My news site today: Election sizzlers, peace in war, & some good news

Maribubot, my robot news aggregator, gathered the following news solely on her own, or what’s trending now. My news site is news-tweets-based, or based on tweets of  news organizations, citizen journalists, and public interest offices. View it at:  

Elections, peace in war, somegoodnews, 3Ap13 What’s Trending marichulambino

Since these are Maribubot’s choices, that  probably means the lineup is based on web metrics: 2 Mgraphlogo.March9

(the following election stories appear under the hashtag #VOTE2013; hashtag stories are laid out at the foot of the news site):

ξ “ARMM voters will spend longest time in polling precincts” By Carolyn Arguillas,  MindaNews thru Vera Files; 

ξ  “Comelec-(Region)12 warns bets of sanctions on poll violations” by Allen V. Estabillo, Mindanews thru Vera Files; 

Maribubot headlined this story:

  “NPA frees cop”, sun star;

She put the following “above the fold”:

  Govt-MILF TransCom meets today, Manila Bulletin thru Yahoo Philippines;

  Oil prices up, Manila Bulletin thru Yahoo Philippines;

ξ  Less than 1% ballots fail automation test, culled from rappler story; 

And more stories:

Δ  “Fire razes homes in Navotas”, abs-cbn; 

  “2 men run over by truck in QC”, abs-cbn;

¬  “Flights cancelled at CDO airport without notice; 50 passengers stranded”, inquirer;

∩  “Aquino approves construction of Edsa-Taft flyover”, inquirer…

And some good news:

  COA asks Natl Library to revive mobile book project, acclaimed in 2011 audit report, culled from Tempo story;

  Albay wins DILG award, culled from Tempo story;

  Scholarship named after first Fil-Am U.S. county elected official, culled from inquirer story;

♥  Octogenarian, after 4 heart surgeries, to climb Mt. Everest for the 3rd time, culled from a Tempo story…

Maribubot chose the following environment and health stories for you:

τ  Brazilians threaten to climb and occupy century-old trees in Porto Alegre to stop their being axed to prep grounds for the 2014 World Cup, culled from Global Voices;

Ω  “Surprising Omega-3-Rich Foods That Add Years to Your Life”, Readers Digest; 

Ω  “7 Trusted Injury Treatments That Are Dead Wrong”, Readers Digest;

Ω “Do Overweight People Live Longer?”…The analysis found that while extreme obesity shortened lives, people who were just overweight (having a body mass index between 25 and 30) were actually less likely to die than those who were normal weight.”, Readers Digest… (blog admin’s note: bmi of 25-30 is only about 1pound-20pounds overweightedness, or some pockets of fat here and there; don’t overdo it; there’s also a study that in minor car crashes, those who are 1pound-20 pounds overweight sustain less injuries than skinny people — but that’s in slight or minor mishaps)…

and more!

View Maribubot’s web-metrics-based news, and what’s trending, at:

Elections, peace in war, somegoodnews, 3Ap13 What’s Trending marichulambino

 

5am Sunday news

Here’s the 5am Sunday edition (March 3, 2013):

PH & Malysia ships patrol Sulu sea… Sultan seeks U.S. help… Malaysian peace monitors in south Ph at risk…

In the Metro: Stalled engine stalls MRT… 

World: Thousands protest Portugal austerity measures (Al Jazeera)… Syria’s Assad to run in elections says Iran (Channel News Asia)… Israel’s Netanyahu to get extension to to form coalition (NY Times)…

 

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Photo from Global Voices (no caption; photographer & location not indicated)

Cluster bombing in Aleppo, Syria, “why is the world doing nothing?” (Amnesty International Media)…2 Afghan boys accidentally killed by Nato helicopters (NY Times)…Deadly clashes continue in Bangladesh (Channel News Asia)…  Feature stories: Siblings as roommates (NY Times)…Free online courses in “data journalism” (Global Voices)…

(i put “data journalism” in quotes because it’s really about storifying by algorithm)

          “Lies, More Lies”, Who’s fibbing the most in their profiles (Yahoo Shine)… For 20-somethings, ambition at a cost (NY Times)…Veg recipes: Artichokes & sweet pepper boats (Vegetarian Society)…Focacia w/ rosemary (ibid)… 7 nutrition bars that are worse than candy (Yahoo Shine)… Experts want more studies on role of diet for the heart (NY Times)… Elephants thrive: Successful  conservation program in Kenya (Al Jazeera)… Illicit trail of African ivory to China (NY Times)… Abyei community asks South to redeploy, UN force not enough; Mass arrest of youth in Sumbek  (Sudan Tribune)… Music: Vote for your favourite VJ; 2pm live tour (MXY Phil)… plus:  videos from Google Ph (dog jumps over river) and Global Voices (car bombings/ bus burning) Photo from Global Voices (see photo above)… and many more… pls click: 5amSundayMarch3, 13 What’s Trending marichulambino