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MANILA, 10 March (PIA) — “Go beyond the (Earth) Hour.” Thus said Interior and Local Government Secretary Mel Senen S. Sarmiento as he urged all local chief executives (LCEs) when the Philippines will once again join the global community in celebrating the 10th year of Earth Hour on Saturday, March 19, 2016. Earth Hour, which is being held every third Saturday of March, is an annual global event where people from all over the world […]
MANILA, Mar. 10 — President Benigno S. Aquino III has appointed Cabinet Secretary Jose Rene Almendras as ad interim Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs, replacing Secretary Albert del Rosario whose resignation took effect on Tuesday. “Upon his assumption as Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Secretary Jose Rene Almendras has ceased to be Cabinet Secretary,” Communication Secretary Sonny Coloma, Jr. said on Wednesday. According to Secretary Coloma, Executive Secretary Paquito Ochoa, Jr. will supervise the […]
https://youtu.be/l-jFCIUl6ww by Agnès PEDRERO GENEVA Switzerland (AFP) — Global health experts agreed Wednesday to prioritize developing vaccines against the Zika virus suspected of causing birth defects, but a Brazilian specialist warned that doing so would take at least three years. “Perhaps in three years we will have a vaccine,” Jorge Kalil, head of the Butantan Institute in Sao Paulo, told reporters in Geneva, acknowledging that even that estimate was “optimistic”. He was among global health […]
BEIJING, China (Reuters) — China expressed concerns on Wednesday (March 9) over the United States’ plan to base long-range bombers in Australia, and claimed that such cooperation should not target the interests of third parties. The deployments could include B-1 bombers and an expansion of B-52 bomber missions, said Lt. Col. Damien Pickart, a spokesman for the U.S. Air Force in the Pacific, stressing that discussions were continuing and no decisions had yet been reached. […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — Manila will lease five military planes from Japan to patrol Philippine-claimed waters and outcrops in the disputed South China Sea, President Benigno Aquino announced Wednesday. He said the leasing the TC-90 aircraft was part of government efforts to protect Philippine territory, which also included previously stated plans to acquire fighter jets and transport aircraft. “Also lined up this year… is the lease of five of Japan’s TC-90 training aircraft that would […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles into the sea off its eastern coast on Thursday, fueling a build-up in military tensions after its recent nuclear test and long-range rocket launch. South Korea’s defence ministry said the two missiles were fired around 5:20 am (2020 GMT Wednesday) and flew some 500 kilometres (300 miles), before landing in the East Sea (Sea of Japan) off the North Korean port city of […]
CARACAS, Venezuela (AFP) — President Nicolas Maduro on Wednesday recalled Venezuela’s top diplomat from the United States in protest at the renewal of a year-old US decree calling his country a security threat. “Enough arrogance, double standards, condescension and intrigue,” the leftist leader said as he announced he was summoning charge d’affaires Maximilien Arvelaiz back to Caracas. “Bolivar’s Venezuela deserves respect.” © 1994-2016 Agence France-Presse
(Eagle News )– Inaasahan ni Pangulong Benigno Aquino III na magpapaliwanag ang Korte Suprema kaugnay ng desisyon ng huli na pumapabor sa pagtakbo sa presidential election sa Mayo ni Senadora Grace Poe-Llamanzares. Matapos ang change of command sa liderato ng Philippine Air Force (PAF) na ginanap sa Fernando Air Base sa Lipa City, Batangas, sinabi ng pangulo na bagama’t kailangan pa niyang mabasa ang laman ng desisyon, pananagutan aniya ng Korte Suprema (Supreme Court) na […]
Washington, United States (AFP)—The slump in Chinese growth and its nascent economic transition was the key factor in a sharp slowdown last year in global trade, the World Bank said Wednesday. Trade, as measured by total merchandise import volumes, rose only 1.7 percent in 2015, down from 3.0 percent in 2014, the Bank said in a new report. That stall in trade, one of the key drivers of economic growth in recent years, was mostly […]
Lagos, Nigeria (AFP)—Thirty people have now died in the collapse of a five-storey building under construction in an upmarket area of Nigeria’s biggest city Lagos, a rescue official said on Wednesday. “We have so far recovered 30 corpses and the number of those rescued alive still stands at 13,” Ibrahim Farinloye, from the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), told AFP. A total of 12 bodies were recovered since rescuers resumed work Wednesday morning, he added. […]
by Michael Mathes WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Billionaire Donald Trump notched a pair of easy victories Tuesday in the Republican presidential nomination race, as Democrat Hillary Clinton suffered a surprise loss to Bernie Sanders in one of the two major states at stake. Trump shrugged off a barrage of negative advertising and intense efforts by the party establishment to derail his White House campaign to win primaries in Michigan and Mississippi, signaling to his […]
(AFP) — After nearly a year orbiting the Earth, US astronaut Scott Kelly was greeted by friends and family upon his arrival home. He explained the “ubelievable feeling” he has after having spent more time in space than any other American. https://youtu.be/m83rQ2mfPjo
