Новости за 18.02.2016

Pope Francis said on Thursday, February 18, that Donald Trump is "not Christian" if he intends to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexican border. Trump immediately fired back, saying it is disgraceful for a religious leader to question a person's faith.

Pope Francis has suggested that women threatened with the Zika virus could use artificial contraception, saying there's a clear moral difference between aborting a fetus and preventing a pregnancy.

Angela "Big Ang" Raiola, the raspy-voiced bar owner who gained fame on the reality TV series "Mob Wives," died early Thursday, February 18, nearly a year after being diagnosed with throat cancer. She was 55.

A haunting image of migrants passing a baby underneath a razor-wire fence on the Serbian-Hungarian border won the prestigious World Press Photo award for 2015 on Thursday, February 18, even though it had never been published.

US President Barack Obama said on Thursday, February 18, that he will raise human rights issues and other U.S. concerns with Cuban President Raul Castro during a history-making visit to the communist island nation.

Los Angeles, California – The Philippine economy is on a roll with many job opportunities up for grabs, President Aquino proudly declared in his working visit here. And to help jobseekers find their ideal employment back home, the President has candidly suggested reading the Manila Bulletin classified ads section. “Perhaps the best answer is: Look at the classified ads every Sunday of the Manila Bulletin,” the President said in a speech before the Los Angeles World Affairs Council last Tuesday (Wednesday... Читать дальше...

Sometimes even celebrity V-Day dates go awry. James Reid wanted to spend time with screen partner Nadine Lustre but fate got in the way. “To be honest meron kaming dinner plans but it didn’t happen because the restaurant was closed,” he said. “Nasa Rockwell kami. We were just shopping for computer games.” Nadine Lustre and James Reid (Facebook) He may not have had a Plan B for Valentine’s but James tells fans he and Nadine will be spending a lot more time together. “Don’t worry because we’ll be visiting Dubai, London, Paris,” he shared. Читать дальше...

By Nick Giongco and AFP US sports equipment giant Nike on Wednesday axed Manny Pacquiao, while prospective sponsors for his April 9 fight with Tim Bradley are withdrawing after he described gay couples as “worse than animals.” A Nike statement said the company had severed its ties with Pacquiao, who triggered a firestorm of controversy with his comments to a Filipino broadcaster earlier this week. Pacquiao “We find Manny Pacquiao’s comments abhorrent,” a Nike statement said. “Nike strongly opposes... Читать дальше...

Daring Filipino director Lav Diaz brings his movie house of pain to Berlin this week, shooting for the top prize with an eight-hour epic that tests human patience and endurance. Diaz weaves the rich revolutionary history and mythology of his impoverished homeland in “A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery,” the longest film ever to compete at the Berlinale, but still three hours shorter than his longest work. “My principle is, the filmmaker shouldn’t struggle by himself…The viewer must struggle with me. Читать дальше...

“Capiz is open to all candidates, they are free to present their platform there,” presidential candidate Mar Roxas said yesterday, denying a hand in the allegations of Senators Grace Poe and Francis Escudero that they were prevented from campaigning there. Capiz is the home province of the Liberal Party standard-bearer. The tandem of Poe and Escudero were in Roxas City Wednesday to campaign but reports said they were barred from meeting with the students in one of the schools there. The report also... Читать дальше...

The automated election system (AES) source code is “secure” but cheating in the coming national elections is still possible, warns a poll watchdog. Okay, on with the polls but let’s shut out fools! Continued vigilance, please! *** “They put enough security to make it hard for outsiders to use the system to cheat. But, if they want to cheat, they can do that,” says source code reviewer Dr. Pablo Manalastas. A warning from “expert” Dr. Manalastas, not just a simple patalastas. *** Manalastas, a retired... Читать дальше...

London – Britain’s Prince William and his wife Kate would seek help for their children George and Charlotte if they had mental health problems one day, Kate wrote in a blog published on Wednesday that sought to tackle the stigma associated with mental illness. Acting as guest-editor for a day of the Huffington Post UK news website, the former Kate Middleton commissioned a series of articles on mental health issues affecting children and young people, introducing the project with her blog. huff.to/1SRLEiV Britain’s Catherine... Читать дальше...

A video essaying the brewing romance between a hearing impaired woman and a persistent love struck man inside a cozy café was adjudged as the grand champion in the Café France Multimedia competition that highlighted the ingenuity of Mass Communication students of Centro Escolar University (CEU) in Manila. At first glance, the tri-media production presented at CEU Manila’s Librado Avelino auditorium the other day looked as if it was done professionally, and not by students barely out of their teens. Читать дальше...

