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John Hay builds early lead in Fil-Am golf
Villamor Bumanglag fired a 7-over 76 worth 29 points to help Camp John Hay Golf Club erect a 10-point lead in the Fil-A division at the start of seniors competition of the 73rd Januarius Fil Am Golf Invitational here yesterday......»»
The vital role of ASEAN
The ASEAN-UN Comprehensive Partnership is more important than ever. We face tests as far as the eye can see — from the climate emergency to a global cost-of-living crisis, raging conflicts and growing poverty, hunger, and inequalities. All these challenges are aggravated by rising geopolitical tensions. There is a real risk of fragmentation — of a Great Fracture in world economic and financial systems, with diverging strategies on technology and artificial intelligence and conflicting security frameworks. I commend ASEAN for your vital role in building bridges of understanding all over the world. ASEAN has played an extremely important role as a center that convenes all those that, unfortunately, represent the most dramatic divisions in today’s world and these series of summits is a demonstration of that fundamental convening role of ASEAN. And we need it in a world that is increasingly multipolar and that requires strong multilateral institutions to go with it — based on equity, solidarity and universality. I am grateful for your steadfast support for multilateral solutions and your contribution of over 5,000 peacekeepers from ASEAN countries. ASEAN’s convening power, commitment to dialogue and experience in conflict prevention are crucial pillars of stability. Today, tensions remain high from the Korean Peninsula to the South China Sea. I am grateful to ASEAN member states for your pursuit of dialogue and peaceful dispute resolution, rooted in the respect for international law, including the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea. Since we gathered last year, the situation in Myanmar has further deteriorated. Brutal violence, worsening poverty and systematic repression are crushing hopes for a return to democracy. The conflict is exacerbating existing inequalities and vulnerabilities faced by women and girls, including sexual violence, forced marriage and human trafficking. More and more people are crossing borders in a desperate search for safety and protection and the situation is untenable. Over one million Rohingya remain in Bangladesh, in the world’s largest refugee camp. And, regrettably, the conditions for their safe, voluntary and dignified return are not yet in sight. Much more is needed. My call to the military authorities of Myanmar is clear: Free all detained leaders and political prisoners; open the door toward the full restoration of democratic rule. We must also end our assault against the planet. ASEAN ranks amongst the most biodiversity-rich regions — and is highly vulnerable to natural disasters. We can still limit the worst impacts and meet the goals of the Paris Agreement. ASEAN is uniquely positioned to be a leader of an energy transition that is global, sustainable, just, inclusive and equitable. I commend ASEAN member states that are pioneering Just Energy Transition Partnerships like Indonesia and Viet Nam. And I commend all who are accelerating the phaseout of coal and jumpstarting a fair and inclusive renewables revolution. But greater ambition is needed still — along with much greater support. Developed countries must finally deliver on their commitments to developing countries. Resources are also central to rescuing the Sustainable Development Goals. I have called for deep and structural changes to make global frameworks — including the Bretton Woods system — more representative of today’s economic and political realities and also more responsive. Such change will not happen overnight — and I have proposed concrete steps we can take now, including an SDG Stimulus of US$500 billion a year to the benefit of developing countries for them to be able to reach the Sustainable Goals. This and other action would catalyze SDG progress and help developing economies invest in key transitions across energy, food systems, digital, education, health, decent jobs and social protection. I count on ASEAN member states to help raise global ambition in the vital months ahead. And you can always count on my wholehearted support to shape a future of peace and prosperity for the people of Southeast Asia and the world. *** Excerpts from the UN Secretary-General’s remarks at the ASEAN-UN Summit, 7 September 2023. The post The vital role of ASEAN appeared first on Daily Tribune......»»
