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President Benigno S. Aquino III will visit today, December 23 the town of Pinamalayan and conduct aerial inspection of other areas badly hit by Typhoon Nona in Oriental Mindoro. OrMin Governor Alfonso V. Umali will received the President upon arrival and briefed him on the extent of the damage in the province. Pinamalayan bore the brunt of the typhoon with about 15,800 families evacuated before and during the height of typhoon Nona. Three persons were […]
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority or MMDA advises the public to expect heavy traffic along the Roxas Boulevard area for the parade of stars for the much-awaited Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF). Starting at 1:00 this afternoon, December 23, the route of the parade will start from Coral Way (kick-off point near SM Arena), right to J.W. Diokno, to EDSA Extension, to Roxas Blvd. (Southbound), left to South Road, then right to Independence Road to […]
Hollywood actor Nicolas Cage has agreed to turn over a rare stolen dinosaur skull he bought for $276,000 to U.S. authorities so it can be returned to the Mongolian government. The office of Preet Bharara, the U.S. attorney in Manhattan, filed a civil forfeiture complaint last week to take possession of the Tyrannosaurus bataar skull, which will be repatriated to Mongolia. The lawsuit did not specifically name Cage as the owner, but Cage’s publicist confirmed […]
NASA’s Dawn spacecraft has taken the best images yet seen of the dwarf planet Ceres, showing the cratered surface of the planet in great detail. Ceres is a miniature planet beyond Mars believed to be left over from the formation of the solar system. The newly-released images were taken on December 10 at the lowest altitude flown yet by Dawn, just 240 miles (385 kilometers) above the planet’s surface, a NASA statement said. The photos, […]
Getting mauled by a grizzly bear usually spells a painful death, but for one man, a savage bear attack is the catalyst for a quest fueled by revenge, in a wide-sweeping saga that uncovers the willpower to survive against all odds. “The Revenant,” out in limited U.S. theaters on Friday (December 25), follows the story of Pioneer-era fur trapper Hugh Glass, who was mauled in a grizzly bear attack and left for dead by his […]
A New York City police detective volunteering for his third deployment to war zones was mourned on Tuesday (December 22), a day after he and five other Americans were killed in a suicide bombing in Afghanistan near Bagram Air Base. “Detective Joseph Lemm epitomized the selflessness we can only strive for: putting his country and city first,” New York Police Commissioner Bill Bratton said in a statement. Six American troops, including Lemm, a 15-year veteran […]
One man was pulled out alive early Wednesday morning, 67 hours after a massive landslide hit China’s southern city of Shenzhen. The newly found survivor is confirmed to be 19-year-old Tian Zeming, a migrant worker from southwest China’s Chongqing. He is reported to be in stable conditions. Tian told rescuers that one of his coworkers remains trapped under deep rubble, but no sign of life had been detected near the site where Tian had been […]
The President signed Tuesday the P3.002 trillion 2016 General Appropriations Act (GAA), setting a record for the administration in creating a budget that is vastly different from the budgets that were created before President Aquino’s term. “With this budget, we have doubled the national budget since 2010 and we are providing the largest sectoral allocation to social services. This budget also caps the administration’s record of enacting the budget in time for a perfect six […]
Iba’t-ibang livelihood training ang ipinagkaloob ng Department of Labor and Employment o DOLE at Public Emploment Service Office para sa mga kababaihan ng sa lalawigan ng San Marcelino, Zambales. (Agila Probinsya Correspondent Rod de Leon)
Isang bagong gusaling sambahan ng Iglesia Ni Cristo ang pinasinayaan ng Iglesia Ni Cristo sa lalawigan ng Capiz. Ang pagpapasinaya sa bagong gusaling sambahan sa barangay San Juan bayan ng Dumarao, Capiz ay pinangunahan ng District Minister na si Brother Ceasar S. Almedina. (Agila Probinsya Correspondent Nathaniel Flores)
More than 50 Indonesian companies are being punished for their role in causing the haze that blanketed South East Asia earlier this year. The government has not named the firms, but released the initials and general location of 30 of the 56 companies who are being punished Only one of the companies was confirmed to be foreign-owned. Another is a supplier to one of the World’s Biggest Paper and Pulp Producers Asia Pulp & Paper. […]
Indonesia plans to strengthen its capability to defend its land and waters in the South China Sea, namely the Natuna Islands around which the country has declared an exclusive economic zone that overlaps with china’s “nine-dash line” maritime claim, its defense minister said Tuesday. “The Natuna Islands are our outer islands. It is quite natural and logical that a country has to secure its outer islands,” Ryamizard Ryacudu said in an interview, speaking to Kyodo […]
