Israel And Hamas accept 72-hour truce to begin early Friday

GAZA CITY:  US Secretary of State John Kerry announced that Israel and Hamas had agreed a 72-hour truce. After 25 days of bloody confrontation, both countries are due  to begin ceasefire at 0500 GMT Friday.

It has been confirmed by Egypt recently that Israeli and Palestinian representatives, including from Hamas, but the Israeli forces would remain inside Gaza.Earlier Thursday, Israel swore not to accept any ceasefire that did not permit troops to remain destroying tunnels used by militants to attack Israel.

The announcement came as the Palestinian death toll in Gaza hit 1,442 where two thirds of these are civilians, superior that of a massive three-week Israeli operation over New Year 2009, medics said. This action draws criticism almost every part of the world.

The truce was a joint US-UN initiative and will give civilians “a much needed reprieve,” Kerry said.

“This is a respite, a moment of opportunity — not an end. It’s not a solution,” he warned, saying Israel would still be allowed to carry out “defensive” operations to destroy the tunnels.

The offer was accepted by Hamas and Israel. The announcement came after the UN Security Council stated “grave disappointment” that repeated calls for a ceasefire had not been observed, and needed there to be a sequence of humanitarian interruptions to ease situations for noncombatants trapped in the war-torn area.

Despite the growing international concern over the civilian death toll in Gaza, Washington said it had agreed to refill Israel’s diminishing weaponries supplies.

The declaration came as the White House said there was little doubt that Israeli weaponry was the source of a “totally indefensible” strike on a UN school in northern Gaza that killed 16 people on Wednesday.The school was protecting over 3,000 Palestinians made homeless by the harsh fighting. 

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Prominent doctor dies from Ebola after treating dozen of patients

FREETOWN — A prominent and praiseworthy doctor who has risked his own life to treat dozens of Ebola patients died on Tuesday from the Ebola disease. Dr. Sheik Humarr Khan, who was admired as a national hero for treating the EBola disease in Sierra Leone. He was pronounced dead by health ministry officials of Sierra Leon. Before he passed away, Dr. Khan had been confined in quarantine in Sierra Leone.

Two American health workers are presently hospitalized with Ebola in neighboring Liberia. Ebola virus spreads through  a direct contact of bodily fluids such as sweat, blood, urine and saliva. In hospitals, health workers are more vulnerable to the virus as they are close to the bodily contact with the patients.

The Ebola epidemic is the largest in history with its number of deaths accused on the disease in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Guinea and Nigeria. As of now the disease has the fatality rate of 60 percent. It has still no vaccine and no specific cure.

The chairman of the Liberia Airport Authority board, Binyah Kesselly said police are now dispatched at the airport in Monrovia to impose screening of passengers.

On Tueday, ASKY airline released a statement  that it was temporarily halting flights not only to Monrovia but also to Freetown, Sierra Leone. Flights will resume in the capital of the third major country where people have died out of disease.ASKY is just making sure to keep its passengers and staff safe during this worrying time.

The actions follow the death Friday of a 40-year-old American man of Liberian descent, who had been on several flights on ASKY, initiating widespread fear of an outbreak that shows no signs of reducing in West Africa. The man was named Patrick Sawyer, who worked for the West African nation's Finance Ministry. He  took an ASKY Airlines flight from Liberia to Ghana, then on to Togo and finally to Nigeria where he was directly confined to quarantine until his death.

His sister also died of Ebola though he assured that he had not had a close physical contact with her when she was sick.

Meanwhile, the World Health Organization says the danger of travelers contracting Ebola is considered on its lower level because it requires direct contact with bodily fluids unlike flu as it can be spread through unexpected contact or breathing in the same air.

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"Sadie doesn't want her brother to grow up Video" Goes Viral

MANILA, Philippines – "Sadie doesn't want her brother to grow up Video" is a less than one minute YouTube video that has gone viral after the cute “Charlie Bit My Finger” has surfaced the social media. As of today, the video gained more than seven million views and received more than 7000 comments.

The video contains short video clip of Sadie Miller, a 5-year-old girl from Phoenix Arizona who was completely saddened when she found out that Carson, her cute 3-month-old brother would grow and will never stay little forever. In the video, she kissed his little brother’s head and wailed hysterically, “I don’t want him to grow up! He’s so cute, and I don’t wanna die when I’m a hundred!”

 And when her innocent cute little brother turned his head on her and giggled while amazingly watched her crying, she completely lost it again and cried "Oh, you are so cute. I love your cute little smiles.”

This 5-year-old girl just showed us that some despairs are simply rooted in the pure and innocent way of loving her younger brother as we can seldom see in today’s generation that kids would really care of their sibling’s development.

This video shows a kind of love that we have rarely seen in the actual life.  The scary fact is we all grow up and we do not stay young forever and so Sadie and Carson. But the video that they have upload is worth watching until forever.

Here is the link to that Cute Video.

