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LISBON, Portugal (Reuters) – Some 1,200 firefighters were mobilized on Thursday in the post-control and containment phase of firefighting operations in central Portugal, to avoid a repeat of the deadly forest fires that recently swept across the region, which killed 64 people and injured some 240 others. The devastating forest fires in Pedrogao Granda, some 150 kilometers northeast of the Portuguese capital city of Lisbon, that started on June 17 has now mostly been extinguished. […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) –Pinuri ni Senador Richard Gordon ang desisyon ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte na aprubahan ang 1 thousand peso pension hike ng Social Security System (SSS). Bina-bati ng senador ang desisyon ng pangulo na hatiin sa dalawang (2) bahagi ang 2 thousand pesos pension hike na tiyak namang ikalulugod ng 2.18 million pensioners sa bansa. Nangako naman si Senador Gordon na magbibigay ng batas para palakasin ang SSS at tulungan ito sa kanilang […]
By Zachary Fagenson and Julie Steenhuysen MIAMI/CHICAGO (Reuters) – Federal health officials on Friday warned pregnant women not to travel to trendy Miami Beach after Florida confirmed that the mosquito-borne Zika virus was active in the popular tourist destination. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention also suggested that pregnant women who are especially worried about exposure to Zika – which has been shown to cause the severe birth defect known as microcephaly […]
(UNITED NATIONS) Reporting that 650 children have been recruited into armed groups in South Sudan since January, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) called today for an immediate end to recruitment and an unconditional release of all children by armed actors. “The dream we all shared for the children of this young country has become a nightmare,” said Justin Forsyth, UNICEF Deputy Executive Director said today in a news release issued by the agency. “At […]
