BEFRIENDERS Worldwide (BW), a United Kingdom-based charity organization for seafarers, encouraged seagoing workers to seek support should they experience emotional or mental challenges while onboard a ship. UK-based charity organization Befrienders Worldwide notes that the unique challenges of seafarers such as isolation, depression and desperation can sometimes lead to thoughts or acts of suicide. Its primary mission is to offer mental and emotional support to seafarers whether through phone, email or personal interactions. "You can get in touch with the support centers listed on our website at http://befrienders.org," it added. Befrienders Worldwide is there to support you in your time of need," BW said.

Police arrested a woman on Monday, a week after a love dispute led her to splash a hot drink at another woman in a Mong Kok convenience store. The police combed through security footage and arrested a 37-year-old woman Cheung yesterday on suspicion of "wounding". The female victim told the media earlier that no officers were dispatched to the scene despite her making multiple calls to the force. The spokesperson said it wasn't until 5 pm that day the female victim filed a report with the police again after she felt unwell. It is understood that the arrestee and the victim knew each other and were caught in a love dispute.

Yesterday, the government made public a set of figures about organ donations, with a table showing two opposite sets of numbers. On the one hand, about 5,800 applications were received from December to April to withdraw from the Centralized Organ Donation Register. Since the register was created in 2009, the number of donors on the register has steadily grown to more than 357,000. It is clear in the steady growth of the register that the public is generally supportive of organ donation. With complete transparency and public understanding, the government needs not worry about the influence of "a small number of people."

Panganiban says Marcos pushed for sugar importation through selected tradersMANILA, Philippines — Agriculture Senior Undersecretary Domingo Panganiban said Tuesday before the Senate Blue Ribbon panel that President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. directed the importation of sugar through selected traders. Pressed by Sen. Francis Tolentino to clarify what Marcos told him after a Cabinet meeting, Panganiban said the president directed him to “import through selected importers of sugar.”Panganiban relayed to the committee that Marcos told him in that call that sugar inflation is high which prompted the president to recommend the immediate importation of the sweetener to arrest its price in the market. “Let’s do it ourselves first,” Panganiban said partly in Filipino. I was the one who said, ‘Let’s do it ourselves.’ What the president said was, ‘Let’s import,’” Panganiban said. Panganiban was unable to answer how the sugar traders were selected as he deferred to the Sugar Regulatory Administration.

MANILA, Philippines — The tropical cyclone spotted outside the Philippine area of responsibility (PAR) has further strengthened and is likely to turn into a supertyphoon, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said on Monday. The weather disturbance, with the international name Mawar, was observed 2,275 kilometers east of Mindanao on Monday afternoon within the intertropical convergence zone, said Pagasa weather specialist Ana Clauren-Jorda. ADVERTISEMENTClauren-Jorda said that Mawar has maximum sustained winds of 130 kilometers per hour and gustiness of up to 185 km. Mawar will be given the local name “Betty,” when it enters the PAR by Friday or Saturday. It has a chance of intensifying to at least 185 km, added Clauren-Jorda.

ROCHESTER: Brooks Koepka outdueled Viktor Hovland and Scottie Scheffler in a back-nine battle Sunday (Monday in Manila) to win the PGA Championship for his fifth major title, giving Saudi-backed LIV Golf a milestone major triumph. "This is probably the sweetest one of them all because all the hard work that went into it," Koepka said. Norway's 11th-ranked Hovland, chasing his first major title, and American Scheffler, last year's Masters winner and the new world number one, shared second on 273. Koepka was among the stars who jumped from the PGA Tour to breakaway LIV Golf, which offered record $25 million purses for 54-hole events, despite concern over Saudi Arabia's human rights record. The PGA banned LIV talent from its events, with a legal fight between them due in court next May.

A man with a record of mental illnesses was pinned down on the floor of a Kwun Tong hospital on Monday night by police officers and medical staff after he was said to have wielded a scissor as he was being admitted to the hospital. The incident that happened at around 11 pm yesterday saw the 64-year-old patient, Mak, being taken to the United Christian Hospital after he had an episode. Police officers and medical staff stepped in as the man waved the scissors around. Video footage circulated online saw at least two officers and around ten medical staff pinning the man down. The man was not arrested and was admitted to the hospital for treatment afterward.

THE Rachel Daquis-reinforced Star Magic Lady Spikers defeated the Aby Maraño-led Lady Setters in straight sets, 25-23, 29-27, in a celebrity All-Star volleyball game at the Mall of Asia Arena on Sunday, May 21. Rachel Anne Daquis (left) and Aby Marano PVL PHOTOSDaquis, joined by Cignal teammate Gel Cayuna, in the Lady Spikers and F2's Maraño joined by Petro Gazz's Grethcel Soltones in the Lady Setters took a step back, allowing the celebrities to take the spotlight this time, though.Showcasing her volleyball prowess, Analain Salvador led the Star Magic Lady Spikers with 11 points.She also went on to win the Best Hitter and the MVP awards.Salvador bannered the Mythical Six team composed of her teammates Erin Navarro and Gillian Vicencio as well as Mikha Lim, Jannah Zaplan, and Isabel Laohoo of the Lady Setters mentored by Petro Gazz head coach Oliver Almadro.Lim and Vicencio earned the Best Setter and Best Receiver plums, respectively.

