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By Ella Ide, AFP ROME, May 29, 2016 – A week of shipwrecks in the Mediterranean culminated Sunday with 700 migrants feared dead and survivors giving harrowing testimony of dozens of small children drowned. Survivors brought to safety in the Italian ports of Taranto and Pozzallo told the UN’s refugee agency (UNHCR) and Save the Children how their boat sank on Thursday morning after a high-seas drama which saw one woman decapitated. ”We’ll never know the exact number, we’ll never know their identities,” said the UNHCR’s spokeswoman Carlotta Sami.

Davao City — With their proclamation scheduled at mid-afternoon today, incoming President Rodrigo Roa Duterte gets the 100-percent support and cooperation of incoming vice president Leni Robredo whose appointment to a Cabinet post Duterte said he will give priority to over his friends. Robredo said she “will find ways to at least pay a courtesy visit to assure him that he has my support” probably in Davao City. “For me, it is but right to assure him that he has my 100 percent support and cooperation. Читать дальше...

The scariest thing about cellphone theft isn’t just the loss of a gadget worth thousands of pesos but the risk of personal information

Davao City — It wasn’t exactly the kind of reaction you get from somebody known for tough talk and who even carries the menacing moniker of “The Punisher.” Incoming president Rodrigo Duterte said on Saturday that there was no way he would stay at the Malacañang Palace during his six-year term because the presidential residence is inhabited by “mumo,” or ghosts. Sharing a conversation he had with Ilocos Norte Governor Imee Marcos, a recent visitor to this city and a former resident of Malacañang where... Читать дальше...

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Microsoft has recently released an updated version of their cloud-powered Windows Defender protection service to defend enterprises

This was what went through the mind of Beau Basse, founder of art consultancy company Le Basse, after seeing the giant walls of Bonifacio Global City when he went here for a visit four years ago.

Washington, D.C., United States — American ships and fighter jets maneuvering across the South China Sea and the Sea of Japan represent the “new normal” in US-Pacific relations despite rising tensions with China and Moscow. US moves in recent months have led to angry protests from China and Russia, which contend the Obama administration is fueling unrest in the Asia Pacific and conducting illegal and unsafe transit in the region. US military leaders defend the operations and say they will continue to exercise freedom of navigation... Читать дальше...

Winning and losing candidates in the recent elections better file their Statement of Contributions and Expenditures (SOCE) early as the Commission on Elections (Comelec) has no plan of extending the June 8 deadline. The poll body warned that a winning candidate without a SOCE will be asked to vacate his post. “Our deadline is on June 8. It is non-extendible. If you fail to file it by that date, it’s considered not filed,” Comelec Commissioner Christian Robert Lim said in an interview. An incomplete SOCE... Читать дальше...

Pocholo “The VoiceMaster” Gonzales – veteran voice artist, experienced radio broadcaster, internationally-awarded youth advocate,

By huaxia, Xinhua/People’s Daily News China’s Wanda Group on Saturday opened a 40-billion-yuan (6.1 billion U.S. dollar) theme park in Nanchang, capital of eastern Jiangxi Province, as it seeks to cash in on people’s fast-growing appetite for leisure. Photo courtesy of People’s Daily News Wanda Cultural Tourism City (Wanda City), the latest rival to Shanghai Disney, is scheduled to open next month. At the opening ceremony, Wanda’s chairman Wang Jianlin said Wanda hopes to have influence and a voice in the culture... Читать дальше...

Senate President Franklin Drilon sees no problem if President-elect Rodrigo Duterte will not attend the scheduled proclamation on Monday in Congress.

BEIRUT — Al-Qaida's branch in Syria has recruited thousands of fighters, including teenagers, and taken territory from government forces in a successful offensive in the north, illustrating how the cease-fire put in place by Russia and the United States to weaken the militants has in many ways backfired.

The Department of Education (DepEd), together with its partner agencies, will be launching the 2016 "Oplan Balik Eskwela" (OBE) Information and Action Center and the Inter-agency Command Conference on Monday as the nation gears for a smooth school opening.

JERUSALEM — Israel's internal security service says it has arrested six Palestinians from the West Bank suspected of preparing explosives and planning the bomb attack on a bus in Jerusalem that wounded 21 Israelis last month.

As more Filipino nurses are still actively looking for better opportunities in the US, a homegrown recruitment, consulting and business-process outsourcing (BPO) firm is offering to undergo the process and required tests that will allow them to acquire their US license.

By Bangkok Post/Maeil Business News Korea Thai pharmaceutical makers are seeking additional incentives from the government to help attract investment worth more than 100 billion baht over the next 10 years. Photo courtesy of Pulse/Maeil Business News Korea Members of the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers Association (PReMA) said after meeting the industry minister yesterday that the request for 13-15 years of tax incentives from the Board of Investment (BoI) would give a boost to the industry. Читать дальше...

By Olimpiu Gheorghiu, Associated Press CONSTANTA, Romania — Torrential rain has dashed hopes in Romania of setting a Guinness Book world record for Greece’s famous sirtaki dance. Romanians were attempting to break the world record for the dance made famous in the 1964 movie “Zorba the Greek” before a storm struck this Black Sea port on Saturday. Organizers declared the attempt a washout, then had a change of heart and called people back to the beach in the port, 250 kilometers (156 miles) east of Bucharest. Читать дальше...

TARIQ CAMP, Iraq — Iraq's special forces have completed a troop buildup around Fallujah ahead of an operation to retake the Islamic State-held city west of Baghdad.

After a fabricated article spreading rumors that 'Queen of All Media' Kris Aquino and Sen. Antonio Trillanes met in Honolulu, Hawaii, the TV host waited for the right time before she responded to the rumors through her personal Instagram account.

CINCINNATI — The Cincinnati Zoo has temporarily closed its gorilla exhibit after a special zoo response team shot and killed a 17-year-old gorilla that grabbed and dragged a 4-year-old boy who fell into a moat.

Celebrities who attended Solenn Heussaff and Nico Bolzico’s wedding in Combourg, France recently, had fun touring Europe after.

Duterte has resumed efforts to fill vacancies in his Cabinet

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American hip-hop and R&B star Jason Derulo rocked Manila in a concert at the Mall of Asia Arena last Friday as part of the ongoing promotional tour for his new album “Everything Is 4.”