The proposed budget for 2011 should show the details of the lump sum allocation for the public-private partnership (PPP) projects so that it would not be vulnerable to corruption, a lawmaker said.
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LISBON—A Portuguese court sentenced six men to jail on Friday for sexually abusing dozens of children at a state-run care home and procuring boys to be raped at orgies, at the end of a marathon abuse trial.
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CHRISTCHURCH – The 7.0 magnitude earthquake which struck near the New Zealand city of Christchurch early Saturday is among the strongest to hit the earthquake-prone country since records began.
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SAN FRANCISCO—Google updated its privacy policy on Friday, a day after a video cartoon featuring the Internet firm’s chief giving away ice cream to snoop on children aired on a giant screen in Times Square.
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WASHINGTON—More American adults are texting but they are not tapping out nearly as many messages per day on their cellphones as teenagers, according to a new survey from the Pew Research Center.
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SARAJEVO—Bosnian police on Friday said they had tracked down a Bosnian girl who sparked worldwide outrage when she was seen on video throwing half a dozen puppies into a river.
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GENEVA—The IMF and the UN labor agency are urging advanced economies not to cut government spending before 2011, warning that a move to tighten fiscal policies could hurt the global recovery.
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A Hong Kong-based ecumenical mission aiding distressed migrant workers has called on the government to take seriously reports of termination and mistreatment of Filipino workers in the Chinese territory stemming from the Aug. 23 bloody hostage crisis.
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Former Solicitor General Frank Chavez and the Ayala Alabang Village Association have reached an amicable settlement, agreeing to withdraw charges and counter-charges arising from the construction of a retaining wall in the back of the lawyer’s house.
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SEATTLE – Searchers using dog teams and helicopters continued to look for John Arum, son of Hall of Fame boxing promoter Bob Arum, on Friday, almost a week after he went missing in North Cascades National Park.
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