Supporter of mayoral bet shot dead in Iloilo town

A supporter of a mayoral candidate in an Iloilo town was shot dead on Wednesday by suspected members of the New People’s Army, a local police spokesperson said on Thursday. Lenny Liza, a supporter of reelectionist Mayor Salvador Divinagracia Jr. from Calinog town, was killed by a group of 15 NPA rebels in Barangay Agcalaga at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Supt. Ranulfo Demiar of the Region VI police said. Liza was in a convoy with the town mayor when their vehicles were stopped by the group of rebels, Demiar said. The rebels immediately ordered...

Read More

Ship that damaged barrier reef took 90 minutes to report crash

The master of a Chinese coal carrier that ran aground and cut a long gash in the Great Barrier Reef didn't alert Australian authorities to the crash for an hour and a half, investigators said Thursday. A preliminary report by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau said the Shen Neng 1 slammed into the reef and shuddered to a halt just after 5 p.m. on April 3, but noted it was not until 6:40 that the master reported the grounding to the Australian Maritime Safety Authority. The gap in time...

Read More

WePad launched to challenge Apple's iPad

Neofonie GmbH's, a small German company of some 180 employees, is setting out to take on Apple's iPad with their new tablet PC that promises even more for your money. The WePad offers a bigger screen, a webcam, and USB ports. But Neofonie GmbH's founder and managing director, Helmut Hoffer von Ankershoffen, insists that the WePad is not an "iPad killer," as it has been dubbed in some blogs. "We are a different kind of device, we have more features, we are more flexible," he says. Apple's...

Read More