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

 

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