Hospital evacuated as Australian wildfires blaze (AFP via Yahoo! News)
About 100 bushfires were burning in eastern Australia on Sunday as a hospital was evacuated and 1,000 firefighters battled the blazes amid sweltering conditions.
Our Philippine ship needs efficiency, competitiveness, speed (Manila Bulletin)
Last Sunday’s part one dealt with the first third of FVR’s 4th book of “Sermons,” mainly on “Modernizing Our Philippine Ship” (on which are all Filipinos, including OFWs, dual citizens, balikbayans, and the unborn).
Qatar to build chemical plant in Vietnam, China (Thanh Nien Daily)
Qatar Petroleum International, a unit of the emirate’s state-run oil company, plans to build two petrochemical plants costing about US$9.8 billion in Asia by 2015 to tap demand in the world’s fastest-growing region.
Brain disease ‘resistance gene’ evolves in Papua New Guinea community; could offer insights into CJD (Science Daily)
A community in Papua New Guinea that suffered a major epidemic of a CJD-like fatal brain disease called kuru has developed strong genetic resistance to the disease, according to new research by scientists in the UK.
Vietnam to fund energy projects with first bond sale in 4 years (Thanh Nien Daily)
Vietnam plans to fund energy projects with a US$1 billion bond, its first since an inaugural sale in 2005, Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Sinh Hung said.
Philippines Commercial Banking Report Q3 2009 – New Report Published (OfficialWire)
The report follows a rigorous approach to analysing commercial banking sectors around the world.
Indonesia Defence And Security Report Q4 2009 – New Report Published (OfficialWire)
Indonesia’s security forces scored a major victory in September by killing fugitive Islamist militant Noordin Mohammad Top in a shoot-out in Central Java. The authorities stated that DNA tests had confirmed Top’s identity.
Papua New Guinea men survive ocean ordeal by eating wood (Daily Telegraph)
Five men from Papua New Guinea are recovering after spending more than two months adrift in the Pacific eating driftwood and coconut shells.
Taiwanese tourist arrivals drop Jan-Sept. (Malaya)
Tourist arrivals from Taiwan to the Philippines fell 14 percent in the first nine months of the year, double than the overall drop of Taiwanese travelers during the period, but still a lower decline compared to the number of Taiwanese that visited neighboring countries.
Groth to play tennis for Australia after citizenship (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Jarmila Groth will become eligible to play for Australia after she is officially granted citizenship this week, Tennis Australia said on Sunday.
Building Mobile Money Network in Papua New Guinea (Scoop.co.nz)
How can a coffee grower in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea get payment for his produce without having to cross great distances to go to the bank? Can women travel more safely if they don’t have to carry cash? Could parents save for school fees …
Lucky Stan Walker Is The New Australian Idol (Undercover)
Stan Walker is Australia Idol V.7. The New Zealand bred contestant tonight beat Hayley Warner to grab the Australian Idol title, not that that is a good thing considering the past history of Idol and latter successors of “losers” Anthony Callea and Jessica Mauboy.
