Truck hits six vehicles in PasigWorkers prepare to tow vehicles that figured in a collision at the intersection of Ortigas and Lanuza Avenues in Pasig City on Wednesday night. MANILA, Philippines — A wayward 10-wheeler truck hit six vehicles in Pasig City on Wednesday night. Quoting a police report, Sacro said the truck was headed to Cainta when the driver, Wilmar Fiedalan, noticed the brakes were not working. He then swerved the vehicle to the right and hit two motorcycles and four sport utility vehicles (SUVs) along Lanuza Avenue. No charges were filed against him as the drivers of the other vehicles opted for an amicable settlement.

The Travel Industry Council estimated that around 6,000 Hong Kong holidaymakers in about 200 tour groups were in Japan, though no more than 10 tour groups were known by yesterday to have been hit directly by the wild weather. Council executive director Fanny Yeung Shuk-fan said some tour members suffered disruptions such as arriving at hotels late or having to change their plans entirely. People heading to Japan from Hong Kong yesterday were however sticking to their schedules. An unusually cold weather front and extreme low pressure systems had set snow falling and caused strong winds across Japan from Tuesday, Reuters reported. Domestic airlines including ANA and Japan Airlines had by last night cancelled more than 300 flights, and bullet train services were suspended or delayed in northern Japan.

LOS ANGELES (AFP) — The Philadelphia 76ers won their grudge match against Ben Simmons and the Brooklyn Nets 137-133 on Wednesday, Jan. 25, as Damian Lillard erupted for 60 points in Portland’s victory over Utah. (AFP)After an acrimonious split from Philadelphia last year, Simmons returned to his former home to face a hostile reception from the Sixers crowd. Simmons left Philadelphia last year after locker-room tensions with Embiid, and the lingering bad blood was evident from the outset. Despite his team coming away with the win, Sixers coach Doc Rivers was unhappy with Philadelphia’s “emotional” approach to the game. We have to be better at handling our emotions.”Tyrese Maxey led the Sixers’ scoring with 27 points, while Embiid finished with 26 and Harden 23.

Photo taken and released on January 25, 2023, by the Japan Coast Guard. (via AFP) Previous NextEight crewmen, including six Chinese nationals, have died after Hong Kong-registered cargo ship “Jintian” sank off southwestern Japan, while rescuers are still searching for the nine missing crewmen, authorities confirmed Thursday. “Eight have been confirmed dead, of whom six are Chinese,” Lu told China Global Television Network (CGTN). “We express our deepest condolences to the unfortunate victims.”There were 14 Chinese crewmen and eight Burmese crewmen onboard. (Staff reporter and AFP)Also read: Two die and nine missing after cargo ship sinks off Japan

Veteran booters upbeat on Filipinas' future as youth team gets revampedMANILA, Philippines – Philippine women's national football team mainstays Hali Long and Inna Palacios are optimistic for the team’s future even as they near the latter part of their careers with the Filipinas. "I myself didn't go through the youth here in the Philippines, but I did start at a pretty young age myself for the senior team. And for that to slowly happen — and I see it happening right now — I think the youth teams will be in very good hands," said Palacios. "What I think my advantage was going in the youth, and then to the senior national team was I had similar coaches, or coaches who have been through the same program. Stajcic and Arrarte are working from the ground up in the youth teams as they recently held tryouts in the US for young talents.

ExcludedIn a few years, China and Vietnam will likely be exploiting the oil and gas resources, possibly in collaboration under the aegis of shared benefit from whatev-er resources the South China Sea may offer. The Philippines will be excluded from this bonanza. By some estimates, the natural gas deposits beneath the South China Sea could be at least as large as what Saudi Arabia has. The first involves collapsing “sovereignty” and “sovereign rights” into one and the same concept. Fortunately, we have an option in the New Manila International Airport (NMIA) currently rising from the marshes in nearby Bulacan.

Thousands of citizens are seen returning from the mainland on the last day of the Lunar New Year holidays. The Futian port was so jammed that crowd control measures had to be in place. People packed at Futian port starting around 3 pm and had to enter the port group by group. Some were irritated with the lack of arrangements, with certain people even turning to verbal fights due to their anger boiling over. There are 50,000 quotas for entering Hong Kong among the four ports, with the Futian port having 35,000 quotas.