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Lake Sebu Zipline, One of the Southeast Asia’s Highgest Zipline

Lately, Ziplines have been very common tourist attractions in the Philippines and every local tourist province is trying to compete on which has the best zipline zone. Zip-lines in the Philippines attract a big crowd of exploration and adventure seekers from all over the world. With the Philippines growing number of zipline spots, South Cotabato takes its share to be the part of the countries zipline gem.

With a height of 700 feet high, Lake Sebu’ zipline is said to be the Southeast Asia’s one of the highest zipline. It is a remarkable experience that lets you fly over the beautiful 7 falls, placid lake and tall green trees. What makes it more amazing is that, you get to enjoy a fantastic view of the river, seven falls and the tall trees right below. This experience gives you that wonderful feeling as you can see the breathtaking view of the Lake Sebu from above the rest.  Lake Sebu’s zipline quickly became very popular that it has drawn thousands of tourists every year.

The first zipline, which is the highest one, has a distance of about 700 meters (1,950 feet) and that above Falls 5 to Falls 4. The second zipline has a distance of 300 meters from Falls 3 to Falls 2 and it a has a height of 110 meters. This zipline is designed to carry one person, two person and even three people at the same time.

Photo Credit:flicker

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Linapacan Island in Palawan; Has the Clearest Water to Swim In Worldwide!

Philippines is a well-known place of having the world’s competitive beaches that each Filipino must be proud of. This includes, Boracay, Palawan, Cebu and so many more.  Aside from the Puerto Princesa Underground River in Palawan which one of the seven wonders of the World, there is another Island in Palawan that emerged to be at the top spot of clearest water in the world.  In October 2013, American News site which is Daily News Dig, published their list of the clearest waters in the world to swim in; Linapacan Island, Palawan was on top of the list over the globally-famed Maldives and To Sua Ocean Trench in Samoa.

Linapacan is an average- sized island in the Calamianes group, situated between Coron to the north and the Palawan mainland to the south. It is said that  Linapacan waters are so clear that you can plainly see even your toenails underwater and it also boasts of the whitest of sands, even similar to those of Boracay.

Because of its less number of population compared to other popular beaches in the Philippines,  Linapacan islands offers a quiet, peaceful and soulful beach holiday. It is perfect place to spend your vacation while enjoying privacy in a world class vacation spot.  This is surely the ideal place for people who simply wish to enjoy the calm wonders of nature.

So how to Get to Linapacan?

There are two ways to get to the Linapacan islands:

First Option: Tourists who are coming from the major cities of Manila and Cebu can avail of direct flights to Puerto Princesa, Palawan and for those who  are coming from bus to El Nido can be boarded and from El Nido, they can ride on a boat to the Island.

Second Option:  From Manila, tourists can take a ferry to Coron. From Coron, another boat ride will have to be taken to San Miguel, Linapacan. Boat rides can  take 3 and half hours up to 4 hours depending on the boat speed. Ferry trips are actually scheduled every  Thursday and Friday afternoons only.

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Coffee project to help fund AFP modernization

MANILA - The military has used a lot of a camp in Bukidnon to plant Robusta coffee seedlings and use the fund from the harvest to the Armed Forces of the Philippines' (AFP) modernization program. Though the whole fund will not cover the entire program, but  the additional funding would be a great help.

Maj. Gen. Ricardo Visaya, Army 4th Infantry Division commander said there are more or less 5,200 Robusta coffee seedlings have been planted in a 200-hectare plot inside the 16,000-hectare Camp Kibaritan during the weekend. They intended to plant at least 1,000 seedling per hectares, while the 5,200 seedlings were planted only to cover the five hectares of the coffee plantation.  

The future Coffee Plantation Pilot Project will be managed by former members of the New People’s Army (NPA) who have returned to the government fold who are experts in this field. The expected harvest of the coffee would be three years from now.

Visaya said, the militaries have also assigned a portion of it for our brothers who have reverted to mainstream society just to make sure that their life with their families will be well-sustained. The future coffee plantation  would be a great help for the newly returned NPA to sustain their family necessities.

 “They (rebel returnees) will have no problem  in selling the product because Nestle Philippines assured to buy the coffee for them. He said the project was an outcome of a series of planning, study and consultation.He also described it as a “very sustainable project that will work in many ways to generate funds and help the Philippine economy an modernize the soldier in the best  way.

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Palestine Seeks 24-Hour Cease-fire In Gaza

Israel intensified its military campaign against Hamas on Tuesday, striking symbols of the group's control in Gaza and shooting tank shells that made to shut down the strip's only power plant in the fullest bombardment in the fighting so far.

With this situation in  Gaza,  a senior PLO official has called for a 24-hour caring cease-fire in the Gaza war, saying he is also speaking in the name of Hamas. But Mark Regev, who is the government spokesman of Israel that they will not take the call seriously until they will hear it from Hamas directly.

However, Yasser Abed Rabbo, secretary general of the Palestine Liberation Organization, said on Tuesday that Israel must bear the penalties if it rejects this call.

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Melissa Ricks Is Pregnant

MANILA, Philippines – Philippine actress Melissa Ricks is now pregnant with a non-showbiz boyfriend’s child. This was confirmed by ABS-CBN's talent management arm Star Magic Thess Gubi confirmed,  saying it is true that Melissa Ricks is pregnant. 

