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July 03, 2023 4:40 PM

Working at night a solution as another heatwave - where daily temperatures would exceed 37 deg C - descended on northern Vietnam in early July.

THE municipality of Bantayan on Bantayan Island in northern Cebu warned its residents not to consume the puffer fish during its peak breeding season in July and August to prevent food poisoning.

According to Allan Poquita, regional director the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR), eating puffer fish is dangerous especially when it is prepared by a non-expert.

"Wala na siya'y hazard but ang hazard ana kung kaunon na nimo ang puffer fish kay poisonous na siya tungod sa iyang toxic bag," Poquita said on Monday, July 3.

(When not swallowed, puffer fish is not dangerous; the danger comes from its toxic bag).

A puffer fish has a toxic bag that can poison if consumed, according to Poquita.

Among its likely victims are children, the elderly and those with illness.

"Matangtang na siya kung expert ka pero dili gyud mi mo-recommend ana kay makahilo man gyud na ilabi na nga inig prepare ana matuslokan na iyang toxic bag mosagol sa meat mao na'y maka disgrasya," Poquita said.

(It can be removed if you're an expert, but we don't advise it because it's really poisonous, especially when its toxic bag is cut during preparation and mixes with the meat, leading to an accident).

If somebody really wanted to taste the puffer fish stew, Poquita recommended them to let a professional prepare it.

According to the Bantayan local government, most of the fish vendors will show their customers how to prepare puffer fish.

Some people particularly like the puffer fish stew when it is made with libas, a type of tree whose somewhat sour leaves are used to season meat, fish, and vegetables. (ANV, TPT)

July 03, 2023 4:10 PM

Offshore gaming operators have long been linked to crimes like human trafficking and money laundering.

The Department of Tourism on Monday terminated its tourism branding campaign contract with DDB Philippines, the contracted agency behind the newly launched “Love the Philippines” rebranded campaign of the country.

July 03, 2023 4:05 PM

“Barbie” is the latest movie to be banned in Vietnam for depicting China’s controversial nine-dash line.

July 03, 2023 4:02 PM

Move Forward leader Pita Limjaroenrat, 42, is set to become Thailand’s new prime minister.

By Senator Francis N. Tolentino

OVERSEAS Filipino workers (OFWs) now have brighter hopes of participating in the 2025 midterm elections as Comelec approved last May the conduct of internet voting. OFW voter turnout in the last May 2022 elections was only at 38 percent, which when translated to numbers is only around 626,000 out of the 1.6 million registered OFWs. As voting is both a right and an obligation, the choice of our OFWs should thus form part of the Filipinos' collective decision come May 2025.

We understand the challenges of our OFWs in exercising their rights to suffrage while working in a foreign land. The consulates are sometimes really distant from the migrant workers’ place of work or residence. Not so many OFWs get lucky to be allowed by their employers to leave work in order to cast their votes. For our seafarers who stay at sea for prolonged periods of time, it has always been difficult to find the opportunity to come to polling places to vote. Online voting will surely address most, if not all, of these concerns. Increased participation of OFWs in the May 2025 polls will mean their amplified voice, their more active involvement in the selection of leaders upon whom the Filipino nation will rely for positive direction and national growth.

The Commission on Elections affirmed that new legislation is no longer required to implement internet voting as this is well within the purview and power of the Comelec to explore varying methods of automated polls to ensure that all votes are tallied and results are truly reflective of the people’s choice.

While electronic voting requires highly sophisticated cyber defense technology and such other means to safeguard our OFWs’ votes, the establishment of this system is necessary to guarantee that our modern-day heroes -- our bagong bayani -- are able to choose leaders who will not only ensure their safety and welfare abroad, but will likewise work for reforms so that they will no longer have to leave home to build a brighter future for their families.

July 03, 2023 3:34 PM

BEIJING - Mr Liu Zhongtian, who founded Zhongwang Group and built it into Asia’s biggest maker of aluminum extrusion products while launching himself onto the Forbes list of China’s richest billionaires, now finds himself under legal restraint with his company in bankruptcy and much of his wealth evaporated. What went wrong?

Worn-out workers are guaranteed the right to quit under Japan’s laws, but some employers used to an old-style hierarchy just can’t accept that someone they have trained would want to walk away.

(Bangkok) - Cambodia commune election results in 2022 showed numerous and significant irregularities that raise concerns for the July 23, 2023 national elections, Human Rights Watch said today. A systematic analysis of ballot forms in Phnom Penh suggests that election fraud and vote tampering may have occurred, and that ballots across the capital were not properly counted

July 03, 2023 3:25 PM

The ship will call in at Kiribati, Tonga, Vanuatu, the Solomon Islands and Timor-Leste.

PUP was able to retain its top position as the school “where most employers source their candidates,” according to a new JobStreet survey. Meanwhile, UP is the leading school that companies “desire to join their team.” 

July 03, 2023 3:05 PM

Footage on NHK showed flames in the shattered second floor windows.

July 03, 2023 2:52 PM

Shipments of coal used for power generation and steelmaking will rise steadily by volume until at least 2025.

July 03, 2023 2:37 PM

Pakistan is an avatar for how changed weather conditions affect climate-vulnerable countries that are not climate-resilient.

While Michelin ratings can benefit hawker businesses, many locals are feeling the negative effects, including longer queues and falling standards. One foodie said he ‘never wanted to go back’ to his favourite claypot rice place after it had made the list.

July 03, 2023 2:18 PM

Facilitate Corp is seeking payments from Twitter for work done in four countries, including Singapore.

In this edition of the Global Impact newsletter, we wrap up recent visits by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and look at who is in the better position and what the next moves might be.

July 03, 2023 1:59 PM

Over the weekend, intense rain lashed parts of Yunnan province and swept cars down the streets.

POLICE detained a 54-year-old man and his alleged mistress after they were discovered checking into a lodging house in Barangay Valladolid, Carcar City, southern Cebu, past 3 p.m. on Saturday, July 1.

According to Lieutenant Colonel Mark Gifter Sucalit, chief of the Carcar City Police Station, Roel (real name withheld), 54, was detained when his wife Ester, also 54, filed a complaint.

Ester allegedly witnessed Roel and a 51-year-old woman only known as Mila check into the lodging house.

Ester claimed that she monitored her husband after she became suspicious of him.

She said that when Roel left their house around 1 p.m. on Saturday, she and her child boarded a motorcycle and followed him until they arrived at the said lodging house, where Roel and Mila checked in.

She immediately reported the incident to the police, who then carried out the operation that resulted in Roel's arrest at past 3 p.m.

It was learned during police investigation that Roel and Mila are old friends.

The two are being held at the Carcar Police Station detention cell, while they await the filing of concubinage charges against them. (BBT, TPT)