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Neri: A Ruby celebration
The sun was on its way down that sultry Monday afternoon when Dr. Rico Gandionco and wife Dra. Judith made their way to the beachfront of JPark Island Resort where a little altar abloom with red roses stood. It was their 40th wedding anniversary and the stage was set for a grand celebration. Fr. Murphy Sarsonas officiated at the Holy Mass and renewal of vows under the soft glow of the setting sun highlighted by the sound of waves rushing to the shore. Romantic and magical!
The merrymaking continued at the resort’s Triton Ballroom starting with cocktails at the lobby where two pretty ladies in pink (supposedly “human roses”) caught the eyes of the cocktail crowd. It went on to a sumptuous dinner inside with the attendees walking through the LED-lighted ramp featuring a design of moving roses. The ballroom was transformed into a fairy tale garden by event organizer Ritchie Mendoza and his team who conceptualized the unique set up.
Guests were all ears when Rico and Judith narrated their story — how love bloomed in medical school and how they coped with challenges. There were other interesting revelations that made their only son Jigo smile. Rico proudly shared that his parents Diego and Julie have been happily married for 70 or so years. The couple, now in their 90s, took part in the celebration.
Party entertainment was a big wow with flashy dance numbers and beautiful songs including presentations from family and friends. Rico and Judith requested their wellwishers to make a donation to the Church Rebuilding Project of Liloan (their parish church) in lieu of gifts.
The merrymaking continued at the resort’s Triton Ballroom starting with cocktails at the lobby where two pretty ladies in pink (supposedly “human roses”) caught the eyes of the cocktail crowd. It went on to a sumptuous dinner inside with the attendees walking through the LED-lighted ramp featuring a design of moving roses. The ballroom was transformed into a fairy tale garden by event organizer Ritchie Mendoza and his team who conceptualized the unique set up.
Guests were all ears when Rico and Judith narrated their story — how love bloomed in medical school and how they coped with challenges. There were other interesting revelations that made their only son Jigo smile. Rico proudly shared that his parents Diego and Julie have been happily married for 70 or so years. The couple, now in their 90s, took part in the celebration.
Party entertainment was a big wow with flashy dance numbers and beautiful songs including presentations from family and friends. Rico and Judith requested their wellwishers to make a donation to the Church Rebuilding Project of Liloan (their parish church) in lieu of gifts.
Categories: Philippines News
Azarcon faces world-rated Canoy today in Sarangani
CLYDE Azarcon attempts to end his losing slump as he looks to score an upset against world-rated Joey Canoy Wednesday, July 12, 2023, in Malungon, Sarangani Province.
The 28-year-old Azarcon, who fights out of the Big Yellow Boxing Gym in Guadalupe, Cebu City, will try to break a four-bout losing streak. But it won’t be easy because he’ll face one of the elite Filipino fighters in the light flyweight division.
“Azarcon is ready. This will be a good fight,” Azarcon’s coach Christopher “Ping-Ping” Tepora told SunStar Cebu.
Azarcon hasn’t won a fight in three years and dropped his last four fights against John Paul Gabunilas, Lito Dante, Yuga Ozaki and Jake Amparo.
The 30-year-old Canoy must beat Azarcon if he wants to continue his dream of becoming a world champion.
Canoy is closing in on a world title shot. He’s currently rated No. 8 by the International Boxing Federation, No. 9 by the World Boxing Council, No. 12 World Boxing Organization (WBO) and No. 15 by the World Boxing Association (WBA) in the light flyweight division.
Canoy just won the Oriental and Pacific Boxing Federation light flyweight strap with a seventh-round stoppage of Japanese Kenichi Horikawa last year in Japan.
Canoy is 19-5-2 with 11 knockouts, while Azarcon is 17-7-1 with six knockouts.
In the meantime, former WBO Asia-Pacific bantamweight champion Ben Mananquil trades leathers with veteran Jenny Boy Boca in an eight-rounder.
Mananquil is looking to bounce back after losing back-to-back fights. He suffered a fifth-round stoppage in the hands of Phumelele Cafu in a WBA Inter-Continental super flyweight belt last year in South Africa and a unanimous-decision loss to Ronnie Baldonado in a Philippine Games and Amusements Board bantamweight title fight in Parañaque City on Jan. 30.
Boca dropped his last four fights. He’s coming off a third-round stoppage in the hands of RV Deniega last year in Tagum City.
