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Filipino surfing enthusiast creates eco-friendly surfboards using recycled wood in an effort to shift focus towards sustainability and craftsmanship. (Photo captured from Reuters video) For Jay-ar Domantay surfing is a way of life. It’s the reason he traded in a fast paced career in Manila to build old fashioned surfboards made from recycled wood. 29-year-old Domantay quit his job in events management to become a surfboard shaper. He named his workshop in a southern […]
Two suspected Islamic State militants have been killed and three arrested by Saudi security forces in coordinated raids in Ryadh and the eastern city of Dammam. (Photo captured from Reuters video) Two suspected Islamic State militants were killed and three were arrested by Saudi security forces in coordinated raids in the capital Riyadh and the eastern city of Dammam, the Interior Ministry said on Monday (September 28). The statement carried by state news agency […]
U.S. President Barack Obama announced on Monday (September 28) that more than 50 states had pledged some 30,000 new troops and police for possible deployment on United Nations peacekeeping missions. “More than 50 countries, from Bangladesh to Colombia, from Finland to China, are making commitments totaling more than 30,000 new troops and police,” Obama told a summit of world leaders organized by the United States to boost support for U.N. peacekeeping. China’s President Xi Jinping […]
The Bloodhound Supersonic Car, described by its designers as the world’s fastest and most advanced racing car, was unveiled in London on Thursday (September 24). The vehicle is aiming to be the world’s first 1,000mph (1,609 kph) car when it attempts to set a new world record. The car’s British designers said they are pushing the limits of science, with the Bloodhound a catalyst for cutting-edge research in fields such as aerodynamics and sustainable high-tech […]
The Rio 2016 opening and closing ceremonies are to cost ten times less than those in London 2012, according to the team of directors. The opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro next year will cost ten times less than those in London 2012, the team of directors announced on Tuesday (September 22) as the group met in the host city to discuss the plans, which still remain […]
West African heads of state are set to travel to Ouagadougou to reinstall the country’s deposed interim leader in a bid to find a peaceful end to the political crisis in Burkina Faso. The presidents of several African nations were due to travel to Burkina Faso’s capital on a mission to negotiate the peaceful roll-back of a coup by presidential guard soldiers last week, it was announced on Tuesday (September 22). After extensive meetings in […]
QUEZON CITY, Sep. 29 — Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala has signed the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of the amended Philippine Fisheries Code last 22 September 2015. The 89-page document setting the rules and regulations for Republic Act (RA) No. 10654, or the act that amended RA 8550, otherwise known as the Philippine Fisheries Code of 1998, is the result of a 20-day drafting process involving commercial fishing companies, government, civil society organizations, the academe, […]
MANILA, Sep. 29 — The Philippines is clamping down on illicit financial flows (IFF), with the government undertaking reforms to strengthen legal and regulatory frameworks and prevent illegal movements of money or capital to, and from, the country. Global Financial Integrity (GFI), a non-profit research and advocacy organization, defines illicit financial flows as illegal movements of money or capital from one country to another. GFI classifies this movement as illicit flow when the funds are […]
QUEZON CITY, Sep. 29 — Member economies of the Asia-Pacific economic region forged a stronger public-private partnership which seeks to reduce, if not eliminate, food losses in the supply chain of fishery and livestock, in one of the meetings of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Food Security Week. During a seminar organized by the Ministry of Agriculture of the Chinese Taipei and the Ministry for Primary Industries of New Zealand with the Philippine Center for […]
MANDALUYONG CITY, Sep. 29 — The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) has warned Filipino workers against using falsified documents to support their applications for overseas jobs. Administrator Hans Leo J. Cacdac on Sunday said the Philippine Embassy in Wellington has reported that a substantial number of Filipino dairy farm workers have entered New Zealand using false employment certificates. The report said unscrupulous individuals in the Philippines issued the fake certificates in exchange for a considerable […]
(Reuters) — About 1,000 pro-democracy activists rallied outside Hong Kong government headquarters on Monday (September 28) to mark the first anniversary of protests that crippled parts of the Chinese-controlled city for weeks but failed to secure electoral reforms. The demonstrations last year, when activists streamed on to highways to demand full democracy, became the biggest political challenge to Beijing’s Communist Party leaders in years. Police, keen to avoid any repeat of last year’s occupations, far […]
(Reuters) — Thai police chief Somyot Pumpanmuang on Monday (September 28) officially presented a cash reward of 3 million baht ($82,668) to officers involved in the Bangkok blast investigation. He announced the cash reward a month ago. “I would like to present the cash reward, which was donated through my businessman friends and some were from myself to Police General Chakthip Chaijinda, to be handed out to all authorities involved in the case, including military […]
