Xavier School's Arriola, Go clinch gold in tennis doubles, to represent NCR at Palarong Pambansa in July
SAN JUAN TENNIS DOUBLES WIN GOLD San Juan City's tennis doubles players and elementary students Rai Arriola (second from left) and Matthias Go (third from left) clinched the gold medal at the ongoing NCR Meet in Marikina City's Marikina Sports Complex on Friday, April 28, 2023. Both Xavier School students, their coach Carlos Austria (rightmost) saw them through to the finals. San Juan City will proceed to represent NCR at Palarong Pambansa in July. SAN JUAN CITY's tennis tandem and elementary students Rai Arriola and Matthias Go clinched the gold medal in the finals of the ongoing National Capital Region (NCR) Meet at the Marikina City Sports Complex on Friday. As a result of the win, Arriola and Go wll represent NCR at the Palarong Pambansa in July.
Source:Manila Times
April 28, 2023 18:18 UTC
Pakistan releases Chinese national charged with blasphemy
(Reuters)A Chinese national who was arrested in Pakistan on charges of blasphemy has been released from a high-security prison after a court granted him bail, defense lawyer and local police said Friday. Atif Khan Jadoon, the lawyer for the man who has been only identified as Mr. Tian said the Chinese national was granted bail by a judge in the northwestern city of Abbottabad on Thursday. Tian was released after he filed a surety bond of 200,000 rupees (US$700), Jadoon said. Tian was part of a group of Chinese working on the Dasu Dam, the biggest hydropower project in Pakistan. The arrest of Muslims and non-Muslims on charges of blasphemy are common in Pakistan, but foreigners are rarely among those detained.
Source:The Standard
April 28, 2023 15:31 UTC
Sachs: 'US aim is a US-dominated world'
The aim of US foreign policy is a US-dominated world, in which the US writes the global trade and financial rules, controls advanced technologies, maintains militarily supremacy, and dominates all potential competitors. Unless US foreign policy is changed to recognize the need for a multipolar world, it will lead to more wars, and possibly World War 3. "At the end of World War 2, the US was far ahead of the rest of the world in economic, technological and military power. Preeminent power"In 2015, US Ambassador Robert Blackwill, an important US foreign policy strategist, described the US grand strategy with exceptional clarity. Major nations from Brazil to India and beyond aim for a multipolar world.
Source:Manila Times
April 28, 2023 15:01 UTC
Three people injured as school bus crashes into double decker in Central
A carer and two four-year-old kids were injured after a school bus crashed into the rear end of a double-decker bus outside Central Market on Friday morning. The incident occurred on Queen Victoria Street around 8 am this morning as both vehicles were heading up the inclined road at the time. The front of the school bus was damaged, and the windshield cracked; the rear end of the Citybus was also damaged. The 69-year-old carer sustained minor injuries, and two four-year-old students suffered scratches to their foreheads. Police are now investigating the cause of the incident.
Source:The Standard
April 28, 2023 09:06 UTC
Want cheaper cost of goods? Unburden domestic shippers
Being small, less than 1,000 gross tons, it was supposed to be exempted from harbor pilot fees. Also small and exempted, the owner protested the P24,794 pilotage. In September 2021, Batangas Harbor Pilot Co. imposed P24,794 flat rate for all vessel sizes in the province’s nine government and private ports. The Manila Bay Harbor Pilot’s Partnership (MBHPP) suddenly banned Avega’s two tugboats from berthing and undocking its vessels there. Domestic ships previously were allowed to go in and out unassisted by tugs and harbor pilots.
Source:Philippine Star
April 28, 2023 06:19 UTC
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Source:Manila Times
April 27, 2023 23:02 UTC
Digital divide hits women harder in poor countries – UN
UNITED NATIONS: Some 90 percent of young women and teenage girls in the world's poorest countries have no access to the internet, a United Nations report published Wednesday said. Adolescent girls and young women are being "shut out when it comes to digital skills," it said. This translates to about 65 million adolescent girls and young women aged 15-24 who don't have access to the internet, versus some 57 million of their male peers. In a study of 41 countries, Unicef found "households are much more likely to provide mobile phones for boys than girls." Female youth are 13 percent less likely to own a mobile phone, Unicef said, "limiting their ability to participate in the digital world."