Mananquil is 18-4-3 with five knockouts, while Boca is 14-10 with 12 knockouts.
Meanwhile, Cebu-based Gabriel Santisima (1-0) will face off with Nathaniel Juan (0-4) in one of the undercard bouts. (EKA)
The 28-year-old Azarcon, who fights out of the Big Yellow Boxing Gym in Guadalupe, Cebu City, will try to break a four-bout losing streak. But it won’t be easy because he’ll face one of the elite Filipino fighters in the light flyweight division.
“Azarcon is ready. This will be a good fight,” Azarcon’s coach Christopher “Ping-Ping” Tepora told SunStar Cebu.
Azarcon hasn’t won a fight in three years and dropped his last four fights against John Paul Gabunilas, Lito Dante, Yuga Ozaki and Jake Amparo.
The 30-year-old Canoy must beat Azarcon if he wants to continue his dream of becoming a world champion.
Canoy is closing in on a world title shot. He’s currently rated No. 8 by the International Boxing Federation, No. 9 by the World Boxing Council, No. 12 World Boxing Organization (WBO) and No. 15 by the World Boxing Association (WBA) in the light flyweight division.
Canoy just won the Oriental and Pacific Boxing Federation light flyweight strap with a seventh-round stoppage of Japanese Kenichi Horikawa last year in Japan.
Canoy is 19-5-2 with 11 knockouts, while Azarcon is 17-7-1 with six knockouts.
In the meantime, former WBO Asia-Pacific bantamweight champion Ben Mananquil trades leathers with veteran Jenny Boy Boca in an eight-rounder.
Mananquil is looking to bounce back after losing back-to-back fights. He suffered a fifth-round stoppage in the hands of Phumelele Cafu in a WBA Inter-Continental super flyweight belt last year in South Africa and a unanimous-decision loss to Ronnie Baldonado in a Philippine Games and Amusements Board bantamweight title fight in Parañaque City on Jan. 30.
Boca dropped his last four fights. He’s coming off a third-round stoppage in the hands of RV Deniega last year in Tagum City.
Mananquil is 18-4-3 with five knockouts, while Boca is 14-10 with 12 knockouts.
Meanwhile, Cebu-based Gabriel Santisima (1-0) will face off with Nathaniel Juan (0-4) in one of the undercard bouts. (EKA)
Categories: Philippines News
Travesty of Justice Reaches New Low in Belarus
Belarusian lawyer Yulia Yurhilevich and journalist Pavel Mazheika face up to seven years in prison for sharing information widely available to the public.
In the latest example of the authorities targeting lawyers and journalists in Belarus, the two have been accused of "repeatedly aiding extremist activity" for sharing information about Yurhilevich's disbarment and a court case - information included on governme
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Seares: Kons Rey Gealon’s laws committee cautions Cebu City Council (1) the City cannot ban display or sale of sex toys, (2) punishable obscenity must be ‘hardcore,’ (3) suspected obscene material may be seized only by court order
MAJOR FINDINGS. A proposal to prohibit the display and sale of sex toys and all other “obscene or lewd” objects, among the amendments proposed by Councilor Jessica Resch, is shot down in the report of the City Council’s committee on laws, which chairman Councilor Rey Galeon will push in the Sanggunian’s Wednesday, July 12, 2023 regular session.
The committee’s reason for its objection: A ban on sex toys and other obscene or lewd objects will be “prohibitive of trade.”
The committee report also tells the City Council that the definition of obscenity under the existing ordinance [City Ordinance #1408] -- while not covered by the amendments proposed last March 15 by Resch, the Sanggunian’s youth sector representative -- “is no longer consistent with law.” Meaning, it is unlawful and,
the report recommends, the definition must be changed.
More tellingly, the report says that “only the courts...have the power to pass upon whether material is obscene or not” and thus no suspected obscene material can be seized, forfeited or disposed unless its obscenity is first determined by a court. Obviously, by court order; otherwise, City Hall action will be, the report says, “confiscatory.”
The report, quoting the Supreme Court in Fernando vs. Court of Appeals [GR #159751 of December 6, 2006], said no one will be prosecuted for sale or exposure of obscene materials “unless these materials depict or describe patently offensive hard-core sexual conduct.” The SC said the materials must represent or describe (a) “ultimate sexual acts, normal or perverted” and (b) “masturbation, excretory function, and lewd exhibition of the genitals.”
