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September 18-24, 2016 is Canada’s National Forest Week What is now known as National Forest Week (NFW) was established in the 1920’s and known as Forest Fire Prevention Week. The intention was to encourage greater public awareness of Canada’s forests. Since then, National Forest Week (renamed in 1967) has evolved to encompass the many and varied human and environmental aspects of Canada’s forest resources – past, present and future. Although special activities are promoted across Canada, […]
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — An Australian-led consortium with Chinese investment won a 50-year-lease Monday on the nation’s biggest container and cargo port for Aus$9.7 billion (US$7.3 billion), the latest maritime asset to be privatised. The Port of Melbourne, which deals with more than 3,000 ships annually, was snapped up by a consortium including Australia’s second-largest wholesale funds manager the Queensland Investment Corporation (QIC) and multinational firm Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP). The Australian newspaper reported that GIP […]
by Lillian Suwanrumpha AYUTTHAYA, Thailand (AFP) — Divers located the body of a young boy on Monday as they resumed their search for missing passengers after an overcrowded boat carrying Muslim pilgrims sank on Thailand’s Chao Phraya river, leaving at least 15 people dead. The accident happened on Sunday afternoon near the ancient city of Ayutthaya, a popular tourist attraction, when a boat packed with pilgrims returning from a mosque hit a concrete bank in strong […]
(Reuters)– New York City will deploy a “bigger than ever” police presence during the upcoming United Nations General Assembly, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Sunday after an explosion injured 29 on Saturday evening. Police officers will be deployed in force in key public locations around the UN headquarters and Times Square, including the newer units of the Critical Response Command and Strategic Response Group, de Blasio added at a press conference on the […]
by Sam Reeves Jakarta, Indonesia (AFP) — A smog outbreak in Southeast Asia last year may have caused over 100,000 premature deaths, according to a new study released Monday that triggered calls for action to tackle the “killer haze”. Researchers from Harvard and Columbia universities in the US estimated there were more than 90,000 early deaths in Indonesia in areas closest to haze-belching fires, and several thousand more in neighbouring Singapore and Malaysia. The […]
(Reuters) — A species of crow that is extinct in the wild is ‘highly proficient’ in using tools, according to research published on Wednesday (Sept. 14) in the journal Nature. Native to Hawaii, the Alala crow is now only the second species of crow species known to have the ability to make and use tools, the study found. Until now, tool use was the exclusive domain of the New Caledonian crow, a distant cousin of the […]
by Lillian SUWANRUMPHA AYUTTHAYA, Thailand (AFP) — Divers resumed the search Monday for missing passengers after an overcrowded boat carrying Muslim pilgrims sank on Thailand’s Chao Phraya river, leaving at least 15 people dead. The accident happened on Sunday afternoon near the ancient city of Ayutthaya, a popular tourist attraction, when a boat packed with pilgrims returning from a mosque hit a concrete bank in strong tides. Scores of people lined the bank on Monday […]
REDWOOD CITY, California (Reuters) — You might not recognize it – but this is what 3D printing now looks like, incredibly sophisticated shapes seemingly growing out of a pool of goo. This is a demonstration of California start-up Carbon’s CLIP printer. “One of the interesting side benefits of controlling both light and oxygen together is instead of going step by step by step and printing really slowly, these parts emerge of from liquid almost as […]
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — An orphaned baby koala in Australia has found solace cuddling a fluffy toy marsupial in the absence of his mother as he recovers from the trauma of her death. Nine-month-old Shayne’s mother was recently hit and killed by a car in Queensland state as he clung to her back. Rescuers found the joey had been thrown 20 metres down the road by the impact and was being chased by crows. […]
FLORIDABLANCA, PAMPANGA (Eagle News) – Patuloy na nadaragdagang ang mga gusaling sambahan na ipintatayo ng Iglesia ni Cristo sa iba’t ibang panig ng mundo. Nitong nakaraang Sabado, September 17, 2016 pinasinayaan ang bagong gusaling sambahan ng Lokal ng Sta. Monica sa Floridablanca, na pinangunahan ni Bro. Bedan L. Ubaldo, Tagapangasiwa ng Distrito. Biyaya ang natanggap ng mga dumalo sa unang pagsamba na lalong nagpatibay sa kanilang pananampalataya upang maitaguyod ang kasiglahang espirituwal. Buong puso rin […]
LONDON, England (Reuters) — Mulberry creative director Johnny Coca presented his second show for the fashion powerhouse at London Fashion Week on Sunday (18th September). The SS17 collection featured tea-dresses, blazer inspired jackets and a a typical wintery palette transposed for spring. The colours were all in traditional school-uniform shades of burgundy and navy. The collection showed lots of stripes and flamboyant ruffles. Some of the collection will be in stores from February. Founded in […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (September 19) – “Are you willing to die as hero or live long enough to see yourself as villain?” The infamous line was spoken by one of the most iconic villain in comic book universe – The Joker. The DC Comics character maybe insane but personally I think he can be a good philosopher – a teacher if you will – of life. Yes, many would think that a guy like The Joker is extremely mad and […]
