8 Newsletters: 87 new articles
Updates from:
"CNN.com" - 7 new articles
Eurostar runs tests after train failuresEurostar is trying to figure out what caused an "unprecedented" six trains to break down, forcing the cancellation of all weekend services, a spokeswoman said. • Email to a friend • Related • Actress Brittany Murphy dead at 32Actress Brittany Murphy, 32, has died, Los Angeles police said. She played in "Clueless," "8 Mile," and as the voice of Luanne Platter on "King of the Hill." • Email to a friend • Related • Senior dissident cleric dies in IranGrand Ayatollah Hussein Ali Montazeri, a key figure in Iran's Islamic Revolution 30 years ago and a prominent cleric who criticized June's disputed election, dies aged 87. • Email to a friend • Related • Philippines volcano eruption likely soonPhilippine authorities raise the alert status of the country's most active volcano to level 4 and set up an extended danger zone around it, saying an eruption is imminent. • Email to a friend • Related • U.S. slams deportation of UyghursThe U.S. State Department said Sunday it was "deeply disturbed" at the deportation of 20 Uyghur asylum seekers from Cambodia back to China. • Email to a friend • Related • 55 dead in Nigeria truck crashAt least 55 people were killed and 38 injured when a truck carrying fertilizer crashed into a crowd of people in Nigeria's Kogi state, a federal official told CNN. • Email to a friend • Related • Facebook push trumps Cowell songRage Against the Machine has claimed the prestigious No. 1 spot on the British singles chart on the last Sunday before Christmas, marking the first time in five years the winner of Simon Cowell's "X-Factor" has not won. • Email to a friend • Related • |
Click here to safely unsubscribe now from "CNN.com" or change your subscription or subscribe
"Technology Infotech RSS Feed" - 2 new articles
Ivler search goes onlineTHE SEARCH FOR ROAD RAGE SUSPECT Jason Ivler, who has eluded the police since Nov. 18, has gone online. • Email to a friend • Related • Intel wants to change gigahertz perceptionLong since rival microchip firms Intel and AMD changed their product nomenclature from using processor speed to just plain processor name, many buyers still see the processor speed as a factor in buying a computer. • Email to a friend • Related • |
Click here to safely unsubscribe now from "Technology Infotech RSS Feed" or change your subscription or subscribe
"INQUIRER.net Breaking News" - 40 new articles
3 hurt as driver loses control over ‘disturbing’ text messageA 55-year-old motorist who read a disturbing text message while driving lost control of his vehicle and hit three pedestrians, including a pregnant woman, at noon Monday in Pasig City, the police said. • Email to a friend • Related • China to set up kung fu school in TaiwanTAIPEI—China plans to open a kung fu academy and several cultural centers in Taiwan to promote martial arts from the mainland's famed Shaolin Temple, media on the island said Monday. • Email to a friend • Related • Telcos earn senators’ ire over billing schemeExecutives of giant telecommunication companies received a dressing down on Monday from senators for their failure to implement the new per-pulse rate on mobile phone calls. • Email to a friend • Related • No hearing date yet on Ampatuan bail petitionA Quezon City court is expected to set a date for the hearing of the petition for bail filed by Andal Ampatuan Jr. regarding the multiple murder case filed against him for the Nov 23 massacre of 57 people in Maguindanao province. • Email to a friend • Related • Estrada, Revilla top senatoriables surveySen. Jinggoy Estrada leads the senatoriables in the latest Pulse Asia Pre-Election Survey, with 55.1 percent of respondents saying they would include him in their senatorial line-up if the elections were held today. • Email to a friend • Related • Aquino still leads in latest Pulse Asia surveySenator Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III leads in the latest Pulse Asia pre-election survey with 45 percent of respondents saying they would vote for him as president if the elections were held today, according to the polling outfit. • Email to a friend • Related • US actress Brittany Murphy dies at 32(UPDATE) Actress Brittany Murphy, known for her roles in films such as "Clueless" and "8 Mile," died Sunday after suffering a cardiac arrest at her home, police and hospital officials said. She was 32. • Email to a friend • Related • Search for suspect in road rage slay goes onlineThe search for road rage slaying suspect Jason Ivler, who has eluded the police since Nov. 18, has gone online. • Email to a friend • Related • Southern Tagalog placed on full alert statusThe entire police force in the Calabarzon (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, and