s 17 regions. “The 2016 Labor Day celebration underscores the DOLE’s effort in developing the country’s top resource, our workers, and generating decent and productive jobs to secure a brighter future for the country,” Bladoz said. The 114th Labor Day […]
‘Rape’ joke ni Duterte, napansin din ng international media
MANILA, Philippines — Nakuha na rin ang atensyon ng international media sa ginawang ‘rape’ joke ni presidential frontrunner Rodrigo Duterte. Inilathala ng Strait Times ng Singapore, BBC at Guardian na naka-base sa United Kingdom at maging ng Australian News site na ABC ang sinabi ni Duterte kaugnay sa panghahalay at pagpatay sa misyonaryang si Jacqueline Hamill. Na anila’y kinondena at umani ng batikos. Bukod sa mga kalaban ni Duterte sa pagka-Pangulo, binatikos rin ng mga […]
