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Expect fewer typhoons this 2016 – PAGASA

QUEZON City, Philippines — The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) forecasters are expecting seven to 14 tropical cyclones to enter the country’s area of responsibility or form over Philippine waters from May to November. On average, the country sees 19 to 20 tropical cyclones. According to Anthony Lucero, the county has recently experienced fewer tropical cyclones due to the lingering effect of El Niño phenomenon. While rains may already persist, PAGASA noted […]

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International magazine “Manila Up!” launched in Manila

MANILA, Philippines — Manila Up! magazine was finally launched in Manila at the Corinthian Gardens hosted by Chavit Singson. He was also in the cover of June 2016 issue in conjunction of father’s day celebration. The Manila Up was organized by Filipino-American Press Club of California led by Andy Edralin, Edwin Leviste and Sonia Bermejo the editor-in- chief and publisher. (Eagle News, Mj Racadio)

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PRC urges public to keep donating blood

MANILA, June 16 — In celebration of World Blood Donor Day on June 14, Philippine Red Cross (PRC) urges the public to continue donating blood to help save lives. PRC together with the Department of Health and Philippine Blood Coordinating Council held an Advocacy Walk this morning, June 14 at the Quezon City Circle to highlight the importance of blood donation in saving lives. “For the Philippine Red Cross to continue helping save lives, we need […]

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Argentina ex-minister caught hiding cash in monastery

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AFP) — Argentine police arrested a former government minister when they caught him trying to hide millions of dollars in cash and jewels at a monastery, officials said. Jose Lopez, 55, served as deputy minister for public works for 12 years under the country’s two last presidents. He was already facing corruption charges in the courts. He was caught throwing suitcases over a wall into the garden of an old monastery now […]

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Trump’s long, combative war with the press

by Michael Mathes WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Donald Trump has had tense ties with reporters since launching his presidential campaign one year ago Thursday, but he took it a dramatic step further this week by banning The Washington Post from his events. The presumptive Republican nominee’s campaign has banned at least a dozen news organizations, a disturbing trend that media groups say highlights his disdain for free speech enshrined in the US Constitution’s First […]

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Biden says he would not give up on pursuing stricter gun control legislation

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden on Wednesday (June 15) said he would not give up on pursuing stricter gun control legislation, despite the lack of progress made since the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre. “You would’ve thought several years later that on matters relating to rational gun safety, we would’ve made some progress by now,” he told a Sandy Hook Promise reception in Washington, D.C. “Virginia Tech, Oak Creek, Charleston, San Bernardino, and now […]

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S. Korea holds navy drill near disputed border with North

SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — South Korea on Thursday kicked off a live-fire naval exercise near its disputed sea border with North Korea — a move likely to fan already elevated military tensions with Pyongyang. The three-day exercise in the Yellow Sea is aimed at practising responses to simulated incursions by North Korean vessels and aircraft, the South’s navy said in a statement. The manoeuvres will involve 20 naval ships, including an Aegis destroyer, as […]

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President-elect Rodrigo Duterte, nakiramay sa pamilya ng yumaong Cong. Tet Garcia

Personal na nakiramay si incoming President Rodrigo Duterte sa pamilya at mga kaanak na naulila ni yumaong Congressman Enrique “Tet” Garcia, Jr., sa lalawigan ng Bataan. Kinausap ni Duterte ang maybahay ng yumaong kongresista na si Ginang Vicky Garcia at si Governor Abet Garcia. Halos 30 minuto din na nagtagal si Duterte sa ikalawang araw na Burol ng nasabing kongresista. Nakatakda namang ilibing ang kongresista sa darating na Linggo, Hunyo 19, 2016, 1:00 ng hapon sa Eternal […]

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STARBOOKS eyed for Pinoy schools overseas

MANILA, June 16 — The Science and Technology Academic Research-Based Openly Operated Kiosks (STARBOOKS) is set to step into a new territory as it is now eyed to serve as resource for Filipino schools overseas. This was announced recently in the 14th Conference of Philippine Schools Overseas (PSO) held in Diamond Hotel, Manila. During said conference, Commission of Filipino Overseas (CFO) Executive Director Mary Grace A. Tirona stressed the needs of children of Filipinos overseas, particularly […]

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Dozens of pilot whales stranded in Indonesia, eight dead

PROBOLINGGO, Indonesia (AFP) — Eight pilot whales have died after a mass stranding on the coast of Indonesia’s main island of Java that sparked a major rescue operation, an official said Thursday. Thirty-two of the short-finned pilot whales came ashore during high tide early Wednesday in Probolinggo, East Java province. “At first there were just one or two whales swimming near the shore, and the nature of whales is that if they are sick they […]

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China ship tailing US aircraft carrier in Pacific

A Chinese observation ship shadowed the U.S. aircraft carrier John C. Stennis in the Western Pacific on Wednesday (June 15), the carrier’s commander said, as it joined warships from Japan and India for drills close to waters Beijing considers its backyard. The show of U.S. naval power comes as Japan and the United States worry China is extending its influence into the western Pacific with submarines and surface vessels as it pushes territorial claims in […]

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Arizona wildfire triggers evacuation, state of emergency declared in New Mexico

A raging fire broke out in Arizona and continued burning in New Mexico on Wednesday (June 15) forcing evacuations, NBC reported Authorities ordered the mandatory evacuations from homes in the town of Forestdale, Arizona, after the wildfire sparked on Wednesday grew to 2,500 acres 12 miles south of Show Low, local media reported. The Cedar Creek Fire was nearing a road that would trigger evacuations. Navajo County officials issued a “pre-evacuation” orders for Show Low, […]

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