Quezon) region was placed on full alert status following the raid by suspected New People's Army members in a police station in Quezon province on Sunday. • Email to a friend • Related • Rebels pose as press to raid police stationCommunist insurgents disguised themselves as journalists to gain entry into a police station in Manila before looting it, a police spokesman said on Monday. • Email to a friend • Related • Formerly conjoined twins leave Australian hospitalSYDNEY - Formerly conjoined Bangladeshi twins Trishna and Krishna left hospital on Monday, after Australian doctors who separated their fused brains decided they should celebrate their third birthday at home. • Email to a friend • Related • Oil above $73 in Asian tradeSINGAPORE—Oil rose in Asian trade Monday but trading was subdued as worries over border tensions between Iran and Iraq eased, and the Christmas holidays kept investors on the sidelines, analysts said. • Email to a friend • Related • TV presenter sorry for calling Boyle 'retarded'WELLINGTON—A high-profile New Zealand television presenter had to apologies Monday for describing Scottish singing sensation Susan Boyle as "retarded". • Email to a friend • Related • Remaining villagers start fleeing Mayon danger zone(UPDATE) More than 3,000 villagers remaining in a no-go zone around the rumbling Mayon volcano on Monday began to evacuate after officials threatened to force them out. • Email to a friend • Related • Taliban in suicide vests attack Afghan cityKHOST - Armed Taliban militants wearing suicide vests stormed a building in an Afghan provincial capital on Monday, sparking a gun battle with police, officials said. • Email to a friend • Related • AFP, PNP to man checkpoints in election hotspotsJoint police and military checkpoints supervised by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) will be put up in key areas across the country beginning January 2010 to strictly enforce the gun ban and other election provisions, Philippine National Police Director General Jesus Verzosa said on Monday. • Email to a friend • Related • Suu Kyi lawyers appeal ruling at top Myanmar courtYANGON—Lawyers for Myanmar's detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi argued an appeal against her extended house arrest sentence on Monday at the country's supreme court. • Email to a friend • Related • Dollar eases against yen in AsiaTOKYO—The dollar fell against the yen in Asian trade Monday as traders locked in recent gains, while heightened concerns about Europe's debt woes weighed on the euro, dealers said. • Email to a friend • Related • China 'hijacked' climate summit--British ministerLONDON—China "hijacked" the Copenhagen summit by blocking a legally-binding treaty, Britain's climate change secretary Ed Miliband said Monday. • Email to a friend • Related • N.Korea says it may open fire near disputed sea borderSEOUL - North Korea Monday warned South Korean warships to steer clear of the disputed Yellow Sea border, saying its coastal artillery would target the area as part of firing exercises. • Email to a friend • Related • Extra pay for working on Christmas holidaysExtra pay await workers who will work during the holidays: regular holidays on December 25 (Christmas Day) and December 30 (Rizal Day), and January 1 (New Year’s Day), as well as the special non-working days on December 24, and December 31, the Department of Labor and Employment said in an advisory. • Email to a friend • Related • Obama health care overhaul clears key Senate hurdlePresident Barack Obama's top domestic goal, remaking United States health care, cleared a key Senate hurdle Monday with no room to spare and seemed on track to pass by his self-imposed Christmas deadline. • Email to a friend • Related • Record-breaking storm closes US federal governmentThe federal government was closed Monday after a record-breaking snowstorm swept across the northeastern United States and put a damper on one of the biggest shopping weekends of the year. • Email to a friend • Related • 7 Filipinos in Lebanon shipwreck missingSeven Filipino seafarers on board the Panamanian cargo ship MV Dany F II which sank off the coast of Tripoli, Lebanon in the evening of December 17 are still missing, the Department of Foreign Affairs said Monday. • Email to a friend • Related • Oil chiefs gather in war-scarred AngolaOil producers from the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) gathered in poverty-stricken Angola on Monday, saying they would hold output firm amid comfortably high prices at their first ever meeting hosted by Africa's new crude-pumping giant. • Email to a friend • Related • China banks need more capital in 2010Chinese banks will need to raise 500 billion yuan (73.2 billion dollars) in 2010 to beef