Category: World News
Angara to senator-elect son: ‘Do the best you can’
MANILA (Mabuhay) – Outgoing Senator Edgardo Angara, the longest serving senator in the post-EDSA Senate, has a piece of advice to senator-elect son Juan Edgardo ‘Sonny’ Angara: ‘Do the best you can in your job as senator.” Angara made this advice moments before the Commission on Elections (Comelec) en banc, sitting as national board of [...]
New US $100 bill to enter circulation in October
WASHINGTON, April 24, 2013 (AFP) – The United States will put a redesigned $100 bill, including an array of cutting-edge security features, in circulation in October, the Federal Reserve said Wednesday. The new $100 bill was supposed to have entered circulation in February 2011. But the release was delayed by production problems, notably creasing of [...]
Senate immigration bill a good start, but raises concerns about access to health care
WASHINGTON – Kathy Ko Chin, president and CEO of the Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum (APIAHF), issued the following statement in response to the comprehensive immigration reform bill introduced today in the Senate. “We are pleased that the “gang of eight” worked across party lines to produce a bipartisan bill to start the [...]
Suspect arrested over U.S. ricin mailings: official
WASHINGTON, April 17, 2013 (AFP) – U.S. authorities have arrested a suspect over mailings laced with the deadly poison ricin to President Barack Obama and a Senator, officials said Wednesday. “Today at approximately 5:15 pm (2215 GMT), FBI special agents arrested Paul Kevin Curtis, the individual believed to be responsible for the mailings of the [...]
Boston victims peppered with nails, pellets: doctors
BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 16, 2013 (AFP) – The victims of Monday’s bombings at the Boston marathon were peppered with nails and pellets, doctors said Tuesday, adding that the most severely wounded required amputation. The twin blasts near the finish line in the northeastern US city claimed three lives and left more than 170 injured. “This [...]
U.S. boosts missile defense in the Pacific
North Korea warns of nuclear strike on U.S. targets By Jung Ha-Won SEOUL, April 4, 2013 (AFP) – The United States has scrambled to reinforce its Pacific missile defenses as North Korea pushed more global alarm buttons Thursday by announcing it had authorized plans for possible nuclear strikes on U.S. targets. U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck [...]
Election of first Latin American pope stuns analysts
By Jean-Louis DE LA VAISSIERE VATICAN CITY, March 13, 2013 (AFP) – The election Wednesday of Jorge Mario Bergoglio as Latin America’s first pope stunned analysts who expected a more conservative choice. The self-effacing archbishop of his native Buenos Aires – also the first Jesuit pope – was nowhere near the top of the list [...]
DepEd allots additional grant for private Muslim schools
The Department of Education has earmarked an additional P250,000 grant to each Muslim school (madaris) to upgrade their physical facilities and improve operational capabilities to better implement a culturally sensitive and Islam-friendly curriculum. The one-time financial support forms part of the Sajahatra program which seeks to deliver enhanced public services to the communities in the [...]
Binay unfazed by possible Roxas, Revilla candidacies in 2016
MANILA, Jan 31 (Mabuhay) – Vice President Jejomar Binay on Wednesday seemed to be unfazed by the recent pronouncements from some parties that indicate he may face Interior Secretary Mar Roxas and Senator Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr. in the 2016 presidential polls. “Everybody has a right to be a candidate,” Binay told reporters at the [...]
Colina Salon Branches out in Rancho Cucamonga
New Year ushers new outlet for Colina Salon inside Island Pacific The year 2013 looks bright and busy for Marlou Colina, owner of Colina Salon.He drives from Long Beach to Rancho Cucamonga to supervise the construction of the newest Colina Salon in Island Pacific. The sign is already up , now he is looking at [...]
