Can Marcos wealth sway the elections?
Can Marcos wealth sway the elections? With us in the interview with Mrs. Marcos in her luxury penthouse in Bonifacio Global City were three other journalists. ‘Don’t worry,’ he kidded me, ‘if you touch something and it breaks, you take it home.’* * *“Just how much is the fabled Marcos wealth? “Marcos had bullion in 177 banks, starting with his gold hoard 10 years before he became president in 1965. Mrs. Marcos said her husband was lawyering for many mining firms and quietly amassing gold.
Source:Philippine Star
January 26, 2022 19:44 UTC
As ingredients for bread get costly, senator suggests non-wheat alternatives
As ingredients for bread get costly, senator suggests non-wheat alternativesA baker demonstrates the process of making bread at a bakery in Kamuning, Quezon City in this file photo. MANILA, Philippines — As the ingredients for bread become more expensive, Sen. Imee Marcos has suggested the use of non-wheat alternatives in increasing the nutritional content of the staple. "Like the Nutribun, bread can be made with locally available non-wheat flours from camote, cassava, monggo, squash, potato, and rice. Sen. Marcos said enriching bread is a "longer-term solution" after an industry group said it was mulling increasing bread prices. The Philippine Baking Industry Group (PhilBaking) previously said it intends to raise bread prices by next month, citing the rising prices of flour and sugar.
Source:Philippine Star
January 26, 2022 15:51 UTC
Hontiveros calls for criminal charges vs 'pastillas' bribery scheme suspects
Hontiveros calls for criminal charges vs 'pastillas' bribery scheme suspectsThis government photo release shows President Rodrigo Duterte meeting officials and personnel of the Bureau of Immigration allegedly involved in the ‘pastillas’ controversy at the Malacañang Palace on November 9, 2020. MANILA, Philippines — Criminal charges should be filed against over 25 suspects involved in the 'pastillas' bribery scheme, where immigration workers allegedly received kickbacks to expedite the entry of Chinese nationals through airports, according to Sen. Risa Hontiveros. The four-page executive summary of the report, available on the Senate's website, identified the suspects behind the pastillas scheme, and how they operated. According to Hontiveros, the VUA system for Chinese nationals is used by many syndicates to traffic women into the country, Hontiveros believes. Latest BI data shows that almost four million Chinese nationals have entered the country between August 2017 to January 2020.
Source:Philippine Star
January 26, 2022 15:50 UTC
Security guard gets probation order for masturbating in MTR train
A 33-year-old security guard was on Wednesday sentenced to a 12-month probation order for masturbating in a train at Wan Chai MTR station in September last year. Passing sentence, Eastern Court principal magistrate Ada Yim Shun-yee said she accepted the probation officer's recommendation to put Tong on probation, with Tong being reevaluated on his progress on April 27 with a follow-up report. The incident took place in the early hours when two police officers were patrolling the train at Wan Chai MTR station and found Tong acting suspiciously. They spotted Tong masturbating and intercepted him, who still had his private parts exposed by then. Under police caution, Tong said he showed his private parts in public because he had to urinate.
Source:The Standard
January 26, 2022 14:22 UTC
Asked about Martial Law abuse, Marcos questions Amnesty International data
Asked about Martial Law abuse, Marcos questions Amnesty International dataIn this file photo, a maintenance worker cleans the surroundings of the Bantayog ng mga Bayani, which honors those who were killed during martial law, in Quezon City. Boy Abunda, in a one-on-one interview with Marcos that aired Tuesday, asked the presidential aspirant whether data from Amnesty International were just lies. "According to Amnesty International during your father’s presidency, from 1972 to 1981, about 72,000 were imprisoned, 34,000 were tortured and 3,240 were killed. Tanong: Itong data ba na galing sa Amnesty International, Sen. Bongbong, ito ba ay pawang kasinungalingan lamang (Are these just lies)?" In a statement, Amnesty International Philippines said that it will send Marcos copies of the reports on human rights violations during the elder Marcos' dictatorship.
Source:Philippine Star
January 26, 2022 10:05 UTC
Philippine police check all presidential candidates in search of the ‘most corrupt’ bet
But aside from that, he said that one of the candidates “really cannot be a president” while another candidate can be elected but is 'too corrupt'. Duterte has made accusations against presidential candidates before. On Nov 20, 2021, the President declared that one of the presidential candidates had used cocaine, adding that the aspirant eluded authorities by consuming illegal drugs on yachts or airplanes. It is not at my level because we are doing this based on the statement from the Commander-in-Chief,” Carlos said. The President did not specify who he was referring to, but many netizens pointed to former senator Bongbong Marcos.
Source:Philippine Daily Inquirer
January 26, 2022 09:02 UTC
Kwai Chung Estate residents decry lockdown as expert calls for further extension to 14 days
A resident of a Kwai Chung block placed under lockdown said people were desperate seeing the five-day lockdown getting extended, saying they were fighting the epidemic with their backs to the wall. Speaking on a radio program on Wednesday, a resident staying at Yat Kwai House of Kwai Chung Estate said he worried the lockdown extension could turn the building into a “cage fight”, increasing their risk of infection. A Kwai Tsing community group interviewed around 200 Kwai Chung Estate residents, where the residents said they hope authorities could arrange door-to-door Covid testing, citing the bad sanitary conditions in the building. Meanwhile, respiratory expert Leung Chi-chiu said residents living in Yat Kwai House - where more than 210 cases were detected - should be locked down for 14 days. He also called on companies to allow their staff to work from home, in view of the untraceable Covid cases spreading to different parts of the city.
