Новости за 19.02.2016

France's Christine Lagarde, who battled financial fires across Europe as managing director of the International Monetary Fund, was officially named Friday, February 19, to a second five-year term.

Miss Universe 2015 Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach continues to give us more reasons to love her.

Like a spirit caught between two opposing forces, Inang Bayan grows weak. The dictator’s dance of power is overwhelming but Inang Bayan tries to be brave; for the rebel vows to stop at nothing for his mother country. The aforementioned dramatic encounter is one of the many heart-wrenching scenes in Ballet Manila’s (BM) Rebel opening on the date of the EDSA People Power revolution anniversary. Poster photo courtesy Of TicketWorld Inang Bayan is the spirit-like character and soul of the Philippines... Читать дальше...

Harper Lee, the elusive novelist whose child's-eye view of racial injustice in a small Southern town, "To Kill a Mockingbird," became standard reading for millions of young people and an Oscar-winning film, has died. She was 89.

His career may be on the upswing, thanks in part to his successful stint on “Your Face Sounds Familiar (YFSF)” last year, but Edgar Allan Guzman isn’t about to just take it easy.

Games Today (Rizal Memorial Stadium) 6 p.m. – Green Archers vs Loyola 8:30 p.m. – Stallion vs JP Voltes League champion Ceres-La Salle and cup titleholder Kaya primed themselves for their AFC Cup debuts next week by posting easy victories Thursday night in the UFL Cup at the Rizal Memorial Stadium. Adrian Gallardo and Stephan Schrock combined for seven goals as Ceres blasted Pasargad, 9-0, for its third straight win in Group B while Kaya beat Agila, 5-1, for its second victory in three matches in Group A. Читать дальше...

ON CLOUD NINE – President Aquino looks out the window at two FA 50 Golden Eagle jets, which escorted Philippine Airlines PR 001 as it entered Philippine airspace yesterday. The jets, part of the Armed Forces of the Philippines’ modernization efforts, are two of a squadron of 12 that have been acquired by the country from South Korea. Story on Page 2. (Malacañang Photo Bureau) President Aquino yesterday signed Executive Order (EO) No. 201 granting the implementation of the first tranche of the pay... Читать дальше...

Singer Robin Nievera is doing his part in helping change the local music industry starting with his latest album.

As we feared last month when world oil prices started plummeting, thousands of our Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) are now getting laid off in Saudi Arabia. Migrante International, which looks after the welfare of OFWs, said at least 50,000 Filipino workers in construction and industrial projects of the Saudi government are due to be laid off next month. The country’s biggest national oil company, Saudi Aramco, has announced it will retrench 25 percent of its labor force. All this started when world... Читать дальше...

By CHARISSA M. LUCI  and HANNAH L. TORREGOZA     CABANATUAN CITY – Team Partido Galing at Puso (PGP) senatorial candidates lashed out yesterday at the administration coalition for claiming that their standard-bearer Senator Grace Poe is riding on President Aquino’s popularity when she expressed openness to tap the Chief Executive as her anti-corruption adviser if she wins in the May presidential poll. The PGP claims this is impossible since it is anticipating a double-digit rise in the popularity... Читать дальше...

ADOPTION Consciousness Week is observed every third week of February, pursuant to Proclamation No. 72 issued on February 3, 1999, which seeks to “highlight the various issues on adoption and generate public awareness and support for the legal adoption program.” “Legal na Ampon Ako: Anak na Totoo” (A Child Finds Worth in Legal Adoption) is the theme of this year’s observance, which runs from February 15 to February 21, 2016. The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) defines adoption... Читать дальше...

UnionBank of the Philippines (UnionBank) has tapped a multi-channel, telco- and bank-agnostic platform to boost retail loan growth. Salary, personal, automotive, housing, and other customer loan availments will soon be within reach through mobile devices as UnionBank and Voyager Innovations, Inc. (Voyager) collaborated to offer the bank’s retail loans portfolio through Lendr. Lendr is a fully digital, multi-channel, telco- and bank-agnostic platform that financial institutions and credit providers... Читать дальше...

