Tag: Year 2018

2018 hottest year for a century in France

PARIS, France (AFP) — 2018 was the hottest year in France since modern records began in 1900, the French meteorological service said Friday. “This year was the hottest France has known since modern meteorological measures came into use in 1900,” Meteo-France said. The average temperature of 14 degrees centigrade (57.2 Fahrenheit) was 1.4 degrees above the average recorded between 1981 and 2010, it said in a statement. That put it ahead of two other remarkably […]

2018 set to be among hottest years on record: UN

GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — Global temperatures in 2018 are set to be the fourth highest on record, the UN said Thursday, stressing the urgent need for action to rein in runaway warming of the planet. In a report released ahead of the COP 24 climate summit in Poland, the World Meteorological Organization pointed out that the 20 warmest years on record have been in the past 22 years, and that “2018 is on course to […]

Ekonomiya ng PHL ngayong 2018, lalago ng 7.5 % – FMIC, UA&P report

MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Lalago umano ng 7.5 percent ang ekonomiya ng Pilipinas ngayong taong 2018, dahil sa fiscal spending sa imprastraktura. Ayon ito sa First Metro Investment Corporation at University of Asia and the Pacific. Paliwanag ni UA & P Economist Victor Abola, ang pangunahing factor sa paglago ng ekonomiya ng bansa ay ang massive infrastructure spending program. Plano ng gobyero na gumastos ng P8 trilyon para sa “golden age of infrastructure” sa […]