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By Valentín DÌAZ The once bright green Andean forest where Maria Yadira Jimenez worked as a tour guide has been reduced to ashes. Since Monday, forest fires have been advancing on Nemocon, a rural area with beautiful landscapes about 60 kilometers (37 miles) outside the Colombian capital Bogota. Though usually cool, the mountains surrounding the town have become a hellscape, with the blazes driving out residents and wildlife. Distraught, Jimenez joined volunteers who — along […]
The world’s largest cruise ship, Royal Caribbean’s Icon of the Seas, set sail from Miami on its maiden voyage Saturday, carrying what amounted to the population of a small city. The ship, built over 900 days at a shipyard in Turku, Finland, is a monument to enormity, longer than the Eiffel Tower is tall, with 20 decks and room for more than 5,600 passengers (7,600 at maximum capacity) and a crew of 2,350. To ensure […]
Bangladeshi Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus vowed Sunday to overcome scores of court cases that his supporters say are politically motivated to achieve his environmental and economic policies. “Our dream is to create a new world,” 83-year-old Yunus told reporters outside court, after he was formally granted bail in his appeal against a six-month prison sentence in a case widely criticised by human rights groups. Yunus is credited with lifting millions out of poverty with his […]
The dousing of a glass-covered Mona Lisa in pumpkin soup is the latest in a string of cases of priceless artworks being targeted by environmental activists. Here are some of the other cases that have made headlines in the past two years: – Soup for “Sunflowers” – In October 2022, two activists from the Just Stop Oil group emptied cans of tomato soup over the glass protecting Vincent van Gogh’s “Sunflowers” in London’s National Gallery. […]
Japan’s Moon lander has resumed operations, the space agency said on Monday, indicating that power had been restored. After it landed on January 20, JAXA had said that problems with the craft’s solar batteries meant they were not generating power. “Last evening we succeeded in establishing communication with SLIM, and resumed operations,” JAXA said on X, formerly Twitter. “We immediately started scientific observations with MBC, and have successfully obtained first light for 10-band observation,” it […]
(Eagle News)–The northeast monsoon is affecting the country. According to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration, as a result, Cagayan Valley, Cordillera Administrative Region, Aurora, Quezon, Bicol Region, and Eastern Visayas will have cloudy skies with light rains. Metro Manila and the rest of Luzon and Visayas will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated light rains. Caraga and Davao Region, meanwhile, will have cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms […]
(Eagle News)–A 4.2-magnitude earthquake struck off Davao Occidental early Sunday, Jan. 28. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake hit at 2:29 a.m. The epicenter was 107 kilometers southeast of Balut Island. The depth of focus was 165 kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were reported.
(Eagle News)–The Philippines has good prospects in attaining the 6.5- to 7.5-percent full-year growth rate set by the National Economic Development Authority for this year to ultimately elevate the country to the upper-middle-income status by 2025. According to Albay Rep. Joey Salceda, one of Congress’ economists, this was because of the country’s strong agriculture, services and industry sectors that drive growth. “Mukhang services pa rin po kasi mayroon pa tayong comparative advantage lalung-lalo na sa […]
(Eagle News)–The northeast monsoon is affecting the country. According to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration, as a result, Cordillera Administrative Region, Aurora, Quezon, Bicol Region, Eastern Visayas, Caraga and Davao Region will have cloudy skies with light rains. Metro Manila and the rest of the country will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated light rains. Southern Luzon, Visayas, and the northern and eastern sections of Mindanao, meanwhile, will have strong […]
(Eagle News)–The National Economic Development Authority is eyeing to achieve a 6.5 to 7.5 percent full-year GDP growth rate this year in a bid to ultimately elevate the Philippines to “upper-middle-income-country” status by 2025. Based on World Bank data, the Philippines is currently classified as a lower middle-income country. As of 2022, it had a gross national income per capita of USD3,950. According to NEDA Secretary Arsenio Balisacan, the growth will be supported by “low […]
SYDNEY, Jan 26, 2024 (AFP) A powerful category three cyclone crashed into northeastern Australia late on Thursday, leaving tens of thousands of homes without power. Severe Tropical Cyclone Kirrily packed winds of more than 160 kilometres (100 miles) per hour as it hit Townsville, home to 180,000 people, before rapidly weakening. Emergency services said that despite high winds, the storm caused no fatalities and minimal damage. But about 64,000 homes were said to be without […]
