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Industry threatens nearly half of natural heritage sites: WWF

by Mariëtte Le Roux Mining, oil exploration, illegal logging and other industries threaten almost half the natural World Heritage Sites the UN seeks to preserve for future generations, conservation group WWF said Wednesday. The 114 threatened sites provide food, water, shelter and medicine to over 11 million people — more than the population of Portugal, according to a WWF-commissioned report. “Despite the obvious benefits of these natural areas, we still haven’t managed to decouple economic […]

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DSWD says clearance for minors traveling abroad unaccompanied by parents, a must

QUEZON CITY – As the summer vacation starts, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) reminds families to secure a travel clearance for their children,  17 years old and below, who will be traveling to other countries alone or with companions other than their parents. The reminder comes in time for the summer vacation when the number of travel clearance issued to minors noticeably increases. “Most parents working overseas want their children to stay […]

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Climate change may threaten $2.5 trillion in assets

Eagle News International — Climate economists are warning that trillions of dollars’ worth of financial assets may be under threat from global warming’s effects by 2100. A team warned that if warming reaches 2.5 degrees Celsius (4.5 degrees Fahrenheit) over pre-industrial revolution levels by 2100; investments worth some $2.5 trillion dollars may be in danger. This was equal to half the current estimated stock market value of fossil-fuel companies. But even if the 2 degrees […]

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Battered Fiji braces for cyclone

SUVA, Fiji (AFP) — Fiji was battening down for another tropical cyclone Wednesday, just weeks after the most powerful storm in the Pacific nation’s history left 44 people dead and crippled infrastructure. The Fiji Meteorological Service said Tropical Cyclone Zena formed overnight Tuesday when a depression west of the main island Vita Levu intensified. It said the category two cyclone, with wind gusts of up to 130 kilometres (80 miles) an hour, was gathering strength, […]

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FIFA President denies links to “Panama Papers” scandal

  ZURICH, SWITZERLAND (Reuters) – FIFA President Gianni Infantino released a statement on Tuesday (April 5) denying involvement with companies implicated in the Panama leaks shortly after an article by Britain’s Guardian newspaper said the leaks showed contracts co-signed by Infantino in his role as director of legal services at UEFA, with an Argentine firm that bought TV rights for European continental competitions. “As I previously stated, I never personally dealt with Cross Trading nor […]

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Ombudsman: Ex-PNP chief Purisima and Napeñas liable for Mamasapano massacre

  MANILA, Philippines — The Office of the Ombudsman has found probable cause to file charges before the Sandiganbayan against Alan Purisima, former chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP) and Getulio Napeñas, former PNP-SAF Director in connection with the 25 January 2015 Mamasapano incident that left several casualties including members of the 44 Special Action Force (SAF), the biggest loss of a government elite force in history. The police officers are facing charges for […]

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Football: Infantino implicated in Panama Papers – report

  BERLIN, Germany (AFP) —  The signature of new FIFA president Gianni Infantino has cropped up in the so-called “Panama Papers” in connection with questionable TV rights sales in South America, the German newspaper behind the mass leaks reported on Tuesday. Swiss-Italian lawyer Infantino, 46, succeeded the suspended Sepp Blatter in February as the head of FIFA, which is reeling from the arrests of leading officials last year, as well as the clouds over the […]

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Iceland premier resigns as Panama Papers scandal widens 

by Hugues Honore with David Williams in Paris REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AFP) —  Iceland’s prime minister resigned Tuesday, becoming the first political victim of a mushrooming global scandal over hidden offshore financial dealings exposed in the so-called Panama Papers. Prime Minister Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson was the biggest casualty of a worldwide media probe into 11.5 million leaked documents that purportedly reveal the offshore financial activities of 140 political figures, including 12 current or former heads of […]

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PNP, bumuo na ng team para sa Kidapawan incident

(Eagle News) — Bumuo na ng fact finding team ang Phililippine National Police para imbestigahan ang dispersal sa Kidapawan City na nauwi sa karahasan at ikinamatay ng dalawang raliyista habang ikinasugat naman ng mahigit 100 katao. Ayon kay PC/Supt. Wilben Mayor, tagapagsalita ng PNP, nagtungo na sa naturang lugar ang five-man team na pinamumunuan ni PC/Supt. Isagani Nerez para simulan ang imbestigasyon at upang malaman kung mayroong mga tauhan ng PNP na aniya ay nakalabag […]

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Panama president defends transparency amidst leak scandal

PANAMA CITY, Panama (Reuters) – Panama’s President Juan Carlos Varela reaffirmed his country’s commitment to tax transparency after governments across the world began investigating possible financial wrongdoing by the rich and powerful after a leak of four decades of documents from a local law firm that specialized in setting up offshore companies. The “Panama Papers” revealed financial arrangements of politicians and public figures including friends of Russian President Vladimir Putin, relatives of the prime ministers […]

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Universities recover from fire

MANILA, Philippines – The University of the East and the University of the Philippines are slowly recovering from the fires that affected their respective campuses. UE announced that its summer classes will start on April 11 and enrollment is ongoing while UP College of Arts and Letters suspended classes until April 7 while the university is negotiating with the Bureau of Fire Prevention for the creation of a new fire station inside the campus. (Eagle […]

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