The Purple ShawlI urge you ... to join me in my struggle by praying to God for me. Jodihad crocheted a purple prayer shawl, a warm reminder that we had people praying for us daily. Years later, He still uses that purple shawl to comfort me and strengthen my resolve. When we're wrapped in the intercessory prayers of God's people, we can experience God's strength and comfort no matter where life takes us. Loving God, thank You for the gift of intercessory prayers and forassuring me that You hear me and care for me wherever I go.

A police officer was sent to the hospital as he failed to dodge a police vehicle crashed by a driver who was caught failing to settle traffic fines in Kwai Chung in the early hours of Saturday. The incident occurred at around 1.28am on Saturday as the driver pulled over his white seven-seater by the double yellow lines on Wo Yi Hop Road in Kwai Chung to eat. The driver suddenly threw away his meal box and hit the gas, crashing his car into a police vehicle. An officer didn’t dodge the vehicle in time and injured his limbs. A report was filed to senior management, and police mobilized other teams to locate the driver and his car but in vain.

The arrested police officer surnamed Luk. The arrested police officer surnamed Luk. The arrested police officer surnamed Luk. The arrested police officer surnamed Luk. Sources said that the arrested cop is surnamed Luk and is posted to the Emergency Unit in Kowloon West.

Music producer caught in drug bustMANILA, Philippines — A music producer and his companion were arrested in a sting in Pasig City on Thursday wherein police officers seized P149,260 worth of methamphetamine hydrochloride or shabu. Police confiscated 21.95 grams of shabu from Leynes and his companion. Leynes is being held at the city police station’s custodial facility on charges of drug trafficking while the boy was turned over to social welfare and development officers. Meanwhile, Warlita Paguirigan, the second most wanted alleged drug trafficker in Novaliches; Lorie Cescar; Catrina Celario and Hiede Miranda were arrested in a separate sting in Barangay San Bartolome, Quezon City at around 3 a.m. yesterday. Police seized 50 grams of shabu worth P340,000 from the suspects, according to Quezon City Police District director Brig.

A photograph of the man who allegedly bludgeoned his 63-year-old neighbor to death when she caught him ransacking her home in Kwai Fong, has been circulated online. The 25-year-old jobless man was said to have fled to Japan following the incident, with Hong Kong police seeking help from Interpol. Derran knew the daughter of Leung's neighbor, Choi, on Telegram and asked her to take him in, telling her his family had severed ties with him due to his participation in the 2019 protests. During his stay with Choi, Deran was heard several times in the corridor of the building answering calls from debt collection companies, a resident said. There was no forced entry as the killer used a spare key which the victim had left with her neighbor.

The video is part of a barrage of bogus and harmful medical posts on social media platforms where Filipinos rank among the world's heaviest users. The majority appear as free posts or paid advertisements on Facebook, the most popular social media site among the 76 million internet users in the Philippines. The World Health Organization told AFP that "inappropriate promotion and advertisements" for unregistered medical products had long been a global problem and the pandemic may have made it worse. Ocampo said Facebook posts selling an unregistered eye drop brand that had used images of real doctors and the academy's name. Some of the viral medical posts AFP has debunked on Facebook were paid advertisements.

Man held for stealing P.8 million ventilatorMANILA, Philippines — A 27-year-old man was apprehended on Tuesday after he allegedly stole a ventilator or life support machine worth P800,000 from a hospital in Barangay New Era, Quezon City, which he sold online for P55,000. Paulo Miguel Sumbad, who works as a respiratory therapist for the hospital’s third party equipment provider, was taken into police custody. Probers said a company representative discovered that the ventilator was missing during an inventory. Security personnel of the hospital said Sumbad was recorded on closed-circuit television footage stealing the ventilator. Police said the suspect admitted that he sold the equipment online for P55,000 to an anonymous buyer.

The fare increase requested by bus companies, which could lead to a rise of up to 50 percent on some routes, was met with strong criticism from most passengers. A passenger named Tsui stated that a 50 percent increase in airport bus route services is too high. Lawmakers said that the Citybus and New World First Bus, generally looking for a HK$2 fare increase, is unreasonable. He hopes the Executive Council would prevent the fare proposal from going through as the general public would not accept it. The government states that they will carefully examine the proposal with the bus company's interest and the general public's ability to adjust or reject the proposal if the fare increase is too high.