up their defenses against bad debt after rampant lending this year, state media reported Monday. • Email to a friend • Related • Solons alarmed by military’s 2010 poll roleTwo lawmakers on Monday expressed alarm over plans to give the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) expanded role in the May 2010 election, saying the military could be used anew in “cheating operations.” • Email to a friend • Related • LG Display claims world's thinnest TV panelSouth Korea's LG Display said Monday it has developed the world's thinnest LCD television panel, measuring 2.6mm or 0.1 inches. • Email to a friend • Related • 100% Filipino networking site has Kiwi rootsAUCKLAND, New Zealand—Filipinos across the globe now have their own social networking site called mooplace.com. • Email to a friend • Related • Oil mixed in Asia as Iran-Iraq border dispute easesOil prices were mixed in Asian trade Monday as worries over border tensions between Iran and Iraq eased, and the Christmas holidays kept traders on the sidelines, analysts said. • Email to a friend • Related • Philippine shares close 0.12% higherPhilippine share prices closed 0.12 percent higher Monday on a quiet trading day with little market-moving news ahead of the Christmas break. • Email to a friend • Related • Quezon town police chief relieved after rebel attackThe police chief of the San Narciso police station here and all of his men were relieved from their posts Monday, one day after the suspected communist rebels successfully raided their headquarters Chief Superintendent Perfecto Palad • Email to a friend • Related • Clowns to lure people from Mayon danger zoneBeyond food and other basic supplies, Albay Governor Joey Salceda will use entertainers, storytellers, and even clowns to help keep folks fleeing Mayon Volcano’s wrath inside evacuation centers. • Email to a friend • Related • Barack’s US accused of destabilizing CubaCuban President Raul Castro on Sunday angrily accused United States President Barack Obama's administration of sending an American detained in Cuba to help the opposition in the region's only one-party communist state. • Email to a friend • Related • Australia on red alert as cyclone loomsAustralia's remote northwest was on alert on Monday as Cyclone Laurence was expected to bring destructive winds of up to 260 kilometers (160 miles) an hour and flooding to some areas, officials said. • Email to a friend • Related • Sinn Fein chief says father was child abuserSinn Fein president Gerry Adams revealed Sunday that his father subjected family members to sexual and physical abuse. • Email to a friend • Related • No more police units in city, town hallsTo prevent the use of policemen as private escorts of local government officials, Philippine National Police Director General Jesus Verzosa ordered the abolition of all police detachments in city and town halls across the country. • Email to a friend • Related • US sends home 12 Guantanamo detaineesTwelve more detainees from the US prison camp at Guantanamo have been sent home to Afghanistan, Yemen, and the breakaway state of Somaliland, the US Department of Justice said Sunday. • Email to a friend • Related • Police recover stolen Auschwitz signPolish police said early Monday they have recovered the Nazi German "Arbeit macht frei" sign stolen Friday from the site of the Auschwitz death camp in southern Poland. • Email to a friend • Related • Grizzlies beat Nuggets, 102-96Zach Randolph had 32 points and 24 rebounds as Memphis beat Denver 102-96, spoiling a superb 41-point performance by Nuggets star Carmelo Anthony on Sunday. • Email to a friend • Related • |
Click here to safely unsubscribe now from "INQUIRER.net Breaking News" or change your subscription or subscribe
"Breakingnews Nation RSS Feed" - 7 new articles
Forcible evacuation from Mayon danger zoneSeveral thousand villagers in the firing line of the rumbling Mount Mayon volcano risk forcible evacuation unless they leave the danger zone, officials said Monday. • Email to a friend • Related • No more police units in city, town hallsTo prevent the use of policemen as private escorts of local government officials, Philippine National Police Director General Jesus Verzosa ordered the abolition of all police detachments in city and town halls across the country. • Email to a friend • Related • House passes bill synchronizing Philippine timeThe House of Representatives has passed a bill synchronizing the standard time nationwide so Filipinos can celebrate the new year in unison. • Email to a friend • Related • Irate media who hit Ampatuan violated rights -- CHRMediamen who supposedly hit Maguindanao massacre prime suspect Mayor Andal Ampatuan, Jr. went "overboard" in expressing their outrage over the brutal killing of their colleagues last