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MANILA, April 20 – As the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) revs up its preparation for the 114th Labor Day celebration on 1 May, Labor and Employment Secretary Rosalinda Dimapilis-Baldoz yesterday reminded jobseekers to be armed and ready for their job search at the 44 job and career fairs venues nationwide. “Whether you are going to the job fair at the World Trade Center in Pasay City, or to another job fair in a particular […]
by Florence PANOUSSIAN PEDERNALES,Ecuador (AFP) –The death toll from Ecuador’s earthquake was feared to rise sharply as authorities warned Tuesday that 1,700 people were still missing and anger gripped families of victims trapped in the rubble. Three days after the powerful 7.8-magnitude quake struck Ecuador’s Pacific coast in a zone popular with tourists, 480 people are known to have died, the government said. Sniffer dogs and mechanical diggers were busy at work in the wreckage […]
MANILA, Philippines (PIA) — The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) announced today that funding for proposed projects under the FY 2017 Bottom-up Budgeting (BuB) Program will total P35 billion, up by P10.3 billion from this year’s BuB budget. Of the P35 billion proposed budget for BuB, funds amounting to P19.7 billion—or more than 50 percent of the total—will be downloaded to beneficiary local government units (LGUs). These are cities and municipalities that have complied […]
MANILA, April 20 — In celebration of Earth Day, the U.S. Embassy Manila will conduct a bamboo sapling planting activity at Hinulugang Taktak, Antipolo on April 22, 2016 (Friday), 7:00 am – 9:00 am. The event is in partnership with the Local Government Unit of Antipolo, Rizal and SM Cares. English Access Microscholarship Program scholars, Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative members, and U.S. Embassy’s Green Team will plant one thousand (1,000) bamboo saplings. Hinulugang Taktak […]
CALBAYOG CITY, SAMAR, April 20 – President Benigno S. Aquino III on vowed that the voice of the Filipinos will prevail in next month’s elections. “Wala akong balak na papayagan kong mandaya dito. Obligasyon kong manigurado na ‘yung gusto ng taong bayan, ‘yun ang umiral pagdating ng ika-siyam ng Mayo,” President Aquino said before local leaders and members of the community who gathered at the sports center here. In his speech, the President touted the […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Flooding triggered by heavy rains in and around Houston has killed at least seven people and prompted mass rescues, authorities from America’s fourth-largest city said Tuesday. A flash flood watch will be active in the Texas city through late Wednesday, the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said, warning of “widespread showers and thunderstorms” with up to four inches (10 centimeters) of rainfall. “Most drown victims occur in vehicles… Turn […]
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by Marlowe HOOD PARIS,France (AFP) — As Europe and the United States brace for the likely arrival of the Zika virus from Latin America this summer, experts warn global warming may accelerate the spread of mosquito-borne disease. Rising temperatures are a threat in more ways than one, they cautioned ahead of a major gathering of Zika researchers in Paris next week. “Climate change has contributed to the expansion of the range of mosquitoes,” said Moritz […]
WASHINTON,United States (AFP) — AFP — Apple received some 30,000 data requests from law enforcement agencies globally in the second half of 2015, and provided information in a majority of cases, the company’s latest transparency report showed. In the report released late Monday, Apple said it provided some data in 80 percent of the 4,000 request from US law enforcement agencies in the July-December period. The news comes with Apple at the center of a […]
QUITO, Ecuador (AFP) — Some 1,700 people are still missing three days after a big earthquake struck Ecuador, an official said Tuesday, raising fears that a death toll currently put at 480 could dramatically rise. “We have 2,000 people listed that are being looked for, but we have so far found 300,” Deputy Interior Minister Diego Fuentes told reporters in the capital Quito. “Right now we have 480 people who were killed and approximately 2,560 […]
by Glenn CHAPMAN SAN Francisco, United States (AFP) — Yahoo reported a quarterly loss on Tuesday as the struggling Internet pioneer continued to court potential buyers and examine other strategic options. Yahoo chief executive Marissa Mayer said the company has “made substantial progress toward potential strategic alternatives” while working to trim costs and drive growth. The company reported a net loss of $99 million in the first quarter, compared with a $21 million profit a […]
BIG LAKE, ALBERTA, Canada (Reuters) — Firefighters in Alberta, Canada were forced to flee for safety on Thursday (April 14) when a lakeside brushfire triggered a towering “fire tornado”. Eyewitness video from Big Lake, in Alberta, shows a handful of firefighters from the St. Albert Fire Services scrambling for refuge from the cyclone of flame and smoke. One man can be seen running to dive into the body of water for safety toward the end […]
