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The One of the beautiful places that can be found in Talisay, Batangas is the “Crater Lake.” This crater is inside of the main caldera of the Volcano Island and it can be accessed by going around the crater to the west side of the island. It has a blue-green color that adds beauty to the lake. (photos captured by Lovely Ann Cruz)
SEOUL, South Korea (Reuters) — The signing of a contract which would secure the location of a U.S. missile defense system in South Korea could be delayed, Seoul’s defense ministry said on Monday (January 16). The Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system is due to be deployed on land which is now part of a golf course owned by the Lotte Group conglomerate in the Seongju region, southeast of South Korea’s capital Seoul. “The […]
What are the things that we need to know about Viral Hepatitis? Republic Act No. 10526 of 2012 declares January as Liver Cancer and Viral Hepatitis Awareness and Prevention Month (Research by Jobelyn Catama, Infographics by Dex Magno) Cant’t see the infographics? Click here: Liver and Viral Hepatitis Awareness and Prevention Month
TOKYO, Japan (Reuters) — U.S. Ambassador to Japan, Caroline Kennedy, bid farewell through a video message released on Monday (January 16), as her term comes to an end on Friday (January 20) when a new U.S. administration comes in. “Hello everyone in Japan (Japanese), serving as the United States Ambassador to our closest friend and ally has been the greatest privilege of my life. I want to thank the people of Japan for taking me […]
BISHKEK, Kyrgystan (AFP) — A Turkish Airlines cargo plane crashed into a village near Kyrgyzstan’s main airport Monday, killing 32 people and destroying homes after attempting to land in thick fog, authorities said. The majority of the dead were from the village of Dacha-Suu where the cargo plane crashed at around 7.30 am local time (0130 GMT), a spokesman for the country’s emergency services, Muhammed Svarov, told AFP. The total number of dead “could be bigger” […]
VIGAN CITY, January 16 (PIA) – To enable passers to save on travel time and expenses, the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC)-Baguio Regional Office processed initial registration for new nurses who passed the November 2016 Board Licensure Examination for Nurses (BLEN) last Saturday, January 14. PRC processed initial registration at the Provincial Capitol’s Conference Room in this city on a first come, first-served basis and no alphabetical queuing. Registrants were required to bring 2017 community tax […]
ROXAS CITY, Capiz, Jan. 16 (PIA) – Farmers are urged to sell their palay produce to the government for the province’s buffer. Capiz National Food Authority information officer Mary Christie Hari-on explained that the palay produce of farmers that are sold to the food agency here serve as a buffer stock for Capiceños. For this year, NFA has prepared some P130-million to buy 144,000 bags of palay in Capiz for buffer stock. Hari-on said […]
Reuters — Around 300 people demonstrated outside the Israeli embassy in Paris on Sunday (January 15) in support of Israel over a conference held in the French capital which aims to help find a solution to the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians. Some 70 countries, including key European and Arab states as well as the permanent members of the U.N. Security Council, gathered in Paris for a meeting that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Japanese shares ended the morning lower Monday as Takata was hit by the firm’s agreement to plead guilty to fraud and pay $1 billion to settle a deadly airbag scandal. The volatile stock dropped nearly 10 percent to 956 yen ($8.40), after soaring more than 16 percent Friday ahead of the expected announcement. At the lunch break, Tokyo’s benchmark Nikkei index was down 0.91 percent, or 175.38 points, at 19,111.90, while […]
Reuters — Australia said on Monday (16 January) it was “deeply disappointed” Japan had continued whaling in the Southern Ocean after anti-whaling activists published images of a dead whale, two days after Australian and Japanese leaders discussed the issue. Australia has long opposed Japanese whaling and the contentious issue was raised in talks between Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Sydney on Saturday (January 14), said sources familiar with the […]
Each year Britain processes more than 945 million white-feathered broiler chickens, the type found in our supermarkets and used by fast-food chains. That’s a lot of leftover feathers. Two PhD students from Imperial College London are working on a method to turn this chicken feather waste into a useful product. Elena Dieckmann from the Dyson School of Design Engineering, alongside Ryan Robinson from the National Heart and Lung Institute, founded start-up Aeropowder in early 2016. […]
(Reuters) — Undergraduates from Eindhoven University of Technology have successfully undertaken an 80-day round-the-world motorcycle journey on an electric motorbike they built from scratch. The team of 23 students, from various academic disciplines, launched the project, entitled STORM Eindhoven, two years ago with the aim of raising the profile of electric powered vehicles. “The 80 days around the world challenge meant that we had to travel 500 or 600 kilometers a day, even longer sometimes. […]
