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AUGUST 7 (Reuters) — A satellite positioned a million miles (1,609,344km) from Earth in between the moon and the sun captured new images of the dark side of the moon on July 16. The images were taken by a NASA camera onboard the Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) satellite. An animation of the photographs shows the moon passing in front of the earth as it rotates. The moon is seen moving over the Pacific Ocean […]
(Courtesy CCTV news) — Relatives of those on board Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 say the discovery of the first physical evidence of the plane has brought back the trauma of the aircraft’s disappearance. “It’s been sleepless nights, and it’s panic, nervous, fear, everything rolled into one, so I don’t know what to call it,” said Jacquita Gonzales, wife of the MH370 inflight supervisor Patrick Francis Gomes. “The very familiar, overpowering emotions and intense shocks, just […]
AUGUST 7 (Reuters) — Undefeated boxing legend Floyd Mayweather announced his upcoming September 12 fight against Andre Berto in Los Angeles on Thursday (August 6). Floyd “Money” Mayweather (48-0) will put his unbeaten record on the line in what could be the final fight of his career. “Andre Berto is going to push Floyd Mayweather to the limit, that’s one thing that I do know,” ‘Money’ Mayweather said at a news conference. Mayweather, who beat […]
QUEZON CITY, Aug. 7 (PIA)–Some100 mothers donated their breast milk to the Quezon City Milk Bank during Quezon City’s milk gifting activity held Wednesday, August 5, in celebration of the Breastfeeding Awareness Month. Aside from the milk donating activity, the city government also turned over breast pumps to seven QC Health Department Lying-In clinics to encourage more breastfeeding mothers to donate their breast milk to babies in need, especially those in critical conditions. During the […]
ROXAS CITY, Capiz, Aug.7 (PIA6) – The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) – Provincial Office is reminding the public not to join investments that offer “easy money,” “double your money” and “quick money” which are beyond the existing profits in banks. “If the investment will earn by recruiting other people and not by selling valuable products, this is a concrete example of a pyramid scam or pyramiding,” said a DTI news release distributed to […]
(Eagle News) — Typhoon “HANNA” (international name: Soudelor) continues to move closer towards the Batanes-Taiwan area as of Friday morning. PAGASA has already placed Batanes under storm warning signal number two while the Calayan and Babuyan group of islands are now under public storm signal number 1. As of 4 a.m. Aug. 7, the eye of typhoon Hanna was located 485 km East Northeast of Itbayat, Batanes. It has maximum sustained winds of 165 kph near […]
MANILA, Aug. 7 — The government must sustain a high growth trajectory in the coming years to realize the goals of the righteous path being championed by the administration, a Palace official said on Thursday. Commenting on observations made during the Ateneo Eagle Watch Mid-Year Briefing 2015 that the Aquino government’s weakness is its lack of long-term vision, Communication Secretary Herminio Coloma, Jr. said that President Benigno S. Aquino III has described his concrete vision […]
MANDALUYONG, Aug. 7—A month after the Department of Transportation and Communication (DOTC) started the multi-discipline approach in maintaining the Metro Rail Transit 3 system (MRT-3), it reported that MRT-3 is now able to deploy up to 45 coaches during peak hours. This belies earlier claims by various individuals that the railway system is now down to only 4 to 7 trains. The DOTC is also dispelling other lies being perpetuated about the MRT-3: On the […]
(Eagle News) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Thursday (August 6) called on China and all claimants to the disputed South China Sea to refrain from further “land reclamation, militarization and construction projects” in the area. This came about as the Philippine government expressed its thanks that the international community is seeing the realities of the South China Sea dispute and that the other affected countries are responding in an appropriate manner. […]
(Eagle News) — Malacanang has said that the Philippines’ position in the South China Sea issue is gaining support from members of the international community with stakes in the maritime dispute which are responding in the “most appropriate manner.” Communication Secretary Herminio Coloma, Jr. said countries calling on China to stop its reclamation work in the South China Sea are beginning to understand the current realities as no less than the Association of South […]
“I have absolutely no doubt: This is a fight worth fighting.” This was the message of Secretary of the Interior and Local Government and administration bet Mar Roxas during a gathering of friends and allies from local government units (LGUs) nationwide held in San Juan City yesterday. “Sinabi ko na noong Biyernes: Ibubuhos ko ang lahat para sa Daang Matuwid; wala akong ititira para sa sarili ko,” he told more 1,200 local leaders from the […]
AGOSTO 6 (Agila Probinsya) — Hiniling ng Valencia City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office sa sangguniang panglungsod na magdeklara na ng state of calamity sa mga barangay na apektado ng malawakang paggawa. Sa ulat ng Valencia City DRRMC, limang barangay ang apektado ng flash flood sa Valencia dahil na rin sa walang tigil na buhos ng malakas na ulan. Umakyat naman sa pito ang patay habang dalawa na ang naiulat na nawawala. Umapaw rin […]
