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MANILA, Aug. 8 (PIA) — The number of beneficiaries for undergraduate scholarship being offered by the Department of Science and Technology (DOST), under its Science Education Institute (SEI), has more than tripled in five years, jumping from 1,250 in 2010 to 5,595 in 2015. “We’re also now preparing the groundwork for recruiting new partner universities and introducing innovations into the program for us to expand by 100% in 2017, on our way to meet the […]
MANILA, Aug. 9 (PNA) — Expect a weather improvement in most parts of the country as typhoon “Hanna” is already outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR), the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said on Sunday. In an interview, PAGASA weather observer Lenny Ruiz said typhoon “Hanna” left the PAR at around 3 p.m. on Saturday as it headed toward China. Ruiz said that as the typhoon exited, the southwest monsoon has […]
(Reuters) A Colorado jury sentenced movie rampage gunman James Holmes to life in prison on Friday (August 7), rejecting the death penalty for the 27-year-old who entered a midnight showing of a Batman movie wearing a gas mask, helmet and body armor and shot dead a dozen people. Last month, the panel of nine women and three men found the former neuroscience graduate student guilty on all counts related to the July 2012 massacre. They […]
(Reuters) Many Taiwanese residents caught in the path of Typhoon Soudelor were left with their homes flooded after the powerful storm battered the island on Saturday (August 8), killing at least six and injuring 64. In the greater Taipei area, the authorities worked to rescue around two dozen people trapped by a mudslide. “We received a report from people earlier that there was a mudslide. Then we sent a fire truck and rescue vehicle here to […]
Aug.5 (Reuters) This is the Blade, a supercar that its makers hope will re-define car manufacturing. It didn’t come off an assembly line – but out of a 3D printer. Kevin Czinger of Divergent Microfactories has spent most of his adult life tied in one way or another to the automotive industry. One day he realized that no matter how fuel efficient or how few tailpipe emissions the modern car has, the business of car […]
WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 (PNA/PTI) — A single dose of an experimental Ebola virus (EBOV) vaccine, currently undergoing testing in humans, completely protects monkeys against the current outbreak strain, when given at least seven days before exposure, scientists have found. The vaccine partially protects the cynomolgus macaques against the EBOV-Makona strain if given three days prior, researchers said. The live-attenuated vaccine, VSV-EBOV, uses genetically engineered vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) to carry an EBOV gene that has […]
MANILA, August 8 (PNA) — Typhoon “Hanna” will bring rough to very rough sea conditions to Batanes said the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) on Saturday. “Stormy weather with rough to very rough seas will prevail over Batanes while rains with gusty winds over northern Cagayan including Calayan and Babuyan group of islands,” PAGASA said on its 5 a.m. weather bulletin Saturday. PAGASA noted that typhoon Hanna was located 380 km north […]
QUEZON CITY, Aug. 7 (PIA)– In celebration of Buwan ng Wika, Google Philippines invites every Filipino including translators, language lovers, and culture enthusiasts to contribute to the Google Translate Community to help bridge language barriers and bring the Filipino and Cebuano languages and cultures better representation online to share with the rest of the world. In line with this, Google Philippines launched a nationwide translation campaign called Love Your Language, a first translate-a-thon to improve […]
JULY 31 (Reuters) – Over 500 start-up companies congregated in Hong Kong on Friday (July 31) to attend RISE, the first conference in Asia organised by Web Summit, one of the largest tech summits in Europe. Organisers estimated the event attracted over 5,000 people from 72 countries, including 300 investors. One of the companies attending the summit is the world’s biggest drone maker, China-based DJI. DJI, whose best-selling Phantom 2 Vision+ drone retails for around $1,200 […]
Aug. 7 (Reuters) – Heavy gales, huge waves and rainstorms have hit Taiwan’s eastern areas, Ilan and Hualien in particular, as Typhoon Soudelor was moving slowly to the island on Friday night. Taiwan’s meteorological agency predicted that the typhoon would land in the eastern coastal areas of Taiwan on Saturday morning. And the strong typhoon could bring heavy rain to Taiwan, especially from Friday afternoon through Saturday. By the seaside of Ilan, the huge waves reached […]
MANILA, Aug. 7 (PNA) — Manila sanitation inspectors confiscated 25 categories of expired, misbranded and tampered food products that are sold illegally in Quiapo, Manila. Responding to the complaint filed by the EcoWaste Coalition, representatives of the District Health Office III of the Manila Health Department conducted the inspection last Wednesday in coordination with the Manila Police District Station. In a report to City Health Officer Benjamin Yson, sanitary inspector Ivy Casono said that vendor […]
1.079°N 85.196°W depth=10.0 km (6.2 mi) BEIJING, Aug. 7 (PNA/Xinhua) — An earthquake measuring 5.3 on the Richter scale jolted off the coast of Ecuador at 1218 GMT on Friday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicenter, with a depth of 10.0 km, was initially determined to be at 1.0785 degrees north latitude and 85.196 degrees west longitude. Time 2015-08-07 12:18:49 (UTC) 2015-08-07 20:18:49 (UTC+08:00) in Manila timezone Times in other timezones Nearby Cities 534km […]