In a text message sent to Philstar.com on Monday,  July 28, Thess Gubi, said “Yes it's true. She's pregnant.”

Earlier  the news was published in ABS-CBN, there was a gossip blog published a report last week claiming the 24-year-old actress is pregnant.

Melissa, entered showbiz on the 2004 reality talent show “Star Circle Quest,” was formerly passionately linked to Jake Cuenca and, most recently, Paul Jake Castillo but just last year, she admitted her break up with Paul Jake. 

  

Melissa lately appeared in an episode of the ABS-CBN legal drama “Ipaglaban Mo.” She also appeared in  the 2013 soap opera “Honesto” and the 2012 drama “Walang Hanggan.”

In an interview  with ABS-CBN, Meslissad said she was happy  and she is enjoying what she has now. She wants to keep things private for the meantime as she learned from her past. As of now, all she knows is she is happy. 

She also said at the time that she doesn't see herself getting married soon. "I’m just enjoying being young, enjoying life,” she said.

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TV5 releases statement on alleged Paolo Bediones SEX VIDEO

MANILA, Philippines – Paolo Bediones names went viral and became a top trending keyword on Twitter on Sunday. This is because of his alleged 6-minute sex video clip circulated the internet.

Many Filipino netizens voiced surprise that the respected host could be involved in such a controversy while many believe that is was really  the actor in the said video. Some of the netizens joking ask for the link of the said “sex video” clip while some criticize that people are getting interested to watch such a malicious clip.

It was cited from a  blogger who said the host “Paolo Bediones” confessed  that he once had a sex video with a female sexy star but that the video had been removed later on.

However, INQUIRER.net tried to get for a comment from Bediones but our calls and text messages went unanswered. Paolo has not yet issued any statement on this matter.

Meanwhile, TV5 management released  a statement to news organization expressing their support for Bediones.

They said that the present issue involving their anchor PAOLO BEDIONES on social media specially in Twitter is purely personal and private matter. It has no direct involvement or desire to intrude.

“We accord our employees and talents all respects that are due them for their privacy and personal action or decision. We disapprove strongly the malicious and wanton publication of the video, an act that clearly violates pertinent cybercrime laws. We firmly express our support for our anchor Paolo Bediones in the face of a controversy that represents nothing more than an attempt to smear his reputation,” TV5 added.

Source: Inquirer

Image Source: Rappler.com

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Sinkhole Spotted in Cebu Philippines; Forces 30 Families to Evacuate

On Saturday morning, Cebu provincial officials were surprised because  a sinkhole  was spotted  in Sitio Dapdap, Barangay Langub, Kinatarkan Island, Sta. Fe town in Batayan, Cebu Philippines.

 According to Mayor Jose Esgana, the Barangay officials in the said area are now monitoring the mysterious 40-feet sink hole. The sink hole has 3 feet deep, but it is said that it grew wider after a resident has reported it.

Residents are forced to evacuate to a safe  location, 300 to 500 meters away from the sinkhole. There are thirty families have been evacuated away from the site yet the Mayor said that the area is now secured by the Brgy. Tanod.

The appearance of the sinkhole was reported by a resident on Friday night to the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) and the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) Region 7 for proper action.

The Provincial Disaster and Risk Reduction Management Office (PDRRMO) of “Cebu Philippines” has also sent a team to Sta. Fe to assist the affected families.

MGB Regional Director Loreto Alburo told the mayor the occurrence was likely a sinkhole because  the area in sitio Dapdap is made of limestone and has a cave.

While waiting for the experts to check the area, Alburo suggested that a fence or barrier be  set up around the sinkhole with signs warning residents of any possible threat.  This is not the only "sinkhole" discovered in PHILIPPINES but there are still mysterious sinkhole found in other local place. 

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Algerian plane with more than 120 passengers missing

ALGIERS— An Air Algerie plane  is confirmed crashed in Niger during a flight from Burkina Faso to Algiers. Company officials said that there were around 120 people on board, including French and Spanish nationals.

Agence France Presse FP the aircraft was told by an aviation source that the aircraft was  a McDonnell Douglas MD-83 rented from Spanish company Swiftair carrying more than 100 passengers of different nationalities including its 6 Spanish crew members.

The plane was gone missing and lost its contact less than an hour after takeoff from Ouagadougou while another source said that the contact was  lost while the airliner was still in Malian airspace and heading to the border of Algeria.  France’s Transport Minister Frederic Cuvillier said in Paris said that many French nationals were thought on board the plane.

He said after a government meeting that top civil aviation officials were holding an emergency meeting and a crisis cell had been set up.Earlier reports had said the plane was a DC-9.

“The plane disappeared at Gao (in Mali), 500 kilometres (300 miles) from the Algerian border. Several nationalities are among the victims,” Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal said in an Algerian radio.

Further, Mali was seized by jihadist group or several months in 2012. Despite the international military involvement, the condition in northern Mali continued to be unstable.

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