Source:Manila Times
April 27, 2023 20:41 UTC
HK firefighter arrested over Tokyo toilet sex-attack claim
Previous NextJane Cheung and Eunice LamA 30-year-old Hong Kong firefighter was arrested by Japanese police three days after he allegedly raped a young Japanese woman when he asked for directions and dragged her to a restaurant toilet. He was wandering in Chiyoda in central Tokyo and bumped into a Japanese woman in her early 20s. Under Japanese law, rape or forcible sexual intercourse carries a jail sentence of between five and 20 years. "The most important reason is that there are no extradition agreements between Hong Kong and Japan," Luk said. "He would probably be tried and sentenced according to Japanese law - not under the common law body of Hong Kong."
Source:The Standard
April 27, 2023 19:13 UTC
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Source:Philippine Star
April 27, 2023 17:37 UTC
Hong Kong man found dead in Macau hotel room
A 43-year-old Hong Kong resident was found dead in a hotel room in Macau on Wednesday, and the police believed he had been deceased for some time. The security guard then used tools to pry open the room door, only to find the man lying unresponsive on the bed and immediately requested police assistance. The Macau police found nothing suspicious or unusual except multiple hospital prescription drugs in the deceased's backpack. The preliminary investigation by the police revealed that the 43-year-old deceased had been dead for some time and did not have any wounds on his body. The case is listed as the discovery of a body, and a forensic autopsy is still to determine the cause of death.
Source:The Standard
April 27, 2023 17:20 UTC
Milo energizes the #NotAlone Beach Fun Run in support of promoting the importance of mental wellness
In line with Milo's goal to energize Filipinos into becoming an 'ACTIVE PILIPINAS' through sports, Milo partners with Malay Federated Parent-Teacher Association (PTA) for its #NotAlone Beach Fun Run for Mental Wellness. By supporting the #NotAlone Run, Milo continues its ACTIVE PILIPINAS campaign of getting kids from couch to court, addressing the problem of 84% of Filipino adolescents having insufficient physical activity. Grab your running shoes and sunscreen to start your active journey at the #NotAlone Fun Run by registering at http://hub.myranggo.com/notalonerun. Spot the Milo booths at the run to re-energize with a cold cup of Milo. Happening on April 29 at the Boracay beachfront, the run aims to raise awareness about the importance of an active physical lifestyle in maintaining good mental health and well-being.
Source:Manila Times
April 27, 2023 04:32 UTC
China Merchants Bank fares well despite risk aversion
China Merchants Bank (3968) reported a 7.8 percent rise in net profit to 38.8 billion yuan (HK$44 billion) in the first quarter from a year earlier. Non-interest income fell by 6.2 percent to 35.2 billion yuan, mainly due to a weakening in risk appetite and investment willingness of customers, the bank said. Among them, net fee and commission income slumped 12.6 percent to 25.1 billion yuan. Its non-performing loan ratio stood at 0.95 percent as of March, slightly down by 0.01 percentage points as compared with the end of the previous year. But the non-performing loan ratio dropped 0.09 percentage points to 1.68 percent by end-March.
Source:The Standard
April 27, 2023 01:11 UTC
We're getting fatter - and that's raising our blood pressure
Hongkongers are fatter than ever before, and about 30 percent of the population is at risk of high blood pressure, a study by the Department of Health reveals. And the prediction is that 114 of every 1,000 people will be at risk of suffering with cardiovascular disease in the next 10 years. Body mass index pointers also showed 22 percent of people are overweight and 32.6 percent are obese. On a related front, the Audit Commission found a low participation rate of primary and secondary students attending a government-funded annual health check during the past five school years. Among findings was that only 30 percent of secondary six students participated in 2022.
Source:The Standard
April 27, 2023 01:11 UTC
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Source:Philippine Star
April 27, 2023 01:09 UTC
The empathic forms and inverted sentences (FOR ONLINE)
Before discussing them, however, we must strongly keep in mind that two variants of these forms are used in sentence constructions where emphasis is not intended. The first variant works with the adverb "not" in negative sentences, and the second variant forms the interrogative mode by inverting the normal sentence construction to form a question. Another emphasis device for emphasis in English, one that's often misunderstood and often maligned, is the inverted sentence. Feel the emotional difference between the following normal-order sentence and its corresponding inverted sentence: (1) "Her behavior could be explained in no other way." When using inverted sentences, we must make an extra effort to double-check agreement of the verb with the subject.
Source:Manila Times
April 26, 2023 16:21 UTC