The Cultural Center of the Philippines announced that CCP would turn into a “Center for Choral Performance” starting 2014, as it offers an exciting variety of choral music concerts and workshops for choirs and choral conductors and an international choral festival under its choral music program. The following choral music events lined up for the year include the Madz et al. Choral Festival (April 1-6, 2014), a festival of choir performances of more than 50 […]
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Tension between China and the Philippines to rise according to international observers
According to international observers, the tension between China and Philippines will rise regarding the territorial dispute in West Philippine Sea , with the Philippines filing a case against China in the arbitration tribunal in The Hague, Netherlands.
DILG reminds Filipinos to participate in Earth Hour
The Department of Interior and Local Government reminded everyone to participate in the Earth Hour on March 29, from 8:30 to 9:30 in the evening!
Traffic re-routing scheme in Commonwealth Ave., for “Lingap-Pamamahayag” of Iglesia Ni Cristo
Posters notified motorists in Commonwealth Ave. about the traffic re-routing scheme in it s eastbound lane for the “Lingap-Pamamahayag” of the Iglesia Ni Cristo.
Vegetable vendor killed in Quezon City
A vegetable vendor was killed in Batasan, Quezon City after being gunned down by unidentifed suspects.
Baby gorilla born via caesarian at San Diego Zoo goes for an outing with mom
(Reuters) — A baby gorilla who came down with pneumonia after being born in a rare Caesarean section at the San Diego Zoo has improved enough to be released from the hospital and taken on a brief outing with its mother. The baby gorilla, a girl, was delivered by C-section on March 13 after its 18-year-old mother, Imani, went into labor at the zoo but was unable to complete the delivery, according to the San Diego Zoo Safari Park. She and was treated for […]
Search for lost Malaysian jet shifts significantly after new lead
(Reuters) – Australian authorities said on Friday they were shifting the focus of their Indian Ocean search for the wreckage of Malaysia’s missing jet, moving it 1,100 km (685 miles) to the northeast after receiving new information from Malaysia. For more than a week, ships and surveillance planes have been scouring seas 2,500 km (1,550 miles) southwest of Perth, where satellite images had suggested there could be debris from Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, which went […]
Heavier fines for colorum buses
In the second week of April, consultation will begin for imposing heavier fines against colorum buses and other public transport vehicles.
Creating designer organisms by synthesizing a genome from scratch
Researchers have rebuilt a yeast chromosome, deleting superfluous genetic material not needed for survival. Such designer organisms could be the future of biotechnology. Are designer humans next? Twelve years ago, researchers created the first ever synthetic virus. About five years later, they rebuilt the complete genome of a bacterium. Now synthetic biologists have gone a step further. Jef Boeke and his team at the New York University Langone Medical Center have synthesized one of the […]
Facebook to use satellites, drones to spread the Internet
(Reuters) – Facebook Inc is harnessing satellite, drone and other technology as part of an ambitious and costly effort to beam Internet connectivity to people in underdeveloped parts of the world. The world’s No. 1 social network said on Thursday it has hired aerospace and communications experts from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab and its Ames Research Center for the new “Connectivity Lab” project. “Today, we’re sharing some details of the work Facebook’s Connectivity Lab is […]
Metro Manila to experience 33 degrees Celsius temperature
Expect fair weather with cloudy skies and scattered rain showers in the afternoon in the eastern part of the country. Metro Manila will experience a temperature of 23 to 33 degrees Celsius.
Malaysian Jet Search Resumes In The Southern Indian Ocean
(Reuters) — Search planes left Perth on Friday (March 28) as the search of the remote southern Indian Ocean for a Malaysian jetliner resumed looking for floating debris that satellite images appear to show in the area. Ten aircraft are scheduled to take part in the search on Friday including a Chinese Ilyushin IL-76that took off from Perth Airport before dawn, heading 2,500 km (1,550 miles) southwest into the search area where high winds and icy weather had halted flights on Thursday […]





