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  • PNoy signs law imposing stiffer penalties vs botcha traders

    President Benigno Aquino III has signed a law that imposes stiffer penalties against persons involved in the trade of double-dead meat, commonly known as "botcha." Under Republic Act (R.A.) 10536, signed by Aquino last May 15, individuals who shall "sell, transport, offer or receive for sale or transportation" of double-dead meat will be slapped with imprisonment of up to 12 ...

  • Philippines Pasig River Rehabilitation Program Includes Dredging

    At least 1,200 families living along the Pasig River have been relocated to safer areas as part of government efforts to keep them out of harm’s way during typhoons, according to Interior and Local Government Secretary Mar Roxas on ...

  • Comelec intel funds approved to combat poll saboteurs — Valte

    Malacañang on Thursday defended the Commission on Elections (Comelec) amid allegations from a former poll commissioner on supposed irregularities in the poll body's intelligence funds.Deputy presidential spokesperson Abigail Valte said President Benigno Aquino III himself approved the realignment of some of the Comelec's savings in 2012 to intelligence funds for this year's ...

  • LTFRB to school shuttle operators install safety features

    As the start of the new school year draws closer, the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board reminded school shuttle service operators to install safety features in their vehicles. LTFRB spokesperson Sonia del Mundo said this is aside from making sure the vehicles are roadworthy, radio dzBB's Allan Gatus reportedThursday. Del Mundo said the safety features should include ...

  • Philippines vows to defend territory against China

    This undated handout photo released by the Philippine Government on May 23, 2013 shows an aerial view of BRP Sierra Madre, a 100-metre (328 foot) amphibious vessel built for the US in 1944 and acquired by the Filipino navy in 1976, grounded at Second Thomas Shoal in the Spratly Islands. The Philippines vowed Thursday to "defend what is ours" as part of a stand-off over a Chinese ...

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The Time Machine

When H.G. Wells published the complete text of his novella, The Time Machine, in 1895, it was the first time such a concept had appeared in a fictional story. Time machines and time travel are, of course, now a standard element in science fiction, from Star Trek to Back to the Future (1985). But, for Wells and his readers, it was a unique new literary device that opened up a ... ...

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  • Pia Cayetano asks SC to allow implementation of RH law

    Sen. Pia Cayetano on Thursday asked the Supreme Court to lift the status quo ante order that prevents the implementation of the controversial Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Law.In a petition for intervention, Cayetano, a reproductive health advocate, also asked the high court to allow her to formally join the three former health secretaries in asking the tribunal to oppose the ...

  • PNoy signs law setting PHL Standard Time

    "Filipino time" may become a thing of the past for government offices in the country after President Benigno Aquino III signed a law setting the Philippine standard time.Under Republic Act 10535 signed by the President last May 15, government offices are directed to synchronize all their timepieces to follow a standard time, which will be determined by PAGASA."Lahat po ng ahensya ...

  • Villars Nacionalista Party to remain with admin bloc — Drilon

    Sen. Manny Villar's Nacionalista Party (NP) will remain with the administration coalition when the 16th Congress opens in July, Sen. Franklin Drilon said Thursday, quoting Villar himself."Today I met with Senator Manny Villar, president of the Nacionalista Party, and he said the NP will stay in the coalition, contrary to all these speculations," Drilon told reporters during the ...

  • Grounded ship is PHLs last line of defense in disputed waters

    A handful of marines living on a World War II-era ship that is grounded on a remote, tiny reef is the Philippines' last line of defense against China's efforts to control most of the South China Sea, also called West Philippine Sea. The soldiers are stationed on Second Thomas Shoal in the Spratly Islands aboard a former US tank-landing vessel that was deliberately abandoned there to ...

  • Experts raise doubts on Philippine poll results

    Information technology (IT) experts have observed a strange "pattern" of votes obtained by administration, opposition and independent senatorial candidates in the Philippines' May 13 elections. The IT experts have been linking with election watchdogs throughout the country to validate the so-called "60-30-10" pattern in which senatorial candidates from Team PNoy ...

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