Amina Mariam Bokhary, the niece of the Court of Final Appeal's non-permanent judge Kemal Bokhary, was charged with two additional counts of criminal damage and one count of theft, along with two charges she initially faced. The prosecution added two more counts of criminal damage and one count of theft against Amina this morning to the case. She denied all the charges, and the case will be rescheduled to May 17 for another hearing. However, the judge rejected both requests and stated that she must adhere to the original condition to be out on bail. Hearing that her request for adjustment was denied, Amina was heard using foul language to curse in the courtroom and banging on the court door as she left.

A 25-year-old man was charged with bribing a nurse with HK$1,000 to get a Covid-19 vaccination record without getting inoculated. Cheung Chin-hang, the former community health practitioner of a District Health Centre under the Health Bureau, faced a count of offering an advantage to an agent as he provided money to the nurse for a false vaccine record last September in Osman Ramju Sadick Memorial Sports Centre. According to ICAC, the defendant was required to get vaccinated or possess a valid medical exemption certificate to enter his workplace in the District Health Centre, which led to his attempt to get the false record by bribery. The nurse declined when the defendant provided the offer and reported the matter to Quality HealthCare Medical Services Limited, the operator of the Community Vaccination Centre at the sports centre. The defendant was released on bail pending his appearance at the West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts on Wednesday.

It was the hottest kiss a young man has ever experienced, and it's one he doesn't want repeated. The occasion was a birthday party for the young man or perhaps for his girlfriend. Whichever, candles on a birthday cake had been lit when the pair came together in a kiss while they were holding the cake. That involved the young man lowering his head, which was when the flames of love spread from the candles to his hair. A clip of the birthday burn made it to Facebook and set off remarks like "the couple turned themselves into a birthday cake," which would have been in bad taste if the young man had suffered a bad burn.

MANILA, Philippines —A tech govt has proposed the usage of blockchain expertise within the canvassing of votes for the subsequent automated polls, promising a safer, clear and “tamper-proof” electoral course of. If there’s an try to change a sure vote throughout transmission, Soliman defined, will probably be “algorithmically” flagged by “third occasion validators” within the blockchain community. “Greater than the expertise, the integrity, credibility and transparency of the elections ought to all the time be assured,” he added. As soon as the block is full of information, it’s chained onto the earlier block, which makes the info chained collectively,” it mentioned. The ballot physique chief has additionally raised the potential of utilizing different applied sciences, such because the direct recording digital system that makes use of a touchscreen system to solid votes, in future elections.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who says his aim is to balance out branches of government, wields a parliamentary majority along with his religious-nationalist coalition allies. “It’s not a judicial reform. The protests were mostly peaceful, though Reuters witnessed some injuries and arrests among protesters when police moved in against attempts to block traffic. Netanyahu, who returned to office for a sixth term in late December, says the demonstrations are aimed at toppling him. “I am here to protest against the reform in the law, and to protest our prime minister, who we call ‘Crime Minister’,” said demonstrator Miri Lahat, 63.

LEGAZPI CITY — Four street-level drug peddlers were arrested in separate operations on Friday in Camarines Sur. Colonel Julius Caesar Domingo, Camarines Sur police chief, said in a report Saturday, March 11, that Harold Ramos, 44, was arrested around 8 p.m. in Barangay Sta. In Calabanga town, Carl Wynne Arcilla, 28, was also arrested at 9:15 a.m. in Barangay Sta. Domingo said three sachets of shabu worth P2,000 were recovered from Celestial. ADVERTISEMENTRELATED STORIESP6.8 million worth of shabu seized in Camarines SurP68,000 shabu seized in Camarines Sur buy-bust | Inquirer NewslzbYour subscription could not be saved.

ROME — The Italian coastguard launched multiple rescue operations on Friday to save hundreds of migrants packed aboard several boats off the toe of Italy, less than two weeks after at least 73 drowned in a shipwreck. “More than 1,000 people are in danger,” the coastguard said in a statement. ADVERTISEMENTThe president of the southern Calabria region, Roberto Occhiuto, said a total of around 1,300 migrants were aboard boats which the European Union’s border force Frontex had warned could run into problems. Three coastguard boats were trying to offload around 500 migrants packed on a vessel 70 miles (110 km) south of the Calabrian town of Crotone – close to the scene of the February 26 disaster. “The rescue operations … are particularly complex due to the large number of people on board the boats adrift,” the coastguard said.