(Reuters) – A military transport plane carrying relatives of members of the armed forces crashed in eastern Algeria on Tuesday, killing 103 people, the private Ennahar TV station reported, citing “informed sources”. The plane crashed in a mountainous area in the Oum El Bouaghi province, about 500 km (300 miles) from the capital Algiers, the report said. A senior military official told the official APS news agency that 99 passengers and four crew members had […]
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Stolen 300-Year-Old Stradivarius Violin Recovered And Played In Wisconsin
(Reuters) — A Stradivarius violin worth millions of dollars, which was stolen from a concert violinist in an armed robbery in January and recovered by the police less than a week ago was back being used during a performance of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra on Monday (February 10). Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra concertmaster Frank Almond played his famous Stradivarius violin at the concert in the Brookfield auditorium where he was received by the public with a standing ovation, NBC News reported. The 300-year-old […]
DSWD to build new houses for the homeless in Bohol
MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Social Welfare and Development said it will build more than 8,000 disaster-resilient houses in Bohol for families who were affected by the 7.2 magnitude quake. DSWD Secretary Corazon Soliman said the project will be undertaken in partnership with the Habitat for Humanity under the Core Shelter Assistance Project (CSAP). The project aims to build a total of 8,083 disaster- resilient homes which will be environment-friendly. The houses will be […]
P17.7B released so far for Yolanda rehab
MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) announced Monday that a total of P17.69 billion has already been released since December for the recovery and rehabilitation of communities damaged by the outrage of the Super Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan). Yolanda, considered as one of strongest typhoon on record, left more than 6,200 dead and a total P39.8 billion in damages to both property and livelihood. “True to the President’s word, the Administration has […]
Alarmed Aquino calls for meeting on public road safety
MANILA, Philippines (ENS) — President Aquino has called a meeting of all relevant government agencies about public road safety as he expressed alarm about the recent spate of fatal road accidents that involved passenger buses, Malacanang said Monday, February 10. The President was particularly “very concerned” and saddened with the most recent accident involving a G.V. Florida bus that fell into a ravine in Bontoc, Mountain Province killing 14 passengers, one of whom was actor-comedian […]
Truck Made Of Ice “Ice Truck”
If you are looking for a unique vehicle, a truck made from 11 thousand blocks of ice can be found in Canada. The ‘ice truck’, which is a replica of the 2005 Chevy Silverado, is fully functional. According to various reports, the truck was built by Hensall, Ontario-based Icedculture, using a real truck chasis and running gear. Its battery can reportedly resist temperatures as low as minus 40 degrees celsius. Last year, the truck set a […]
Unpaid rice farmers protest as Thai government’s problems mount
(Reuters) – Hundreds of farmers rallied outside Thailand’s justice ministry on Monday to protest against the state’s failure to pay them for rice bought under a controversial subsidy scheme that the caretaker administration in Bangkok is struggling to fund. The rice program was a signature policy of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, who was swept to power in 2011 with the help of millions of rural votes, but has become one of the biggest threats to […]
Convicted Australian drug trafficker Schappelle Corby released on parole
Indonesia released on parole convicted Australian drug trafficker Schapelle Corby on Monday (February 10) from a prison on the resort island of Bali despite calls from some legislators for the high-profile prisoner to serve out her full term. Corby, 36, was among nearly 1,300 convicts approved for parole, the Justice Ministry said in a statement, because she “fulfilled substantive and administrative requirements as laid out by the law”. Corby was sentenced to 20 years in […]
FOI and Bangsamoro Basic Law, Included in Priority Bills of Congress
House Speaker Feliciano Belmonte announced on Monday (February 10) that the Freedom of Information bill is one of the priority bills being pushed in Congress. He promised to have it passed by the end of his term. The announcement was made in the face of the slow progress of the FOI bill in Congress. Discussion in the House of Representatives of the FOI bill has not gone past the committee level. Another priority bill for […]
Various oil firms announce price rollback
MANILA, Philippines — Various oil companies announced Monday (February 10) that they will rollback their petroleum prices effective 12:01 a.m. Tuesday (February 11). Shell, Petron, Seaoil and Phoenix petroleum all said that it would slash their prices in view of the movements in the international petroleum market. The reduction in prices will be 50 centavos per liter for gasoline, 25 centavos per liter for kerosene, and 20 centavos per liter for diesel.
One dead, 11 injured as SUV Falls Off Cliff in Zambo
A teacher was killed while his 11 companions were injured when a sports utility vehicle he was driving fell from a cliff in Barangay Bulaan, in Sibugay, Zamboanga early morning Monday (February 10). Zamboanga Police identified the fatality as Abdullah de Guzman. His passengers — five school officials and six students — all suffered injuries.
600 Domestic Helpers in Hong Kong Hold “Dance Rally” against violence
Six hundred Filipino and Indonesian domestic helpers in Hong Kong participated in a dance rally as part of a global campaign called “1 Billion Rising For Justice.” The campaign aims to end violence against women. This was in response to a United Nations statistics that stated that 1 out of 3 women in the world, or equivalent to 1 billion people faced violence. According to a 2013 global review of available data cited by […]
