POPE BENEDICT XVI RECEIVES FATHER BOSSI (Reuters) Italian priest Rev. Giancarlo Bossi (right) bows to the crowd as he is received by Pope Benedict XVI at a meeting with youths in Loreto, Central Italy, Saturday, Sept. 1, 2007. Bossi was held hostage for over a month by Muslim rebels in Mindanao before he was recently released.
Pope decries collapse of marriages, prays for world’s families
LORETO, Italy (AP) — Pope Benedict XVI decried the collapse of marriages, telling tens of thousands of young Catholics that he was praying a crisis in traditional family values doesn’t become an "irreversible failure."
The World Health Organization (WHO) has raised an alarm against diabetes, citing studies that close to three million Filipinos are suffering from the disease. Of the number, 95 percent are Type 2 diabetics.
Based on a WHO study conducted last year, the Philippines is in danger of being the ninth out of the 10 countries in the world with the most diabetes cases by 2030. It said the country may have 7.8 million diabetics if preventive measures are not observed.
Dr. Hildegardes Dineros, of the Healing...
Fraport may apply for annulment of WB decision on NAIA 3 project
FRANKFURT, Sept. 2 (Reuters) — Frankfurt airport operator Fraport said it may apply for an annulment of a recent World Bank decision to dismiss its claim for more than $ 400 million in compensation over a Manila airport terminal project.
Luzon will continue to experience mostly cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms. The rest of the country will be partly cloudy to at times cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers and thunderstorms.
Manila Bay will be slight to moderate.
Temp. range: 29.9°C – 23.8°C
Tides: High: 1:29 a.m., 1.09 m.
Low: 9:12 a.m., 0.21 m.
