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Condemning attacks, leaders in Paris make careful leap to climate change

(Reuters) For world leaders attending a long-planned climate summit in Paris just weeks after 130 people were killed by Islamic State militants in the French capital, addressing the coincidental convergence of global warming and terrorism was unavoidable. In a series of some 150 opening speeches at the heavily guarded facility on the outskirts of Paris, most heads of state and prime ministers offered condolences to their French hosts, pivoting quickly, sometimes awkwardly, to the climate […]

President Obama to help fix climate change

United States President Barack Obama on Monday, November 30 said in the 21st Conference of Parties (COP 21) for the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) that the United States will help to fix climate change. Obama said a growing threat of climate change could define the contours of this century more dramatically than any other. United States is the world’s second biggest greenhouse gas emitter. https://youtu.be/XznVwd0LH20

More patients will benefit from newly built New Era General Hospital building

With the inauguration of the Avelina Manalo-Makapugay Building by Iglesia Ni Cristo’s Executive Minister, Brother Eduardo V. Manalo, the health needs of patients coming into the hospital would be better addressed. From the 40-bed capacity hospital — it now houses 140 beds. This means, more ministers and volunteers plus their families, will now have access to state-of-the-art equipment and services of the new hospital. Even non-members are welcome to visit and try their services. The […]

New Era General Hospital’s second building inaugurated

The new, modern and state-of-the-art New Era General Hospital – Avelina Manalo Makapugay Building was inaugurated on Monday, November 30. The inauguration was led by the Iglesia Ni Cristo Executive Minister, Brother Eduardo V. Manalo. The New Era General Hospital was built last 1993, and now after 20 years, a bigger and modern four-storey world-class building has built. Dr. Sergie Santos III, assistant medical director of the New Era General Hospital, said the structure of […]

ASEAN Regional Forum Workshop opens in Beijing

The third Association of Southeast Asian Nations or ASEAN regional forum workshop on space security kicked off on Monday in Beijing. Co-hosted by China, Laos, Russia and the United States, the two-day workshop has drawn more than 20 countries including ASEAN members, Japan and Australia. Hundreds of delegates and representatives from the UN and regional organizations as well as international think tanks will discuss issues on the outer space policies and military control. Chinese vice […]

Hollande, Ban open Paris climate conference

World leaders launched an ambitious attempt on Monday (November 30) to hold back the earth’s rising temperatures, with French President Francois Hollande saying no international summit has ever had such high stakes. Some 150 heads of state, including big emitters U.S. President Barack Obama and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, will urge each other to find common cause in two weeks of bargaining to steer the global economy away from its dependence on fossil fuels. […]

Obama says U.S. will step up on climate change

(Reuters)  U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday said that the United States accepted its responsibility as the world’s second biggest greenhouse gas emitter to help fix climate change, adding that global action need not damage economic growth. Speaking in Paris where more than 150 world leaders have gathered for a U.N. summit aimed at reaching an agreement to curb global warming, Obama said a growing threat of climate change could define the contours of this […]

Chinese President Xi says climate deal must address economic gaps

Chinese President Xi Jinping said it was crucial climate talks in Paris addressed economic differences between nations and allowed different countries to develop their own solutions to the problem of global warming. China, the world’s top emitter, has always insisted that developed nations had to take the most responsibility for warming the planet and emerging economies needed to be given freedom to develop. “It is important to respect the differences among countries, especially developing countries,” […]