PH, Germany to fast track deployment of nurses

Vice President Jejomar Binay on Tuesday met with Germany’s Labor Minister Dr. Ursula von der Leyen at the Federal Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs in Berlin.

Vice President Jejomar Binay on Tuesday met with Germany’s Labor Minister Dr. Ursula von der Leyen at the Federal Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs in Berlin.

Eight armed men barged inside the office of a power firm here Tuesday morning and held up the customers and the company cashier before fleeing with about P80,000 cash, a police report said.

NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said on Tuesday that NATO forces will no longer plan, execute or lead combat operations in Afghanistan.

South Korea is studying the possibility of holding trilateral talks with top diplomats from the United States and China on the sidelines of a regional security conference in Brunei later this month, a diplomatic source said Monday.
After a promisingly bipartisan start to immigration reform Tuesday, senators retreated to either side of the party line Wednesday, trading procedural barbs that prevented lawmakers from voting on amendments.

The security situation in North Kivu province in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) is still tense due to the upsurge of activities of armed groups, according to the UN mission in the Central African country.

Seven militants, including a shadowy district governor, were killed as Afghan security forces raided a Taliban hideout in northern Afghan province of Kunduz on Thursday, a local official said.

NEC Corporation (NEC; TSE: 6701) has established a Global Safety Division in Singapore as the Global Strategic Headquarters for NEC’s Public Safety Business.

Philippine President Benigno Aquino urged the United Nations Tuesday to provide more security to its depleted peacekeeping force in Syria’s Golan Heights so the Filipino contingent could stay.

Philippine President Benigno Aquino urged the United Nations Tuesday to provide more security to its depleted peacekeeping force in Syria’s Golan Heights so the Filipino contingent could stay.