Nov. 23, the head of the country's human rights commission said on Thursday. • Email to a friend • Related • Court to hold 1st hearing on Ampatuan Tuesday -- SCThe Quezon City Regional Trial Court is expected to start hearing the multiple murder charges against Andal Ampatuan, Jr., on Tuesday, according to deputy court administrator and Supreme Court spokesperson Midas Marquez. • Email to a friend • Related • RP gov’t slammed over signing of Copenhagen AccordEnvironmentalists youths accused the Philippine government of bargaining their future for a few billion pesos of climate aid when it supported the non-binding Copenhagen Accord during the 15th Conference of Partice (COP 15) in Copenhagen. • Email to a friend • Related • 17 more counts of murder to be filed vs AmpatuanState prosecutors handling the Maguindanao massacre have found probable cause to charge Andal Ampartuan, Jr., with 17 more counts of murder in connection with the Maguindanao massacre. • Email to a friend • Related • More Recent Articles |
Click here to safely unsubscribe now from "Breakingnews Nation RSS Feed" or change your subscription or subscribe
"Breakingnews Infotech RSS Feed" - 2 new articles
Telcos earn senators’ ire over billing schemeExecutives of giant telecommunication companies received a dressing down on Monday from senators for their failure to implement the new per-pulse rate on mobile phone calls. • Email to a friend • Related • LG Display claims world's thinnest TV panelSouth Korea's LG Display said Monday it has developed the world's thinnest LCD television panel, measuring 2.6mm or 0.1 inches. • Email to a friend • Related • |
Click here to safely unsubscribe now from "Breakingnews Infotech RSS Feed" or change your subscription or subscribe
"Breakingnews World RSS Feed" - 12 new articles
China to set up kung fu school in TaiwanTAIPEI—China plans to open a kung fu academy and several cultural centers in Taiwan to promote martial arts from the mainland's famed Shaolin Temple, media on the island said Monday. • Email to a friend • Related • Formerly conjoined twins leave Australian hospitalSYDNEY - Formerly conjoined Bangladeshi twins Trishna and Krishna left hospital on Monday, after Australian doctors who separated their fused brains decided they should celebrate their third birthday at home. • Email to a friend • Related • Taliban in suicide vests attack Afghan cityKHOST - Armed Taliban militants wearing suicide vests stormed a building in an Afghan provincial capital on Monday, sparking a gun battle with police, officials said. • Email to a friend • Related • Suu Kyi lawyers appeal ruling at top Myanmar courtYANGON—Lawyers for Myanmar's detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi argued an appeal against her extended house arrest sentence on Monday at the country's supreme court. • Email to a friend • Related • China 'hijacked' climate summit--British ministerLONDON—China "hijacked" the Copenhagen summit by blocking a legally-binding treaty, Britain's climate change secretary Ed Miliband said Monday. • Email to a friend • Related • N.Korea says it may open fire near disputed sea borderSEOUL - North Korea Monday warned South Korean warships to steer clear of the disputed Yellow Sea border, saying its coastal artillery would target the area as part of firing exercises. • Email to a friend • Related • Obama health care overhaul clears key Senate hurdlePresident Barack Obama's top domestic goal, remaking United States health care, cleared a key Senate hurdle Monday with no room to spare and seemed on track to pass by his self-imposed Christmas deadline. • Email to a friend • Related • Record-breaking storm closes US federal governmentThe federal government was closed Monday after a record-breaking snowstorm swept across the northeastern United States and put a damper on one of the biggest shopping weekends of the year. • Email to a friend • Related • Barack’s US accused of destabilizing CubaCuban President Raul Castro on Sunday angrily accused United States President Barack Obama's administration of sending an American detained in Cuba to help the opposition in the region's only one-party communist state. • Email to a friend • Related • Australia on red alert as cyclone loomsAustralia's remote northwest was on alert on Monday as Cyclone Laurence was expected to bring destructive winds of up to 260 kilometers (160 miles) an hour and flooding to some areas, officials said. • Email to a friend • Related • Sinn Fein chief says father was child abuserSinn Fein president Gerry Adams revealed Sunday that his father subjected family members to sexual and physical abuse. • Email to a friend • Related • Police recover stolen Auschwitz signPolish police said early Monday they have recovered the Nazi German "Arbeit macht frei" sign stolen Friday from the site of the Auschwitz death camp in southern Poland. • Email to a friend • Related • |