Bangladesh, Myanmar bear brunt of ‘Mocha’
Cyclone Mocha began to crash ashore at the Bangladesh-Myanmar border on Sunday, threatening to blow away bamboo and tarp houses in the hillside camps of nearly a million Rohingya refugees. Mocha, packing winds of 195 kph, hit between Cox’s Bazar hosting the camps and Sittwe in Myanmar, Bangladesh’s weather office said. Mohammad Sayed, 28, told Agence France-Presse from the Nayapara refugee camp that families are also scared as cyclone shelters are not strong enough to withstand powerful winds. Bangladeshi authorities moved 190,000 people in Cox’s Bazar and nearly 100,000 in Chittagong to safety, divisional commissioner Aminur Rahman told AFP late Saturday. Hundreds of people also fled Bangladesh’s Saint Martin’s island, a local resort area right in the storm’s path, with thousands more moving to cyclone shelters on the coral outcrop. Those left behind said they feared the storm’s approach. “We are in a panic because we don’t have enough cyclone shelters here,” Jahangir Sarwar, 23, a resident of the Saint Martin’s told AFP by phone. In Sittwe, around 3,000 people evacuated to higher grounds inland as meteorologists warned of a storm surge of up to 3.5 meters. A media account run by junta authorities in Rakhine showed what it said were trees downed over a road near Sittwe. “A house at the camp collapsed and the roof of a shelter built by UNHCR was blown away,” refugees in Myanmar’s Kyaukphyu camp requesting annonymity claimed. The rain and wind were felt in Myanmar’s commercial hub Yangon, around 500 kilometers away, residents said Sunday. Mocha is the most powerful storm to hit Bangladesh since Sidr, Azizur Rahman, the head of Bangladesh’s Meteorological Department, told AFP. Sidr hit Bangladesh’s southern coast in November 2007, killing more than 3,000 people and causing billions of dollars in damage. The post Bangladesh, Myanmar bear brunt of ‘Mocha’ appeared first on Daily Tribune......»»
Category 5 Cyclone Mocha hits Myanmar, Bangladesh
Cyclone Mocha crashed through Myanmar and southeastern Bangladesh on Sunday, sparing sprawling refugee camps but bringing a storm surge to swathes of western Myanmar where communications were largely cut off. Mocha made landfall between Cox's Bazar in Bangladesh and Myanmar's Sittwe packing winds of up to 195 kilometers (120 miles) per hour, in the biggest storm to hit the Bay of Bengal in over a decade. By late Sunday the storm had largely passed, AFP correspondents said, and India's weather office said it would weaken as it hit the rugged hills of Myanmar's interior. Some 400-500 makeshift shelters were damaged in camps housing almost one million Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh's Cox's Bazar but there were no immediate reports of casualties, refugee commissioner Mizanur Rahman told AFP. In Teknaf in Bangladesh volunteers emerged to remove fallen trees and other obstacles from the roads, an AFP correspondent said. Disaster official Kamrul Hasan said the cyclone had caused "no major damage" in Bangladesh, adding authorities had evacuated 750,000 people ahead of the storm. Communications with the port town of Sittwe in Myanmar were largely cut off following the storm, AFP correspondents said. Streets in the town of around 150,000 people were turned into rivers as the storm surged ashore, tearing roofs from buildings and downing power lines. The wind ripped apart homes made of tarpaulin and bamboo at one camp for displaced Rohingya at Kyaukphyu in Myanmar's Rakhine state. Its residents were anxiously watching the rising sea tide, camp leader Khin Shwe told AFP. "We are now going to check whether sea water is increasing to our place... if the seawater rises, our camp can be flooded," he said. Thousands left Sittwe on Saturday, packing into trucks, cars, and tuk-tuks and heading for higher ground inland as meteorologists warned of a storm surge of up to 3.5 meters (11 feet). "We are not okay because we didn't bring food and other things to cook," said Maung Win, 57, who spent the night in a shelter in Kyauktaw town further inland. "We can only wait to get food from people's donations." 'Major emergency' The Myanmar Red Cross Society said it was "preparing for a major emergency response". In Bangladesh, authorities have banned Rohingya refugees from constructing concrete homes, fearing it may encourage them to settle permanently rather than return to Myanmar, which they fled five years ago following a brutal military crackdown. The camps are generally slightly inland but most of them are built on hillsides, exposing them to the threat of landslides. Forecasters expect the cyclone to bring a deluge of rain, which can trigger landslips. Hundreds of people also fled Bangladesh's Saint Martin's island, a local resort area right in the storm's path, with thousands more moving to cyclone shelters on the coral outcrop. The storm had uprooted hundreds of trees on the island councilor Noor Ahmed told AFP. "But we don't have any reports of death. Two persons were injured as they were hit by fallen trees." Cyclone Mocha is the most powerful storm to hit Bangladesh since Cyclone Sidr, Azizur Rahman, the head of Bangladesh's Meteorological Department, told AFP. Sidr hit Bangladesh's southern coast in November 2007, killing more than 3,000 people and causing billions of dollars in damage. In recent years, better forecasting and more effective evacuation planning have dramatically reduced the death toll from such storms. Operations were suspended at Bangladesh's largest seaport, Chittagong, with boat transport and fishing also halted. Cyclones -- the equivalent of hurricanes in the North Atlantic or typhoons in the Northwest Pacific -- are a regular and deadly menace on the coast of the northern Indian Ocean where tens of millions of people live. Cyclone Nargis devastated Myanmar's Irrawaddy Delta in 2008, killing at least 138,000 people. Scientists have warned that storms are becoming more powerful as the world gets warmer because of climate change. The post Category 5 Cyclone Mocha hits Myanmar, Bangladesh appeared first on Daily Tribune......»»
