Новости за 09.10.2015

“You shouldn’t enter a country through a hole in a fence,” the judge tells Mustafa, a Syrian migrant charged with a new type of crime created in Hungary only last month — illegally entering the country by crossing the newly-built barrier on the border with Serbia. “You should knock on a door when you […]

South Sudan told the United Nations Friday that it opposed the use of surveillance drones to help track ongoing fighting in the world’s youngest nation. The comments came as the Security Council approved a resolution that asks Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to deploy more helicopters and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) to strengthen the UN mission in […]

Apple on Friday rid its App Store of some applications that it said could snoop on people’s data and posed a security threat. While Apple did not disclose which apps were pulled from its virtual shelves, the list was reported to include software capable of blocking ads from appearing inside other applications such as […]

Israeli fire killed six Palestinians and wounded scores during clashes Friday near Gaza’s border, the first unrest-related deaths there after days of violence in east Jerusalem and the West Bank, medics said. The clashes came as Hamas’s chief in Gaza called violence that has hit the occupied West Bank and annexed east Jerusalem an intifada, […]

Trouble is up ahead at Manila City Hall with incumbent councilors and congressmen allied with Mayor Joseph Estrada allegedly considering to support a bid for the mayoralty by Vice Mayor Isko Moreno. A highly-placed source told the Manila Bulletin late Friday night (October 9) that a number of councilors and congressmen who ran in the […]

LONDON (AP) — The U.S. is abandoning its goal of training a new force of moderate Syrian rebels and will focus on equipping, arming and supporting established rebels groups already fighting against the Islamic State group inside Syria, officials said Friday. The change reflects the failure of the current approach, which has produced only a […]

PARIS (AP) — Air France sent an unusual appeal Friday to its passengers worldwide, insisting that the violent, clothes-ripping protests against executives earlier should not scar the airline’s reputation. Its appeal came on the day unions and Air France management resumed negotiations over hotly contested job cuts for the first time since activists assaulted airline […]

Saudi Arabia has summoned the Czech ambassador over a translation of British writer Salman Rushdie’s controversial book “Satanic Verses”, official media said on Friday. The kingdom wanted to express its “condemnation and disapproval of translating the book”, and hopes the Czech government will stop publication of the work which is offensive to Islam and Muslims, […]

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council on Friday adopted a resolution to authorize the European Union and individual countries to seize migrant-smuggling vessels on the high seas off Libya. “People cannot profit from this evil trade with impunity,” British Ambassador Matthew Rycroft said, calling the crisis one of the greatest challenges […]

Brussels and Washington want “quick solutions” to the legal void left by the collapse of a transatlantic data deal on which major companies like Facebook depend, a senior EU official said Friday. The European Court of Justice on Tuesday ruled that the EU-US “Safe Harbour” arrangement allowing firms to transfer European citizens’ personal information […]

While there are funds in the proposed P3.002-trillion national budget for 2016 which can be tapped for projects to help mitigate the effects of the El Niño drought, there is no specific allocation in the proposed national budget for 2016 for a specific program to cushion the expected ill effects of the coming dry spell, […]

The buzz was palpable at Uniqlo’s largest store in the world—the Shanghai global flagship store. Everyone is just excited for the global launch of Uniqlo’s “Magic for All” collection. Red carpets were rolled out. Red tags for limited offers and markdowns were propped up throughout the store, fueling a shopper’s dream. Shadow Mickey, Uniqlo’s “Magic […]

We welcome the efforts of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) under its new Chairman Andres Bautista to remove any doubts that may have been raised in the past against thePrecinct Count Optical Scan (PCOS) machines. It has scheduled a review of the local source codes to be used in the automated election system to be […]

“My heart is beating so fast! I’m so excited,” said one of the girls in my group while we were all seated at the holding area. A few minutes ago, we were handed meet-and-greet IDs with the Maroon 5’s picture on it. Why oh why didn’t I pay much attention to my wardrobe today, I quietly chided myself. Too late. In a few minutes, the six of us would be called […]

A fire broke out at the University of Santo Tomas’ new gymnasium building, Quadricentenial Pavillion, early today, October 9, 2015. The Varsitarian reported that the fire started at the second floor of the said building, around 10:30 a.m. and was put out at 11:24 a.m. A faulty electrical wiring which began at the duct system […]

Caracas, Venezuela | AFP – Venezuela — which has been trying hard to persuade oil producers to cut output in order to boost prices — announced Thursday that a technical meeting of OPEC and other crude-producing countries would take place on October 21. Minister of oil and mining and president of state oil giant PDVSA Eulogio del Pino confirmed […]

Worldwide shipments of personal computers sank in the recently ended quarter with a strong US dollar weighing down sales, market tracker Gartner reported on Thursday. A total of 73.7 million personal computers were shipped during the third quarter of this year, down 7.7 percent from the same period last year, according to Gartner figures. The […]

Malaysia’s ringgit and Indonesia’s rupiah led an emerging market rally against the dollar Friday while Asian equities also pushed higher after minutes from the Federal Reserve’s latest policy meeting suggested it could keep borrowing costs at record lows into next year. Energy firms tracked a surge in oil prices as hopes for crude demand picked […]

She wanted to set a trend for Filipina beauty queens this year and she just did it! Miss Philippines Ann Lorraine Colis, 22, was crowned 2015 Miss Globe during a pageant held at the Rose Theater Brampton in Toronto, Canada last Thursday night (Friday Manila time). Colis, of Mexico, Pampanga edged out 32 other global […]

Police and Social Welfare personnel are puzzled on the dead newborn baby that was dumped into a garbage area of a fast food in Barangay Ibayo, Balanga, Bataan. Report said that  a telephone call was received from City Environment and Resource Office informing Balanga Philippine National Police (PNP) that a newly born male dead body, […]

Sen. Grace Poe pushed for the adoption by government of a one-stop facility which would process all employment requirements for new college graduates, October 9, 2015. These requirements include social security number, police and National Bureau of Investigation clearances, PhilHealth and PAG-IBIG membership, tax identification number and other documents from the National Statistics Office. Poe, an […]

​The Highway Patrol Group and the Metro Manila Development Authority  welcomed and supported the proposal of Bataan Congressman Enrique “Tet” Garcia for the deployment of double-decker buses along EDSA to help solve the monstrous traffic jam along the busy highway. Rep. Garcia’s proposal came at a time after President Benigno Aquino III called on all […]

Hong Kong, China | AFP  – Hong Kong and Shanghai stocks rose after opening Friday, tracking rallies in New York and Europe, after minutes from the Federal Reserve’s latest policy meeting hinted interest rates could be kept at record lows for some time. The benchmark Hang Seng Index gained 1.17 percent, or 261.03 points, to 22,615.94 soon after opening. […]

Quezon City Mayor Herbert Bautista rejected the offer of the Liberal Party (LP) to be included to its senatorial lineup. He declared that he will be seeking reelection instead, he told the ANC today, October 9, 2015. Yesterday, the LP postponed its announcement of its senatorial slate today (October 9, 2015) and moved it to […]