Blog Posts on safety of citizens
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UN experts begin Malaysia rare earths visit by Filamerian Online Community on May 29, 2011KUALA LUMPUR – A team of UN atomic energy experts began a week-long visit to Malaysia on Sunday to review the safety of a proposed Australian rare earths refinery that has drawn protests. Following public concerns that radioactive waste from the pl...
NAIA 1 rated among world’s 10 worst airports by Singapore Philippines on Apr 13, 2011Source: PDIMANILA, Philippines—An interactive website has voted the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) one of the world’s 10 worst airports and the worst in Asia in 2010, with travelers describing it as “a bombed-out ruin” and “a cat...
7,000 defy Taal Volcano warning by Singapore Philippines on Apr 11, 2011Source: PDITAAL VOLCANO simmered down yesterday after rattling the area with several dozen tremors and prompting warnings for residents to evacuate.Nearly 100 families fled, but the rest of the 7,000 residents had so far ignored Alert Level 2 issued...
3-year old toddler dies in US rollercoaster fall by Singapore Philippines on Apr 6, 2011Source: Yahoo! UK NewsA US theme park has closed for inspection after a toddler fell out of a rollercoaster and died during a family night out.The tragedy struck on Saturday as three-year-old Jayson Dansby was riding the Python Pit rollercoaster in f...
Reactor fear at Japan plant as toll tops 10,000 by Singapore Philippines on Mar 25, 2011Source: Agence France-PresseSENDAI— The operator of a disaster-struck Japanese nuclear plant on Friday reported possible damage to a reactor vessel — casting a new shadow over efforts to control a steady radiation leak.Two weeks after a giant ear...
PH bans Japan milk chocolates; global embargo widens by Singapore Philippines on Mar 24, 2011Source: PDIMANILA, Philippines—Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI) Director Efren Nuestro Thursday said he had issued “verbal orders” banning Japanese chocolate milk products shipped to the Philippines after the March 11 earthquake, as more countri...
Global food scare widens from Japan nuclear plan by Singapore Philippines on Mar 24, 2011Source: PDITOKYO—Countries across the world have shunned Japanese food imports as radioactive steam leaked from a disaster-struck nuclear plant, straining nerves in Tokyo.The grim toll of dead and missing from Japan's monster earthquake and tsunami...
Airstrikes targeting Gadhafi ground troops—US by Singapore Philippines on Mar 23, 2011Source: PDIWASHINGTON—Ground troops loyal to Libyan leader Moammer Gadhafi who are threatening rebel-held cities are now being targeted by coalition airstrikes, the US military said Wednesday.“We are putting pressure on Gadhafi's ground forces th...
Japanese food under radioactive watch by Singapore Philippines on Mar 22, 2011Source: PDIMANILA, Philippines—Japanese food products which have tested radioactive but stayed below the prescribed limits are “not dangerous to human health,” said the Philippine Permanent Mission to the United Nations (PPMUN) in a report to t...
West pounds Libya - Gadhafi vows retaliation by Singapore Philippines on Mar 20, 2011Source: PDITRIPOLI – (UPDATE 3) The US, Britain and France pounded Libya with Tomahawk missiles and air strikes into the early hours of Sunday, sparking fury from Moammar Gadhafi who said the Mediterranean was now a "battlefield."United States and...
