Share HSBC expressed its “genuine concern” over a recommendation of splitting up banks.  The UK’s independent banking commission was set up to look into possible reforms of the banking system. Stuart Gulliver, head of the Canary Wharf-based bank’s investment banking division, said that it would have significant [Read more]

Share     Ashely Judd sets off the second time to raise awareness about the issue of conflict minerals in eastern Congo, Africa. Minerals such as tin, tantalum and tungsten used to make cell phones, computers and other electronic devices fuel continued violence in Congo, especially mass rapes. She would meet this week with local [Read more]

Share       Israel air strike targeted three tunnels in Gaza yesterday and this morning which injured two people and three others missing.  This is in retaliation of Gaza’s rocket attack early morning Saturday which landed in the Israeli town of Sderot.  There was no reports of injuries or damages. This provocation [Read more]

Share   Fox Glacier.  Nine died, one survivor in a Fletcher aircraft crash early this afternoon in Fox Glacier, New Zealand as it took off the the airstrip at 130 pm their local time.  The plane was owned by a skydiving company. Among the dead were 4 foreigners from Britain, Ireland, Australia and Germany, police [Read more]

Share Former Prime Minister Tony Blair covered himself from activists who threw eggs and shoes at him when he arrived at a book signing in Dublin. Blair went to Easons on O’Connell Street to sign copies of his autobiography. More than 300 people queued to get a book signed. The book detailed Blair’s accounts of [Read more]

Share Dubai - Two crew members on board a 747 United Parcel Service cargo plane died in the crash this morning near the Dubai airport. The bodies of the two pilots were recovered according to UAE civil aviation authority. "The pilot reported fire and smoke in the cockpit and was instructed to return to Dubai. [Read more]

Share In the town of Binalbagan of Negros Occidental two minors ended up dead  after arguing over a 5-peso bet in “labanang gagamba” or spider wrestling. A Peter(not his real name),15, reportedly killed his playmate, 13-year-old "Juan" (not his real name), after losing to a 5-peso bet to the victim last Monday. According [Read more]

Share John Bercow’ wife  has slammed William Hague for giving out details  about his wife’s miscarriages that was included in his statement denying a gay relationship with an aide. Obviously, it did not sit well with Sally Bercow when the Foreign Secretary  had elevated an internet rumor into an item in the national [Read more]

Share   Cebu Pacific with a growth rate of 13 percent has maintained its status as the country’s largest airline. Philippines’ Civil Aeronautics Board showed that the airlines flew a total of 4,088,493 domestic passengers, a 1.2 million more than that of flag carrier Philippine Airlines (PAL), and a 48.75 percent of the [Read more]

Share Ardi Rizal,  a two-year-old Indonesian boy who got into smoking, can finish 40 cigarettes a day has eliminated the habit after getting an intensive specialist care, a child welfare official said Thursday. Ardi stunne and shocked the world when a video of him surfaced on the internet drawing heavily on cigarettes in May and [Read more]