PUBLIC HEARING. Signed by chairman Galeon and members James Anthony Cuenco and Phillip Zafra, the committee report is in Wednesday’s City Council agenda. It’s not known if the two other members, Raymond Alvin Garcia and Jocelyn G. Pesquera, have objections to the report; their signatures don’t appear in the document.
The proposal will undergo a public hearing to be scheduled if the Sanggunian will adopt the committee report.
REASONS TO AMEND.From its title, the Resch ordinance is purportedly “to expand” the mandate of the Cebu City Anti-Indecency Board (CAIB) created by the original ordinance.
The proposed changes though focus mainly on sex toys and other obscene objects and on children’s easy access to internet pornography.
Councilor Resch points to a “void in the implementation” in the existing ordinance (#1408). Selling sculptures -- one “whereas” clause says -- which depict “the male and female genitalia (anus, breast, penis, vagina) and the like, including sex toys,” is mentioned in the said ordinance but “not included as unlawful.”
Resch’s other argument cites “advanced technology” that gives children easy access to pornography websites and other media platforms.
But the problem, it would seem, is not the right of the City Council to enact ordinances -- the proposed Resch ordinance and the committee report listed legal bases of the right -- but what the Sanggunian cannot legislate and what ordinance implementers cannot lawfully do.
FOUR SECTIONS of Ordinance #1408 -- sections 3,7, 11, 12 -- are affected by the Resch proposals, which mainly would:
[] Add “operations” to its function of “investigations,” to cover all bookstores, magazine shops, newspaper stands, but also “ordinary stalls/stores” and “internet cafes” -- on top of existing area of coverage comprising of adult stores, theaters, nightclubs, KTV/cocktail lounges, bars, spas. massage parlors and sauna baths. The added “internet cafes” come with this qualifier: “that allow access to pornographic materials, various social media platforms and software.”
Not specified is whether the “operations and investigations” of CAIB and its deputies will include confiscation of materials the group or its agents will suspect to be obscene.
The amendments include proposals:
[] To empower CAIB to recommend to the mayor and a host of government agencies to imposed administrative liabilities to violators, including shutdown of websites, closure of the establishment, payment of fines, and cancellation or suspension of business permit.
[] To Impose on the mayor the duty to mete out administrative penalties provided by the ordinance, without prejudice to filing of criminal charges in court.
[] To punish also the “circulation” of sex toys and other obscene objects. Does this mean passing the obscene object from person to person is covered by the ban? That might include mere possession. Which is not clear, as unclear as to how CAIB will go after those who merely access to obscene material to watch.
SEX TOYS AND ALL OTHERS. The materials the Resch amendment seeks to ban come under the label “sex toys” but the provision includes “any objects” that are “indecent, lewd, obscene or pornographic.” In short, anything if it is, to CAIB or its agents, obscene.
Interestingly, the committee on laws rejects the proposal not on the question of whether it is obscene or not, but primarily because “it is prohibitive of trade.” Sex toys are “not illicit” and “not outside the commerce of man,” the report says.
WHO DECIDES WHETHER IT’S OBSCENE?As early as 34 years ago, the Supreme Court ruled (in Pita vs. Court of Appeals, October 5, 1989, 178 Scra 362) that only a court of law can determine obscenity and thus confiscation of suspected obscene materials without court order is unlawful confiscation of private property.
To recall, the Cebu Citizens-Press Council (CCPC) opposed the move of the Cebu Provincial Board in 2011 to authorize the governor to confiscate newspapers, magazines and other printed materials the Provincial Anti-obscenity Board would consider obscene. In 2014, the CCPC also repeated its stand on the issue when the Cebu City Anti-Indecency Board (CAIB) confiscated various allegedly obscene magazines at a bookstore in SM City Cebu.
Fast forward to 2023. The Gealon committee on laws in effect tells the City Council that Resch’s amendments must be consistent with the law and jurisprudence on obscenity, the most significant
of which are these precepts:
[1] Attack on obscenity must be on depiction or description -- by an object, film, print content, play or show -- of “patently offensive hardcore sexual conduct,” and
[2] Only the court can determine whether an object or act is obscene. Any seizure, forfeiture, or disposal of suspected obscene material without court order is confiscatory and unlawful.
