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October 14 (PIA6) — Offices of the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) throughout the country will be opening its doors for 12 hours daily from Monday to Sunday starting October 17 to October 31, 2015, the deadline for voters’ validation. According to COMELEC-Aklan Provincial Election Officer Atty. Ian Lee Ananoria, the move is to have longer office hours in order to serve better those who would be flocking to Municipal COMELEC offices either to have their […]
MANILA, Oct. 14 — The National Government’s flagship poverty alleviation program, the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps), will have a budget allocation of P62.7 billion in the proposed 2016 National Budget to broaden its coverage and include high school students to help more indigent families. Budget Secretary Florencio ‘Butch’ Abad said the 4Ps must not only be sustained, but also widened, given that it is one of the most important and effective programs of the National Government that put resources […]
The Duchess of Cornwall presents the prestigious 2015 Man Booker Prize to Marlon James for his novel “A Brief History of Seven Killings”. Marlon James became the first Jamaican to win the Man Booker fiction prize on Tuesday (October 13) for “A Brief History of Seven Killings”, inspired by an attempt to kill reggae star Bob Marley, and said he hoped more Caribbean writers will follow. The 686-page novel, which uses Jamaican patois, Harlem slang […]
Ireland captain Paul O’Connell’s international career came to a premature end on Tuesday (October 13) when he was ruled out of the rest of the Rugby World Cup in another major injury blow for the Pool D winners. Lock forward O’Connell, 35, had said before the World |Cup that he would retire from international rugby at the end of the tournament, but his departure has been enforced earlier than planned by the hamstring injury sustained […]
Now readers of Playboy, the glossy men’s magazine known for its nude fold-outs, can honestly say they are buying the magazine for its articles. Playboy will no longer publish nude photographs of women, the New York Times reported on Monday (October 12) in an article quoting Scott Flanders, the company’s chief executive. Founder and editor-in-chief Hugh Hefner, who in his trademark silk pajamas has embodied the Playboy lifestyle, agreed last month with a suggestion by […]
The wife of the pilot who was flying MH17 when it was gunned down over eastern Ukraine told Reuters on Tuesday (October 13) that she wants justice to be served to whoever was responsible for the crash. The plane was shot down over eastern Ukraine by a BUK-missile, the Dutch Safety Board concluded on Tuesday in its final report on the July 2014 crash that killed all 298 people on board. Ivy Loi, a mother […]
“Felix Manalo” movie goers continue to crowd every cinema in every mall nationwide, usually literally taking most, if not all theaters in malls. Movie goers, Iglesia Ni Cristo members or not, have been rushing to cinemas every day since the premiere prompting theaters to take almost all slot in the malls. It even had later than the usual last screening, aside from the early opening time, to accommodate the viewers. After breaking two Guinness World […]
Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago said she will run for president in the 2016 elections. She added that her running mate is someone who has already declared his or her candidacy. Santiago said the Philippines will be a “much better country” if she will become president in the “near future.” “Today, this country suffers from the malaise of plunder. Plunder is when you look at a person and the person looks at you and you feel like eating […]
Meanwhile, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said the U.S. plan of sending a navy ship within 22 kilometers (14 miles) of the artificial island in the Spratly islands “would be consistent with international law and a rules-based order for the region.” It said that it’s important for the international community to safeguard freedom of navigation in the disputed waters. The Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) also warned that “failure to challenge false claims […]
U.S. media reports have said that the United States will imminently send patrols in areas claimed by china in disputed territories of the South China Sea. A U.S. defense official said last Thursday (October 8) that Washington is considering sailing warships close to china’s artificial islands to signal it does not recognize Chinese territorial claims over the area. The financial times newspaper cited a senior U.S. official as saying U.S. ships would sail within 12-nautical-mile […]
China urges Japan to face up to history and stop threatening the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) which recently listed documents concerning the Nanjing Massacre in the Memory of the World Register, according to a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson on Tuesday. After the Nanjing Massacre was listed in the UNESCO Memory of the World Register on Oct. 9, Japan’s Foreign Ministry has questioned the authenticity of the documents, calling on UNESCO to […]
Zimbabwe’s cabinet minister said they will not charge an American dentist for killing its most prized lion — Cecil — in July. They said Walter Palmer — the U.S. Dentist, had obtained legal authority to conduct the hunt. Environment minister Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri told reporters that after approaching authorities it turned out that the Minnesota-based dentist, Walter Palmer, “came to Zimbabwe because all the papers were in order”. Palmer, a lifelong big game hunter, has admitted […]
