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SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil said on Monday pregnant women should consult their doctors before traveling to the South American country but no other restrictions were necessary regarding the mosquito-borne Zika virus, eight months before the nation hosts the Olympic games.

President Aquino vetoed the bill raising the monthly pensions of Social Security System (SSS) retirees by P2,000 because, he said, of its “dire financial consequences.” The bill, he said, would have resulted in additional payments to pensioners totalling P56 billion a year. The SSS Investment Reserve Fund would have been depleted by the year 2029. This would be true if, in the meantime, the government did nothing about it. In the next 13 years until 2029, is there really nothing the government can do to provide the needed funds? Читать дальше...

The Supreme Court (SC) meets this afternoon (Jan. 19) to hear oral arguments on two cases that challenged the rulings of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) which disqualified Sen. Grace Poe as a presidential candidate for not being a natural-born Filipino and for lack of the required 10-year residency. Earlier this morning, in its full court session since its holiday recess, the high court will meet on several other election cases, mostly those filed by party-list groups whose registration and accreditation had been rejected by the Comelec. Читать дальше...

A “comprehensive” and “immediate” action plan to stop the bombings of the transmission lines in Mindanao is being demanded by lawmakers from the task force created by President Aquino. The lawmakers warned that failure to address the problems would mean massive brownouts that would lead to “failure of elections” in the vote-rich region. Cagayan de Oro Rep. Rufus Rodriguez said the Department of Energy (DoE) should immediately coordinate with the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Philippine... Читать дальше...

Photographers are regular guys. In other words, they are subject to the same winters and summers as Shakespeare himself said in The Merchant of Venice. Yes, he was talking through Shylock about Christians but it is often good to see how we sometimes forget that people are just like other people. What does this mean for us? Aside from the regular issues that a person may face—financial problems, relationship difficulties, professional challenges, etc.—photographers, like other artists, can experience something like what St. Читать дальше...

By Myrna M. Velasco and PNA Oil companies will implement another big-time price rollback today, with the cost of socially sensitive diesel cornering the biggest reduction of P1.45-P1.50 per liter. In a pricing adjustment advisory initiated by oil major Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corporation, gasoline prices will also be slashed by P1.00 per liter, while kerosene prices will be cut by P1.25 per liter. The price cuts of the Royal Dutch Shell’s local subsidiary will take effect at 6 a.m. today. As of press time... Читать дальше...

Wishing for a new you this 2016, yet devoid of ideas on how to begin? What you need is an inspiration to propel you to finally get healthy. This month, the second season of the inspirational, first-of-its-kind reality TV show Fit for Fashion premieres on Star World. The show brings together 14 men and women from all walks of life for a 10-week life-changing journey that will redefine their bodies, minds, and self-image, with the help of four experts Louise Roe, Mitch Chilson, Christine Bullock, and Todd Anthony Tyler. Читать дальше...

The classmate of President Benigno S. Aquino III in Ateneo De Manila University (ADMU) leads the shortlist of nominees who will replace Supreme Court Associate Justice Martin Villarama, the Judicial and Bar Council announced yesterday. Justice Secretary Alfredo Benjamin Caguioa, Aquino’s classmate in grade school and college, got a unanimous vote from all seven JBC members after the council’s deliberation on Monday. Speaking to reporters, Caguioa said that he wasn’t expecting to be nominated as one of the replacements for Villarama. Читать дальше...

LYON (Reuters) - An avalanche killed at least five military personnel and seriously injured two other servicemen on Monday while they were skiing in the French Alps, local authorities said.

Local businesses in Bristol are losing patience with the indigenous graffiti culture, which gave birth to international artist Banksy.

Local businesses in Bristol are losing patience with the indigenous graffiti culture, which gave birth to international artist Banksy.

Local businesses in Bristol are losing patience with the indigenous graffiti culture, which gave birth to international artist Banksy.

Local businesses in Bristol are losing patience with the indigenous graffiti culture, which gave birth to international artist Banksy.

(Reuters Health) - When mothers eat three sizeable servings of fish each week during pregnancy it may benefit children’s brains for years to come, according to a large study in Spain.

(Reuters Health) - When mothers eat three sizeable servings of fish each week during pregnancy it may benefit children’s brains for years to come, according to a large study in Spain.

BANGKOK (Reuters) - A Thai court on Monday charged a British human rights activist with defaming a Thai fruit company, a case which could see him jailed for up to seven years if found guilty.

ROME, Jan 18 (Reuters) - A former Vatican prelate was acquitted on Monday of conspiring to smuggle millions of euros in cash into Italy from Switzerland for rich friends.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Islamic State captured ground from Syrian government forces near the eastern city of Deir al-Zor on Monday, a group monitoring the war said, pressing a three-day assault which state media says has killed 300 people.

QUBA, Azerbaijan (Reuters) - Oil money and well-equipped security forces have long ensured public loyalty to President Ilham Aliyev in the Azeri town of Quba, but after months of rising prices people turned out on the streets last week to protest.

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday he hoped that talks between the Syrian government and Syrian opposition would start this month in Damascus.

Three Iranian-Americans arrive in Germany after leaving Tehran in a prisoner swap with the U.S., including a Washington Post reporter who is now undergoing medical checks. Mana Rabiee reports.

Three Iranian-Americans arrive in Germany after leaving Tehran in a prisoner swap with the U.S., including a Washington Post reporter who is now undergoing medical checks. Mana Rabiee reports.

Three Iranian-Americans arrive in Germany after leaving Tehran in a prisoner swap with the U.S., including a Washington Post reporter who is now undergoing medical checks. Mana Rabiee reports.

Three Iranian-Americans arrive in Germany after leaving Tehran in a prisoner swap with the U.S., including a Washington Post reporter who is now undergoing medical checks. Mana Rabiee reports.

QUBA, Azerbaijan, Jan 18 (Reuters) - Oil money and well-equipped security forces have long ensured public loyalty to President Ilham Aliyev in the Azeri town of Quba, but after months of rising prices people turned out on the streets last week to protest.