by magnolia_eic | Apr 13, 2010 | Announcements, National News, World
PRESIDENT Gloria Macapagal Arroyo left Monday for Washington D.C. to join 43 other world leaders attending the Nuclear Security Summit (NSS) hosted by the United States government.
Under the invitation of U.S. President Barack Obama, President Arroyo and the 43 other Heads of State will sit down for the two-day summit to discuss the threat posed by illegal diversion of nuclear materials and to develop steps to secure vulnerable nuclear materials; combat nuclear smuggling; and deter, detect and disrupt attempts at nuclear terrorism.
The Department of Foreign Affairs said the group will also focus on “promoting nuclear security at the national, regional and global levels.”
The Philippines is a staunch supporter of global efforts to prevent nuclear terrorism with millions of Filipinos living and working in many parts of the world.
The NSS comes ahead of the 2010 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference which the Philippines will preside at the United Nations headquarters in New York in May. (PIA-Bohol)
by magnolia_eic | Apr 13, 2010 | Announcements, Health and Medicine, World
Washington — A study released Monday, has shown that certain food combinations, such as fish, fruit, and nuts are linked to a reduced risk of contracting the dreaded Alzheimer’s disease.
The study, published in the online edition of the journal, Archives of Neurology, also found a link between a decrease in the risk of Alzheimers to fewer consumption of high-fat dairy products, red meats, organ meats and butter.
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by magnolia_eic | Apr 12, 2010 | Election 2010, Headlines, National News, World
The PCOS machines in the Bayanihan Kennedytown Center did not immediately accept the ballots from two voters in precincts 15 and 16 during the resumption of the voting period at 8 a.m. Sunday.
The ballots showed no stray and ambiguous marks, one of the possible factors that could result to rejection.
The PCOS machines that malfunctioned were replaced within two hours and balloting immediately resumed thereafter.
A statement from the officials of Smartmatic TIM Corp., the supplier of the machines and the automated balloting system, said initial findings pointed to the combination of cold and humidity in HK as the culprit responsible for the malfunctioning machine.
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by magnolia_eic | Apr 10, 2010 | Election 2010, Headlines, World
Filipinos based here and in Singapore began voting today, Saturday, for national positions in the Philippines and took a first try at the automated polls.
Cesar Flores, President of Smartmatic Asia, said that so far, voting has been ongoing without any interuptions, as the Precinct Count Optical Scan (PCOS) machines were “running well”.
At the end of today’s voting period, the machines will print out an initial election return, which will be recorded by the Special Board of Election Inspectors.
Flores assured that the machines were secured in the center. the SBEIs will also print a document before the start of the voting period each day to show that there were no changes made in the data inside the machines during the night.
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by magnolia_eic | Apr 5, 2010 | Headlines, World
Tijuana, Mexico — A 7.2-magnitude earthquake hit US states from Los Angeles to Tijuana, killing two people in Mexico. The quake, centered just south of the U.S. border near Mexicali was one of the strongest earthquakes to hit the region in decades.
Authorities say that the quake hit hardest in Mexicali, the quake was followed by at least 20 smaller aftershocks, including ones of magnitudes 5.1, 4.5 and 4.3. The initial quake had a depth of 6 ,miles (10 kilometers).
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by magnolia_eic | Mar 23, 2010 | Entertainment, Headlines, National News, World
HOLLYWOOD actors Garret Dillahunt, James Parks and Chris Cooper were all thumbs up when they visited the set of Baryo, by an American independent Filmmaker.
Unlike Cooper, who has been with indie film maker John Sayles, Parks and Cooper could not help but be bowled over by the set dome by Filipino team of production designer Rodell Cruz, a national daily reported.
Baryo, a turn of the century village nestled between the ricefields and rain forests in Busao Maribojoc and facilitated by Film Development Council of the Philippines.
Both actors also agree that the set, which the Filipino crew created helps actors by making their performance more organic and more authentic.