Category 5 Cyclone Mocha hits Myanmar, Bangladesh
Cyclone Mocha began to crash ashore at the Bangladesh-Myanmar border on Sunday, Bangladesh's weather office said, uprooting trees and bringing driving rain to a region home to hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees. Packing winds of up to 195 kilometers (120 miles) per hour Mocha hit between Cox's Bazar, where nearly one million Rohingya refugees live in camps largely made up of flimsy shelters, and Myanmar's Sittwe, the office said. The US Joint Typhoon Warning Center earlier said Mocha was packing winds up to 140 knots, or 259 kph, equivalent to a category 5 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale. "Our camp houses, which are constructed with bamboo and tarpaulins, can be blown away in soft, light winds," Mohammad Sayed, 28, told AFP from Nayapara refugee camp in Bangladesh. "The schools, which are designated as cyclone shelters... are not strong shelters that can withstand the winds of a cyclone. We are scared." "The wind is getting stronger at the moment," rescue worker Kyaw Kyaw Khaing told AFP earlier from Myanmar's Pauktaw, about 25 kilometers inland from Sittwe, where he said around 3,000 people had arrived to seek shelter. "We distributed enough food for one or two meals to the people evacuated to temporary shelters. I don't think we will be able to send any food today due to the weather." Thousands left Sittwe on Saturday, packing into trucks, cars, and tuk-tuks and heading for higher ground inland as meteorologists warned of a storm surge of up to 3.5 meters (11 feet). A media account run by junta authorities in Rakhine showed what it said were trees downed over a road near Sittwe. "We are not OK because we didn't bring food and other things to cook," said Maung Win, 57, who spent the night in a shelter in Kyauktaw town. "We can only wait to get food from people's donations." Bangladeshi authorities moved 190,000 people in Cox's Bazar and nearly 100,000 in Chittagong to safety, divisional commissioner Aminur Rahman told AFP late Saturday. The rain and wind were felt in Myanmar's commercial hub Yangon, around 500 kilometers away, residents said Sunday. Major emergency The Myanmar Red Cross Society said it was "preparing for a major emergency response". In Bangladesh, authorities have banned Rohingya refugees from constructing concrete homes, fearing it may incentivize them to settle permanently rather than return to Myanmar, which they fled five years ago following a brutal military crackdown. The camps are generally slightly inland, but most of them are built on hillsides, exposing them to the threat of landslides. Forecasters expect the cyclone to bring a deluge of rain, which can trigger landslips. "The wind started about 8:30 this morning and it's getting stronger," a Rohingya community leader in a displacement camp in Myanmar's Kyaukphyu told AFP. "A house at the camp collapsed and the roof of a shelter built by UNHCR was blown away," they said, requesting anonymity. Hundreds of people also fled Bangladesh's Saint Martin's island, a local resort area right in the storm's path, with thousands more moving to cyclone shelters on the coral outcrop. Those left behind said they feared the storm's approach. "We are in a panic because we don't have enough cyclone shelters here," Jahangir Sarwar, 23, a resident of Saint Martin's told AFP by phone. "We asked the administrators many times that everyone should be evacuated to a safe place in mainland Teknaf town. But no action was taken." Cyclone Mocha is the most powerful storm to hit Bangladesh since Cyclone Sidr, Azizur Rahman, the head of Bangladesh's Meteorological Department, told AFP. Sidr hit Bangladesh's southern coast in November 2007, killing more than 3,000 people and causing billions of dollars in damage. Operations were suspended at Bangladesh's largest seaport, Chittagong, with boat transport and fishing also halted. Cyclones -- the equivalent of hurricanes in the North Atlantic or typhoons in the Northwest Pacific -- are a regular and deadly menace on the coast of the northern Indian Ocean where tens of millions of people live. In 2008 Cyclone Nargis devastated Myanmar's Irrawaddy Delta, killing at least 138,000 people. Scientists have warned that storms are becoming more powerful as the world gets warmer because of climate change. The post Category 5 Cyclone Mocha hits Myanmar, Bangladesh appeared first on Daily Tribune......»»
