Cycling: Padyak Pinoy Tour of Champions reels off May 8-15
April 28, 2009 11:49 pm· Comments Off
By Lily O Ramos
MANILA, April 28 — The much-awaited multi-stage road cycling race for the summer season, Padyak Pinoy, reels off May 8 to 15 at Taguig City in Metro Manila as starting point.
Dagupenos pray for 3 rainless days
April 28, 2009 11:48 pm· Comments Off
By Leonardo V. Micua
DAGUPAN CITY, April 28 — Rain, rain go way.
Four ladies in bikinis stage protest at Manila Zoo
April 28, 2009 11:47 pm· Comments Off
MANILA, April 28 –Four women in skimpy bikinis staged on Tuesday their protest in front of Manila Zoo, asking the public to boycott all zoos in the country saying animals should live in the wild and not in detention.
Health officials warn of West Nile virus season in Los Angeles
April 28, 2009 11:47 pm· Comments Off
LOS ANGELES, April 28 — Health officials warned on Monday that 2009 was expected to have an active West Nile virus season in the Los Angeles area.
Mexico hit by revised 5.6-magnitude earthquake
April 28, 2009 11:46 pm· Comments Off
MEXICO CITY, April 28 — An earthquake registering 5.6 magnitude on the Richter scale hit southern Mexico on Monday at 11: 46 a.m. local time (1746 GMT), with an epicenter 23 kilometers northeast of Zumpango, a small town in the state of Guerrero, and with a deepness of 41.2 kilometers, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Earthquake Hazards Program reported.
China sees June conference as “major action” by UN to combat financial crisis
April 28, 2009 11:46 pm· Comments Off
UNITED NATIONS, April 28 — The conference to be convened by the United Nations General Assembly "will be a major action taken by the UN System in response to the financial crisis, " the Chinese UN envoy said here on Monday.
RP safe from swine influenza
April 28, 2009 11:45 pm· Comments Off
By Ma. Theresa D. Ocampo & Lilybeth G. Ison
MANILA, April 28 — There is no swine influenza (SI) outbreak in the Philippines.
This was stressed by Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap in a press conference Tuesday, even as the government is maintaining a temporary suspension of pork imports from Mexico, the United States, and Canada previously reported by the World Health Organization (WHO) to have been detected with a "multi-strain virus."
48 cyclists vie for crown in 2nd Tour of Ilocos Sur
April 28, 2009 11:40 pm· Comments Off
VIGAN CITY, April 28 — At least 48 local cyclists, grouped into six teams, are competing in the 2nd Tour of Ilocos Sur that will formally start on Tuesday morning in front of Provincial Capitol here.
Housing developer partners with environmentalist group, LGUs on marine conservation
April 28, 2009 11:39 pm· Comments Off
ISLAND GARDEN CITY OF SAMAL, April 28 — The Filinvest Land Inc. (FLI), a housing developer which opens an upscale resort residences in this island city, is working with environment stakeholders to preserve and protect the marine life within project's coastline in the Davao Region.
PGMA underscores gov’t efforts to create jobs to soften impact of crisis on Filipinos
April 28, 2009 11:38 pm· Comments Off
TACLOBAN CITY, April 28 — President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo said today that the government is vigorously pursuing efforts to help more Filipinos find jobs in the Philippines and abroad as part of an overall strategy to soften the impact of the global economic meltdown on Filipino families