RELATED: Media’s Public: Councilor Resch’s proposed amendment of Cebu City’s anti-indecency ordinance cannot grant right of search and seizure without court approval.(SunStar, March 25, 2023)
CHANGES THE EXISTING ORDINANCE NEEDS. As the committee on laws suggests, the City Council needs to amend the definition of obscenity in the existing ordinance to make it “consistent” with the definition provided by the law and interpreted in decided cases of the Supreme Court.
And to remove the expected source of friction between ordinance enforcers and establishment owners, local legislators may do well to specify in the ordinance limits of functions assigned to CAIB and its deputies.
In 2015 the City Council dropped the phrase “even without any prior court order” from
an amendment it adopted, apparently to appease the opposers. This time, in 2023, it can do better by specifying that CAIB shall seize or confiscate suspected obscene material “only with a court order.” []
The committee’s reason for its objection: A ban on sex toys and other obscene or lewd objects will be “prohibitive of trade.”
The committee report also tells the City Council that the definition of obscenity under the existing ordinance [City Ordinance #1408] -- while not covered by the amendments proposed last March 15 by Resch, the Sanggunian’s youth sector representative -- “is no longer consistent with law.” Meaning, it is unlawful and,
the report recommends, the definition must be changed.
More tellingly, the report says that “only the courts...have the power to pass upon whether material is obscene or not” and thus no suspected obscene material can be seized, forfeited or disposed unless its obscenity is first determined by a court. Obviously, by court order; otherwise, City Hall action will be, the report says, “confiscatory.”
The report, quoting the Supreme Court in Fernando vs. Court of Appeals [GR #159751 of December 6, 2006], said no one will be prosecuted for sale or exposure of obscene materials “unless these materials depict or describe patently offensive hard-core sexual conduct.” The SC said the materials must represent or describe (a) “ultimate sexual acts, normal or perverted” and (b) “masturbation, excretory function, and lewd exhibition of the genitals.”
PUBLIC HEARING. Signed by chairman Galeon and members James Anthony Cuenco and Phillip Zafra, the committee report is in Wednesday’s City Council agenda. It’s not known if the two other members, Raymond Alvin Garcia and Jocelyn G. Pesquera, have objections to the report; their signatures don’t appear in the document.
The proposal will undergo a public hearing to be scheduled if the Sanggunian will adopt the committee report.
REASONS TO AMEND.From its title, the Resch ordinance is purportedly “to expand” the mandate of the Cebu City Anti-Indecency Board (CAIB) created by the original ordinance.
The proposed changes though focus mainly on sex toys and other obscene objects and on children’s easy access to internet pornography.
Councilor Resch points to a “void in the implementation” in the existing ordinance (#1408). Selling sculptures -- one “whereas” clause says -- which depict “the male and female genitalia (anus, breast, penis, vagina) and the like, including sex toys,” is mentioned in the said ordinance but “not included as unlawful.”
Resch’s other argument cites “advanced technology” that gives children easy access to pornography websites and other media platforms.
But the problem, it would seem, is not the right of the City Council to enact ordinances -- the proposed Resch ordinance and the committee report listed legal bases of the right -- but what the Sanggunian cannot legislate and what ordinance implementers cannot lawfully do.
FOUR SECTIONS of Ordinance #1408 -- sections 3,7, 11, 12 -- are affected by the Resch proposals, which mainly would:
[] Add “operations” to its function of “investigations,” to cover all bookstores, magazine shops, newspaper stands, but also “ordinary stalls/stores” and “internet cafes” -- on top of existing area of coverage comprising of adult stores, theaters, nightclubs, KTV/cocktail lounges, bars, spas. massage parlors and sauna baths. The added “internet cafes” come with this qualifier: “that allow access to pornographic materials, various social media platforms and software.”
Not specified is whether the “operations and investigations” of CAIB and its deputies will include confiscation of materials the group or its agents will suspect to be obscene.
The amendments include proposals:
[] To empower CAIB to recommend to the mayor and a host of government agencies to imposed administrative liabilities to violators, including shutdown of websites, closure of the establishment, payment of fines, and cancellation or suspension of business permit.
[] To Impose on the mayor the duty to mete out administrative penalties provided by the ordinance, without prejudice to filing of criminal charges in court.