BEIJING/TOKYO — State-backed Chinese mouthpiece Global Times called the G7 an “anti-China workshop” on Monday, after Beijing summoned Japan’s envoy and berated Britain in a fiery response to statements issued at the weekend G7 summit in Hiroshima. ADVERTISEMENT“The US is pushing hard to weave an anti-China net in the Western world,” Global Times said in an editorial on Monday titled ‘G7 has descended into an anti-China workshop’. Beijing’s foreign ministry said it firmly opposed the G7 statement and late Sunday said it had summoned Japan’s ambassador to China as part of its protest to the summit host. Russia, a close ally of China that was also called out in the G7 statement over its invasion of Ukraine, said the summit was an “incubator” for anti-Russian and anti-Chinese hysteria. Japan backlashChinese Vice Foreign Minister Sun Weidong summoned the Japanese ambassador to register protests over “hype around China-related issues”, a ministry statement late on Sunday said.

Marcos counting on ADB support for economic developmentPresident Marcos offers a toast to Asian Development Bank president Masatsugu Asakawa during his visit at the ADB headquarters in Mandaluyong yesterday. Marcos is banking on the support of the ADB to boost the government’s food stamp program against hunger. MANILA, Philippines — President Marcos is counting on the support of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for his economic, climate and social welfare initiatives – including a food stamp program that seeks to address hunger – as the government shifts its priorities due to the lifting of COVID-19’s global health emergency status. Among the initiatives that may be funded by the ADB is a food stamp program proposed by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). Marcos said the ADB and the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority also have a partnership for the digitalization of civil service.

Quiñones, in turn, will continue to serve as senior advisor, member of the advisory council and director in the board of Prime Energy. Prime Energy, a subsidiary of Enrique Razon’s Prime Infrastructure Capital, now operates the Malampaya deep water gas-to-power project in Palawan. This means they have with them depths of experience and knowledge in running Malampaya and other Shell operations in the Philippines and beyond. Clearly, Mañalac is shooting from the hip because if you look at the present team, it’s practically the same and even better. For the first time, the Malampaya consortium is now an all-Filipino group and they’re not walking into this blindly.

MIAMI: The Miami Heat knocked the stuffing out of the Boston Celtics on Sunday (Monday in Manila), powering to a 128-102 victory to take a 3-0 stranglehold on the NBA Eastern Conference finals. The Heat, who host game four on Tuesday, are one win away from reaching the NBA Finals. The Celtics though are battling the weight of history -- no NBA team has rallied from 0-3 down to win a best-of-seven playoff series. Heat talisman Jimmy Butler scored 16 points and Bam Adebayo scored 13. "Caleb Martin scored 18 points off the bench for Miami.

Actor Robert De Niro poses during a photocall for his latest film ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ at the 76th Cannes International Film Festival in the city of Cannes, southern France on Sunday, May 21, 2023. AFP PHOTO Actor Robert De Niro poses during a photocall for his latest film 'Killers of the Flower Moon' at the 76th Cannes International Film Festival in the city of Cannes, southern France on Sunday, May 21, 2023. AFP PHOTOCANNES, France: Robert De Niro couldn't help but take a jab at Donald Trump in Cannes on Sunday, saying his character in the new film embodied the same kind of "evil" as the American ex-president. "I don't understand a lot about him, why he betrays them," De Niro admitted to reporters in the southern French city. De Niro said the world had seen enough films where "the good guy goes south or to Indian country and saves the day.

Three people, including a 14-year-old boy, were arrested after suspected ketamine and suspected crack cocaine were found in a vehicle and hotel room in Hong Kong, police said on Monday. Further investigation revealed that the suspects may have rented a hotel room for drug storage. Officers raided the hotel room early on Saturday and seized another small amount of suspected cocaine and a batch of drug packaging paraphernalia. A 26-year-old man Wong and a 14-year-old boy had been arrested on the scene for drug trafficking. A 24-year-old man Fong was also arrested for drug trafficking the next day in Ma On Shan following the force’s investigation.

Seven bodies were recovered from a Chinese fishing vessel that capsized in the central Indian Ocean, according to state media on Monday, days after China President Xi Jinping ordered an all-out search to rescue and recover missing crew members. Of the 39 people that were originally on board - 17 Chinese crew members, 17 Indonesians and five from the Philippines – it was not immediately clear which crew members were found. Sri Lankan divers found and recovered the remains in the cabin of the ship, CCTV reported according to the Chinese Ministry of Transport. CCTV footage last week showed high-powered marine radar on ships that were trying to locate the capsized vessel, while crew members were seen using visual equipment to pan sea waters to locate survivors. Last Thursday, the Chinese foreign ministry said President Xi instructed that additional rescue forces be sent and that international maritime search assistance be coordinated.