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July 17, 2023 2:49 PM

Increased bouts of heavy rainfall in the desert are damaging the Unesco-listed caves and artwork.

July 17, 2023 2:38 PM

Any move to cooperate on methane – responsible for roughly 30% of global warming – could provide a way forward.

AROUND 660 classrooms will be used by the Commission on Elections (Comelec)-Mandaue for the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections in October this year.

Lawyer Anna Fleur Gujilde, head of Comelec-Mandaue, said Monday, July 16, that each of the city’s 27 barangays should have their classrooms, which will be used as precincts on election day.

“All barangays must have their own schools to accommodate the number of classrooms needed, but unfortunately, there are still additional voters since our registration continues. The number of classrooms decreased, so we need makeshifts, or additional classrooms,” Gujilde said in Cebuano.

Gujilde said there will be nine barangays in Mandaue that will need to put up makeshift classrooms.

These are Bakilid, Banilad, Cubacub, Guizo, Ibabao-Estancia, Labogon, Pagsabungan, Maguikay, and Tabok. (HIC)

(Bangkok) - The Malaysian government should immediately prioritize a thorough and transparent investigation into the abduction of the Myanmar refugee activist Thuzar Maung and her family, Human Rights Watch said today.

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July 17, 2023 2:20 PM

Vietnam will add 13 power plants fed by gas imported as LNG by 2030 to ease electricity shortages.

July 17, 2023 2:11 PM

Respondents also remained sceptical of the government’s measures to tackle the country’s falling birthrate.

July 17, 2023 2:00 PM

The duo survived their ordeal by drinking rainwater and snacking on raw fish.

July 17, 2023 2:00 PM

They will develop an investment platform to lower the cost of capital and increase private investment.

Moscow and Riyadh have both announced voluntary output cuts in a bid to prop up crude prices

Russia is about to surpass Saudi Arabia as the top OPEC+ crude producer, the International Energy Agency said in its monthly oil market report last week. 

Saudi Arabia's total crude output should drop to 9 million

SOME residents of Toledo City in western Cebu were told to prepare for scheduled brownouts lasting 10 hours on July 18, 20, and 22, 2023.

The brownouts will occur from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. on these dates and are necessary for the upgrade and rehabilitation of overhead distribution lines in Barangay Panog to Casoy, Toledo City, said the Cebu 3 Electric Cooperative Inc. (Cebeco 3).

In an advisory on Facebook, Cebeco 3 said these power interruptions are part of the Capex project aimed at improving power quality and addressing the high power demand in the area.

The activities to be conducted during the brownouts include pole dressing and guying, as well as final line stringing.

On July 18, the affected areas will be Dakit, Cambang-ug; Putting Bato, Toledo City; and Tunnel, Malubog, Gen. Climaco.

The power interruption on July 20 will affect Panog, Magdugo; Cawayan, Magdugo; Proper, Cambang-ug; Ilag, Cambang-ug; and parts of Riversmith, Cambang-ug.

On July 22, placed to be affected are Dakit, Cambang-ug; Putting Bato; Tunnel, Malubog; Panog, Magdugo; Proper, Cambang-ug; Ilag, Cambang-ug; parts of Riversmith, Cambang-ug; General Climaco; Biga; and Carbonan, Pangamihan.

Cebeco 3 said that its line personnel and engineers are committed to restoring electricity service within the specified timeline.

But it appealed to the residents of the affected barangays to bear with them during the maintenance work.

Cebeco 3 assured the public that these scheduled brownouts are necessary to ensure the reliability and efficiency of the power distribution in Central Visayas.

It apologized for any inconvenience it may cause and appreciate the cooperation and understanding of the residents during the period. (Ian Christopher Ostulano, NWSSU intern)

PM Lee has accepted the resignations of the Speaker of Parliament Tan Chuan-Jin, and another MP Cheng Li Hui.

A company is testing an aircraft engine that emits no CO2, and says it will be commercially available in 2025.

The NDRRMC also reported that the combined effects of the southwest monsoon and Tropical Storm Dodong (international name: Talim) have affected over 26,000 people from Ilocos region, Central Luzon, Calabarzon, Mimaropa, and Western Visayas. 

POLICE in Consolacion town, northern Cebu, have launched a hot pursuit operation against a man who stabbed his live-in partner Sunday night, July 16, 2023.

Police Liuetenant Colonel Verniño Noserale, chief of Consolacion Police Station, identified the victim as Perlita Cabanes, a 37-year-old maid.

The suspect was Bernabe Biasca, live-in partner of the victim and resident of Carmen town.

Cabanes was rushed to a hospital but she succumbed to stab wounds.

The police are looking into jealousy as a possible motive for the crime, as the suspect reportedly believed that Cabanes was into another relationship.

Noserale said the police received a call about the stabbing incident around 8:20 p.m. Sunday.

An eyewitness reported to the police that they saw Biasca holding a bloody knife in the presence of the victim. The victim attempted to escape from the house, and the suspect fled the crime scene.

Noserale said they will file a case against the suspect for his partner’s death in court. (BBT/LMY)

July 17, 2023 12:45 PM

Swatch claimed Home Ministry’s officers had acted “illegally, irrationally, with procedural impropriety”.

The jobless rate of 16 to 24 year olds in urban areas rose to 21.3% last month, official figures show.

South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol also vowed to ‘completely overhaul’ the country’s approach to extreme weather from climate change, after dozens were killed by recent flooding and landslides.

"We made a good decision and we will stand by that," PAGCOR Chairman Alejandro Tengco said in a mix of Filipino and English.

The government should work more closely with researchers from the University of the Philippines to develop climate-resilient crops, a lawmaker said, emphasizing state scientists’ role in protecting farmers from the threats of El Niño.

Some experts also caution of lower barriers of entry to Sri Lanka’s power and energy markets for foreign firms, in view of the stability of the nation’s political future.