House Judiciary Committee approves its first immigration bill
Source: United Press International
Upi :: Philippines | updated 2013-06-19 07:36:50 -0700 | disasters-news
House Judiciary Committee gave party-line approval to its first immigration bill, a proposal that would increase enforcement and border security. The Republican-led panel cleared the measure Tuesday on a 20-15 vote shortly before 11 p.m...Act, is one of several bills...
Chicago activists lobby for plastic bag ban
Source: United Press International
Upi :: Philippines | updated 2013-06-19 06:50:56 -0700 | technology-news
Chicago environmentalists said they are lobbying for a ban of plastic bags at stores...Mayor Rahm Emanuel is trying to get more information on the environmental and economic impacts of the proposal before deciding whether to support it, mayoral spokesman Tom...
For Many Filipinos, Jobs and the Good Life Are Still Scarce
Source: International Herald Tribune
Manila :: Philippines | updated 2013-06-19 05:44:25 -0700 | business-news
At his vegetable stand on a busy street in the Philippine capital, Lamberto Tagarro is surrounded by gleaming, modern skyscrapers, between which a river of luxury vehicles flows. The Philippines is the rising tiger economy of Asia, Mr. Tagarro said...Mr....
Canada mulls penalties for offshore oil
Source: United Press International
Upi :: Philippines | updated 2013-06-19 05:32:20 -0700 | green-news
The Canadian government announced plans to increase the liability for energy exploration companies working in Atlantic and arctic waters. Exxon Mobil announced plans in January to produce more than 700 million barrels of oil from the Hebron oil field off...
Russia will spend $437.4 million closing down Baikal paper mill
Source: United Press International
Upi :: Philippines | updated 2013-06-19 07:59:42 -0700 | political-news
A Russian paper mill blamed by environmentalists for damaging the world's deepest freshwater lake will finally be shut down, Russia's prime minister said. Dmitry Medvedev told members of the ruling United Russia party in Siberia the government will spend $437.4...
Attention called to Russian rights record
Source: United Press International
Upi :: Philippines | updated 2013-06-19 07:59:40 -0700 | political-news
The International Federation for Human Rights said the U.N. Human Rights Council needs to weigh in on the targeting of civil organizations in Russia. Russian President Vladimir Putin backed legislation last year requiring non-governmental organization to register as "foreign agents"...
Gallup: Obama's job approval outdistances satisfaction about U.S.
Source: United Press International
Upi :: Philippines | updated 2013-06-19 07:59:34 -0700 | political-news
President Obama 's approval rating is higher than Americans' satisfaction with the direction the country is headed, a Gallup survey released Wednesday indicated. The 24 percentage point gap is typical for Obama's presidency but represents a much greater presidential job-approval...
Midwest rains cause Gulf of Mexico problems
Source: United Press International
Upi :: Philippines | updated 2013-06-19 05:32:10 -0700 | green-news
U.S. scientists said heavy spring rains in the Midwest could lead to one of the largest so-called dead zones in the Gulf of Mexico this year. President Obama declared a disaster for Michigan this week because of heavy flooding in...
UN, US ask Filipinos not to leave Golan Heights
Source: Fox News
Manila :: Philippines | updated 2013-06-19 02:33:08 -0700 | travel-news
Secretary of State John Kerry have appealed to Manila not to withdraw more than 300 Filipino peacekeepers from the Golan Heights to avoid "maximum volatility" in the restive Middle East region. Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario said Wednesday the diplomats...
One-in-5 employees age 45-74 must quit work for caregiving
Source: United Press International
Upi :: Philippines | updated 2013-06-19 00:09:54 -0700 | technology-news
The Family and Medical Leave Act doesn't help much for caring for the elderly...Public Policy Institute and author of the report, said in a statement. "Even as workforce participation and caregiving demands are increasing for caregivers, workplace policies protecting or...
Thief takes bicycle Canadian retiree used for cross-country ride
Source: United Press International
Upi :: Philippines | updated 2013-06-18 23:11:14 -0700 | political-news
An elderly man in British Columbia is hoping for the recovery of a bicycle he used for a trip across Canada in 1985. Cor Dykstra was 57 when he biked from his home in Burnaby to visit relatives in Ontario,...
IHT Rendezvous: Sending a Signal, Philippines to Destroy Ivory Stock
Source: Newyork Times
Quezon :: Philippines | updated 2013-06-19 07:15:40 -0700 | technology-news
Romeo Ranoco/Reuters Workers arrange some of five tons of confiscated ivory at the Ninoy Aquino Parks and Wildlife center in Quezon city. This Friday officials in the Philippines will destroy five tons of ivory in public, crushing it beneath industrial...
Royal baby expected to pump $380M into British economy
Source: United Press International
Upi :: Philippines | updated 2013-06-18 22:39:19 -0700 | business-news
The arrival of a new heir to the British throne is expected to pump $380 million into the country's economy this summer, a retail analyst said Tuesday. Joshua Bamfield of the Center for Retail Research in Nottingham said the first-born...
Husband, 33, 'battered 42-year-old wife to death with ornamental elephant after she asked for ...
Source: Mail Online UK
Goa :: Philippines | updated 2013-06-19 06:58:08 -0700 | allnews
Charlotte Smith was bludgeoned to death after she asked her husband for a divorce, a court heard A husband bludgeoned his wife to death with an ornamental elephant after she asked him for a divorce, a court heard. Devendra Singh,...
Intermap® Unveils the Orion Platform™ - Industry's First Software-Driven Spatial Data Platform
Source: PR Newswire
Manila :: Philippines | updated 2013-06-19 03:54:20 -0700 | health-news
Industry's First Software-Driven Spatial Data Platform - Initial implementations valued at over $16M in 2013 - , June 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ - (TSX: IMP) - From the 12 th Southeast Asian Survey Congress in , Intermap Technologies today announces the...
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