This June 23, 2022 file photo shows incoming National Security Adviser Dr. Clarita Carlos speaking during a talk in Ortigas Center, Pasig City. PHOTO BY JOHN ORVEN VERDOTEBEFORE the national spotlight shone on her, Dr. Clarita Reyes Carlos was a retired professor of political science at the University of the Philippines. In 2020, she was among the appointees of the Commission on Higher Education in its technical panel for political science. But Dr. Carlos never claimed she was still teaching at UP; she always said she was a retired professor. On June 8, 2020, President-elect Marcos announced that Dr. Carlos would be his national security adviser.

Yuka Saso limped home with a five-over-par 77 to finish tied at 30th place in the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship in Bethesda, Maryland Sunday (Monday in Manila). Yuka Saso (AFP)Saso struggled with five bogeys and a double bogey against two birdies to finish with 292, nine strokes behind eventual champion In Gee Chun. The Fil-Japanese had earlier rounds of 72, 70 and 73. Saso blew cold at the front nine with bogeys on the second and seventh, and a double bogey on the par-4 fifth hole. Meanwhile, Bianca Pagdanganan staggered with a 78 for 301 following earlier rounds of 74, 73 and 76.

Three males aged 17 to 44 were arrested over three imitation gun cases, as police seized 38 fake guns and some anti-government flags. Poice cracked three cases of possession of imitation guns and searched several flats on Monday morning, seizing 38 imitation guns, eight knives, a retractable stick, a number of gas masks and anti-government flags. Senior superintendent Ho Chun-tung said preliminary investigations found no relation between the three arrested. He was arrested this morning and was found with an air gun, a retractable stick, a folding knife, a hammer, an anti-government flag, and some cloth badges with anti-government slogans. In addition, West Kowloon police identified a unit in Sham Shui Po, where they arrested a 44-year-old delivery worker and seized 27 air guns, 56 magazines, and three sabers.

Handout picture released by Colombia's National Police showing locals working at the bullring after a grandstand collapsed, in the Colombian municipality of El Espinal, southwest of Bogota, on June 26, 2022. A full three-story section of wooden stands filled with spectators collapsed, throwing dozens of people to the ground, according to images broadcast on social media. Aerial view of the collapsed grandstand in a bullring in the Colombian municipality of El Espinal, southwest of Bogotل, on June 26, 2022. When he served as mayor of Bogota, the leftist Petro put a stop to bullfights in the city's signature bullring, La Santamaria. While animal abuse is a crime in Colombia, bullfights and cock fights are protected because of the cultural history behind them.

TNT head coach Chot Reyes and star guard Mikey Williams won’t let the grueling contract negotiations hinder their performance on the court. Mikey Williams (PBA Images)“Even from the start, when we were talking, I think the critical part was we had to keep our player-coach relationship strong and differentiate that from the player-manager relationship,” Reyes said. Reyes, meanwhile, lauded the professionalism of Williams who despite the ongoing talks regarding his contract, continued to put the work in hopes to help TNT defend the all-Filipino Cup title. If he makes a mistake on the court, he actually prefers that you tell him directly,” Reyes said of his high-scoring sophomore. I think that’s the important thing.

Cities will have to protect their critical infrastructure from the damage stormwater flooding can wreak,” it said. Quezon City is part of the research as it is a member of the global C40 network of megacities committed to addressing climate change. ADVERTISEMENTUnder the current climate, nearly 87,000 people (2.93 percent) of Quezon City’s residents are exposed to flooding each year. Apart from flooding, severe droughts also pose a grave threat to C40 cities as they can worsen water and food scarcity. The report estimated that these cities would face surface water losses of more than 16.1 billion cu.

Two senior government officials who contracted Covid-19 last Thursday have tested negative for the virus through rapid tests, and their recovery may be just in time to allow them to attend the inauguration ceremony for the new government. The officials in question are Director of the Chief Executive’s Office Eric Chan Kwok-ki and Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Erick Tsang Kwok-wai. Chan, the incoming Chief Secretary, and Tsang, who keeps his post in the next government, are currently in isolation. Responding to media inquiries on Monday, Chan said both he and Tsang have already obtained negative RAT results. However, the SAR government will hold the final decision on whether both of them will be allowed to attend the inauguration ceremony on July 1, he added.