Click here to safely unsubscribe now from "Breakingnews World RSS Feed" or change your subscription or subscribe
"Inquirerheadlines Nation RSS Feed" - 12 new articles
UN cites RP’s health care program for school kidsThe United Nations has recognized the country’s Essential Health Care Program (EHCP) as one of the world’s best practices in primary health care among schoolchildren, Education Secretary Jesli Lapus said Sunday. • Email to a friend • Related • Global eco group seeks probe of Turtle Islands saleThe global conservation organization WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature) Sunday called for an immediate investigation into the alleged sale of one of the Turtle Islands, a protected sanctuary and nesting site for sea turtles. • Email to a friend • Related • Comelec braces for another rush of new registrantsThe Commission on Elections (Comelec) is preparing for a mad rush of new registrants to election offices nationwide following the Supreme Court’s decision to extend voters’ registration. • Email to a friend • Related • ‘Pork’ hiked in budget, charges solonSen. Manuel Roxas II yesterday charged the bicameral congressional committee with increasing the national budget for 2010 by “as much as P35 billion” with pork barrel insertions in rush meetings last week. • Email to a friend • Related • Giant lanterns talk peace in festivalWishes for peace resonated loudly and brightly through giant lanterns that were lit Saturday in this Pampanga capital before some 70,000 spectators on the 101st year of a Christmas festival. • Email to a friend • Related • Finding the inner meaning of ChristmasWith the onset of the “ber” months in the Philippines, one knows that “Ang Pasko ay sumapit na.” • Email to a friend • Related • Mega-Baby says goodbye to ‘yaya’She was no ordinary nanny. She had appeared in movies and in TV commercials. In death, her wake will be held at Santuario de San Antonio in posh Forbes Park in Makati City. • Email to a friend • Related • UN climate role may weaken, say expertsA weak UN climate deal, agreed on Saturday after two weeks of talks pulled back from near collapse, underscored the vulnerability of a process depending on consensus and may mark a diminishing UN role. • Email to a friend • Related • President goes to HK for holiday treatPresident Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo Sunday quietly flew to Hong Kong with her family for a brief pre-Christmas getaway. • Email to a friend • Related • Ampatuan case takes ironic twistThe Philippine judicial system is caught in the crunch of an avenging lynch mob and the backlash of the reign of terror of the warlord Ampatuan clan, accused in the massacre of 57 people in Maguindanao. • Email to a friend • Related • CHR slams journalists for attack on AmpatuanEven suspected mass murderers like Andal Ampatuan Jr. have rights. • Email to a friend • Related • Gonzales seeks more active AFP role in pollsThe Department of National Defense (DND) is working on an agreement with the Commission on Elections (Comelec) that will provide the military a more active role in the 2010 elections. • Email to a friend • Related • |
Click here to safely unsubscribe now from "Inquirerheadlines Nation RSS Feed" or change your subscription or subscribe
"Inquirerheadlines Metro RSS Feed" - 5 new articles
Makati’s Mercado gets a new running mateMAKATI Vice Mayor Ernesto Mercado, who is running for mayor next year, has a new running mate. • Email to a friend • Related • Ivler search goes onlineTHE SEARCH FOR ROAD RAGE SUSPECT Jason Ivler, who has eluded the police since Nov. 18, has gone online. • Email to a friend • Related • Did you knowAFTER conquistador Juan de Salcedo died of “malignant fever” on March 11, 1576, his native soldiers stole his head and kept it for veneration, in accordance with ancient custom. • Email to a friend • Related • MMDA can’t demolish train ads, SC rulesTHE Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) has no power to dismantle billboards and other forms of advertisements posted on structures of the Metro Rail Transit 3 (MRT 3), according to the Supreme Court. • Email to a friend • Related • Woman judge braver than male judgeJudge Luisito Cortez of the Quezon City Regional Trial Court has refused to try Andal Ampatuan Jr. for the murder of 57 people, 30 of them journalists, saying he’s scared. • Email to a friend • Related • |
Click here to safely unsubscribe now from "Inquirerheadlines Metro RSS Feed" or change your subscription or subscribe
Unsubscribe from all current and future newsletters powered by FeedBlitz
| Your requested content delivery powered by FeedBlitz, LLC, 9 Thoreau Way, Sudbury, MA 01776, USA. +1.978.776.9498 |
