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PHIVOLCS raised Mayon Volcano to Alert Level 3 as it continues to register volcanic activity. PHIVOLCS added that they recorded a rockfall event in the said volcano. Low-level volcanic earthquakes were also recorded, indicating volcanic gas activity. Due to the abnormalities shown by the volcano, PHIVOLCS raised the 6 kilometer-radius permanent danger zone as well as the 7 km-radius extended danger zone in the southeast part of the volcano due to threats of rockfall, landslide […]
70 centavos per liter of diesel and 65 centavos per liter of kerosene were implemented by Shell, Petron, Phoenix and Seaoil. 25 centavos per liter of gasoline was implemented by Shell while Seaoil and Petron implemented a 30 centavos rollback per liter of gasoline. PTT Philippines implemented a 75 centavos rollback per liter of kerosene and 25 centavos per liter of gasoline. Other oil companies are expected to follow.
(Reuters) – Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has sacked 10 senior officials because they failed to heed a warning to return from overseas travel to help the government’s fight against an Ebola epidemic that has killed at least 1,100 Liberians. The officials, who include six assistant ministers, two deputy ministers and two commissioners, were dismissed with immediate effect for being “out of the country without an excuse,” according to a statement from the president’s office. […]
(Reuters) — Air France pilots began a one-week strike over company plans to cut costs to recapture market share from budget airlines on Monday (September 15). Air France said on its web site it expected to operate 48 percent of its flights on Monday, but “last minute disturbances are not excluded”. Air France Chief Executive Frederic Gagey said on the weekend the strike, which could run until Sept. 22, would cost the airline between 10 and 15 million euros […]
By Peter Drysdale Editor, East Asia Forum The visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping to India this week, so early in the term of India’s new prime minister, Narendra Modi, underlines the growing strategic weight of the relationship between the two countries. Modi’s prime ministership, with its ambition to re-invigorate India’s stalled economic reform and growth, more than any other single factor, promises to accelerate its potential growth radically. Modi has runs on the board […]
(Reuters) – Some 500,000 children returned on Sunday to school in the Gaza Strip, where many will be given psychological counseling before regular studies begin after a devastating 50-day war between Palestinian militants and Israel. The opening of the school year had been delayed for three weeks because of damage to more than 250 schools and the use of about 90 U.N. educational facilities as shelters for tens of thousands of residents displaced by fighting, the United […]
President Benigno S. Aquino III invited Spanish businessmen to invest in the Philippines, saying major achievements of his administration in the economic front and in the fight against corruption have prepared the country to be an investment haven in Asia.“As the Spanish economy shows encouraging signs of recovery, I believe that this is an opportune time to invite you to invest in a resurgent economy,” President Aquino told the Networking with the Philippine Business Delegation […]
Due to the movement of the price of petroleum products in the world market, several oil companies will implement rollback on the price of petroleum products.
The House of Representatives will deliberate on the proposed 2015 budget with House Speaker Sonny Belmonte saying that the debate will be over before the September recess.
President Aquino has arrived in Madrid, Spain for his 8-day work visit in Europe. The President was welcomed by the Ambassador and several Spanish counterparts at the Torrejon airbase. According to the President, his expects 86 engagements in his four-nation trip. The President believes that his trip will strengthen the diplomatic relations between the Philippines and other countries. He will next visit Belgium, then France, where he will sign the Philippine-France Defense Cooperation Agreement. He […]
A new ferry station will be opened today at the Pasig River. According to Metropolitan Manila Development Authority Chairman Francis Tolentino, the 7th passenger terminal in San Joaquin, Pasig will help lessen the traffic problem of Metro Manila. Tolentino added that the five ferries will accept passengers at the San Joaquin terminal and bring them to Guadalupe, Polytechnic University of the Philippines, Plaza Mexico, Intramuros and Escolta.
(Reuters) – Britain resisted pressure on Sunday to join the United States in announcing air strikes against Islamic State after the militant group beheaded David Haines, a British hostage, and threatened to kill another Briton. Speaking after chairing a meeting of the government’s COBR emergency-response committee in London, Prime Minister David Cameron said his government was battling IS on numerous fronts but made clear it was not, for now, launching air strikes. “As this strategy […]
