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(Reuters) — Baby Grace is just 16 days old. She eats, sleeps, and passes a lot of gas. Until now, it was thought that most of her brain circuitry developed before birth. But new research suggests it’s still very much work in progress – and will be for months. Scientists have found a previously unknown stage of development where tiny neurons believed to form deep in the brain migrate to the prefrontal cortex, which plays […]
ROXAS CITY, Capiz (Eagle News) – Mga batang lansangan sa Roxas City nakatanggap ng Php 2,000 mula sa Lokal ng Pamahalaan ng siyudad sa ilalim ng Educational Assistance Program ng City Social and Welfare Development Office. Layunin ng ganitong programa ng lokal na Pamahalaan na mabigyang pansin at matulungan ang pangangailangan ng mga batang lansangan. Ang ilan sa mga bata ay naghahanapbuhay para lamang makapag-aral. Nakatanggap ng tig Php 2,000.00 ang 50 benepisiyaryo ng nasabing […]
DAVAO CITY, Nov. 2 —A top official of the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP) has said that President Rodrigo R. Duterte does not distinguish between friend or foe and is willing to go to great lengths to push forward the peace process in Mindanao. “Our President is a president for all. Whether you are a rebel [or] are a plain civilian … he is a president for the 100 million plus […]
DAVAO CITY, Dec. 2 – President Rodrigo Duterte asked Muslim local leaders for unity to attain peace and development in Mindanao as he pushed for the adoption of federalism in the country which he said could bring national stability. In his message during his attendance to the Third Local Government Unit summit of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao on Thursday, Dec. 1, he said there has been suffering because there seems to be no […]
MANILA, Dec. 1 – The Department of Finance (DOF) has required treasurers of local government units to include in their quarterly and annual financial reports to the DOF all environment and natural resources revenues and expenditures, particularly the payments made by the mining and other extractive industries to their respective LGUs. Since 2011, local treasurers have been required to report to the DOF on a quarterly and annual basis the fiscal and financial operations of […]
DAVAO CITY (Eagle News) – Umabot sa 205 katao ang nahuli sa unang araw ng anti-jaywalking ordinance ng City Transport Management Office (CTTMO) nitong huwebes, December 1 sa Davao City. Ayon kay CTTMO Executive Service Officer Charlotte Parba, may parehong bilang ng lalake at babae ang kanilang nahuli. Karamihan aniya sa kanilang nahuli ay mga empleyado at estudyante. Mayroon din umanong foreign nationals na galing Pakistan, Japan, China, Denmark, at India ang dinala sa kanilang tanggapan. […]
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (Reuters) — Prince Harry and music superstar Rihanna took HIV tests in Barbados on Thursday (December 1) as part of a campaign to demonstrate the test’s simplicity and encourage others to take the tests. “No one nowhere, as far as I was aware, have made people aware of how far that medicine has come. It’s one thing doing it but then you’ve got to tell everyone, guys guess what, you can now have […]
OSAKA, Japan (Reuters) — A bath house in Japan’s Osaka offers a unique winter treat for children — a dip in warm water with over a 1,000 rubber ducks. Bath house “Yuraku” keeps around 1000 to 1500 rubber ducks in the tub for guests to enjoy. Children say they have fun swimming and jumping around with the floating toys. “It’s really fun to be surrounded by rubber ducks and it is also refreshing to soak […]
MUNICH, Germany (Reuters) — Munich’s Hellabrunn Zoo introduced its latest addition on Thursday (December 1), a polar bear cub that was born on November 21. The healthy cub was born to 17-year-old father Yoghi and 10-year-old mother Giovanna. Giovanna, who could be seen snuggling the newborn in video released by the zoo, is a mother for the third time. Her twins Nela and Nobby left Hellabrunn earlier this year. Giovannia and the cub will stay […]
LIMA, Peru (AFP) — A 5.5 magnitude earthquake struck southeast Peru on Thursday, damaging some homes and roads but causing no casualties, the National Civil Defense Institute (INDECI) said. The quake in the Puno region hit at 5:40 pm local time (2240 GMT), its epicenter 58 kilometers (36 miles) from the town of Lampa and at a depth of 30 kilometers, according to the Geophysical Institute of Peru (IGP). “Eight collapsed homes are reported in […]
MANILA, Philippines –Czech and Filipino organisations opened new tourist trails equipped with international marker systems in Mt.Kanla-on Natural Park, Negros Occidental.Promoting the beauty of less known parts of the Philippines, three color- coded trails using the colors of the Philippine flag were opened from Guintubdan to Buslugan Falls in red, to Oro Falls in yellow and to Salas Park new Pavillion in blue. The system is unified across a number of countries, but is entirely new to the Philippines. The […]
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Secretariat had the pleasure of receiving students from ESQ Business School Indonesia yesterday (December 1) as part of their “Leading Across Culture” subject. The ESQ Business School Indonesia from the Culture and Information Division provided them with insights on cultural diversity and practice in ASEAN and talked about projects related to culture and information across the region. It was heartening to meet these students. (Photos courtesy of the ASEAN […]
