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DOLE creates committee on OFW deployment MANILA, Philippines – Anticipating the full integration of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean), the labor department has set up a special committee to coordinate policies on the deployment of more Filipino workers abroad. Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz has ordered the re-establishment of the Committee on International Trade Agreement of the Department of ...

MANILA – Endangered, rarely seen “ninja” sharks have been seen by scientists off Malapascua Island in Cebu, according to Rutgers University. Marine scientists Thomas Grothues, an associate research professor from Rutgers University in the United States and Simon Oliver from the University of Chester in the United Kingdom, documented sightings of endangered pelagic thresher sharks, a species commonly found in ...

24-year-old Alex Craig thought of an idea that most people would dub a ‘dumb idea’. But he stuck with his gut and launched a site in May. Today, he rakes in $10,000 a month for sending potatoes to random people! According to Alex, the idea popped in his head while having dinner with his girlfriend. His girlfriend thought it was ...

Electricity plays a huge part in our everyday lives. Whether it is at home, at school, the local shopping center or our parents’ workplace, our daily routines rely heavily on the use of electricity. Crimes will be increased without electricity, that’s why we need lights in the streets or home so that we will have brighter home and pathway with ...

Image courtesy of PAGASA MANILA – State weather bureau PAGASA on Friday warned northern and central Luzon of more rains as typhoon “Ineng” (international name “Goni”) slowed down. In a press briefing this morning, PAGASA weather forecaster Aldczar Aurelio said Ineng has slowed down and is now moving west northwest at 7 kilometers per hour (kph), due to the presence ...

For the people who loves to travel, they always look for solemn places to spend time and appreciate the nature. But the danger with comes along with these kind of experiences. Yesterday, a breaking news about a tourist originally from Taguig City was said to be drowned from snorkeling. It was the story that was published by the Philippine News ...

REDWOOD CITY, California – Four-time Paralympic gold medalist Raymond Martin did it again at the 2015 Parapan America Games in Toronto, Canada last Saturday. The Filipino American wheelchair racer took home three gold medals in the T-52 100, 400, and 1500 meters track and field races. Martin also set Parapan Am records in the T-52 400 and 1500 meter races. ...

A man named Kevin John Dula-Ugon Colonia made the netizens furious about the post that he recently made. It was a photo of a tray containing a meat of a ‘pawikan’ or a sea turtle which is considered as one of theendangered animals in the Philippines. He posted the photo on Facebook with a caption of ‘Kain Tayo’ (Let’s eat) ...

MANILA, Philippines – Filipino-American guards Simon Enciso and Maverick Ahanmisi are drawing inspiration from Jimmy Alapag as they both hope to follow the footsteps of the “Mighty Mouse” and enter the PBA. Enciso and Ahanmisi are two of the Filipino-foreign players who have entered the PBA Rookie Draft after plying their trade in the PBA D-League. Ahanmisi, a 6-foot-2 guard ...

HOLLYWOOD – Filipino-American Robert Lopez and his creative partner and wife Kristin Anderson Lopez are creating the music for the Disney animated movie on Jack and the Beanstalk called “Gigantic.” The Oscar-winning team attended the Disney’s D23 Expo and talked about their ongoing work for the movie. “We played one of the earliest new songs that we just started writing ...