Новости за 29.09.2015

MECCA, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Saudi Arabia said Tuesday the nearly 1,100 photos distributed to foreign diplomats to help identify nationals who have died in the hajj are from the entire pilgrimage and not just a disaster near Mecca. Officials in India and Pakistan said a day earlier that Saudi officials gave their […]

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google is countering the release of Apple’s latest iPhones with two devices running on a new version of Android software designed to steer and document even more of its users’ lives. The Nexus 6P and Nexus 5X unveiled Tuesday are the first smartphones that will be sold with an Android upgrade […]

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Rolls Royce and American Airlines are shutting down a Texas plant that maintains and repairs aircraft engines, citing falling demand for the work. The plant is operated by a 50-50 joint venture between the two companies and employs 600 people. Work will shift to other locations, and the plant is […]

MECCA, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Saudi Arabia said Tuesday the nearly 1,100 photos distributed to foreign diplomats to help identify nationals who have died in the hajj are from the entire pilgrimage and not just a disaster near Mecca. Officials in India and Pakistan said a day earlier that Saudi officials gave their diplomats some […]

The contract that launched the career of the Beatles was sold Tuesday in London for £365,000 (492,000 euros, $553,000), auction house Sotheby’s said. The document was signed by John Lennon, George Harrison, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, along with their manager Brian Epstein on October 1, 1962 — four days before the release of […]

The United States took a moment Tuesday to gather the great Asian democracies to its side to reassure them of the strength of their ties in the face of North Korean threats and an assertive China. New threats from Pyongyang, ominous economic signals and China’s aggressive stance on its territorial claims in the […]

Moscow on Tuesday slammed the holding of a US-led counter-terrorism summit at the United Nations, calling it disrespectful. On Tuesday, President Barack Obama sat down with more than 100 leaders at the UN to push ahead with a US-led campaign against the Islamic State group. Russia was invited to the counter-terrorism summit but President […]

Changsha, China – This may look premature but a stint in the Rio Olympics appears like a real possibility after Gilas Pilipinas gave India a basketball clinic in a one-sided 99-65 win yesterday in the FIBA Asia Championship. That propelled the Philippines to the top of Group E with a 4-1 win-loss record and possibly […]

The “do-it-yourself” (DIY) trend from the westerners is seriously catching up in the Philippines. From modest arts and crafts, bedazzled clothes to simple decors, DIY has gone to major projects like a home renovation. Reconstructing and remodeling homes are usually better left to professionals, but with the help of technology, the once intimidating home project […]

United Nationalist Alliance (UNA) standard-bearer Vice President Jejomar C. Binay yesterday said he won’t take a defeat in the May, 2016, elections sitting down if it happens via cheating. Binay vowed in front of Manila Bulletin editors during a roundtable interview yesterday that he would lead a “People Power” should such scenario play out next […]

Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said inflation could remain low in September due to lower adjustments in power rates and modest decline in rice prices could offset the impact of weaker peso. In a text message, BSP Gov. Amando M. Tetangco, Jr. said that September inflation could settle within 0.2 percent to 1.0 percent range […]

On board the popemobile, Pope Francis was seen chuckling and pretty amused with what he saw — a “baby pope”. Quinn Madden, now viral on the Internet as the “baby pope”, caught the attention of Pope Francis during the papal parade at Ben Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia on September 27, 2015. The four-month old girl […]

A House leader is seeking to raise the tax and customs duties exemption of balikbayan boxes from USD500 to USD2,000, and the personal effects of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and other returning Filipino migrants or residents abroad whose value does not exceed PHP100,000. Rep. Nicanor M. Briones (Party-list, AGAP), Chairman of the House Committee on […]

Senator Alan Peter Cayetano officially expressed his intention to run as a vice presidential candidate for the 2016 elections. He made the announcement today, September 29, 2015, in Davao City. “I am running for vice president of the Philippines, and I’m putting my faith in God and to you — our people”, he said. Cayetano said […]

Taipei, Taiwan | AFP | Tuesday – Super typhoon Dujuan has killed two people and left more than 300 injured in Taiwan, authorities said Tuesday after it swept across the island before making landfall in eastern China. Almost half a million people are still without electricity in Taiwan as the storm left a trail of destruction in the north of the […]

Nations, United States | AFP - More than 50 countries pledged 40,000 troops for United Nations peacekeeping on Monday at a US-led summit called to shore up missions under strain from the rise in global crises. China scaled up its contribution, taking the lead in setting up an 8,000-strong standby police force while Colombia made a first-time offer of […]

PHILADELPHIA — Pope Francis met Sunday with a family who made a 13,000-mile trip over 194 days from Argentina to Philadelphia in an old Volkswagen van. Francis spent time with fellow Argentinians Catire Walker and Noel Zemborain and their four children, talking about their visit and praying. Zemborain told the Associated Press that Francis told […]

All public storm warning signals in the country were lifted as Typhoon “Jenny” is now outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR), according to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) on Tuesday. In an interview, PAGASA weather forecaster Buddy Javier said Jenny left PAR around 5:30 a.m. after crossing northern Taiwan and […]