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MRT 7 extension to Bocaue eyed
2 Yanson factions in giant bus firm elect rival boards on same day
“This was the old road component. We want to make it a train,” Ang said.
An earlier MRT 7 project brief included plans for a six-lane highway spanning 22 km that will connect an intermodal transportation terminal in San Jose del Monte to the Bocaue/Balagtas Interchange of the North Luzon Expressway.
“The road will pass through the municipalities of San Jose del Monte, Sta. Maria, Pandi, Bocaue and Balagtas,” the document showed.
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Makati stops licensing online gambling service providers
Binay said the Chinese rush in the city had increased the demand for housing and offices, causing drastic spikes in real property prices.
“This puts the local property sector at risk of overheating, where its growth becomes unsustainable,”Binay said.
The mayor also said the increasing demand for housing for Pogo employees had given rise to substandard but high-rent apartments.
“These apartments are usually overcrowded with insufficient exits and faulty fire-alarm systems,”she said.
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For the first time in US history, a decade will pass without the country falling into a recession
Reuters/Carlos Barria (Trump), Larry Downing (Obama)
In every decade since the period immediately before the Civil War, the US economy could be relied on to do one thing: tumble into recession. But the American economy is on pace to defy that trend for the first time in nearly 170 years as it enters the 2020s. The 2010s would be first time a decade has come and gone without the nation falling into recession, which is commonly defined as two consecutive quarters of contracting gross domestic prod...
Judge's order fails to halt privately funded border wall construction Business
Politics Published 8 hours ago Judge's order fails to halt privately funded border wall construction The judge's ruling cited "imminent and irreparable damage" to the 100-acre National Butterfly Center. Facebook Twitter Comments Print Email By Audrey Conklin 'A wall protects us all': Former ICE acting director Former ICE acting director Ronald Vitiello discusses how officers and members of communities are put at risk when local officials ignore undocumented immigrants and fail to enforce the law...
Fin24.com | Power cuts to continue overnight and on Monday, with high risk for rest of week - Eskom
Russians accused of infecting tens of thousands of U.S. computers BREAKING: Eskom to move to stage 4 load shedding from 10am
After losing additional generating capacity, Eskom announced on Monday morning that it would be moving to stage 4 load shedding from 10:00.
It did not immediately say which units had been lost.
The power utility announced on Sunday evening that it would be implementing stage 2 rotational power cuts all day on Monday. It previously said it expected load shedding to stop at ...
President Trump blasted by Jewish group for his ‘vile and bigoted remarks’ - MarketWatch
‘A lot of you are in the real estate business, because I know you very well. You’re brutal killers. Not nice people at all, but you have to vote for me you have no choice.’ Those are just some of the words President Donald Trump used on Saturday night that drew fire from left-leaning Jewish groups.
“You’re not going to vote for the wealth tax. Yeah, let’s take 100% of your wealth away,” Trump said, slamming Democratic presidential hopeful Elizabeth Warren during his speech at the Israeli America...
Israeli high school students to launch self-made satellite from Sriharikota
Three youngsters from an Israeli school will travel to India next week to launch a satellite -- Duchifat 3 -- designed and built by them aboard PSLV C48 from ISRO's Sriharikota launch site. The ICA Foundation builds communities in the peripheral areas of Israel and creates job opportunities for the needy. (Representational Image)
Jerusalem: Three youngsters from an Israeli school will travel to India next week to launch a satellite — Duchifat 3 — designed and built by them aboard PSLV C48 from I...
In addition to helping blood pressure and cardiovascular health, deep sleep may play a role in preventing Alzheimer’s disease
Deep sleep may be critical for your heart — but it may also help clear the brain of toxins that play a role in Alzheimher’s disease. Sleep is essential for both cognition and maintenance of healthy brain function, and slow waves in neural activity contribute to memory consolidation, a study published Thursday in the peer-reviewed journal Science concluded. Cerebrospinal fluid during non–rapid eye movement sleep also clears metabolic waste products from the brain.
An increasingly large body of ev...
AOC, Sanders Say I Told You So, as Amazon, Facebook Come to NYC
(Bloomberg) -- Democratic Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders are taking a victory lap after Amazon.com Inc. and other technology giants leased millions of square feet of office space in New York City -- without the billions of dollars in government support
DNA evidence's reliability called into question by human chimera — Quartz
A man got a bone marrow transplant that altered him unimaginably.
