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Two lawmakers are urging the Department of Agriculture (DA) and the Bureau on Soil and Water Management (BSWM) to conduct cloud seeding operations in Cagayan de Oro City, which is one of the areas heavily affected by El Niño. In House Resolution 2626, Reps. Rufus B. Rodriguez (2nd District, Cagayan de Oro City) and Maximo B. Rodriguez, Jr. (Party-list, ABAMIN) said as early as May 2015, the Cagayan de Oro City Disaster Risk Reduction and […]
IN his maiden foreign visit as Secretary of Foreign Affairs Jose Rene D. Almendras paid a courtesy call to newly-appointed Prime Minister of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam Nguyen Xuan Phuc in the early evening of April 11 at the Prime Minister’s Office in central Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam. The call on PM Phuc was followed by a call on Vet Nam’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Pham Binh Minh at […]
Sa kaniyang selebrasyon ng ika-sampung taon sa show business. Isang konsiyerto ang ihahandog ng Chinita Princess na si Kim Chiu sa kanyang fans. Ang kanyang concert ay pinamagatang “Chinita Princess Funtasy”. Bukod sa kaniyang concert, umarangkada din at patuloy na tinatangkilik ang kaniyang pangalawang album under Star Music kung saan kasama dito ang sumikay niyang awitin na Mr. Right. Sa ngayon, halos sold-out na ang mga tickets ng kaniyang concert na gaganapin sa Sabado sa […]
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, United States (Reuters) – With a huge star cast and a multi-million dollar budget, ‘Captain America: Civil War’ was launched on an equally large scale with a red carpet stretching along Hollywood Boulevard outside the Dolby Theatre on Tuesday (April 12). When asked about the size of the premiere, leading man Chris Evans who plays Captain America told Reuters “It’s overwhelming, it’s a little terrifying but you know what? For a movie […]
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (Reuters) – As Uber launched its service in Argentina on Tuesday (April 12), taxi drivers choked downtown Buenos Aires traffic to protest the service. The private car company, which is not yet regulated in Buenos Aires, claims to have thousands of drivers on the streets of the South American capital. It launched its service by offering users two free trips, as long as each trip was below 100 pesos (USD 5.73). Taxi drivers […]
RAFAH, Gaza (Reuters) – In the Gaza Strip town of Rafah, beekeepers harvest honey as hundreds of bees swirl around them – but the honey isn’t the only thing they’re after. There is a center in Gaza City that treats its patients using bee sting which are said to have healing qualities. “There are (around) 18 or 20 antibiotics in bees. So some doctors opened big centers in the world, some in Germany, some in […]
by Glenn CHAPMAN SAN Francisco, United States (AFP) — Facebook on Tuesday extended its reach beyond online socializing by building artificial-intelligence powered “bots” into its Messenger application to allow businesses to have software engage in lifelike text exchanges. The move announced at the leading online social network’s annual developers conference in San Francisco came as the number of monthly users of Messenger topped 900 million and the Silicon Valley company works to stay in tune […]
A SINKHOLE in the middle of a California street. This was what a policeman in California recently captured in a video of the California city of Madera on Monday (April 11). The depression in the residential road was already cordoned off by police, when the street slowly started collapsing into an underground sewage line, creating a hole 15 to 20 feet deep, according to Madera police. It’s unclear what provoked the collapse, but it […]
by Rob Woollard LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — The eyes of the basketball world will turn to California on Wednesday as the NBA regular season draws to a close with Kobe Bryant preparing to bid farewell to the sport as the Golden State Warriors chase a place in history. A perfectly scripted finale will see Bryant play his 1,566th and final game as the Lakers host the Utah Jazz at the Staples Center for what […]
Reuters – North Korea’s state-run television KRT on Tuesday (April 12) released still photographs of soldiers conducting a live-fire drill at night time. KRT said the soldiers trained for a possible surprise landing of an enemy while firing artilleries towards the sea. KRT, however, did not specify the date or the location of the drill. North Korean Director of the General Political Bureau of the Korean People’s Army, Hwang Pyong So, Director of the General […]
SCHIPHOL AIRPORT, AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (Reuters) – Access to Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport returned to normal in the early hours of Wednesday (April 13) after temporarily closure of part of its shopping area due to a suspicious situation, local media reported. Part of Schiphol Plaza – the commercial area located at the entrance of the airport and accessible to both passengers and visitors – was evacuated on Tuesday (April 12) evening around 9.40 P.M. (0740GMT) and a […]
KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Apr. 12 (PIA) – Some 3,067 individuals affected El Niño in North Cotabato are given temporary job courtesy of the Department of Labor and Employment. These unemployed and underemployed workers were given income-generating jobs through the DOLE Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa ating Disadvantaged/Displaced Workers (DOLE-TUPAD) DOLE 12, told Philippine Information Agency 12, that these marginalized workers were deployed to their respective barangays “to assist in the social, economic and agroforestry community projects […]
