UPDATE: On Saturday, Réjeanne Fairhead broke the world record in the women’s 95-99 age category by more than three minutes, finishing with a time of 51:09.01. Last May, Réjeanne Fairhead laced her Keds and started walking. Fifty-eight minutes and 52 seconds later, she crossed the five-kilometre finish line at the …
Read More »A new DNA tool helped crack a Montreal cold case. It could help solve others
For decades, detectives and Sharron’s family searched for her killer, with no luck. Thanks to new DNA testing tools, they now know he was Franklin Romine — an American who’d been living in Montreal at the time of the murder. For decades, nobody knew who killed Sharron Prior. On March …
Read More »NASA’s Juno spacecraft captures Earth-like lightning on Jupiter
Data obtained by Juno is providing fresh information on how the lightning processes on Jupiter are similar to those on Earth despite the dramatic differences between the two planets, according to scientists. Though Jupiter and Earth are very different types of planets, there appears to be at least one similarity. …
Read More »President Marcos ramps up e-governance for towns and cities
E-governance first made its presence felt in key national government offices that serve a broad sector of Philippine society — the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, Government Service Insurance System, Bureau of Internal Revenue, Bureau of Customs, Social Security System, Land Transportation Office, and National Telecommunications Commission. For several years now, …
Read More »After six years, Marawi still trying to get back on its feet
PRESIDENTIAL FILE PHOTO ON May 23, 2017, what the military planned as a “surgical operation” to capture Abu Sayyaf leader Isnilon Hapilon in Marawi City escalated into a five-month-long battle that has changed the once-tranquil lakeside capital of Lanao del Sur. By the time then-president Rodrigo Duterte declared the “liberation” …
Read More »Kuwait suspends all new visas for Pinoys
Photo Credit: TimesKuwait Reacting to lawmakers’ call for a total deployment ban to Kuwait, Mr. Marcos expressed opposition to the idea, saying he does not want to “burn any bridges” with the Arab nation. “Well, will we impose a ban? Me, I’m never very comfortable to impose a ban because …
Read More »2 new gunboats to bolster WPS patrols
SEA ASSET President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. boards one of two new gunboats the Philippines has acquired from Israel and which, among others, will be part of naval patrol operations in the West Philippine Sea. Marcos commissioned the BRP Gener Tinangag and BRP Domingo Deluana on Friday, May 26, 2023, the …
Read More »President cool to deployment ban on Kuwait-bound OFWs
PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Friday said he is not keen on imposing a total ban on the deployment of Filipino workers to Kuwait. Marcos was responding to calls for the Philippines to impose such a ban after the Gulf state stopped issuing new entry visas to Filipinos. “I’m never …
Read More »Most Filipinos can’t find jobs—SWS
Survey says most Filipino workers find it hard to land a job nowadays. The Social Weather Station (SWS) survey during the first quarter of the year showed that 69 percent of adult Filipinos are having difficulty looking for jobs these days. The SWS study indicated that only 11 percent said …
Read More »‘Sagad na sa kahirapan?’: Guanzon upset with gov’t plan to use food stamps
At a Glance P3PWD Party-list nominee Rowena Guanzon’s tweets show that she is upset with the Marcos administration’s plan to implement a food stamps program as a way to address the hunger problem. Rowena Guanzon (MANILA BULLETIN) P3PWD Party-list nominee Rowena Guanzon is upset with the Marcos administration’s intention of …
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