Source:The Standard
January 26, 2022 06:07 UTC
Pfizer and BioNTech launch trial of Omicron-targeted COVID vaccine
They are also testing a fourth dose of the current vaccine against a fourth dose of the Omicron-based vaccine in people who received a third dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine three to six months earlier. Depending on the amount of clinical trial data required by regulators, it may not be possible to realize a current plan to launch an Omicron-targeting vaccine by the end of March, BioNTech said. Still, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says a third dose of an mRNA vaccine like the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine has provided 90% protection against hospitalization due to COVID-19. “The goal of this vaccine is to protect against serious illness,” said Dr. Paul Offit, an infectious disease expert at the University of Pennsylvania. “To date, these vaccines do that, including protection against Omicron.”Subscribe to our daily newsletter By providing an email address.
Source:Philippine Daily Inquirer
January 26, 2022 01:10 UTC
Philippines logs 17,677 more COVID-19 infections; active cases at 247K
Philippines logs 17,677 more COVID-19 infections; active cases at 247KAuthorities ask for vaccination cards from individuals and motorists entering Taguig City during their vaccination checkpoint operation held at Brgy. MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Health on Tuesday registered 17,677 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the country’s total number of infections to 3,459,646. The number of active cases was down to 247,451, of which 95% had mild illness. Daily cases hit record highs this month following the detection of local cases of the hyper-contagious Omicron variant. DOH Secretary Francisco Duque III said COVID-19 cases in Metro Manila and surrounding provinces were declining, while the remaining areas in Luzon were showing signs of plateauing.
Source:Philippine Star
January 26, 2022 00:11 UTC
Davao de Oro gov infected with COVID-19
DAVAO CITY—Davao de Oro Governor Jayvee Tyron L. Uy announced Tuesday that he tested positive for COVID-19 on January 18. He was the third among the five governors of Davao Region to have suffered from the infection after Governor Nelson Dayanghirang of Davao Oriental was hit in May, and Douglas Cagas in June. In the city, all the three Duterte siblings were also infected, with the youngest, Vice Mayor Sebastian Duterte in July, First District Rep. Paolo Duterte in September, and Mayor Sara Duterte the following month. For more information on COVID-19, call the DOH Hotline: (02) 86517800 local 1149/1150. The Inquirer Foundation supports our healthcare frontliners and is still accepting cash donations to be deposited at Banco de Oro (BDO) current account #007960018860 or donate through PayMaya using this link .
Source:Philippine Daily Inquirer
January 25, 2022 23:05 UTC
(Video) Shanghai metro passenger died after trapped by door
A female passenger died after she was trapped by a metro door in Shanghai. At 4.30pm, the passenger was trapped by a safety door at Qi'an Road metro station on route 15. Only after the train started and dragged her away that the staffer pushed a button to stop the train. While a mechanism should be in place to stop a train from leaving when passengers are trapped by doors, it did not work at the time. The metro company said it was saddened by the passenger's death and will fully cooperate in investigations.
Source:The Standard
January 25, 2022 22:11 UTC
The Cavs are surprisingly good
The Cavs currently have a record of 29-19 following Tuesday's 95-93 cliffhanger win against the New York Knicks. The Cavs are actually only one win behind conference leader Miami Heat (30-17) in a very tight race in the East. The lion's share of the kudos should go to head coach J.B. Bickerstaff for rebuilding a winning culture in Cleveland. Bickerstaff is the son of former NBA coach Bernie Bickerstaff, who is also in the Cavaliers organization as senior basketball adviser. Bickerstaff stepped in right away and his interim tag was replaced with the head coach title in March 2020.
Source:Manila Times
January 25, 2022 22:10 UTC
POC General Assembly to decide Juico's fate
THE Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) General Assembly (GA) will tackle, among others, the recommendation of the Ethics Committee to declare Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association (Patafa) President Philip Juico as persona non grata today, Jan. 26, 2022. "On the part of the POC, we have a scheduled GA tomorrow (Wednesday). Whatever the decision of the GA should push through," said POC president Abraham "Bambol" Tolentino at the Philippine Sportswriters Association (PSA) online forum on Tuesday. "It should push through unless the complainant withdrew his complaint but it did not happen so the POC have to continue the process. Meanwhile, The PSC released its official statement regarding the pullout of Obiena from the mediation offered by the PSC on Tuesday.
Source:Manila Times
January 25, 2022 21:12 UTC
2022 Olympics: No lofty promises this time
Fireworks explode over Beijing’s Tiananmen Square to help mark the closing of the Beijing 2008 Olympics in Beijing on Aug. 24, 2008. The 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics open in just over a week. AP PHOTOTHE 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics showcased China's reemergence on the world stage. In awarding those Games to China, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) predicted the Olympics could improve human rights, and Chinese politicians hinted at the same. Soaring promises are absent this time as the Beijing Winter Olympics open in just over a week in the midst of a two-year-long pandemic.
Source:Manila Times
January 25, 2022 16:21 UTC
Well-liked showbiz PR practitioner passes on
Almeda Garcia, better know in the industry as Almed, passed away at the age of 65 on January 17. Garcia graduated in 1979 with a degree in Journalism from Lyceum of the Philippines University. She worked as writer for the PR outfit of Bibsy Carballo before joining Boy Abunda's Backroom as PR Director. "She love fiercely, giving strength and protection to everyone she held dear. She will forever be cherished by those who knew her," part of her obituary read.
Source:Manila Times
January 25, 2022 16:18 UTC