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Japanese spacecraft survive powerful earthquake and tsunami

Japanese spacecraft survive powerful earthquake and tsunami

Japan’s HTV-3 space freighter and two satellites were not damaged in the 9.0-magnitude earthquake and tsunami, the Spaceflight Now portal reported, citing space industry officials

Sandiganbayan convicts former mayor for unliquidated P55K

Sandiganbayan convicts former mayor for unliquidated P55K

The Sandiganbayan found a former mayor of Balingoan, Misamis Oriental guilty of failing to liquidate P55,000 in cash he advanced in 2004.

Still no date for PNoy’s state visit to China

Still no date for PNoy’s state visit to China

Details about the state visit of President Benigno Aquino III to the People’s Republic of China are still being worked out.

3 Sayyaf bandits killed in Sulu clash – military

3 Sayyaf bandits killed in Sulu clash – military

Three members of the notorious Abu Sayyaf group were believed to have been killed in an encounter with government troops in Sulu province on Wednesday, a military spokesman said.

Road spikes mar transport protest activity in Davao

Road spikes mar transport protest activity in Davao

Spikes that were left on the road punctured some vehicles’ tires, marring Thursday’s transport strike in Davao City by militant groups protesting rising fuel prices.

Smoke from Fukushima Daini nuclear plant

Smoke from Fukushima Daini nuclear plant

Tokyo Electric Power Company says smoke was seen coming out of electrical equipment in the turbine building at the No.1 reactor of the Fukushima Daini nuclear plant.

Ashes of 1 of 3 Pinoys executed in China brought home

Ashes of 1 of 3 Pinoys executed in China brought home

The ashes of one of three Filipino drug mules executed in China were brought home before midnight Wednesday, even as relatives of the three returned home from their last meetings with their loved ones shortly before the executions.

Govt urges US, ASEAN businesses to invest, expand more in PHL

Govt urges US, ASEAN businesses to invest, expand more in PHL

Finance Secretary Cesar Purisima on Wednesday called for stronger Philippine ties with American and Southeast Asian businesses after a regional survey described the Philippines as Southeast Asia’s second least attractive investment hub.

PHL banks earn P83B in 2010

PHL banks earn P83B in 2010

Universal and commercial banks made P83.36 billion in net profits last year, up nearly a third from P63.72 billion 2009, helped by interest and non-interest incomes, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said Wednesday.

MMDA deploys buses to cope with transport protests

MMDA deploys buses to cope with transport protests

Authorities deployed before dawn Thursday the first batch of buses to give free rides to commuters who may be affected by a militant transport groups’ caravan to protest fuel price hikes.

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