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Families continued to abandon their homes on Monday (December 28) in the southern cone of South America, which is seeing its worst flooding in decades and has already forced more than 100,000 people to evacuate. In northern Argentina, some 20,000 people have had to evacuate in what local authorities have called the worst flooding in 50 years. Aerial views showed large swamped areas in the Argentine city of Concordia, in the Entre Rios province. This […]
The Islamic State (IS) group has lost over half of its land in Iraq as the government forces claimed on Monday the retaking of Ramadi, the capital of Iraq’s western province of Anbar. The territory controlled by the terrorist group has reduced to 20 percent of the whole country, down from 40 percent in 2014, according to local media reports. The IS has controlled large areas in middle and northern part of Iraq since June, […]
Saudi Arabia, its finances hit by low oil prices, announced plans to shrink a record state budget deficit with spending cuts, reforms to energy subsidies and a drive to raise revenues from taxes and privatisation. The 2016 budget, released by the finance ministry on Monday (December 28), marked the biggest shake-up to economic policy in the world’s top crude exporter for over a decade, and includes politically sensitive reforms from which authorities previously shied away. […]
Hydrologists and geologists nationwide have been gathering in east China’s Shandong Province to direct rescue plans to find the quickest possible way to save 17 trapped miners inside a collapsed gypsum mine. A total of 29 people were working underground when the mine collapsed at 07:56 last Friday in Pingyi County. Eleven were rescued on Saturday while one died. According to authorities, the 17 trapped are located at two sections: three in a quarry work […]
Russia’s air forces carried out 164 sorties in Syria in the past three days, hitting 556 targets, Lieutenant General Sergei Rudskoi, a department chief at Russia’s Defence Ministry, told a news briefing on Monday (December 28). “As of December 25, 164 sorties have been carried out hitting 556 terrorist targets in provinces of Aleppo, Idlib, Latakia, Hama, Homs, Damascus, Deir ez-Zor and Raqqa,” Rudskoi official said. He also said that Russian aviation supported advance towards […]
Alfredo Pacheco, a soccer player who played for the Salvadoran national side before being banned from the sport for life for his involvement in match fixing, was murdered on Sunday (December 28). Thirty-three-year-old Pacheco was with a group of friends chatting in a gas station when an unknown assailant shot at the group various times, authorities said. Two other people were injured and were taken to a nearby hospital in the city of Santa Ana, […]
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) urged parents to attend career guidance and coaching conducted in schools to learn about labor market information and help address the problem of jobs and skills mismatch. Engracio Bailon, head of the DOLE-Dagupan Field Office, said that by educating and empowering parents on labor market information, they would be able to direct their children towards careers with high employability after graduation. “DOLE has high regard to parents as […]
The Department of Health (DOH) appealed to parents to watch their children to avoid firecracker-related injuries or deaths. In a media release, DOH strongly advised parents and caregivers not to allow children to use firecrackers especially in welcoming the New Year. “Hanggat maaari, huwag nating bigyan at pagamitin ng paputok ang mga bata. Siguraduhin na hindi mamumulot ng paputok ang mga bata. Ang tetano ay nakamamatay at ito ay nakukuha sa impeksiyon na dulot ng […]
A company announced that it has successfully created a self-drying jacket which was inspired by the movie, “Back to the Future”. Said jacket is classified as wearable tech. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)
The Department of Foreign Affairs expressed concern over the protest actions done by a group of young Filipinos, wherein said group traveled to the disputed territory in West Philippine Sea in protest to China’s reclamation activities. The DFA explained that such actions may negatively affect the decision to be made by the international arbitral tribunal wherein the Philippines was able to raise several good points. The DFA added that said arbitral tribunal is constantly monitoring […]
According to the Social Security Service, those who were negatively affected by the rampage of “Nona” can now claim calamity loans. The SSS, though, clarified that only those who are residing in areas declared to be under a state of calamity can avail of said loans. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)
QUEZON City, Philippines (December 29) – Warning! Here be spoilers! And with that out of the way, I will say this outright and I will fight anyone that disagrees, “Star Wars VII: The Force Awakens” is the most epic movie of the year. So, this may not be the most balanced of articles, but hey, it was written by a self-confessed Star Wars geek. Ever since I felt a disturbance in the Force – in […]
