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ASEAN works towards ensuring good nutrition for all children in the region

ASEAN Secretary General Le Luong Minh says, ASEAN member states implement key policies and programs consistent with the ASEAN post 2015 Health Development Agenda (2016 – 2020), raising awareness on nutrition security in ASEAN. The successful completion and launching of the regional report on Nutrition Security Volume 2 further expanded the first volume to include evidence-based nutrition actions that tackle malnutrition. The regional report on Nutrition Security Volume 2 provides a number of recommendations that […]

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Another Filipino boxer qualifies for Rio Olympic Games

ANOTHER Filipino boxer, Charly Suarez, has earned ticket to the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro after beating Chinese bet Jun Shan in the ongoing Aiba Asian/Oceanian Olympic qualifying tournament in Qian’an, Hebei province, China. Suarez shattered the nose of Shan in the first round and forced his retirement before the start of the third in the lightweight division to join light flyweight Rogen Ladon in the gold medal bout and the plane bound […]

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2,000 nurses, kailangan sa Kuwait

MANILA, Philippines — Mahigit sa dalawang libong Filipino nurses ang kailangan ngayon sa Kuwait. Ito ay ayon sa Philippine Association of Service Exporters Incorporated o PASEI. Sinabi ni Elsa Villa, Presidente ng PASEI na sakaling ma-hire, ang entry level ng Filipino nurses ay posibleng tumanggap ng minimum monthly compensation na 900 dolyar o mahigit sa 40 libong piso. Ayon kay Villa, sinabihan sila ng labor minister at grupo ng mga pribadong korporasyon sa Kuwait  na itatayo  […]

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Losing momentum in delivering aid to Syria, Egeland says

GENEVA, Switzerland – The United Nations voiced concern on Thursday (March 31) over growing difficulties in delivering aid to besieged areas in Syria, with convoys delayed or surgical equipment being removed, mainly by government forces. Jan Egeland, chairman of a U.N. task force on humanitarian aid, called on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s main allies Russia and Iran to bring more pressure to bear on the government to enable deliveries of food and medicines. “We are […]

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Hillary Clinton calls out Trump during campaign speech

PURCHASE, NEW YORK, United States (Reuters) — U.S. presidential candidate Hillary Clinton brought her campaign to where her political career began. Clinton spoke to a large audience at the State University of New York in Purchase, New York on Thursday (March 31). The school was where Clinton launched her bid for U.S. Senate in 2000. During her speech, the Democratic front-runner rebuked Republican rival Donald Trump’s comments on abortion. On Wednesday, Trump said that women […]

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Hapi ang Buhay – A must watch show

The INCinema’s first-ever full length film, “Walang Take Two” presented us its spinoff sitcom, “Hapi ang Buhay”. “Hapi ang Buhay” resumes to narrate life in a usual urban Filipino community as the neighborhood encounters various timely social issues. Hapi ang Buhay is the first-ever situational comedy produced by the Eagle Broadcasting Corporation in partnership with INCinema Productions. Let us join them as they attempt to make sense of everything, while weaving through life’s hilarious side […]

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Drought hits Thai sugar farms, next year’s crop dying

RATCHABURI, Thailand – The El Nino weather phenomenon has played havoc with crops across Southeast Asia and beyond. Thailand, the world’s second-largest sugar exporter, will ship 20 percent less of the sweetener to international markets this year than last, and farmers fear the damage already inflicted on young cane plants could make the situation even worse next year. A drop in exports from Thailand and India has contributed to forecasts for a widening global supply […]

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Rescuers battle to reach India collapse survivors

by Sailendra Sil KOLKATA, India (AFP) — Emergency workers battled through the night into Friday to reach dozens of people still believed trapped under a flyover that collapsed in India, killing at least 22 others. Specialist rescue teams were using heavy cutting machinery and drills to reach an unknown number of people buried under the 100-metre (330-feet) section of road in Kolkata. Gruesome pictures showed limbs and bloodied bodies sticking out from underneath huge slabs […]

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S. Korea says North fired missile, jammed GPS systems

North Korea fired another short-range missile off its east coast on Friday, South Korean officials said, as regional leaders met in Washington to discuss the threat of Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons programme. It was the latest in a series of North Korean missile launches during what has been an extended period of elevated military tension on the Korean peninsula, triggered by Pyongyang’s fourth nuclear test on January 6. The launch came as the South Korean coastguard […]

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NBA: Bulls rally to shock Rockets, boost playoff bid

The Chicago Bulls rallied from a 14-point third-quarter deficit to shock the Houston Rockets 103-100 on Thursday and boost their NBA playoff hopes. Nikola Mirotic drained a go-ahead three-pointer with less than three minutes to play and Houston’s Trevor Ariza saw an attempted game-tying three-pointer fail at the buzzer. Mirotic scored a game-high 28 points. His three-pointer from the corner with 2:56 remaining put the Bulls up 92-91 and was followed by a dunk from […]

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Sexual harassment – not the victim’s fault

QUEZON City, Philippines (April 1) – “You deserve it”, “You showed too much skin”, “and you provoked them.” Lines a rape victim heard. Was it really the victim’s fault? Is the victim responsible for the crime too?  According to a study, one out of ten said that the victim is responsible because he or she danced provocatively, flirted and wore revealing clothes. Sexual abuse was defined to be “unwelcome sexual advances, request for sexual favors and […]

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