"We have to stay together," Biden told Merkel's successor Olaf Scholz, the host of the three-day gathering. Seeking to turn up the heat on Moscow, the G7 announced it would outlaw imports of Russian gold. The United States said gold was the second largest export for Russia and a significant source of revenue for Putin and his allies. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and French President Emmanuel Macron said they now saw an "opportunity to turn the tide" in Ukraine. As the gulf separating Western allies from Russia and China widens, the G7 sought to rally other major players to its side with a major global infrastructure plan.

Two kindergartens in Hong Kong pledged to follow new “child safeguard standards” established by children welfare organization Plan International Hong Kong to protect children from abuse. “The situation is alarming and reveals the lack of relevant policy to prevent child abuse in child-related organizations,” read Plan’s statement. The policy was set to be first implemented among ten kindergartens in Hong Kong and would be extended among all kindergartens in the city. Plan went on that the child abuse offence in the care home of “failure to protect” had not yet been proceeded to legislation. He added that parents also play important roles in child abuse issues, and he suggested establishing a charter on children protection for parents.

LONDON — Vladimir Putin will visit two small former Soviet states in central Asia this week, Russian state television reported on Sunday, in what would be the Russian leader’s first known trip abroad since ordering the invasion of Ukraine. ADVERTISEMENTPavel Zarubin, the Kremlin correspondent of the Rossiya 1 state television station, said Putin would visit Tajikistan and Turkmenistan and then meet Indonesian President Joko Widodo for talks in Moscow. In Dushanbe, Putin will meet Tajik President Imomali Rakhmon, a close Russian ally and the longest-serving ruler of a former Soviet state. In Ashgabat, he will attend a summit of Caspian nations including the leaders of Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Iran, and Turkmenistan, Zarubin said. Ukraine calls the invasion an imperial-style land grab.

Even now, Mr. Duterte leaves office with unusually high approval and satisfaction ratings. Remember that before President Duterte assumed office in 2016, the Philippines was in danger of becoming a narco state. Unfinished businessAnother reason why history is likely to be kind to Mr. Duterte is that most Filipinos want his policies to continue. But Mr. Duterte also never claimed to be presidential, saying he was merely a mayor from Mindanao. In any case, no leader is perfect, and Mr. Duterte never claimed to be one.

A sick 37-year-old female remand person in custody at Tai Lam Centre for Women died in a public hospital on Sunday. The woman suffered from renal failure and required continuous medical care at the institution hospital and a public hospital. She was sent to a public hospital for treatment due to physical discomfort last Friday. During hospitalisation, her condition deteriorated and was certified dead at 8.23am today. The person in custody was remanded for the offence of controlling another person for purpose of unlawful sexual intercourse in April 2022.

AKHTAR JAN, Afghanistan: Village life has always been tough for Afghans in the rugged mountains of the east, but compared to what they are enduring today it was paradise. "If life before was not really good — because for years there was war — the earthquake has made it even harder for us," says Malin Jan, who lost two daughters in the quake. All 14 houses in his village of Akhtar Jan were flattened, and survivors — including some from outlying hamlets — are now living in tents among the ruins. AFP PHOTOSanitary conditions are likely to deteriorate rapidly — there are no toilets, and people have to draw water from a well to wash."Before the earthquake, life was nice and beautiful," says villager Abdu Rahman Abid. On Saturday, the UN's top official in the country, Ramiz Alakbarov, arrived from Kabul by helicopter to visit the region — including the village of Akhtar Jan — with representatives of each UN agency.

But he is one of the lucky ones — the local trade union estimates that between 30,000 and 50,000 diamond workers in Surat have lost their jobs. Rough timesOriginally founded as a port city at the mouth of the Tapi river, Surat earned a reputation as the “Diamond City of India” in the 1960s and ’70s. “If it doesn’t go through Surat, a diamond is not a diamond,” said Chirag Patel, CEO of Chirag Gems. The Gujarat Diamond Workers’ Union has asked Gujarat’s chief minister for a 10-billion-rupee ($128-million) relief package for workers who have lost their jobs. “Surat has scrubbed diamonds for the entire world but our diamond workers are now getting scrubbed.”“We can only pray to God that the war will end.

WE support calls for reviewing the basic education program, better known as K to 12. Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian, who filed a resolution for Edcom 2, said the education program has failed to resolve the job-mismatch issue. Private schools can be a force multiplier for the public education system. In many cases, though, the voucher amount does not cover the full tuition in private schools. Meanwhile, most private schools lack the resources to match the pay increases given by the government to public school teachers.