What you need to know about required minimum distributions this year
It's that time again, when individuals over age 70½ and those with inherited retirement accounts have to take out their annual required minimum distributions. Here's the missteps to avoid so that you're not faced with a tax penalty.
30 Years of Depression, Gone: The Ketamine Chronicles
30 Years of Depression, Gone The Ketamine Chronicles, April 2019 May 12 ·38 min read Photo: Miquel Silvan/EyeEm/Getty Images So the coast shapes the water, the water shapes the coasts. These are the equal yet opposite forces that combine to form the self. I believe we are, within approximate boundaries, birthed by nature and solidified by nurture, still amorphous and malleable — each wave imperceptibly alters us with each successive crash. Memories are sand washed out to sea. The maps we draw to...
Sanders begs for cash to fight Biden super PAC threat
Bernie Sanders Published 2 days ago Sanders begs for cash to fight Biden super PAC threat 'This isn’t a campaign funded by rich people' Facebook Twitter Comments Print Email By Megan Henney FOXBusiness close video Obama warns he would try to stop Bernie Sanders from becoming nominee: Report Former Trump strategist Sebastian Gorka discusses 2020 Democratic presidential candidates and the impeachment inquiry.
Sen. Bernie Sanders ’ campaign called fellow Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden’...
How to stop Google Maps from tracking your location
If you don't configure Google Maps properly, it will automatically keep a detailed log of everywhere you go, whether you're walking, driving or even flying anywhere in the world. It's wildly detailed down to the minute, and can show where you were at any moment in time. I'll show you how to automatically delete it.
That information can be helpful for you. You might want to look back and see where you went during a past trip, for example. Or you might want Google to know how long it typically tak...
US states accuse Teva and other drugmakers of colluding to inflate prices over 1,000%
U.S. states filed a lawsuit accusing Teva of orchestrating a scheme with 19 other drug companies to inflate drug prices and stifle competition for generic drugs.
Big money investors predict Trump will ride strong US economy to 2020 victory | Fox Business
US Markets Published 2 days ago Big money investors predict Trump will ride strong US economy to 2020 victory 'Everywhere you look right now, it's Goldilocks' Jonathan Garber Wall Street may be betting on Trump reelection: David Rubenstein The Carlyle Group co-founder David Rubenstein discusses the role the economy will play during President Trump's impeachment.
Big money investors believe President Trump will ride the strong U.S. economy to a 2020 election win.
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Buttigieg plan proposes to 'honor teachers like soldiers' and 'pay them like doctors'
Presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg wants to raise teacher pay, stressing that educators need to be paid “like doctors” and honored “like soldiers.”
In a newly released K-12 education plan , the South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg promise to raise salaries for teachers in early education and K-12 if he becomes President.
“We need to honor teachers like soldiers, and pay them like doctors,” states the plan from Buttigieg, a former Naval officer. “That’s why, as President, I will raise salaries for ...
Alfredo Ortiz: Trump and America hit a major milestone (for the first time in 70 years) | Fox Business
Opinion Published 2 days ago Alfredo Ortiz: Trump, America hit major milestone (for the first time in 70 years) September marked the first month U.S. exports of crude oil and petroleum products surpassed imports since the government began recording the data in 1949. Facebook Twitter Comments Print Email By Alfredo Ortiz FOXBusiness close video American energy independence transforms foreign policy: Interior Secretary Interior Secretary David Bernhardt discusses the dominance of the American ener...
The Battle of the Bulge Was Hitler’s Last Gamble
Seventy-five years ago this month, Germany’s last-ditch offensive gave the U.S. Army its biggest test of World War II The biggest battle fought by American forces in World War II didn’t involve conquering enemy territory or liberating an occupied country. Instead, 75 years ago this month in the Battle of the Bulge, U.S. troops won a major victory simply by hanging on. If D-Day was the key offensive battle of the war in Europe, the Battle of the Bulge—known to the Germans as Operation Wacht am Rh...
Trump is trying to make it too expensive for poor American immigrants to stay
Becoming a citizen is about to become almost twice as expensive. EXCLUSIVE BENEFITS By Annalisa Merelli December 6, 2019 Many of the immigration policies enacted by the administration of US president Donald Trump in the last year have been so shocking they’ve made headlines worldwide: family separation, zero tolerance, detained children, to name a few. But not all of Trump’s efforts to restrict immigration have been so dramatic. In many cases, the administration has chipped away at the avenues f...