[] To punish also the “circulation” of sex toys and other obscene objects. Does this mean passing the obscene object from person to person is covered by the ban? That might include mere possession. Which is not clear, as unclear as to how CAIB will go after those who merely access to obscene material to watch.
SEX TOYS AND ALL OTHERS. The materials the Resch amendment seeks to ban come under the label “sex toys” but the provision includes “any objects” that are “indecent, lewd, obscene or pornographic.” In short, anything if it is, to CAIB or its agents, obscene.
Interestingly, the committee on laws rejects the proposal not on the question of whether it is obscene or not, but primarily because “it is prohibitive of trade.” Sex toys are “not illicit” and “not outside the commerce of man,” the report says.
WHO DECIDES WHETHER IT’S OBSCENE?As early as 34 years ago, the Supreme Court ruled (in Pita vs. Court of Appeals, October 5, 1989, 178 Scra 362) that only a court of law can determine obscenity and thus confiscation of suspected obscene materials without court order is unlawful confiscation of private property.
To recall, the Cebu Citizens-Press Council (CCPC) opposed the move of the Cebu Provincial Board in 2011 to authorize the governor to confiscate newspapers, magazines and other printed materials the Provincial Anti-obscenity Board would consider obscene. In 2014, the CCPC also repeated its stand on the issue when the Cebu City Anti-Indecency Board (CAIB) confiscated various allegedly obscene magazines at a bookstore in SM City Cebu.
Fast forward to 2023. The Gealon committee on laws in effect tells the City Council that Resch’s amendments must be consistent with the law and jurisprudence on obscenity, the most significant
of which are these precepts:
[1] Attack on obscenity must be on depiction or description -- by an object, film, print content, play or show -- of “patently offensive hardcore sexual conduct,” and
[2] Only the court can determine whether an object or act is obscene. Any seizure, forfeiture, or disposal of suspected obscene material without court order is confiscatory and unlawful.
RELATED: Media’s Public: Councilor Resch’s proposed amendment of Cebu City’s anti-indecency ordinance cannot grant right of search and seizure without court approval.(SunStar, March 25, 2023)
CHANGES THE EXISTING ORDINANCE NEEDS. As the committee on laws suggests, the City Council needs to amend the definition of obscenity in the existing ordinance to make it “consistent” with the definition provided by the law and interpreted in decided cases of the Supreme Court.
And to remove the expected source of friction between ordinance enforcers and establishment owners, local legislators may do well to specify in the ordinance limits of functions assigned to CAIB and its deputies.
In 2015 the City Council dropped the phrase “even without any prior court order” from
an amendment it adopted, apparently to appease the opposers. This time, in 2023, it can do better by specifying that CAIB shall seize or confiscate suspected obscene material “only with a court order.” []
Categories: Philippines News
Petro Gazz beats Farm Fresh, moves closer to semis berth in PVL
THE Petro Gazz Angels swept Farm Fresh in three sets, 25-21, 31-29, 25-17, to move closer to a semifinals berth in the Premier Volleyball League Invitational Conference at the Philsports Arena in Pasig, Metro Manila, on Tuesday, July 11, 2023.
It was the Angels’ second straight victory, thereby assuring themselves of a share of second place with Group B leaders Choco Mucho and F2 Logistics, both of whom carry 2-0 slates.
Petro Gazz dominated all the scoring and non-scoring skills, but the Angels were still dragged into a close, frenzied battle in the first two sets due to their errant plays, enabling the young Foxies to take command late in the second frame before succumbing to Petro Gazz’s superb blocking and their own attack error in the end.
“They lost their timing because of their willingness and eagerness to make a point -- and win -- right away,” said Petro Gazz coach Oliver Almadro, ruing his wards’ 21 glaring errors in the first two sets.
“But I’m happy how they performed overall.”
Cebuana ace Grethcel Soltones and Aiza Pontillas topscored for Petro Gazz with 16 and 15 points, respectively, while Nicole Tiamzon backed them up with eight markers and Kecelyn Galdones stepped up in the absence of middle MJ Phillips, who left for the Korean league, and added six points, matching Remy Palma’s output. (JNP)
It was the Angels’ second straight victory, thereby assuring themselves of a share of second place with Group B leaders Choco Mucho and F2 Logistics, both of whom carry 2-0 slates.