5 Newsletters: 64 new articles
Updates from:
"CNN.com" - 7 new articles
Weather chokes English Channel travelEurostar cancels all services Saturday because of severe weather in northern France, stranding thousands of passengers on the weekend before Christmas. • Email to a friend • Related • Deadly snows hit U.S. East CoastFrigid East Coast states already blanketed with snow will get pummeled again with predictions of more than 20 inches in some areas. • Email to a friend • Related • Iran media: Jailers charged in deathsIranian prison officials have been charged with murder in the deaths of protesters imprisoned after the country's disputed presidential election, Iranian media reports. • Email to a friend • Related • U.N. chief: Climate change deal reachedU.N. chief Ban Ki-moon says a "deal has been reached" at the Copenhagen summit that could be the framework for a binding global climate change treaty. • Email to a friend • Related • Cambodia sends Uyghurs back to ChinaThe U.N. refugee agency said it deplores a move by Cambodia to deport 20 Uyghur refugees back to China. • Email to a friend • Related • U.S. health care holdout reaches dealU.S. Sen. Ben Nelson, the lone Democratic holdout on the Senate health care reform bill, has reached an agreement with Democratic leaders, several Democratic senators said Saturday on Capitol Hill. • Email to a friend • Related • Tiger Woods wins award despite woesDespite his personal problems, golfer Tiger Woods received another accolade as he was voted PGA player of the year. • Email to a friend • Related • |
Click here to safely unsubscribe now from "CNN.com" or change your subscription or subscribe
"INQUIRER.net Breaking News" - 40 new articles
Cold snap strands thousands of European travelersPARIS-- Tens of thousands of European travellers were stranded Sunday in rail stations, traffic jams and airports as heavy snow and ice caused massive disruption at the start of the Christmas holiday season. • Email to a friend • Related • Dubai World could repay bank loans in fullDUBAI-- Top Dubai officials have been in talks with creditors in London on the possible repayment of all the banking debt owed by the troubled subsidiaries of the Dubai World group, a newspaper said on Sunday. • Email to a friend • Related • Suspected NPA men seize 13 guns from police station(UPDATE) A band of suspected communist New People’s Army rebels disguised as uniformed military men and media attacked a police station in San Narciso town in Quezon province Bondoc Peninsula area Sunday afternoon, police said. • Email to a friend • Related • Alert level 4 raised as volcano seen to erupt in days(UPDATE 2) The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology has raised the alert level on Mayon Volcano from three to four after it exhibited abrupt increase in seismicity, accompanied by rumbling sounds and other factors indicating a possible eruption in days. • Email to a friend • Related • 183 Pinoys in China’s jails for drug traffickingThe Philippine Embassy in China has expressed serious concern over the increasing number of Filipino “drug mules” carrying illegal drugs into China despite repeated warnings by the Philippine government. • Email to a friend • Related • Sharon Cuneta's nanny dies(UPDATE) She is no ordinary nanny. Who’s the other yaya who had starred in movies and in TV commercials? Who’s the other yaya who, in death, would be interred at the Santuario de San Antonio in posh Forbes Park. • Email to a friend • Related • Carpenter hacks neighbor to death, yields to copsA 37-year-old carpenter surrendered to authorities after hacking his neighbor to death in Muntinlupa City early morning Sunday. • Email to a friend • Related • House passes bill synchronizing Philippine timeThe House of Representatives has passed a bill synchronizing the standard time nationwide so Filipinos can celebrate the new year in unison. • Email to a friend • Related • Search for suspect in road rage slay goes onlineThe search for road rage slaying suspect Jason Ivler, who has eluded the police since Nov. 18, has gone online. • Email to a friend • Related • Mercado picks new vice mayoral bet to boost 2010 bidMakati Vice Mayor Ernesto Mercado, who is running for mayor in 2010, has a new running mate. • Email to a friend • Related • Irate media who hit Ampatuan violated rights -- CHRMediamen who supposedly hit Maguindanao massacre prime suspect Mayor Andal Ampatuan, Jr. went "overboard" in expressing their outrage over the brutal killing of their colleagues last Nov. 23, the head of the country's human rights commission said on Thursday. • Email to a friend • Related • Obama health plan gets boost as Christmas deadline loomsWASHINGTON— Senators readied for a crucial pre-dawn