Новости за 23.04.2016

A United Arab Emirates royal businessman arrived at Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) terminal 1 today and he is looking  for possible business opportunities in the country like telecommunication and tourism-related businesses.   Photo by Ariel Fernandez His Excellency Hamdan Mohamed Al Mushidi first visited Indonesia and Thailand before coming to the Philippines. He boarded Thai Airways and was welcomed  by the Lumes Group of Companies GM Pierre Angeline Hernandez, together with other foreign businessmen. Читать дальше...

Expect the five candidates for the highest elective post in the land to go all-out in their third and final showdown at the Commission on Elections’ (Comelec’s) “PiliPinas Debates 2016,” unfolding today at the Phinma-University of Pangasinan in Dagupan City. The five candidates – Vice President Jejomar C. Binay, Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago, Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte, Sen. Grace Poe-Llamanzares, and former Interior and Local Government Secretary Manuel “Mar” Roxas III – have confirmed... Читать дальше...

Singer and composer Aiza Seguerra and wife Liza Diño were on their way to Singapore when the news about the dispersal of Kidapawan farmers and Lumads came out.

It may be the middle of summer but the clock spins so fast that before long, it’s back to school or time to work in the city for many. Some of these people will have to live on their own for the first time and they’d find it quite the adjustment – ask Elmo Magalona.

“Good riddance.” This was how Albay 1st District Rep. Edcel “Grex” Lagman described the decision of Gov. Joey Salceda to leave the Liberal Party (LP) and its standard-bearer, Mar Roxas, to support the candidacy of Sen. Grace Poe. “LP stalwarts in Albay were not surprised with Salceda’s patent disloyalty even as they reiterated that LP candidates and partymates in the province stood firm on their support for Mar-Leni,” said Lagman. “The battle lines have been made clearer. Salceda was a burden anyway... Читать дальше...

A powerful force, a progressive thinker with an impressive family background, the forever youthful George Sison was recently conferred a most prestigious award—an honorary Doctorate’s Degree in Divinity.

Dagupan City, Pangasinan — United Nationalist Alliance (UNA) standard bearer Vice President Jejomar C. Binay is keeping his cards close to his chest as far as his strategy in the final “PiliPinas Presidential Debate” here at the Phinma-University of Pangasinan is concerned. The Commission on Elections’ (Comelec) media partners in the third and final PiliPinas debate are the Manila Bulletin and ABS-CBN. The opposition leader’s refusal to even throw a bone regarding his frame of mind in entering the... Читать дальше...

What would it take to turn the Philippines into a regional cruise destination like Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, and even current

Games Wednesday (Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay City) 12 noon – Ateneo vs National University (Men’s) 4 p.m. – Ateneo vs La Salle (Women’s) Looking sharper and hungrier of the two, La Salle stormed out of the gates and quickly drew first blood against long time nemesis Ateneo, 25-22, 25-22, 25-21 in Game One of the UAAP women’s volleyball finals yesterday at the Smart Araneta Coliseum. The Lady Spikers stormed back from alarming deficits in each of the first two sets behind the creativity of star setter... Читать дальше...

By Argyll Cyrus B. Geducos and Madel Sabater – Namit The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) warned yesterday the public against acquiring the personal data of registered voters from the hacked website of the Commission on Elections (Comelec), saying they could be criminally liable. The warning came as netizens raged over what seemed to be Malacañang’s accessing and spreading of the leaked data, which officials later addressed as a possible “malicious forgery”. NBI Director Virgilio Mendez issued... Читать дальше...

North Korea's belligerent stance is linked to a major ruling party congress next month meant to further cement leader Kim Jong Un's grip on power

Angry Bird’s Red is a UN honorary ambassador! In the movie’s Twitter account, Red suggests a riding tip to passengers. The movie opens May 18 in Philippine cinemas. The faster we all get in, the faster we all get out. Help make a better #AngryBirdsHappyPlanet with Red’s @UN tips. pic.twitter.com/7HN4BpO4lm — Angry Birds (@AngryBirds) April 20, 2016

The Filipino public must make the right choice this coming May polls to sustain the economic gains by the administration and avoid reverting back to uncertainty, a Palace official said.

Foreign guests and participants to the Manila FAME Design Week spice up their morning yesterday with a tour of the Walled City of Intramuros and Fort Santiago on innovative bamboo-framed bicycles (Manny Llanes)

Members of the Pangasinan Danggoan Cultural Dance Troupe perform a ritual dance called ‘Sayaw sa Dagat’ in thanksgiving

A rescue team from Buguey, Cagayan, tests the performance of a banana-shaped rubber boat against the rampaging tide

Edsa traffic, according to observers and daily commuters, won’t abate soon. So those plying this main thoroughfare are considering ways to get out of there fast. While others don’t mind catching the jampacked train, others, who want a li’l convenience, call a Grab or Uber ride. And a few, who have the luxury of time, prefer the point-to-point bus. There’s a new app that suggests carpooling as another fast option out of Edsa. And you get to ride with your friends and/or office pals.

The Palace encouraged the people to watch the third and final presidential debate in Pangasinan on Sunday (April 24, 2016) to know who's the best to lead the country in the next six years.

The five presidential candidates will be sharing one stage for the last time, facing off for the final leg of the Commission on Elections’ Pili Pinas 2016 presidential debate series.

At least 18 people were killed Friday (April 22, 2016) when airstrikes hit several rebel-held neighborhoods in Syria's contested northern city of Aleppo, anti-government activists said, an escalation that placed added strain on a fragile cease-fire.

President Barack Obama called Friday (April 22, 2016) for the overturning of a North Carolina law that requires transgender people to use public bathrooms conforming to the sex on their birth certificates and restricts protections for LGBT people.

Searchers recovered four more bodies from a petrochemical plant wrecked by a huge explosion this week on Mexico's southeastern Gulf coast, raising the death toll to 28, the state oil company said Friday night (April 22, 2016).

Researchers in Nebraska tested a new tool on Friday (April 22, 2016) that could eventually help in fighting grass fires — drones.

The man who may become Brazil's next president is almost as unpopular as the leader facing impeachment now, and stained by scandals of his own

When the earthquake struck last year and thousands of tons of snow and ice and earth came crashing down the mountain, some feared the climbers might never return to Mount Everest.