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The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) is accepting applicants for this year’s Special Program for Employment of Students (SPES). Aim of this program is to help students to earn money for their college tuition fees this coming school year 2014-2015. This special progra is supported by Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE). According to MMDA Chairman Francis Tolentino, selected students will be assigned to work in different agencies for a month.
Justice Secretary Leila de Lima has ordered National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to serve the warrant of arrest on Cedric Lee and his companions who were involved in the mauling of actor TV host Vhong Navarro last January 22. Among the respondents in the grave coercion case, only Denice Cornejo and Joe Fernandez were able to post the P12,000 bail. Lee and the other four respondents can only post bail on Monday, and could be […]
(Reuters) – The number of deaths caused by Ebola has slowed dramatically in Guinea and the outbreak is nearly under control, the country’s health ministry said on Tuesday. The spread of Ebola from a remote corner of Guinea to the capital and into neighboring Liberia has killed about 130 people and spread panic across West African nations struggling with weak healthcare systems and porous borders. While Guinea claimed progress in containing the virus, U.S. experts […]
(Reuters) – China’s economy grew at its slowest pace in 18 months at the start of 2014, but did a touch better than expected and showed some improvement in March, suggesting Beijing will not rush to follow up recent steps to support activity. Authorities have ruled out major stimulus to fight short-term dips in growth, signaling the slowdown was an expected consequence of their reform drive, even as some analysts think the economy will lose […]
Rescue teams in South Korea are racing against time to find almost 300 people missing after a ferry sank off the country’s southern coast. The vessel was carrying a large group of high school students. A distress signal was sent from the ferry at 9:00 a.m. local time (0000 GMT), but the 6,825-ton vessel sank within two hours, after listing sharply and capsizing. It sank 20 kilometers (13 miles) off the southern island of Byungpoong. […]
(Reuters) – More than 300 people were missing after a ferry sank off South Korea, the coastguard said on Wednesday, with a three-fold increase in the number of passengers unaccounted for put down to a miscalculation by officials. The ferry was carrying 477 people, of whom 164 were confirmed rescued, coastguard officials said. Two people were confirmed dead after the ferry listed heavily onto its side and capsized in apparently calm conditions off South Korea’s […]
Ukraine started its anti-terrorist actions against pro-Russian sympathizers in the eastern part of the country.
107 of the 407 passengers of the passenger ferry that sunk off the South Korean coast is still missing.
A policeman and his wife were attacked by an unidentified gunman while in their vehicle in Mandaluyong City.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned German Chancellor Angela Merkel that Ukraine is on the verge of a civil war. Putin’s warning comes after Kyiv deployed troops against Pro-Moscow separatists in eastern Ukraine. Speaking with Chancellor Merkel via phone on Tuesday, President Putin condemned Kyiv’s deployment of troops against pro-Russian separatists as an “anti-constitutional” attempt “to forcefully suppress protests” in eastern Ukraine. “The Russian president remarked that the sharp escalation of the conflict has placed […]
The Department of Energy gave assurance that the energy reserve will be enough to supply the power demand during the long vacation.
Senator Coco Pimentel, Chairman of Senate Committee on Justice and Human Rights proposed incentives for companies that will hire ex-convicts.