Monday vote to pave the way for US health care reform, President Barack Obama's top domestic priority, after a key holdout senator said he would back the sweeping legislation. • Email to a friend • Related • Court to hold 1st hearing on Ampatuan Tuesday -- SCThe Quezon City Regional Trial Court is expected to start hearing the multiple murder charges against Andal Ampatuan, Jr., on Tuesday, according to deputy court administrator and Supreme Court spokesperson Midas Marquez. • Email to a friend • Related • RP gov’t slammed over signing of Copenhagen AccordEnvironmentalists youths accused the Philippine government of bargaining their future for a few billion pesos of climate aid when it supported the non-binding Copenhagen Accord during the 15th Conference of Partice (COP 15) in Copenhagen. • Email to a friend • Related • Top UN scientist urges binding climate pactNEW DELHI-- The head of the Nobel-winning UN panel of climate scientists has said the outcome of the Copenhagen summit was a start but urged countries to work quickly towards a legally binding pact. • Email to a friend • Related • Blizzard blasts eastern US, shoppers stay homeWASHINGTON—(UPDATE) Snow blanketed much of the eastern United States Sunday during one of its worst storms in decades with stores closed, flights grounded and traffic brought to a standstill, as holiday shopping suffered a cold snap. • Email to a friend • Related • Indonesian Buddhists pray for tsunami victimsBANDA ACEH-- Over a hundred Buddhists on Sunday prayed and lit joss sticks in Indonesia's Aceh province to mourn the victims of the deadly tsunami ahead of the five-year anniversary on December 26. • Email to a friend • Related • Tiger's absence 'may boost US PGA move to Asia'TOKYO— World number one Tiger Woods' absence from golf may prompt the US PGA Tour to court sponsors more aggressively in Asia, further embracing Japanese teenage star Ryo Ishikawa, a Japan Tour executive says. • Email to a friend • Related • MMDA has no power to remove billboards says SCThe Supreme Court has ruled that the Metro Manila Development Authority has no power to dismantle billboards and other forms of advertisements posted on structures of the Metro Rail Transit. • Email to a friend • Related • 17 more counts of murder to be filed vs AmpatuanState prosecutors handling the Maguindanao massacre have found probable cause to charge Andal Ampartuan, Jr., with 17 more counts of murder in connection with the Maguindanao massacre. • Email to a friend • Related • ‘Pacquiao rejected last-minute Lakas-Kampi nomination’The ruling Lakas-Kampi-CMD sent its nomination at the last minute to world boxing icon Manny Pacquiao, who had filed his candidacy for congressman of Sarangani, but this was snubbed by the Filipino boxing hero. • Email to a friend • Related • Albay health officials start distributing face masksAlbay health officials started distributing, on Sunday, face masks from the Department of Health to villagers in areas affected by ashfall from the highly restive Mayon volcano. • Email to a friend • Related • Fourteen hurt in Taiwan quakeTAIPEI— Fourteen people suffered minor injuries after a strong quake jolted Taiwan over the weekend, rescuers said Sunday. • Email to a friend • Related • Iran dissident Grand Ayatollah Montazeri dies— news agenciesTEHRAN—Leading Iranian dissident the Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri, once tapped to become Iran's undisputed number one, has died, news agencies reported on Sunday. • Email to a friend • Related • Mayon's eruption disrupts schooling of 24,536 pupilsThe volatile activity of Mayon volcano in the province of Albay has disrupted the schooling of 24,536 pupils and that number is expected to increase in the event of an explosive eruption. • Email to a friend • Related • GenSan wants Ampatuans detained somewhere elseThe city council has passed a resolution opposing the continued detention of the Ampatuans at the General Santos City headquarters of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) . • Email to a friend • Related • Groups welcome acting governor of MaguindanaoVarious women and religious organizations in the country have lauded the appointment of the first woman governor of the troubled Maguindanao province. • Email to a friend • Related • Green groups lament ‘dismal’ climate change pactEnvironmental groups lamented what they called the dismal end of the global summit on climate change in Copenhagen and issued a challenge to the Philippines. • Email to a friend • Related • Asylum seekers leave Indonesia, says execFifteen of the Sri Lankan asylum seekers who spent weeks refusing to get off the boat that rescued them near Indonesia have left the country, a foreign ministry official said Sunday. • Email to a friend • Related • |