Petro Gazz dominated all the scoring and non-scoring skills, but the Angels were still dragged into a close, frenzied battle in the first two sets due to their errant plays, enabling the young Foxies to take command late in the second frame before succumbing to Petro Gazz’s superb blocking and their own attack error in the end.
“They lost their timing because of their willingness and eagerness to make a point -- and win -- right away,” said Petro Gazz coach Oliver Almadro, ruing his wards’ 21 glaring errors in the first two sets.
“But I’m happy how they performed overall.”
Cebuana ace Grethcel Soltones and Aiza Pontillas topscored for Petro Gazz with 16 and 15 points, respectively, while Nicole Tiamzon backed them up with eight markers and Kecelyn Galdones stepped up in the absence of middle MJ Phillips, who left for the Korean league, and added six points, matching Remy Palma’s output. (JNP)
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Single mom nabbed for shabu in Cebu City
A SINGLE mother was arrested in a buy-bust in Sitio Lourdes, Barangay Inayawan, Cebu City past 1 p.m. on Tuesday, July 11, 2023.
Leia Alcantara, spokesperson of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Central Visayas (PDEA 7), identified the suspect as Jonalyn Hamili, a resident of the said place.
Seized from Hamili were alleged shabu weighing 50 grams with an estimated value of P300,000.
Alcantara said they monitored Hamili for a week after receiving complaints from the residents about her illegal drug activity prior to the raid.
Hamili will be facing charges in violation of Republic Act 9165 or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.(BBT, TPT)
Leia Alcantara, spokesperson of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Central Visayas (PDEA 7), identified the suspect as Jonalyn Hamili, a resident of the said place.
Seized from Hamili were alleged shabu weighing 50 grams with an estimated value of P300,000.
Alcantara said they monitored Hamili for a week after receiving complaints from the residents about her illegal drug activity prior to the raid.
Hamili will be facing charges in violation of Republic Act 9165 or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.(BBT, TPT)
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2 hurt in six-vehicle smashup in Mandaue City
SIX vehicles collided on ML Quezon Avenue in Barangay Maguikay, Mandaue City, injuring at least two drivers around 1 p.m. on Tuesday, July 11, 2023.
The victims were identified as Ernesto Enolpe Glipa, a water tanker driver from Barangay Cotcot in Liloan town, and Noemer Candelaria Berico, of legal age, driver of a private garbage truck from Barangay Lamac, Consolacion.
According to reports, they were both pinned inside the truck.
The water tanker was approaching an overpass in Barangay Maguikay while the garbage truck was traveling towards Barangay Cabancalan, according to Police Staff Sergeant Jimeon Dapar of the Traffic Enforcement Unit (TEU) of the Mandaue City Police Office.
But when the two trucks arrived at a corner near the Maguikay barangay hall, a taxi suddenly made a U turn, causing the two trucks to collide after they avoided hitting the taxi.
The water tanker also hit three motorcycles as well as a Kia Sportage driven by Joel Sayson.(BBT, TPT)
The victims were identified as Ernesto Enolpe Glipa, a water tanker driver from Barangay Cotcot in Liloan town, and Noemer Candelaria Berico, of legal age, driver of a private garbage truck from Barangay Lamac, Consolacion.
According to reports, they were both pinned inside the truck.
The water tanker was approaching an overpass in Barangay Maguikay while the garbage truck was traveling towards Barangay Cabancalan, according to Police Staff Sergeant Jimeon Dapar of the Traffic Enforcement Unit (TEU) of the Mandaue City Police Office.
But when the two trucks arrived at a corner near the Maguikay barangay hall, a taxi suddenly made a U turn, causing the two trucks to collide after they avoided hitting the taxi.
The water tanker also hit three motorcycles as well as a Kia Sportage driven by Joel Sayson.(BBT, TPT)
Categories: Philippines News
Philippines mulls higher defence budget to tackle South China Sea ‘harassment’
The Philippines’ consideration comes as Beijing warned that involving a third party to resolve the maritime dispute could turn the waterway into a ‘sea of war’.
Categories: Asian News
LPA off Catanduanes to dump rain in parts of Philippines
The LPA was seen 575 kilometers east of Virac town, weather forecaster Chenel Dominguez said in an update.
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Businessman shot dead in Danao City
A BUSINESSMAN died after being shot by an unidentified gunman.
The incident occurred around 4 p.m. on Monday, July 10, 2023, in Purok Calabasa, Barangay Cambubho, Danao City, northern Cebu.
