Новости за 15.09.2015

Snapchat is expanding its “replay” feature for those disappearing messages, giving users an option to get another look at three “snaps” for a fee of 99 cents. The feature is the first by the popular social network to get revenue from its user base in addition to advertising messages introduced last year. Snapchat has been […]

European Union interior ministers will hold a new emergency meeting on the EU’s migration crisis on September 22, officials announced Tuesday, a day after the bloc failed to agree on plans to relocate tens of thousands of refugees. Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn of Luxembourg, which currently holds the EU presidency, said the “extraordinary” meeting […]

US authorities arrested a 15-year-old last month for allegedly plotting an Islamic State-inspired attack that US media said had Pope Francis as its target. Francis is scheduled to visit the United States September 22-27 for the first time, in a tour culminating with an outdoor mass in Philadelphia after stops in Washington and New York. […]

Saudi Arabia’s King Salman on Tuesday sanctioned the Saudi Binladin Group for last Friday’s crane collapse at Mecca’s Grand Mosque, which killed more than 100 people days before the hajj pilgrimage. The construction firm belongs to the family of the late Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. According to the official Saudi Press Agency, executives […]

Film enthusiasts will have the rare opportunity to watch the critically acclaimed film “Taklub” as it begins its regular run in selected SM Cinemas beginning today, Sept 16. The film by world- renowned director Brillante Mendoza was in the official selection of the Un Certain Regard Category during the recent Cannes Film Festival, where it […]

It’s been years since they visited the Philippines but it’s like Michael Learns To Rock never left. Their songs like “25 Minutes,” “Paint My Love” and “The Actor” are constantly played on radio and sung at karaoke joints that you’d think they’re on perennial promo tour here. “Ever since coming to the Philippines for the […]

REO Speedwagon’s  longtime lead guitarist, Gary Richrath, died at 65. Richrath was born October 1949 and joined the rock band before it recorded its debut album back in 1971. He continued to play for the band until 1989. Richrath contributed a lot to REO Speedwagon’s growth, writing a number of songs, including “Take It on the Run,” which helped the band […]

For decades, and even centuries, students, journalists, and authors, stuffed notebook after notebook with lectures, interviews, accounts, narratives and whatnot. Everyone had to find someplace to keep them until at some point, they would have to throw them all out. The result: tons of personal and professional history poured down the drain. But since the […]

Senator Grace Poe is expected to finally put an end to speculations on her political plans for 2016 when she will make a very important announcement before her supporters at the University of the Philippines (UP) Bahay ng Alumni in Diliman, Quezon City, this afternoon. A program has been rolled out starting at 4 p.m., […]

Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. yesterday said he smells a “cover-up” in President Aquino’s latest pronouncement of an alternative version the bloody Mamasapano incident last Jan. 25. Marcos said he is surprised that the President is now floating such scenario to the detriment of the families of the 44 Special Action Force (SAF) troopers who […]

Tokyo, Japan | AFP – The Bank of Japan held fire on expanding its unprecedented monetary easing scheme on Tuesday but said the economy was being dragged by a slowdown key emerging markets, while it was forecast to unveil further measures “before too long”. The central bank announcement came as a fears about the outlook for China — Asia’s […]

Tokyo, Japan | AFP  - Computers do not noticeably improve school pupils’ academic results and can even hamper performance, an OECD report said Tuesday that looked at the impact of technology in classrooms across the globe. While almost three quarters of pupils in the countries surveyed used computers at schools, the report by the the Organisation for Economic Cooperation […]

President Aquino has accepted the resignation of Francis Pangilinan as Presidential Assistant for Food Security and Agricultural Modernization (OPAFSAM). Pangilinan’s resignation is effective September 30, 2015. ” On behalf of His Excellency, President Benigno S. Aquino III, this is to inform you that your resignation is hereby accepted,” Executive Secretary Paquito Ochoa said in a […]

by Daniel WOOLLS Washington, United States | AFP – US Catholics are giddy over Pope Francis’s upcoming visit to America. This is a look at who they are and at their attitudes toward the pontiff and key Vatican teachings. In a word, given their position as Catholics in a largely non-Catholic country, they stray somewhat from Vatican doctrine on […]

The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) said Congress should first abolish the Bank Secrecy Law (BSL) to raise additional revenue of up to P300 billion before passing a bill seeking to reduce the income tax rates. BIR Commissioner Kim S. Jacinto-Henares made the suggestion after President Aquino expressed his opposition to the tax reduction […]

TOKYO — Asian stock markets were mostly lower Tuesday after Japan kept its monetary policy unchanged ahead of a much anticipated U.S. Federal Reserve decision later this week on whether to raise interest rates. Keeping score: Japan’s Nikkei 225 rose 0.4 percent to 18,045.76 and South Korea’s Kospi edged 0.1 percent higher to 1,933.19. Hong […]

Canberra, Australia | AFP – Former banker and businessman Malcolm Turnbull was sworn in as Australia’s 29th Prime Minister Tuesday, a day after defeating Tony Abbott as Liberal Party leader in a vote. Turnbull, who has vowed to bring a new style of consultative leadership to Australia, took the oath of office with Governor-General Peter Cosgrove in the nation’s […]

The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) expressed confidence that the country has strong arbitration case against China over the disputes in the West Philippine Sea or the South China Sea. DFA Assistant Secretary and Spokesperson Charles Jose met with the members of the media in Davao City yesterday, September 14, 2015, during a press conference […]

MANILA, Philippines — Philippine troops rescued nine road construction workers, who were abducted by Abu Sayyaf militants, when hundreds of them closed in and forced the gunmen to abandon their captives in a jungle in the country’s south, military officials said Tuesday. About 15 to 20 heavily armed militants stopped a water delivery truck carrying […]

Two more Filipinos passed the auditions on “The X Factor UK” following Pinoy sister act 4th Power. Jenessa Gill, 35, and Neneth Lyons, 37, full-time moms from Manchester and Chelmsford, respectively, got the nod of show judges Simon Cowell, Rita Ora, Cheryl Fernandez-Versini and Nick Grimshaw during the third week of auditions held at Wembley […]