Aquino stars in New York

NEW YORK—President Benigno Aquino III on Wednesday took center stage at a new multilateral initiative by eight countries aimed at ensuring transparency in government and the empowerment of citizens in fighting corruption.

Saying the Philippines “is not only excited [about] but also derives strength” from working together with other members of the new initiative, the President joined 45 other world leaders in launching the Open Government Partnership (OGP) at the Waldorf Astoria hotel.

The Philippines is one of the eight countries—and only one of two from Asia—that make up the OGP Steering Committee. The others are the United States, Brazil, Indonesia, South Africa, Norway, the United Kingdom and Mexico.

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No. 1 copier working on a paper-free world

The frequent typhoons in the Pacific and hurricanes in North America remind everyone of the phenomenon now known as global warming, all caused by the world’s seven billion people not paying attention when their gradeschool teachers taught the three Rs-reduce, reuse, recycle-in class.

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No. 1 copier working on a paper-free world

The frequent typhoons in the Pacific and hurricanes in North America remind everyone of the phenomenon now known as global warming, all caused by the world’s seven billion people not paying attention when their gradeschool teachers taught the three Rs-reduce, reuse, recycle-in class.

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Floral Offering to Mama Mary

Birthday of Mary, our Mother

The Nativity of Mary, or Birth of the Virgin and various permutations, is celebrated as a liturgical feast in theRoman Catholic calendar of saints and in most Anglican liturgical calendars on 8 September, nine months after the solemnity of her Immaculate Conception, celebrated on 8 December. The Eastern Orthodoxequivalent, the Nativity of the Theotokos has its own article.

This feast, like that of the Assumption of Mary, originated in Jerusalem. It began in the fifth century as the feast of the basilica Sanctae Mariae ubi nata est, now the Basilica of Saint Anne. In the seventh century, the feast was celebrated by the Byzantines and at Rome as the feast of the Birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The feast is also celebrated by Syrian Christians on 8 September^[1] and by Coptic Christians on 1 Bashans (i.e., 9 May).

The feast was included in the Tridentine Calendar for 8 September.

The scene was frequently depicted in art, as part of cycles of the Life of the Virgin. Late medieval depictions are often valuable records of domestic interiors and their fittings - at this period the setting was often in a wealthy household.

MGMS' Heart of Strings Orchestra

Google, Intel engage in tag-team tech play

SAN FRANCISCO—A Windows PC desktop powered by a solar cell the size of a postage stamp, several devices that share display contents such as video, photo and notifications seamlessly, a communication tablet that may replace your traditional phone in the office, and Google’s Android OS finally getting into Intel’s space—these are what’s in store for consumers, Intel said during the Intel Developer Forum here.

Google, Intel engage in tag-team tech play

Clinton declares ‘Participation Age’ for women

Clinton declares ‘Participation Age’ for women