Новости за 21.08.2015

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday urged North and South Korea to put a halt to a worrying escalation of tensions on the divided peninsula. Ban “urges the parties to refrain from taking any further measures that might increase tensions,” said his spokeswoman Eri Kaneko. North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un put his frontline troops […]

Local municipalities announced class suspensions on Saturday, Aug. 22, due to heavy rains and flooding.   Here’s the list: - Cavite (all levels) -Malabon (all levels) - Valenzuela (MTAP-DepEd Saturday Program classes, Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Valenzuela, Valenzuela City Polytechnic College)

The United States will respond firmly if Iran fails to honor the accord aimed at curbing its nuclear program, President Barack Obama said Friday, as he works to win over undecided US lawmakers. “We have a wide array of unilateral and multilateral responses that we can employ if Iran fails to meets its commitments,” […]

The movie Gattaca was set in a not-too-distant future where a pinprick of a blood could determine one’s genetic makeup. That scene when Uma Thurman checked out Ethan Hawke’s genetic profile the way we could stalk a social media profile now still continues to send clairvoyant goosebumps down everybody’s spine, 18 years later. Although we […]

Pyongyang, North Korea – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Friday declared his frontline troops in a “quasi-state of war” and ordered them to prepare for battle a day after the most serious confrontation between the rivals in years. South Korea’s military on Thursday fired dozens of artillery rounds across the border in response […]

Any reader of either this column or my blog glamomamas.com knows that my eldest son Kieran is what we like to call “spirited.” With each passing month and milestone, my husband David and I are presented with new behavioral issues and challenges. In part, I recognize that the reason we have such a hard time […]

For seasoned singer Lea Salonga, grownups are easier to coach than kids. After working on both “The Voice of the Philippines” and “The Voice Kids,” she said in a recent interview that it requires her more patience to mentor kids “which is weird.” “With these kids, they know what they are doing and the adjustments […]

Nearly all senators of the country have hired pricey consultants or spent beyond the monthly allocation for such advisers, a Commission on Audit (COA) report disclosed. In the recently released 2014 annual audit report for the Senate, COA also noted that the brother of Senator Antonio Trillanes, whom he hired as a consultant on a […]

Typhoon “Ineng” slowed down as it skirted extreme Northern Luzon en route to Taiwan yesterday, dumping torrential rains since Thursday that triggered landslides, floods, and accidents that resulted in at least four deaths. In its severe weather bulletin number 12, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said that typhoon Signal No. 3 […]

A magnitude 3.7 earthquake hit parts of Davao Oriental province before midnight yesterday, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) reported this morning, August 21. However, the Southern Mindanao Office of Civil Defense and monitoring action center of the Provincial Disaster Risk and Reduction and Management Council there said no damage or casualty had […]

The Office of the Civil Defense (OCD) in Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) warned the motorists in Cordillera provinces of landslides and “zero” visibility roads when heavy downpour of rains occur. Ivy Carasi of the OCD – CAR reported that “zero” visibility along the roads in Baguio City and Benguet province usually occur during rainy days. […]

Oil headed for its eighth straight weekly decline in Asia Friday, as sharp falls in equities added to worries lacklustre global economic growth will hurt energy demand in an oversupplied market. US benchmark West Texas Intermediate (WTI) for October delivery, a new contract, lost 49 cents to $40.83 a barrel in late-morning trade, while Brent […]

The Philippine economy could have bounced back in the second quarter, which likely accelerated to 6.8 percent, citing improved government spending, the Moody’s Analytics said. “Philippine GDP likely accelerated after the March quarter’s disappointing 5.1% y/y gain. Stronger government spending thanks to delayed stimulus getting under way likely lifted investment and household consumption,” the Moody’s […]

As the country celebrates the 32nd Ninoy Aquino Day today (August 21), President Benigno Aquino III arrived at the Manila Memorial Park to pay his respects to his father. The president arrived past 11 a.m. at the Manila Memorial Park in Parañaque where the graves of his parents — Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino, Jr. and Corazon Aquino […]

SEOUL, Aug. 21 (PNA/Xinhua) — The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) forward-deployed more fire units to the frontline areas with South Korea after exchanging fires near the west border, local media reported Friday citing the South Korean military. DPRK forces deployed more fire units south to the frontlines, which had been already packed with […]

Midsayap, North Cotabato — Police and military authorities here are hunting down two suspected hit men of outlawed Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) who executed an Army corporal in a remote village here Thursday. Supt. Reynante delos Santos, Midsayap police chief, said Corporal Angelo Magtubo of the 7th Infantry Battalion, died instantly due to multiple […]

PYONGYANG, Aug. 21 (PNA/Xinhua) — The top leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) Kim Jong Un has ordered the country’s frontline combined forces to enter state of war from 5 p.m. (0830 GMT) Friday, the official KCNA news agency reported Friday. Kim made the order at an emergency enlarged meeting of the […]

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is promising Democratic lawmakers that the U.S. will continue to keep economic pressure on Iran — and keep military options open — if his administration’s nuclear deal with Tehran goes through. Obama says in a letter addressed to New York Democratic Rep. Jerrold Nadler that if Iran rushes to build […]

Camarines Sur Third District Maria Leonor “Leni” Robredo opted to run for a Senate seat in the upcoming national elections than the vice presidency as called for by some members of the ruling administration Liberal Party. The 50-year-old widow of the late Department of Interior and Local Government Secretary Jesse M. Robredo had graced the […]