Former Cherry Tiggo player Aleona "Dindin" Santiago-Manabat has signed a deal with the newest Philippine Volleyball League (PVL) team, the Akari Chargers. The team announced her signing on Friday. All of these we can expect from the newest member of the Akari fam! Let's welcome Dindin Santiago-Manabat into the fold! the team wrote.
A number of people arrived at the West Kowloon Station Friday morning queuing for the high-speed rail tickets for the second day running, with the MTR Corporation saying that some popular time slots have been sold out. The railway operator said, as of Thursday night, 3,000 high-speed rail tickets to the mainland had been sold ahead of the line reopening on January 15. Many people complained yesterday that they encountered difficulties when buying tickets on the mainland's 12306 website and urged the MTR to provide better guidelines for the public. She also said those who still encountered difficulties could contact the high-speed rail’s hotline 21200888, while more staff have been deployed at the West Kowloon Station to provide assistance. He also said the government and the MTRC may have underestimated the demand for rail tickets, whereas the MTRC should teach passengers how to use the 12306 website prior to selling the tickets.
UN confirms 2022 among eight hottest years on recordA worker drinks water in a construction site in Savenay, outside Nantes, on July 18, 2022, as a heatwave hits France. GENEVA, Switzerland — The past eight years were the hottest since records began, the United Nations confirmed Thursday, despite the cooling influence of a drawn-out La Nina weather pattern. The hottest year on record was 2016, followed by 2019 and 2020, it found. - La Nina effect 'short-lived' -The UN agency highlighted that the warmest eight years on record had all been since 2015, despite consecutive La Nina events since 2020. The weather pattern, it said, "will not reverse the long-term warming trend caused by record levels of heat-trapping greenhouse gases in our atmosphere."
“Our projection is that egg supply will be somewhat stable despite a relatively low supply. We are on the low side of production [since the fourth quarter of last year because] many farmers have incurred losses,” Ubra chair Gregorio San Diego said. They cannot cut down on their spending on house rent or transportation fares either,” San Diego said. The reduction in demand for eggs, San Diego noted, could either drive prices down or have no effect at all. Nearly all countries are affected because of bird flu outbreaks worldwide,” San Diego said.
The Centre for Health Protection announced on Friday that one new confirmed melioidosis infection case had been recorded in the past week, involving a 90-year-old woman living in Sham Shui Po. The center said the woman, who suffered from multiple underlying illnesses including diabetes, hypertension and blood lipid disorder, developed toe pain and swelling since December 25, 2022, and sought medical consultation. She attended the Accident and Emergency Department of Caritas Medical Centre on January 8 due to persistent pain and swelling, and was admitted on the same day. A total of one melioidosis infection case has been recorded in Hong Kong so far this year. In 2022, 46 melioidosis infection cases were recorded, among which 30 cases living in Sham Shui Po were recorded since August that year.
P1.3 billion allotted for free ridesBudget Secretary Amenah Pangandaman said that under the 2023 national budget, P1.285 billion would be allocated for the SCP as implemented by the Department of Transportation (DOTr). MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has earmarked P1.3 billion to cover the government’s service contracting program (SCP), where free rides are provided to commuters in and out of the metro. The SCP allows agencies to hire public utility vehicles to service transport routes and provide free rides to commuters along the EDSA busway and several regions outside Metro Manila. The DBM emphasized that the free rides are a big help to Filipino commuters as their transport savings can already be used for other necessities such as food and house bills. The free bus rides benefited 389,579 passengers daily, peaking to 400,000 during holidays.
Ricardo J. Romulo's 90th birthday celebration last Sunday, Jan. 8, 2023. There is Eduardo Mestre, who is an active 74 (and shares the same birthday as Atty. Whenever my clients were willing, I also recommended they work with the Romulo Law Office out of both gratitude and merit. On his 80th birthday, which I was also honored to attend, they gave away buttons that had his picture with the phrase "I was billed by Dick Romulo." Happy Birthday again to my forever mentor who I will always be best most grateful to.
