DILG encourages the Public to join Earth Hour on March 29 from 8:30 to 9:30 in the evening.
Other News
9 injured when a bus and truck collided in EDSA
Nine were injured when a passenger bus collided with a truck in EDSA North Bound early this morning.
Earthquake hits Pangasinan
According to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, a magnitude 4.0 earthquake hit Bolinao, Pangasinan this morning. No damage was recorded.
Magnitude 4.0 quake jolts Pangasinan
MANILA, March 27 (PNA) — A magnitude-4.0 earthquake jolted the province of Pangasinan on Thursday morning, according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs). In its bulletin, the agency said the tremor occurred at 4:42 a.m. with its epicenter traced 21 kilometers northeast of Bolinao in Pangasinan. Phivolcs said the temblor, which was tectonic in origin, had a shallow depth of 18 kilometers. The agency said there was no casualty or damage reported […]
New satellite image reveals 100 objects that could be debris from missing plane
(Reuters) – Aircraft and ships scouring the southern Indian Ocean for wreckage of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 were racing to beat bad weather on Thursday and reach an area where new satellite images showed what could be a debris field. The international search team has been bolstered to 11 military and civilian aircraft and five ships that will criss-cross the remote search site with weather conditions forecast to deteriorate later in the day. New satellite images have […]
Washington mudslide yields more bodies, but not all may be found; death toll at 24 and counting
(Reuters) – Search teams picked through mud-caked debris for a fifth day on Wednesday looking for scores of people still missing in a deadly Washington state landslide, as officials reported finding more bodies while acknowledging that some victims’ remains may never be recovered. The known death toll stood at 24, with as many as 176 people still unaccounted for near the rural town of Oso, where a rain-soaked hillside collapsed on Saturday and cascaded over […]
Army, PNP back signing of CAB, vows to protect, promote peace
COTABATO CITY, March 27 (PNA) — Military and police officials in mainland Mindanao whose area of operations cover most of the provinces of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) are supporting the attainment of genuine peace in Mindanao. In separate statements, Major Gen. Romeo Gapuz, commander of the 6th Infantry “Kampilan” Division based in Camp Siongco, Maguindanao and Chief Supt. Noel Delos Reyes, ARMM police regional director, said peace is everybody’s desire, especially soldiers […]
A Minute With: Emma Watson on how Hogwarts prepped her for ‘Noah’
By Eric Kelsey LOS ANGELES Wed Mar 26, 2014 9:03pm EDT (Reuters) – After spending a decade at the Hogwarts school of Witchcraft and Wizardry in the “Harry Potter” film franchise, actress Emma Watson put her magical training to good use for her first big budget post-Potter role, in biblical action blockbuster “Noah.” In director Darren Aronofsky’s movie, out in U.S. and Canadian theaters on Friday, Watson plays Ila, the wife of Noah’s eldest son, […]
Bank of America to pay $9.3 billion to settle mortgage bond claims
By Margaret Chadbourn and Aruna Viswanatha WASHINGTON Wed Mar 26, 2014 6:42pm EDT (Reuters) – Bank of America agreed to pay $9.3 billion to settle claims that it sold Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac faulty mortgage bonds, helping the bank to end one of the largest legal headaches it still faced from the financial crisis. The settlement, announced on Wednesday, includes $6.3 billion in cash and $3.2 billion in securities that Bank of America will […]
9 Fun Things You Can Do During Earth Hour 2014
On March 29 at 8:30 pm, WWF’s Earth Hour will begin. Started in 2007, Earth Hour is a symbolic act to get us thinking about our planet and our impact on it. But more than that, it’s also part of a simple idea to start an environmental resolution in 2014 — this is not only about one hour in the dark, it’s about creating a brighter future. Even though you’re switching off your lights and electronic appliances for the […]
Police on full alert in Metro Manila, military on red alert in Central Mindanao for peace deal signing
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine National Police in Metro Manila will be placed on full alert Thursday, March 27, while the Armed Forces of the Philippines is on red alert for the whole of Central Mindanao. This is in relation to the scheduled signing by the government panel and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front on the Comprehensive Agreement on Bangsamoro or CAB. Police will particularly be on the look-out in the areas around Malacanang where […]
Chinese Aircraft reports no sighting of missing plane debris In Southern Indian Ocean
(Reuters/CCTV) — A Chinese IL-76 aircraft returned to Perth in western Australia after finding no suspicious objects in the target area in the southern Indian Ocean on Wednesday morning. The Chinese aircraft took off to at 05:17 on Wednesday morning and began searching for missing the target sea area for the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370. The aircraft found no suspicious objects during its eight-hour flight covering a sea area of around 7,000 square kilometers. It flew back to Perth International Airport at […]
