Breaking News, Latest Philippines Headlines, World, Entertainment, Politics, Weather & Video News
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 […]
The Aquino administration yesterday welcomed the calls of the Communist Party of the Philippines-National Democratic Front on the resumption of formal peace talks in January as CPP founding chairman Jose Ma. Sison said the rebel group is now finally open to negotiating an indefinite ceasefire. “The government has always believed that dialog provides the most viable opportunity for attaining peace,” Communications Secretary Herminio Coloma said. Sison said the communist insurgents, after resisting government overtures for an […]
Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha said on Thursday (December 25) that martial law will be maintained in the country in order for it to return to stability. The military government, established after a May 22 coup, said last month an election planned for late 2015 would be delayed until 2016, giving more time for reforms which the military says should bring stability after a decade of factional rivalry. “It seems everything is in order, (there […]
Sony Pictures makes the controversial comedy, “The Interview,” available on Wednesday (December 24) through online video platforms run by Google, Microsoft and Sony itself, ahead of a limited theatrical release on Thursday (December 25). Sony, which just last week canceled the release of the comedy – about two TV talk show hosts who are sent to North Korea to assassinate its leader – is now looking for ways to widen its distribution beyond a small […]
A technician at the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention may have been exposed to the deadly Ebola virus due to a laboratory error, the New York Times reported on Wednesday, citing federal officials. The worker will be monitored for signs of infection for 21 days, the disease’s incubation period, and a group of fewer than 12 other employees who entered the lab where the mistake happened will also be assessed for exposure, the […]
They used to be symbols of an oil-fuelled boom, but the unfinished buildings in Iraq’s Kurdish north are now crammed with people fleeing violence in the rest of the country. Of the two million people displaced by Islamic State offensives in Iraq this year, almost half sought refuge in Kurdistan, inflating the semi-autonomous region’s population by around 20 percent and putting acute strain on its resources. The concrete frames of future shopping centers and supermarkets […]
According to the Department of Health, more firework victims have been recorded since the holiday season started with 15 cases recorded in Metro Manila, 10 cases in Cagayan de Oro and 9 in Pangasinan. Most of the victims are of the age 10 or below.
The PAGASA is monitoring a low-pressure area that is moving closer to the Philippine area of responsibility. For now, said LPA has no direct effect to the weather of the country.
Sony Pictures, who announced just a week ago that they will be delaying the release of “The Interview” due to a massive cyber attack, will now be showing the satirical movie this December 25, but only in a limited number of theaters, according to Reuters News. Initially, Sony made the decision to retract the release after many theaters opted to not show the film because of security concerns. According to the Washington Times’ website, a petition […]
The Philippine National Police (PNP) sees no reason to change their current heightened alert status to full alert status this holiday season.
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is still waiting for the response of 12 grocery stores that it caught violating the suggested retail price law.