The victim was identified as Gino Pasana Durano, 45, married, a soft drink retailer.
Durano was shot multiple times outside their home, according to Lieutenant Colonel Clark Arriola, head of the Danao City Police Station.
A person of interest in the case has been identified by the police.
Personal grudge has been eyed as the motive for the killing.(GPL, TPT)
The incident occurred around 4 p.m. on Monday, July 10, 2023, in Purok Calabasa, Barangay Cambubho, Danao City, northern Cebu.
The victim was identified as Gino Pasana Durano, 45, married, a soft drink retailer.
Durano was shot multiple times outside their home, according to Lieutenant Colonel Clark Arriola, head of the Danao City Police Station.
A person of interest in the case has been identified by the police.
Personal grudge has been eyed as the motive for the killing.(GPL, TPT)
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7 years on, EU stresses significance of upholding arbitral ruling
In a statement Tuesday, the local EU delegation and the embassies of EU member states called the award of Permanent Court of Arbitration in 2016 a “significant milestone” that is legally binding and a “useful basis” for peacefully resolving disputes between parties to the proceedings.
Categories: Philippines News
Indonesia passes Health Bill into law, allowing foreign doctors to practise locally
July 11, 2023 6:25 PM
Seven of the nine factions in Parliament supported the passage of the Bill.
Categories: Asian News
22 barangays in Central Visayas likely to be on election watch list
ONLY 22 out of the 3,003 barangays in the Central Visayas have been recommended to the Commission on Election (Comelec) to declare these as Election Watchlist Areas (EWAS) based on the incidents in the last election as reflected in the data of the Police Regional Office 7.
However, Colonel Gerard Ace Pelare, the spokesperson of Police Regional Office (PRO 7) Director Brigadier General Anthony Aberin, did not give the names of the barangays subject to validation by the Comelec and the military and police personnel.
Police Major Mariejin Encio, the information officer of the Cebu Police Provincial Office, stated during the Openline Forum at a mall in downtown Cebu City that only two barangays have been placed in the Comelec's yellow category as a result of election-related incidents in the previous election, namely Barangay South Poblacion in San Fernando town and Barangay Linao in Talisay City, which will be used as the basis for the deployment of additional government troops.
An area will be under code yellow if it has a history of political unrest. (AYB, TPT)
However, Colonel Gerard Ace Pelare, the spokesperson of Police Regional Office (PRO 7) Director Brigadier General Anthony Aberin, did not give the names of the barangays subject to validation by the Comelec and the military and police personnel.
Police Major Mariejin Encio, the information officer of the Cebu Police Provincial Office, stated during the Openline Forum at a mall in downtown Cebu City that only two barangays have been placed in the Comelec's yellow category as a result of election-related incidents in the previous election, namely Barangay South Poblacion in San Fernando town and Barangay Linao in Talisay City, which will be used as the basis for the deployment of additional government troops.
An area will be under code yellow if it has a history of political unrest. (AYB, TPT)
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Thailand’s caretaker PM Prayuth Chan-ocha retires from politics, 9 years after coup
Prayuth will remain caretaker premier until a new government is formed.
Categories: Asian News
DepEd: National learning camp not just for students flunking classes
Poa said that DepEd wants to remove the “stigma” associated with students joining remedial or additional classes offered at the end of regular school years.
Categories: Philippines News
Japan floods: three die as island hit by 'heaviest' rainfall
At least three people have died in flooding and landslides caused by record rainfall on Kyushu island.
Categories: Asian News
On World Population Day, governments urged to invest in gender equality
The United Nations Population Fund on Tuesday called on governments to invest in gender equality, emphasizing its critical role in building a resilient global population.
Categories: Philippines News
Indonesia seizes Iranian-flagged tanker suspected of illegal oil transfer
July 11, 2023 5:55 PM
The vessel also dumped oil into the ocean, in violation of Indonesia’s environmental law.
Categories: Asian News
Thailand PM Prayut announces retirement from politics
July 11, 2023 5:49 PM
Mr Prayut will remain caretaker premier until a new government is formed.
Categories: Asian News
Hong Kong questions family of wanted activist Nathan Law: Police source
July 11, 2023 5:47 PM
Hong Kong leader John Lee told the public to treat the wanted activists like “rats in the street”.
Categories: Asian News
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