ASIA TODAY

16/08/2024

LUCENA CITY, Quezon – Fourteen persons were injured when their passenger van rammed a streetlight post on a center island of the diversion road in Barangay Domoit, this city, before dawn on Thursday, August 15.

16/08/2024

President Marcos has lamented the lack of soil analysis in the country which, he said, is crucial in aiding farmers in knowing what crops are suitable on their lands.  

16/08/2024

HEADS UP, MOTORISTS!

There will be an oil price hike starting on Monday, Aug. 19!

16/08/2024

Alex Eala survived former doubles partner Oksana Selekhmeteva, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (4), to barge into the quarterfinals of the Cary Tennis Classic in North Carolina on Wednesday, Aug. 15.

16/08/2024

The Department of Health (DOH) on Wednesday, Aug. 15, underscored the importance of vigilance following the World Health Organization's (WHO) declaration of mpox (formerly known as monkeypox) as a "public health emergency of international concern."

READ: https://mb.com.ph/2024/8/15/tamang-praning-lang-doh-urges-caution-without-panic-amid-mpox-emergency

16/08/2024

Foreign ambassadors in Manila took to social media to celebrate the success of Filipino Olympians’ who arrived back in Manila last Tuesday, Aug. 13. 

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Approximately 40,000 kilograms of waste have been collected from Manila Bay by a marine vessel designed to capture plastic debris from the ocean.

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CEBU CITY – Two siblings died in a fire that hit their house in Tagbilaran City, Bohol on Wednesday night, August 14.

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"To address the elephant in the room, may malinaw na may conflict of interest dahil magkamag-anak sila."

16/08/2024

Herrera raised the alarm on the supposed inconsistencies between the revenue figures reported by collecting agencies and the Bureau of the Treasury (BTr). 

16/08/2024

CABUYAO CITY, Laguna – A 40-year-old truck driver was pinned to death by a concrete arch at the boundary of Barangays Sala-and Marinig, this city, on Wednesday evening, August 13.

16/08/2024

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — On a darkened road beside the Caspian Sea, Iranian police officers opened fire last month on a 31-year-old woman who had tried to speed away likely knowing they wanted to seize her vehicle.

16/08/2024

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — A federal prosecutor on Wednesday formally charged Argentina's former President Alberto Fernández with committing violence against former first lady Fabiola Yáñez.

16/08/2024

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban have deliberately deprived 1.4 million Afghan girls of schooling through bans, a U.N. agency said Thursday. Afghanistan is the only country in the world with bans on female secondary and higher education.

16/08/2024

YEKATERINBURG, Russia (AP) — U.S.-Russian dual national Ksenia Khavana was convicted Thursday of treason in a Russian court and sentenced to 12 years in prison on charges stemming from a $51 donation to a charity aiding Ukraine.

16/08/2024

Google has announced the Pixel 9 series, which includes the Pixel 9 and three Pro models: The 9 Pro, 9 Pro XL, and the 9 Fold Pro. They all come with new AI tricks to change how we look at photos.

16/08/2024

The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) clarified that the latest poverty and food thresholds, which some have criticized as unrealistic, are not meant to serve as budget guidelines for a decent standard of living.

16/08/2024

The Civil Security Group of the Philippine National Police (PNP-CSG) is eyeing to tap around 575,000 security guards in the country as the government’s eyes and ears not only to further improve the peace and order situation in the country but also in addressing national security-related concerns t...

16/08/2024

Citing the need to motivate more Lupon (Pacification Committees) to exert similar exceptional and outstanding work, President Marcos has issued Executive Order (EO) No. 68 which strengthens the Lupong Tagapamayapa Incentives Awards (LTIA) System and reorganizes the National Awards Committee (NA...

16/08/2024

This was the first deviation from the House of Committee on Appropriations' schedule.

16/08/2024

Philippine Peso Exchange rate at-a-glance as of August 16, 2024.

Source: Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas

16/08/2024

NEW YORK (AP) — A reputed Peruvian gang leader suspected in nearly two dozen killings in his home country was arrested Wednesday in New York by U.S. immigration authorities.

16/08/2024

A few days to go before the opening of a bigger and longer display of Earth+Lens 2024 photo exhibit! Catch the magnificent images from August 20 to September 1 at Hyundai Philippines Entrance Hall, National Museum of Natural History, Manila.

This year's exhibit is made possible by our partner photographers Jan Mayo, Silver Belen, Noel Pabalate and Keith Bacongo, supported by The Department of Tourism, National Commission for Culture and the Arts, HUAWEI as the official smartphone photography partner, together with National Museum of the Philippines as the official venue partner.

16/08/2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Taxpayers are expected to save billions after the Biden administration inked deals with pharmaceutical companies to knock down the lists prices for 10 of Medicare’s costliest drugs.

16/08/2024

An unidentified man who placed his improvised bed in the middle of the street and slept on it died after he was hit by a car along Ortigas Avenue, Pasig City on Friday morning, August 16.

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Municipal Administrator and former vice mayor Gerald German will be running for mayor of Pateros in the May 12, 2025 local election. 

16/08/2024

The World Health Organization declared Wednesday that the increasing spread of mpox in Africa is a global health emergency, warning the virus might ultimately spill across international borders.

READ: https://mb.com.ph/2024/8/15/mpox-a-new-global-health-emergency