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QUITO, Ecuador (Reuters) — A lucky jaguar in Ecuador is getting a new lease on life after recovering in a Quito veterinary clinic where she was brought with a shotgun wound some two and a half months ago. The jaguar, which has been named D’yaira, was brought to a University San Francisco de Quito (USFQ) animal hospital with 18 shotgun pellet wounds. One of the pellets was lodged in the big cat’s spinal cord causing paralysis […]
MANILA, Dec. 30 – The Bureau of Customs has issued a memorandum to all its district collectors and other concerned customs officials and personnel regarding its policy on opening alerted balikbayan boxes. Based on the memorandum, alerted balikbayan boxes shall be subjected to 100% physical examination, only in the presence of the consignee or his duly authorized representative. If the consignee or representative cannot personally attend the inspection, a waiver from the owner of the […]
MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Labor and Employment yesterday lifted the work stoppage order on another group of firecracker establishments following their compliance with occupational safety and health standards. Allowed to resume operations were 331 establishments in Region 7 and Negros Island region. Labor Secretary Silvestre H. Bello III earlier lifted the work stoppage order on 493 other establishments in Luzon and the Visayas bringing the total number of compliant establishments to 824. “Our […]
MANILA, Dec. 31 – President Rodrigo Duterte called on Filipinos to work together towards national progress as he led the 120th anniversary celebration of Dr. Jose Rizal’s martyrdom at the Rizal Park on Friday. The President arrived at Rizal Park around 7 am Friday, December 30 and was given arrival honors. After that he led the flag-raising as well as the wreath laying rites for the national hero. In his Rizal Day message, the President […]
MINSK, Belarus (Reuters) — As New Year holidays draw near the workers at Minsk factory started their celebrations right at the doors of the plant, staging on Tuesday (December 27) a colourful show. Agricultural vehicles produced at the factory, decorated with garlands of neon lights, drove in various patterns to the sounds of waltz, tango and other music pieces. Despite drizzling rain spectators were cheerfully dancing along with the recognisable tunes. The show ended with […]
COBQUECURA, Chile (Reuters) — A beached whale washed up Wednesday (December 28) on the shore of the central Chilean region of Pilicura. The whale measures seven metres (23 metres) in length and weighs four tons. The body of whale didn’t didn’t demonstrate any outward injuries. It washed up on shore in a natural preserve in the town of Cobquecura. The image of the beached whale at sea has been visible for three days, and tourists […]
NEW YORK, United States (Reuters) — A rainy day in New York City could not dampen the festivities at the traditional Times Square confetti air worthiness test on Thursday (December 29). As the rain poured down so did the confetti from the top of the Times Square Hard Rock Cafe marquee. A youth marching band provided the drumroll to the start of the confetti toss. From high above the street, volunteers threw handfuls of colorful […]
LONDON, England (Reuters) — A colourful piece of street art paying tribute to the late singer George Michael has appeared on a wall in Shoreditch, London. Passers by took pictures of the image on Thursday (December 29) which shows three different coloured versions of the singer with an earring and jacket, reminiscent of his ‘Faith’ days. The painting was reportedly done in the early hours of Wednesday morning by Pegasus, an anonymous North London street […]
CHINA (Reuters) — The currency falling nearly 7 percent against the dollar in 2016, its biggest annual fall since records began more than 20 years ago. Signs that all is not well in the world’s number two economy as it gears up a new wave of challenges in the year ahead. The spiraling yuan has forced China’s Central Bank to dip into its currency reserves, spending more than 1 trillion dollars this year just to […]
PASADENA, California (Reuters) — Hundreds of volunteers gather in Pasadena, California, to put the finishing touches on floats appearing in the 128th annual Tournament of Roses, more commonly known as the New Year’s Day Rose Parade. Forty floats will make their way through Pasadena, each decorated with thousands of flowers, seeds and beans. “You know, it’s hard to fathom. The amount of blooms are literally in the millions. Six to eight hundred thousand blooms per […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Philippine National Police- Directorate for Investigation and Detective Management (PNP-DIDM) released today (December 30), a comparative report on the stray bullet and illegal discharge of firearms as of December 28, 2016. According to the police report, the trend of stray bullet cases this year has decreased by 85.45% compared to the statistics last year. From December 16 to December 28, 2016, there are 8 reported cases of stray bullets in […]
by Layal Abou Rahal Agence France-Presse BEIRUT, Lebanon (AFP) – A fragile calm was holding across Syria on Friday after a truce brokered by Russia and Turkey came into effect, a potentially major breakthrough after nearly six years of conflict. There were reports of isolated violence, including clashes in central Hama province between government forces and jihadist factions, a monitor said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said there were casualties among regime forces in […]