By PNA/Xinhua Nairobi – The United Nations Environmental Program (UNEP) called on countries on Wednesday to guard against the spread of diseases from animals such as Ebola and Zika virus as it launched a draft report outlining the link between the environment and health. UNEP Executive Director Achim Steiner said with the poorest people mostly worst-affected by the failure to ensure a clean environment for all, the world risked falling into a bigger global disease burden, 25 percent of which could be attributed to environmental factors. Читать дальше...

Bombardier, Inc. expects to get certification from US and European authorities for its new C Series jet in the first half of this year, and will deliver initial models to launch customer Swiss International Air Lines AG on time, one of the Canadian planemaker’s top executives said. The Montreal-based maker of aerospace and rail equipment is “absolutely on track to deliver what we planned to deliver to Swiss,” Colin Bole, senior vice president for sales, said in an interview with Bloomberg TV Tuesday at the Singapore Airshow. Читать дальше...

Instead of throwing them away, confiscated campaign materials all over the metropolis will be put to good use. Yesterday, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) turned over campaign tarpaulins to environmental watchdog, EcoWaste Coalition to recycle them into coin purses, baskets, and grocery bags. RECYCLABLE MATERIALS — Personnel of the MMDA prepare to load into dump trucks campaign posters which were torn down from Quezon City and Manila areas outside the Commission on Elections (Comelec) designated common poster areas. Читать дальше...

Rain or Shine (ROS) might be forced to play with an all-Filipino lineup when it meets crowd favorite Barangay Ginebra on Sunday after import Wayne Chism injured his left hamstring in an Oppo PBA Commissioner’s Cup game against Meralco last Wednesday at the Smart Araneta Coliseum. No less than ROS coach Yeng Guiao confirmed the sad news after Chism underwent an MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) test moments after their team lost 98-95 to the unbeaten Bolts. Wayne Chism Guiao said the team was able to contract a possible replacement... Читать дальше...

Rochelle Pangilinan may be comfortable showing sexy moves on the dance floor, but she isn’t interested in doing steamy scenes in movies and on TV. The former Sexbomb dancer has been acting for 14 years already, appearing in a number of teleseryes and movies, but has never disrobed or done love scenes in any of them. “Kahit noon pa na nag-start ako mag-acting, mas napag-isipan ko na hindi ko pala talaga kaya magpaka-sexy,” Rochelle said at the press conference of the action-drama film “Tandem.” In the movie... Читать дальше...

Dagupan City,Pangasinan — AGHAM Party-list Rep. Angelo Palmones is encouraging fish farmers to produce more saline tilapia for a healthy diet. Palmones said saline tilapia developed by Filipino aquaculture scientists have more healthy Omega-3 fatty acids. Dr. Westly Rosario of BFAR said the brackish tilapia is good for health-conscious people. Saline tilapia was developed by scientists to address the impact of Global warming that causes increased salinity of our seas. This new variety of tilapia... Читать дальше...

Pole vaulter Ernest John Obiena of University of Santo Tomas broke his national record with a leap of 5.46 meters during the UAAP track and field competitions Wednesday at the Philsports Complex in Pasig City. Obiena’s old mark was 5.45 meters according to coach Renato Unso, who was present when the 6-foot-1 Electronics and Communications Engineering student pulled off the feat. Ernest John Obiena But an attempt to clear 5.70 meters – the standard for qualifying in the Rio Olympics – failed. “Nalampasan... Читать дальше...

Vice presidential aspirant Senator Francis “Chiz” Escudero urged the government to take practical steps to safeguard the rights and welfare of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community by passing the anti-discrimination bill.

Miss Universe 2015 Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach specifically thanked fans of Maine “Yaya Dub” Mendoza and Alden Richards, collectively known as the popular love team “AlDub”, on Wednesday (February 17, 2016) through her personal Twitter account.

A 404-carat diamond measuring more than seven centimeters in length and valued at more than $14.3 million has been unearthed in Angola, an Australian mining company has announced.

San Miguel Corporation (SMC) expects its infrastructure business to be worth $20 billion by 2020, eclipsing the combined value of its already huge investments in the power and oil sectors.

Former Metro Rail Transit Line 3 (MRT-3) general manager Al Vitangcol told the Supreme Court (SC) on Thursday that Liberal Party presidential candidate Manuel “Mar” Roxas, as former secretary of the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC), was one of those involved in the maintenance contract irregularities of MRT-3.