Новости за 12.10.2015

Twenty asylum-seekers on Monday filed suit against Berlin’s main refugee registration centre for failing to register them promptly so they could get essential benefits including a roof over their heads, a court official said. Local authorities have been struggling to cope with a record influx of refugees, and asylum seekers in Berlin have often […]

The UN peace envoy to Syria said Monday he was heading directly to Moscow in a bid to promote a political end to the conflict, as Russia is intensifying its air strikes. “I am on my way tonight to Moscow,” Staffan de Mistura told reporters in Geneva, acknowledging that the Russian air strikes in Syria […]

The European Union agreed Monday to suspend sanctions against the regime of Belarussian strongman Alexander Lukashenko after he won a fifth term as president, even though observers said the poll was flawed. Once dubbed “Europe’s last dictator” by Washington, Lukashenko, 61, won a fifth consecutive term on Sunday, picking up 83.5 percent of the vote, […]

EU foreign ministers agreed Monday to suspend sanctions against Belarus after elections won by authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko passed off without incident, France’s European affairs minister said. “We have taken the decision to suspend the sanctions for the next four months but they can be reinstated immediately if that is required,” minister Harlem Desir told […]

By Leslie Ann G. Aquino, Ellson A. Quismoro, and AFP The election season kicked off yesterday with politicians registering for more than 18,000 positions, launching a typically raucous and deadly seven months of campaigning. Coinciding with the start of the filing of the Certificates of Candidacy (COC) for the 2016 national elections yesterday was the launching […]

Water refilling stations are already fixtures of the so-called urban jungle. Believe it or not, 60 percent of households in the Philippines get their water from these stations. And their water is safe enough, if you base it on the processes they use to purify water. The various stages water goes through for purification is […]

Games Today (Mall of Asia Arena) 2 p.m. – Arellano vs Mapua 4 p.m. – Letran vs San Beda It seems the game never ends for San Beda and Letran. Having met twice in the eliminations and having played a total of 18 games each, the matter of which of them is the better team […]

Cristine Reyes and Francine Prieto are set to marry their sweethearts. Cristine told PEP that she and the father of her daughter, Ali Khatibi, will tie the knot sometime in December. While the Kapamilya actress did not reveal the exact date of the wedding, she said colleagues from show business, including Kris Aquino, will be […]

The road to an elected position officially opened yesterday with only one team of the expected candidates for president and vice-president – and about 20 unexpected personalities – making their intentions official at the Commission on Elections (Comelec) head office in Intramuros, Manila. Vice President Jejomar Binay and Senator Gregorio “Gringo” Honasan, running for president […]

The Philippine government’s effectiveness in handling the economy is at its highest level as reform momentum that started during the Arroyo administration gains traction, foreign debt-watcher Moody’s Investors Services said. In its report,  Moody’s, one of three major international credit rating agencies, said the source of government’s current “institutional strength” was administrative in nature, but the […]

Dubbed as the “Koalisyon ng Daang Matuwid”, the 12-person senatorial slate of the Liberal Party was endorsed by President Benigno Aquino III. The lineup was introduced at the LP general headquarters in Balay Expo Center Building in Cubao, today, October 12, 2016. READ MORE: LP introduces 2016 Senate slate Here is the full transcript of the […]

Oil companies are expected to increase their price of diesel products on Tuesday. Eastern Petroleum Corp. announced that it will increase the price of diesel by P0.70 per liter at 6:00AM, Tuesday. Eastern Petroleum said the latest price adjustments reflect the uptrend in world oil prices at the close of last week’s trading. “Analysts say […]

Actress Angel Locsin, Angelica Colmenares in real life,  supports the  candidacy of her nephew Rep. Neri Colmenares as Senator.

The Liberal Party (LP) has officially announced its senatorial lineup for the 2016 elections at the LP general headquarters in Balay Expo Center Building in Cubao, today, October 12, 2016. Senator Franklin Drilon introduced his co-candidates for the 2016 senatorial race that comprise the LP slate. Called the “Koalisyon ng Daang Matuwid” or “Team Daang Matuwid”, […]

Filipinos not only love to smile but they love to laugh a lot, too. We do like our comedy shows and we get our kicks from humorous situations and hilarious folks telling jokes. This is what the Comedy Cartel is all about: Making audiences laugh with reality-based, respectable materials that is far from crass. The […]

When music legend Freddie Mercury died in 1991 at 45 years old, many were saddened thinking they wouldn’t see or hear someone as good as him perform the music of Queen live again. Then came Gary Mullen. “Bohemian Rhapsody,” “We Will Rock You,” “We Are The Champions,” “Another One Bites The Dust,” name it, Gary […]

Candidates for the 2016 elections start to flock at the Comelec main office in Palacio del Gobernador, Intramuros, Manila for the first day of certificate of candidacy (COC) filing. The filing of COCs will run from today to Friday, October 12 to 16, 2015. Earlier, the Comelec appealed to the candidates to strictly comply with the […]

It’s final. Senator Gringo Honasan is the running mate of Vice President Jejomar Binay in the May 2016 polls. Binay and Honasan of the United Nationalist Alliance filed their certificates of candidacy (COC) for president and vice-president, respectively, at the Commission on Elections Main office in Intramuros, Manila past 8 a.m. The […]

The tail-end of a cold front continues to bring cloudy skies with rains in Northern Luzon while many parts of the country will continue to experience fair weather on Monday, according to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA). PAGASA weather forecaster Benjie Depas said the tail-end of a cold front […]