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Syrian towns receive humanitarian aid

AID convoys have delivered much-needed humanitarian aid to several towns in Syria over the past two days. The town of al-Moadamiya in southwestern Damascus Countryside Governorate received 2,500 cases of aid including food and medicine from the governorate authorities and the Syrian Arab Red Crescent on Tuesday and Wednesday. The rebel-held town, which has around 45,000 residents living there, is besieged by government forces. The Chinese Embassy in Syria on Wednesday provided supplies including quilts and […]

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Bangsamoro peace process continues despite non-passage of BBL—Ferrer

  QUEZON CTY, Feb. 4 — Government of the Philippines said that the Bangsamoro peace process will continue even though the 16th Congress closed sessions Wednesday (3 Feb) without passing the proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL). “The collective inaction of our legislators to complete the deliberation on the BBL did not, and will not, stop the momentum of the Bangsamoro peace process,” Ferrer said in a statement on Wednesday. “At this low point, we call for […]

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Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal signed, but years of negotiations still to come

  The Trans-Pacific Partnership, one of the world’s biggest multinational trade deals, was signed by 12 member nations on Thursday (February 4) in New Zealand, but the pact will still require years of tough negotiations before it becomes a reality. The TPP, a deal which will cover 40 percent of the world economy, has already taken five years of negotiations to reach Thursday’s signing stage. “Signature today is an important step. But TPP is still […]

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Indian biotechnology firm working on two possible Zika vaccines

Indian biotechnology firm Bharat Biotech based in southern Hyderabad city, said on Wednesday (February 3) it was working on two possible vaccines to fight the Zika virus, which has been linked to birth defects in thousands of babies in Brazil. The virus is spreading rapidly in the Americas, and WHO officials on Tuesday (February 2) expressed concern that it could hit Africa and Asia as well. No vaccine has been developed so far. Chairman and […]

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Smart band-aids on the horizon

Wearable electronics will revolutionize the way doctors diagnose and treat patients, according to researchers at MIT, who are developing stretchable hydrogels that share many of the same properties of human tissue. “Hydrogel is a polymer network infiltrated with water. Even though it is only 5 to 10 percent polymer, this network is extremely important,” said Xuanhe Zhao, an associate professor of mechanical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). The polymer network Zhao and […]

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Malacañang to wait for Congress’ nod on Salary Standardization Law 4

The Palace will await Congress’ final decision on the proposed Salary Standardization Law (SSL) 4. “We await the final decision of Congress on the proposed SSL 4 that is still pending with the bicameral conference committee,” Communication Secretary Herminio Coloma, Jr. said in a statement issued on Wednesday. The bicameral conference committee on the proposed SSL 4 remained deadlocked as lawmakers adjourn for the election campaign. Lawmakers will go on recess this weekend. The House […]

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Improper waste management causes green house gases

The Provincial Environment Management Office (PEMO) in Negros Occidental said that improper waste management is one of the factors that causes the production of greenhouse gases in the country. Engr. Jocy Mar Victorino, Senior Environmental Management Specialist, said greenhouse gases can mainly be attributed to sources of energy, gasoline from vehicles and pollution, but improper waste management also contributes nine percent of the greenhouse gases that are emitted. Improper waste management can lead to biodegradable […]

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NASA releases animation showing flight over dwarf planet Ceres

NASA uploaded video showing an animation of what a flight over the dwarf planet of Ceres would look like illustrating the different craters that can be seen including “Occator”, “Ikapati”, “Ahuna Mons”, “Urvara”, “Haulani”, “Yalode” and “Dantue” The video was uploaded onto the social media page for NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory on January 29, 2016. The video was created using images from NASA’s Dawn spacecraft, a probe that was launched in 2007 to study Ceres […]

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Zika virus infection in Australia following a monkey bite in Indonesia

INFECTIOUS disease experts have warned that the fast-spreading Zika virus is likely being under-diagnosed in Southeast Asia. An Australian was infected after a monkey bite in Bali, Indonesia. A 27-year-old man was diagnosed with acute Zika virus after arriving at the Royal Darwin Hospital with fever and a rash seven days after the bite. He’d also been bitten by mosquitoes while holidaying in Bali. They also noted the virus has similar symptoms to other viruses, […]

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CJ Sereno: SC presumed in the past that foundlings are natural-born

SUPREME Court chief justice Ma. Lourdes Sereno revealed that the high tribunal has presumed in the past that foundlings are natural-born Filipinos. During the continuation of the oral arguments yesterday on the petitions by Senator Grace Poe assailing her disqualification by the poll body, Sereno grilled Commission on Elections commissioner Arthur Lim, posing tough questions about the constitutional provisions on citizenship, particularly on the theory of bloodlines and the rights of foundlings. Sereno, during her […]

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PRC alerts its chapters and volunteers vs Zika virus

The Philippine Red Cross or PRC mobilized on Tuesday all its chapters nationwide to encourage the people to eliminate all possible areas where mosquitoes can breed. The call for mobilization came amid health advisories and alerts on Zika fever that have been issued by health authorities all over the world, including the Pan American Health Organization, United States centers for disease control and prevention, World Health Organization, Department Of Health, and the International Federation of […]

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United States records first Zika virus case

The first Zika virus case in the United States of America was recorded in Texas with the Dallas County Health and Human Services announcing that the person contacted the virus due to personal contact with a person coming from a country affected by Zika. The health department added that the public should be more careful as the Zika virus can be transmitted through close and personal contact. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, […]

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