LRT/MRT operations resume Thursday morning
After being temporarily suspended on Wednesday for safety reasons, Light and Metro Rail Transit (LRT/MRT) operations have finally resumed Thursday at 5 am. LRT/MRT spokesperson Hernando Cabrera via...
View ArticleMonsoon rains trigger flash floods in Cotabato, Maguindanao
COTABATO CITY: Southwest monsoon triggered knee-deep to waist deep floods in Cotabato City and in some areas in Maguindanao, the Regional Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council (RDRRMC) in the...
View ArticleWorld is getting warmer, says global climate report
WASHINGTON: The world is getting warmer, as greenhouse gases reach historic highs and Arctic sea ice melts, making 2013 one of the hottest years on record, international scientists said Thursday. The...
View ArticleMicrosoft axes 18,000 jobs as Nadella shifts focus
NEW YORK: Microsoft announced its biggest job cuts ever Thursday as new chief executive Satya Nadella called for a new focus at the US tech giant while integrating the Nokia phone division. The company...
View ArticleGlenda’s damage to agri, infra in Central Luzon reaches Php1.75-B
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO: Damage to agriculture and infrastructure caused by the onslaught of typhoon Glenda in Central Luzon was massive with an initial report reaching to some Php1.75 billion. Data from...
View Article2 Ukrainian fighters seen following Malaysian jet minutes before crash
MOSCOW: Two Ukrainian fighters were following the passenger Boeing-777 of Malaysian Airlines several minutes before the crash, Russia’s television Channel One said on Friday, citing a tweet made by a...
View ArticleWorld’s top AIDS experts among MH17 victims: IAS
SYDNEY: Some of the world’s top AIDS experts, bound for an international conference in Melbourne, Australia, were among those killed in Malaysian Airlines MH17 crash, the International AIDS Society...
View ArticleDFA confirms 3 Filipinos on board Malaysia Airlines flight MH17
The Department of Foreign Affairs(DFA) on Friday confirmed that three Filipinos were among the 295 people onboard Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 that was shot down in Ukrainian airspace. Foreign Affairs...
View ArticleMighty McIlroy storms into Open lead
HOYLAKE, United Kingdom: Rory McIlroy shot a flawless six-under 66 to lead by one stroke after the first round of the British Open on Thursday on a day of low scoring which also saw fit-again Tiger...
View ArticleDeleted posts suggest Ukraine rebels downed Malaysian jet in error
KIEV: Social media posts by pro-Russian insurgents — most of them hastily removed — suggest the rebels thought they had shot down a Ukrainian army plane before realising in horror that it was in fact a...
View ArticleAsian shares fall on news of Ukraine air tragedy
HONG KONG: Asian markets tumbled on Friday after a Malaysia Airlines plane came down in battle-wracked Ukraine, sparking geopolitical tensions and sending Wall Street tumbling. Investors fled into...
View ArticleMayweather wants to erase doubts in rematch
LOS ANGELES: Boxing champ Floyd Mayweather says Marcos Maidana should be grateful for the rematch and there is no chance he will allow the challenger to choose the gloves for their September fight. “He...
View ArticleTS ‘Henry’ gains strength as it moves toward east of Northern Luzon
Tropical Storm “Henry” has gained strength and speed as it to moves northwest, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said on Saturday. In its advisory, PAGASA...
View ArticleInterpol ready to send team to help identify MH17 victims
PARIS: The international police organization (Interpol) based in Lyon, France, said on Friday they are ready to send in the next 48 hours a team to help identify the victims of flight MH17 of Malaysia...
View ArticleDSWD coordinating with ARMM leaders to ensure safety of 3 staff abducted in Sulu
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) on Saturday assured that they are currently closely coordinating with Autonomous Regions of Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) leaders for appropriate...
View ArticleEcoWaste slams sale of mercury-laden skin whitening cosmetics
“The gentle formula keeps your skin soft like a child.” The EcoWaste Coalition urged consumers to be on their guard against bogus advertising claims — such as the one above — after its latest test buys...
View ArticleArmy: BIFF resorts to ‘silly tactics’ to justify attacks on civilians
COTABATO CITY: The military here has branded today as absurd and lousy propaganda the claim of a renegade Moro rebels that soldiers seized a father and son tandem in Datu Unsay, Maguindanao last week....
View ArticleHataman orders PNP, LGU to search, rescue abducted social workers in Sulu
COTABATO CITY: Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) Governor Mujiv Hataman on Saturday ordered the Sulu police provincial office and Talipao town officials to help locate the four social workers...
View ArticleObama calls jet downing an ‘outrage’
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Friday condemned the missile attack that downed a Malaysia Airlines passenger jet over separatist-controlled eastern Ukraine as an “outrage of unspeakable...
View ArticleUS points to Ukraine separatists in downing of jet
GRABOVE, Ukraine: The United States built a case that pro-Moscow separatists downed a Malaysian airliner in Ukraine with a surface-to-air missile, killing all 298 people on board — with the possible...
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