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BILANG bahagi pa rin ng programa ng gobyerno na maging rabies free ang Pilipinas sa taong 2020, nagsagawa ang lokal na pamahalaan ng libreng bakuna kontra-rabies sa General Mariano Alvarez sa lalawigan ng Cavite. Ito ay pinangunahan ni Kapitan Francisco Gealogo at ni Kagawad Erlinda Sabio na siyang nakatalaga bilang chairman ng Health and Sanitation sa nasabing barangay. Tinatayang mahigit 300 na aso ang target na mabakunahan upang makasiguro na mapangalagaan ang taumbayan sa mga […]
Daimler shares are marked down sharply on news of a probe into the Mercedes parent company’s emissions. The carmaker’s also taken a hit from a 9% drop in Q1 operating profits.
MOUNTAIN View, United States (AFP) — Solar Impulse 2, an experimental plane flying around the world without consuming a drop of fuel, has landed in California, one leg closer to completing its trailblazing trip. “The Pacific is done, my friend. I love it, but it’s done,” said clearly relieved Swiss adventurer Bertrand Piccard, who piloted the craft from Hawaii to California, just before landing late Saturday. “It’s great to be in California, the land of […]
BEIJING, Chia (AFP) — Beijing will start construction on a South China Sea islet within the Philippines’ claimed exclusive economic zone this year, as it seeks to project its power in the disputed waters, Hong Kong media reported Monday. China will establish an outpost on Scarborough Shoal, 230 kilometres (143 miles) off the Philippine coast, the South China Morning Post newspaper cited an unnamed source close to the People’s Liberation Army as saying. Beijing claims […]
GAMBELA,Ethiopia (AFP) — Clashes between different ethnic groups in west Ethiopia have left 14 dead, while UN and MSF offices were targeted by angry protesters, local security service sources said. The violence was sparked after an NGO car with an Ethiopian driver ran over and killed two children from the Nuer ethnic group in a camp for South Sudanese refugees on Friday, the sources told AFP. In response, a group of refugees attacked Ethiopians living […]
(Reuters) WASHINGTON Republican White House rivals Ted Cruz and John Kasich announced a deal on Sunday to stay out of each other’s way in some upcoming state primaries in hopes of blocking front-runner Donald Trump from winning the party’s presidential nomination. Cruz’s campaign said in a statement he would focus on the Indiana and give Kasich a clearer shot in Oregon and New Mexico, states where the Ohio governor expects to do well. Kasich, […]
by Mathilde RICHTER In a basement of Dresden University, German scientists are busy refining a technique that could save millions of fluffy chicks from being shredded to death moments after they hatch. The young hatchlings are usually condemned to a violent end simply because they are male, as roosters are deemed largely useless in the world of livestock farming. Not only are they unable to lay eggs, their meat is not particularly popular. Male chicks […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) Monday 4/25/2016 – South Korea’s Lee Soo-Min won the rain-delayed Shenzhen International on Monday, claiming his first European Tour title with a two-shot victory over Dutchman Joost Luiten and South Africa’s Brandon Stone. More than nine hours of play were lost to rain and electrical storms during the tournament in the southern Chinese city, and Lee was among three joint leaders when play resumed early on Monday, with another trio just one shot behind. But […]
HONG KONG, China (AFP) Monday 4/25/2016 – Asian markets sank again Monday after losses on Wall Street and in Europe, with oil prices down and the yen recovering some of the losses suffered at the end of last week. Dealers moved cautiously at the start of a busy week that includes policy meetings at the US Federal Reserve and Bank of Japan as well as earnings reports from big-name firms including Sony and Nintendo. The losses […]
by Michael Mathes BRIDEPORT,United States (AFP) — Donald Trump and his presidential campaign pushed back Sunday against accusations by rivals in both parties that the celebrity billionaire is a political fraud who has been misleading American voters. The Republican frontrunner’s new senior advisor Paul Manafort raised eyebrows when he told Republican heavyweights at a closed-door meeting that Trump has been playing a “part” in front of rally audiences and that the role was “evolving” into […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto today called on the executive department to expedite the formulation of the country’s National Cybersecurity Plan and hire, the soonest time possible, “bored” Filipino experts on information technology as “cyber-commandos.” Recto issued the appeal after a 23-year-old information technology fresh graduate who was arrested for hacking the website of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) reportedly admitted to the crime and claimed he did it out […]
by André VIOLLAZ The UN Security Council echoed international condemnation Sunday of a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) test by North Korea, while US President Barack Obama dismissed Pyongyang’s offer of a nuclear moratorium. Saturday’s test, personally monitored by supreme leader Kim Jong-Un, was the latest in a series of provocative moves by Pyongyang that have further fuelled tensions on the divided Korean peninsula following the North’s fourth nuclear test back in January. There are growing […]
