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The number of people evacuated due to Malaysia’s worst-ever floods jumped to more than 160,000 on Saturday (December 27). The number of people evacuated jumped from 100,000 a day before, the New Straits Times newspaper reported. Northeastern peninsular Malaysia, which is worst affected part of the country, is regularly hit by flooding during the annual “northeast monsoon”, but this year’s rains have been particularly heavy Prime Minister Najib Razak cut short a vacation in the U.S. to tour […]
Thai authorities warned residents in at least seven southern provinces to brace for more flash floods in the coming days as rain shows no sign of letting up, local media reported on Saturday (December 27) The Meteorological Department forecast on its website that rain was likely to intensify, especially in Phattalung, Songkhla, Pattani, Yala, and Narathiwat provinces. Accumulative rain is expected from December 28 to January 1, 2015 due to the northeast monsoon across the southern part and the Gulf of Thailand In Yala, local […]
(Reuters) — A hippo being transported on a truck in South Taiwan’s Miaoli County on Friday (December 26) jumped out of the vehicle, and broke its leg and tooth, being left stranded on the street for hours before being rescued, local media reported. The hippo jumped through the window of the moving truck and hit a parked car before falling on the ground, local media said. Footage aired on FTV, a local broadcaster, showed the […]
(Eagle News Service) — Hundreds to thousands of New York police officers turned their backs on a screen which showed city Mayor Bill de Blasio delivering a eulogy for slain NY police police department’s Rafael Ramos on Saturday, December 27. Reuters said that police forces from across the country “wordlessly turned away from the giant screens broadcasting the funeral at the church in Queens, New York as de Blasio took to the podium.” It said the number […]
(Reuters) — A number of orphanages have been established in Conakry, capital city of Guinea, to accommodate children who have been left behind by their parents killed by the Ebola virus. Although these children are all Ebola free, community members and their relatives are in constant denial to take their responsibilities in fear of catching infection. The founder of Felfedef Children’s Home, Agnes Mimi Loua, has turned an old fax and photocopy center into an orphanage […]
GENEVA – Over 7 million people from 194 countries have participated in MY World, the United Nations survey for a better world. The survey places good jobs in the top 3 priorities for post-2015. MY World survey participants have voted for six out of 16 issues which are most important to them and their families – from better health care to clean water and sanitation, to freedom from discrimination. Their votes represent the hopes and […]
A brawl broke out between Georgian politicians during a parliament session on Friday (December 26), as deputies came to blows over the selection process of the country’s delegations in international bodies. The debate on party quotas became heated when senior parliamentarian Tina Khidasheli suggested the United National Movement party have their quota decreased. “Quota shares must be brought to reality for all delegations, because of the fact that (OurGeorgia) Free Democrats is now not in […]
MALAYBALAY CITY, Bukidnon, December 27 (PIA) —New People’s Army (NPA) rebels freed on Friday the two soldiers they abducted four months ago in Impasugong town. Maj. Christian Uy, spokesman of the Army’s 4th Infantry Division said Philippine Army privates Jerrel H. Yorong and Marnel T. Cinches were released facilitated by religious leaders and Bukidnon Gov. Jose Ma. Zubiri Jr., in Mahayag sub-village, Barangay Saint Peter, Malaybalay City at 11:00 a.m, December 26, 2014. In a […]
At least 12 local government units (LGUs) in Metro Manila now have their own fully-automated air quality monitoring stations (AQMS), while the remaining five will have theirs by January or February next year. This, as the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) vows to double time to ensure that international air quality standards are met throughout the metropolis before President Benigno Aquino III steps down in 2016. DENR Secretary Ramon J. P. Paje said […]
Sony Pictures comedy “The Interview” grossed more than $1 million in limited release at the U.S. box office on Thursday (December 25), the studio said on Friday. The 44 million dollar (USD) film was pulled from wide release after major U.S. movie chains balked at showing the movie owing to security concerns, and it was instead shown at some 320 smaller theaters in the United States, less than 10 percent of its planned wide release. […]
Indonesian officials offered floral tributes to the victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami on Friday (December 26) as the region commemorated the 10th anniversary of the disaster. In Siron mass grave, where thousands killed in the tsunami were buried, Indonesian Vice President Jusuf Kalla and his wife Mufidah led a delegation of a dozen officials who paid their respects to those who died. The 10-meter killer wave, triggered by a 9.1 magnitude earthquake off […]
According to Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Ukraine’s pursuit of NATO membership posed a danger to European security and that the West was using Kiev’s bid to join the Atlantic alliance as a way to fuel confrontation betweenRussia and Ukraine. The Kiev parliament’s renunciation of Ukraine’s neutral status this week as a step toward joining NATO has outraged Moscow and deepened the worst confrontation between Russia and the West since the end of the Cold War. Lavrov […]