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The Hong Kong government announced on Thursday that free vaccination for Covid-19 will no longer be offered to non-Hong Kong residents from next Monday (January 16). "Given the recent increase in the demand of Hong Kong residents for Covid-19 vaccination and the gradual rollout of self-paid vaccination services by private healthcare organizations," said a government spokesperson today, "the free vaccination program will be adjusted in order to ensure that Hong Kong residents are accorded priority." According to the adjustment, if a non-Hong Kong resident has received vaccines under the government vaccination program or holds an appointment registration before January 16 and has met the staying requirement, they will be arranged to receive the vaccination. However, this person must be required to present the relevant vaccination or appointment records when making an appointment, visiting the vaccination site for vaccination, and getting the relevant records verified. Non-Hong Kong residents in need may receive the vaccination at their own cost via private healthcare organizations providing vaccination services, the spokesperson added.
Three people were arrested for fraud and money laundering for using the personal information of three former colleagues, including their facial identifications, to cheat about HK$1.8 million in loans from virtual banks. After in-depth investigations, Tsuen Wan police arrested a 30-year-old man a month later, believed to be the mastermind behind the scam, on fraud and money laundering charges. He also stole colleagues' ID cards and other documents, including bank statements and tax return forms. He successfully opened five virtual bank accounts using the documents and passed the verification procedures using the facial features he captured from the selfies and videos. Police also called on citizens to carefully protect their personal information, including ID cards, bank documents, and photos and videos that contain biometric features.
Megawide enters data center businessMANILA, Philippines — Armed with a huge war chest with the sale of a portion of its stake in the Mactan Cebu International Airport (MCIA) to the Aboitiz Group, Megawide Corp. will initially invest around P7 billion to expand into the data center business. Megawide chairman Edgar Saavedra said the company’s first data center would be in Cavite with a capacity of up to 30 megawatts. A data center is a facility that provides shared access to applications and data using a complex network, computer, and storage infrastructure. Such data center facilities help ensure the data is both secure and highly available. Industrial parks are ideal locations for data centers because of their power capacity that can support data centers’ electricity requirements.
A 65-year-old cyclist was knocked unconscious after he was hit by a car while riding his bicycle on Choi Ha Road in Sau Mau Ping on Thursday morning. The accident that happened at around 8.15am this morning saw the man being struck by the car making a left turn onto Choi Ha Road after going downhill on Choi Hei Road. Paramedics were called to the scene and the man was rushed to hospital for treatment. The car’s windscreen was smashed after the collision, while the impact also dented the front of the vehicle. The car was later taken to a government vehicle plant for examination.
Citicore Energy REIT to issue Green Bonds in 2023Citicore Energy REIT [CREIT 2.3 0.9%] [link] disclosed its 3-Year Plan, and in it, plans to issue Green Bonds with the proceeds going to acquire a rooftop solar project from its sponsor, and to purchase 475 hectares of land that it will lease to solar operators. CREIT reiterated its goal to expand its portfolio to 780 MW by the end of 2024, and specifically identified a slate of projects that CREIT could acquire from its sponsor to achieve that goal. Every REIT puts out a 3-year plan that says, in some way or another, that the REIT plans to acquire good projects when possible, but very few actually give any real information to back those pillow-talk statements up. --Merkado Barkada is a free daily newsletter on the PSE, investing and business in the Philippines. You can subscribe to the newsletter or follow on Twitter to receive the full daily updates.
It is time to put an end to it, by whatever means necessary. While other officials have given lip service to this obvious source of the current onion crisis, Gatchalian's proposal is the first concrete recommendation to address it. The senator said that the task force should be headed by the DA, and include the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI). This may require involving the Office of the Ombudsman, or perhaps can be added to the mandate of the proposed task force. According to data we gathered on Monday, prices of onions continue to range from P420 to P600 per kg around Metro Manila.
Carl Tamayo UAAP PHOTO(UPDATED) FORMER University of the Philippines Fighting Maroon Carl Tamayo has signed a deal with the Ryukyu Golden Kings in the Japan B.League. I am Carl Tamayo. I am honored and very excited to be part of this great organization, Ryukyu Golden Kings. Tamayo said in a video message posted by the team. The Golden Kings are in 5th place out of 24 teams in the Japan B.League with 21 wins and 7 losses.