San Jose Del Monte City, Bulacan — The police drug watch list’s No. 3 target in Bulacan was gunned down in a shootout with police when a buy-bust operation went out of hand in Barangay Sto. Cristo, this city, last Thursday. Supt. Charlie A. Cabradilla, city police chief here, said his men were working undercover to catch Roger Passi, whom he alleged as a top drug peddler in Bulacan, when the suspect sensed the drug deal was a buy-bust. At this juncture, Passi pulled out his gun opened fire at the lawmen... Читать дальше...

Lamudi Global, a company backed by giant start-up incubator Rocket Internet, has allotted bulk of its fresh funding to the Philippines, which is now the group’s “number one focused country” as it experiences simultaneous growth in e-commerce and real estate industry. Lamudi is an online real estate platform that was brought to the Philippines in 2014 and has now more than 200,000 property listings. Jacqueline Van Den Ende, founder and managing director of Lamudi Philippines, Inc., said that out of the 34 countries where Lamudi Global is... Читать дальше...

BUSTED – The M/L Alkausar is moored at the Zamboanga City Port where it was towed after the Philippine Navy intercepted it with its crew trying to unload its cargo of imported sugar in a nearby barangay. (Nonoy E. Lacson) Zamboanga City – The Philippine Navy intercepted two motor launches loaded with imported sugar off the coast of Barangay Arena Blanco in this city Thursday dawn. Bureau of Customs  (BOC) District Collector  Benhar Arabani said M/L Alkausar, a wooden vessel, was loaded with several... Читать дальше...

ONCE-STAGNANT RESERVOIR REHABILITATED – Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources director Asis Perez led the seeding of the rehabilitated water reservoir that was once stagnant and heavily polluted at the Quirino State University campus in Diffun, Quirino province. Several species of carp and tilapia were stocked. Now, the reservoir can produce different fish species that are fit for human consumption. Previously, people were afraid to eat fish caught from the polluted waters because they might not be fit for human consumption. Читать дальше...

THE 41st International Bamboo Organ Festival is being held on February 18 to 24 at St. Joseph Church in Las Pinas City to revive the musical history of the Spanish era which reached its peak in El Siglo de Oro (Golden Age), when works were mostly secular and sacred “villancicos” or Christmas carols from the Renaissance to the Baroque age. This year’s festival is special, as it marks the 200th year since Spanish missionary Fray Diego Cera, an Augustinian Recollect and the first parish priest of Las Pinas from 1795 to 1830... Читать дальше...

Berlin, Germany — The director of a new documentary outlining US plans for an extensive cyber attack on Iran said on Wednesday he was angry and appalled by the rapidly growing trend towards secrecy in the US government. Veteran documentary maker Alex Gibney was speaking to reporters in Berlin, where his film “Zero Days” is being shown in competition for the Berlin International Film Festival’s top Golden Bear prize. The documentary says how the US’s National Security Agency (NSA) developed a cyberwar... Читать дальше...

With several power supply agreements (PSAs) getting delayed approvals due to the mandatory competitive selection process (CSP), the Department of Energy (DOE) indicated that it may seek exemption for those that may prove critical to electricity service during the election period. “If it is needed, then we will seek for exemption, but only for contracts that will be critical to power service in electoral precincts,” Energy Secretary Zenaida Y. Monsada has noted. Nevertheless, she qualified this will... Читать дальше...

FEBRUARY is celebrated nationwide as National Health Insurance Program (NHIP) Month, pursuant to Presidential Proclamation No. 1400 s. 2007. Leading the month-long observance is the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth). PhilHealth works in close partnership with the Department of Health, the Department of Labor and Employment, the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration, the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration, and the Department of Foreign Affairs in undertaking activities to mark the celebration. Читать дальше...

California officials in charge of workplace safety voted down Thursday a proposal that would have required porn actors to wear condoms, dental dams and goggles to prevent sexually transmitted infections.

Most Filipinos want the next Philippine president to address issues on workers’ salary and illegal-drugs, the Pulse Asia survey said.

With better jobs, and increased spending power, Filipino millennials or those who belong to the 25-35 age bracket, have access to the finer things in life- be it gadgets, travels and fashion items. They want more things, and they want them quick, sometimes forgetting to make important long-term investments that can help secure their future.

Rihanna on Thursday delayed the start of a world tour days after the R&B star missed the Grammys, citing an illness that affected her voice.

Da Mao loves the snow and there is no doubt about it.