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With the Colombian peace process back on track, family members of 29 of the disappeared from the more than half-century long civil war received remains of their loved ones in central Colombian city of Villavicencio Thursday (December 17). The ceremony comes two days after representatives of the Colombian government and leftist FARC rebels signed an agreement on reparations for war victims and the establishment of special tribunals to try former combatants once the two sides […]
U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Wednesday (December 16) reiterated that his policy to ban Muslims from entering the United States in the wake of a mass shooting in San Bernadino earlier this month is only temporary. “Did anyone try to talk out of saying we should ‘temporarily ban Muslims from entering the United States,” Kimmel asked Trump, referring to his advisors. “Well the word is ‘temporarily’ and I have […]
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull expressed disappointment during a speech in Tokyo on Friday (December 18) at Japan’s resumption of whaling in the Southern Ocean, but said the dispute over the hunt should not be allowed to hurt the two countries’ special strategic ties. Japan’s whaling fleet set out for the Antarctic this month to resume a hunt for the mammals, ending a year-long hiatus following an International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruling that Japan […]
French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel warned on Friday (December 18) that the United Kingdom had to respect the European Union principles on freedom of movement. EU heads of governments were meeting in Brussels on Thursday (December 17) evening over dinner to discuss British Prime Minister David Cameron’s four key demands on EU reforms. Speaking after the meeting, Hollande said the two more sensitive issues were the access to social benefits for […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (December 18) -Proclamation no. 1157 also known as “International day of person with disabilities in the Philippines” was declared law on October 16, 2006. This law is passed for the benefit of our fellow citizens who are disabled. The law focuses on having a special day about our fellow men that are disabled. Given special appreciation every 3rd of December of every year. Disability is the consequence of an impairment that may […]
The Department of Transportation and Communications’ (DOTC) first Public-Private Partnership Project, the Contactless Automated Fare Collection System (AFCS), has reached Full Systems Acceptance (FSA), marking the end of the trial period. “We have reached another milestone through the roll-out of a modern, unified ticketing system. We have been informed that we are the fastest in the world to achieve FSA, which means the system passed the standards and requirements we have set. This is certainly […]
The Social Security System (SSS) released P3.88 billion and P1.65 billion for maternity and sickness claims, respectively, for the first nine months of 2015, with corresponding double-digit growths of 21 percent and 18 percent in benefit payments due to the increase in number of availing members. SSS Vice President for Benefits Administration Agnes E. San Jose said the state-run agency granted maternity benefits for 191,064 members within January to September this year, higher by 19 […]
European Council President Donald Tusk said early on Friday (December 18) morning that he was more optimistic of finding a compromise with Prime Minister David Cameron in February after a summit dinner on Thursday discussing British demands for reform of the European Union. “We had a substantive and constructive discussion over dinner. I didn’t want to sound too dramatic before the meeting, but I do believe that tonight was a make-or-break moment. Prime Minister Cameron set […]
Tropical Depression Onyok maintained its strength and direction as it continues to pose threat over CARAGA Region. Onyok has maximum sustained winds of 55 kph near the center and is moving to west direction at 17 kph. As of 4am, based on all available data, Onyok was located at 405 km East of Hinatuan, Surigao del Sur. Public Storm Warning Signal (PSWS) No. 1 has been raised over the following areas: Agusan del Norte Agusan del […]
Iran’s aim of having sanctions against it lifted by the end of January under a deal with major powers is “not impossible”, the head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog monitoring its implementation said on Wednesday (December 16). Tehran is racing to keep its side of the deal reached with world powers in July, under which the sanctions that have battered its economy will be suspended in exchange for Iran severely limiting its nuclear programme. Iranian […]
As of 8 a.m. today, a total of 205,846 families or 904,110 persons have been affected by Typhoon Nona, of which 15,268 families or 64,957 persons are inside 329 evacuation centers set up by local government units in Regions III, IV-A, IV-B, V, and VIII. As the lead agency of the Camp Coordination and Camp Management Cluster under the humanitarian cluster system of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC), the Department of Social Welfare and […]
President Barack Obama said on Thursday U.S. intelligence professionals did not have any specific or credible information about a pending attack on the United States and Americans would prevail over the threat of terrorism. Obama, speaking to reporters during a visit with advisers at the National Counterterrorism Center outside Washington, warned the U.S. public to remain vigilant going into the holiday season. “When terrorists pull off a despicable act like what happened in San Bernardino, […]