A police officer has wounded a Filipino man by firing three shots at him while investigating a noise complaint on the outlying island of Peng Chau on Tuesday night. The incident happened at 10pm yesterday when two officers responded to Wing On Street to deal with noise complaints from a restaurant. The officers reportedly went up to a flat where a group of Filipinos were drinking and being rowdy. It is understood one of them argued with the officers and went hands-on by grabbing one policeman by the neck. Police sources said they have arrested two Filipino men during the incident, including the 43-year-old man who was shot.

MELBOURNE (AFP) — Karen Khachanov reached his second consecutive Grand Slam semi-final on Tuesday when Sebastian Korda retired hurt at the Australian Open, ending the young American’s dream of emulating his father Petr’s 1998 title run. Russia’s Karen Khachanov hits a return against USA’s Sebastian Korda during their men’s singles quarterfinal match at the Australian Open on Tuesday, Jan. 24, in Melbourne. It went to a tiebreak, where Khachanov held his nerve, sealing it on his third set point with a blistering backhand down the line. Korda needed treatment on his right, serving, wrist at 3-2 in the second set. The Russian consolidated and with Korda struggling, flexing his wrist between points, he broke again to take a two-set lead.

He added he had about HK$1,000 budget for betting and especially wore a red jacket hoping to boost his luck. He wished citizens good health and good lives. Another woman surnamed Lau said she was here to feel the electricity at the racecourse with her family. Her family joked that she wore red underwear for the occasion, while Lau said her grandma had a few hundred dollars for betting. Lau also wished her family good health in the Year of the Rabbit.

By NIKOLE JAVIERThe groundwork and timetable are both set for the Philippine women’s national football team as it tackles a busy year ahead. The Philippine women’s football team gears up for a busy year that includes competing in the 32nd Southeast Asian Games in Cambodia and the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup in New Zealand. There will not be much rest for the national team as it heads straight to the 32nd Southeast Asian Games in Cambodia in May. “There’s a very real chance right now for our women’s team [to win the gold medal in the SEA Games]. Meanwhile, the PFF is working on getting the national team involved in more pocket tournaments in the country in June before proceeding to New Zealand for the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup.

All secondary five students will travel to the mainland in April at the soonest for their mandatory study tour under the Citizenship and Social Development subject, said Secretary for Education Christine Choi Yuk-lin. Choi said the Education Bureau will take care of the arrangements for the tours and mull with Chinese authorities on Covid-19 coordination. Schools need only to ask students to sign up for the tours, Choi also said, hoping they will seize the opportunity during the Easter holidays. Choi said the bureau will first send students on one-to-two-day tours in Guangdong province now that the border has opened. As for newly hired government teachers and those planning for a promotion, there will also be seven or eight study tours, offering some 800 places.

Farmer reveals how he made Lionel Messi's world's biggest tattooThe 'tattoo' becomes more visible when corn grows from bird's eye view. PARIS — An Argentine farmer has used a high-tech tractor to create a giant "tattoo" of the face of football legend Lionel Messi. Charly Faricelli used special software to plant the corn seeds in different concentrations in a field the size of four football pitches in Ballesteros, northwest of Buenos Aires. Messi's popularity knows no bounds, with figurines of the former Barcelona star also Catalonia's bestselling "caganer" this year. Barcelona-based Argentinian student Kevin Sakkal said his chest filled with pride to see so many squatting Messis on the shelves.

MELBOURNE (AFP) — Caroline Garcia became the latest top-10 seed to fall at the Australian Open with a shock defeat to Magda Linette, but Aryna Sabalenka blasted her way into the quarterfinals on Monday. Poland’s Magda Linette celebrates victory against France’s Caroline Garcia after their women’s singles match on day eight of the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne on January 23, 2023. I don’t know what to say.”Belarusian Sabalenka never really looked like she would follow Swiatek, Garcia and the rest out of the first major of the year. Hard-hitting Sabalenka sprinted into her first quarter-final at the Australian Open and said: “My whole life, it took me a little while to understand that negative emotion is not gonna help you on court. Djokovic would normally be a hot favourite at Melbourne Park, where the former world number one is chasing a record-extending 10th Australian Open crown and 22nd major title.

Her time as a devotee to the Hindu goddess Yellamma has also rendered her an outcast in the eyes of her community. Devadasis have been an integral part of southern Indian culture for centuries and once enjoyed a respectable place in society. Four decades after the state ban, there are still more than 70,000 devadasis in Karnataka, India's human rights commission wrote last year. 'Many women have died'Years of unsafe sex exposed many devadasis to sexually transmitted infections, including HIV. "Devadasi women are still looked down upon."