Easterly winds from the Pacific enter the country, bringing warm weather. Expect fair weather today. Here’s the latest update from PAGASA.
Other News
GM, Ford sales stall
By Ben Klayman, Bernie Woodall and Deepa Seetharaman DETROIT Mon Feb 3, 2014 2:51pm EST (Reuters) – Four of the top five U.S. auto sellers on Monday blamed extreme winter weather for poorer-than-expected sales in January, as analysts and executives predicted a rebound in February and March. U.S. automakers Ford Motor Co and General Motors Co as well as Japan’s Toyota Motor Sales USA and American Honda Motor Co saw auto sales plummet in January, […]
‘Silly’ selfies craze will die out, says ’60s snapper Bailey
By Li-mei Hoang LONDON Mon Feb 3, 2014 7:00am EST (Reuters) – The craze for taking “selfies” will die out soon, said British photographer David Bailey, famously known for capturing the free spirit of the swinging ’60s. The 76-year old, whose famous subjects include supermodel Kate Moss, Rolling Stone singer Mick Jagger and actor Jack Nicholson, said he had never taken a self portrait on a smartphone or webcam because he was too busy taking […]
McIlroy back for ‘unfinished business’ at Honda Classic
Mon Feb 3, 2014 4:40pm EST (Reuters) – One of Rory McIlroy’s lowest points during a frustrating 2013 campaign came at the Honda Classic in Florida but the Northern Irishman is looking forward to returning to “one of my favorite events” for this year’s edition. McIlroy on Monday announced his intention to compete from February 27-March 2 at PGA National in Palm Beach Gardens where he won the tournament in 2012 after holding off a […]
Seattle jubilant as Seahawks head home from Super Bowl victory
By Jonathan Kaminsky Mon Feb 3, 2014 4:31pm EST (Reuters) – The Seattle Seahawks football team was due to return home to a jubilant city on Monday, fresh from trouncing the usually high-scoring Denver Broncos 43-8 to win the Super Bowl and the franchise’s first NFL championship. Thousands of blue- and green-clad Seahawks fans took to the streets of Seattle on Sunday night to celebrate, with revelers downtown lighting bonfires and fans on Greek Row […]
Apple releases “1.24.14” film, Shot on iPhone in Just 1 Day
30 years ago, on January 24, 1984, Steve Jobs and his friends introduced the Mac at the investor meeting. To celebrate with this anniversary, Apple spent their January 24, 2014 shooting for a short (1 minute and 28 seconds) film called “1.24.14.” Would you believe that this short film was only shot using iPhone5s? Yes, and in fact , with crews working in 15 locations spread around five continents by none other than Jake Scott […]
Iowa research lab identifies new strain of deadly pig virus
Mon Feb 3, 2014 4:53pm EST (Reuters) – A new strain of Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea virus, or PEDv, has been identified in samples taken from Illinois and Missouri, a top veterinarian at Iowa State University said on Monday. “We found that there is a variant out there that appears to be quite different than the original,” Rodger Main, the head veterinarian of Iowa State University’s veterinary diagnostic lab, told Reuters on Monday. More research needs […]
Added sugars abundant In U.S. diets, linked to death
By Andrew M. Seaman NEW YORK Mon Feb 3, 2014 4:13pm EST (Reuters Health) – Most U.S. adults are eating too much sugar and that’s linked to an increased risk of dying from heart disease, according to a new government study. Researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) analyzed nutrition surveys of U.S. adults from the past couple of decades and found most were getting more sugar than the daily limit set […]
Libya PM threatens eastern protesters with troops
By Ghaith Shennib TRIPOLI Mon Feb 3, 2014 5:45pm EST (Reuters) – Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan stepped up the pressure on protesters blocking eastern ports on Monday, telling them he had weeks ago ordered troops to prepare to move there to end their blockade. Zeidan has repeatedly warned he may use force to free up three key ports where protesters demanding more autonomy from Tripoli have cut off around 600,000 barrels per day of […]
Suicide bomb attack hits passenger van in south Beirut
By Laila Bassam BEIRUT Mon Feb 3, 2014 2:32pm EST (Reuters) – A suicide bomber blew himself up in a passenger van in a southern suburb of Lebanon’s capital Beirut on Monday as the country continued to struggle with the fallout from the civil war in neighboring Syria. At least two people were wounded in the blast, including the driver and a woman, but no one was killed apart from the bomber, the health minister […]
Iraqi forces kill 57 Islamist militants in Sunni province
BAGHDAD Mon Feb 3, 2014 2:49pm EST (Reuters) – Iraqi troops and allied tribesmen killed 57 Islamist militants in Anbar province on Monday, the Defense Ministry said, in advance of a possible assault on the Sunni Muslim rebel-held city of Falluja. There was no independent verification of the toll among the militants, said to be members of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), a jihadi group also fighting in the civil war […]
U.N. nuclear agency may press Iran on rare isotope in probe
By Fredrik Dahl VIENNA Mon Feb 3, 2014 2:30pm EST (Reuters) – The U.N. nuclear watchdog says it wants Iran to clarify past production of small amounts of a rare radioactive material that can help trigger an atomic bomb explosion, but which also has non-military uses. The comment about polonium by U.N. atomic agency chief Yukiya Amano at a weekend security conference in Munich suggested the issue may be raised at talks between his experts […]
