DUBAI (AP) — Dubai is set to open the world’s tallest building amid tight security on Monday, celebrating the tower as a bold feat on the world stage despite the city state’s shaky financial footing.
But the final height of the Burj Dubai — Arabic for Dubai Tower — remained a closely guarded secret on the [...]
MANILA, Philippines—Unknown to many Filipinos, most of Dr. Jose Rizal’s wishes on his death remain unfulfilled, including the nonobservance of his execution on Dec. 30, 1896, according to National Historical Institute (NHI) Chair Ambeth R. Ocampo.
Speaking at a recent Metrobank Foundation lecture series on best teaching practices, Ocampo said the national hero left the following [...]
New Years Eve look up at the sky and look for something special, a blue moon.
While a blue moon consistently gives poets fodder and feeds the imagination of stargazers, its presence is a scientific marker for a rotating earth that by its own clock, ignores the Julian calendar.
And only once in every 20 years, the [...]