New DCPO chief to focus on personnel morale, asset optimization
THE Davao City Police Office (DCPO) bid farewell to PCol. Alberto Lupaz and welcomed its new City Director, PCol. Richard Bad-ang, in a turn-over ceremony at the Camp Captain Domingo E. Leonor on March 22......»»
Austria leads Grumpy Joe to CJHGC Corporate Cup triumph
Jonar Austria recorded a consecutive 54 points to anchor Grumpy Joe to victory in Group 1 at the close of the 18th Corporate Cup at Camp John Hay Golf Club here Friday......»»
Rohingya refugees rescued
Rohingya refugees rescued.....»»
P7.2M worth of dried cannabis seized from local supplier along Kennon Road
At least P7.2M worth of dried cannabis leaves and stalks packed in a cylindrical packaging was seized in a sting operation against a local drug trader along Camp 4, Kennon Road in Tuba, Benguet on Wednesday morning......»»
Three-peat seeking FH trails by 5 in Corporate Cup golf tourney
Jonar Austria fired 54 points, Oscar Gallo contributed 45 and Von Vargas added 42 as Grumpy Joe zoomed to a five-point lead over defending champion Forest Hills-Megafiber in Group 1 of the 18th Camp John Hay Corporate Cup......»»
Corporate Cup golf: BCM, Perfect Drive mount early leads
Karl Flores scored 46 points while Gerry Aguado and Arnel Panganiban added 44 and 42 to lift BCM Balayan to a commanding lead in Group 4 after the first round of the 18th Corporate Cup held at the Camp John Hay Golf Club......»»
Gibbons reaffirms Pacquiao vs Benn fight talks
Negotiations between the camp of Manny Pacquiao and undefeated British boxer Connor Benn went "from zero to 100", the Filipino boxing legend's adviser Sean Gibbons admitted, with a fight possibly happening later this year......»»
Fil-Am hooper to hold basketball camp before NBTC stint
Filipino-American basketball player Braylon “BJ” Williams will be paying it forward to the local hoops community right before he makes waves in the upcoming National Basketball Training Center (NBTC) Manila Live tournament next week......»»
Senate probe ‘incriminatory’, says Quiboloy’s lawyer on why he won’t attend it
MANILA, Philippines — “Incriminatory.” This was how the camp of Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KJC) leader Apollo Quiboloy looked at him attending the Senate hearing. So this was why Quiboloy remained to not incline to attend the hearing. This would compromise his client’s appearance, said Quiboloy, through his lawyer, Melanio Balayan. “We still believe that the.....»»
Tuazon, Perez champs in HERO Golf Cup
Jingy Tuazon emerged as overall champion while Ma. Theresa Perez won the ladies championship in the recent seventh HERO Golf Cup at the Camp Aguinaldo Golf Club in Quezon City......»»
De Lima to seek demurrer on final drug case
The camp of former senator Leila de Lima is set to file a motion for leave of court to file a demurrer to evidence in connection with the third and final drug case filed against her......»»
Bahay is NBTC’s back-to-back No. 1 HS cager
TAGBILARAN CITY, Philippines — Cebuano star point guard Jared Bahay never ceases to amaze, as the National Basketball Training Camp (NBTC) recently named him the back-to-back No. 1 ranked high school basketball player in the Philippines. This announcement was made by the NBTC through its social media page, alongside the list of the top 25.....»»
QCPD opens Metro’s first green camp
Accepting the challenge of the local government to play a major role in the protection of the environment, the Quezon City Police District became the first in Metro Manila to have a green camp......»»
Soldier s mysterious death in Pagadian City raises concerns
Police investigators are still trying to make sense of how a soldier returning to their camp from somewhere mysteriously died along a highway in Barangay Baloybuan in Pagadian City, his body and motorcycle found about three meters apart along the route early Monday......»»
Israel carries out biggest Ramallah raid in years
The Palestinian health ministry says Israeli forces shot and killed 16-year-old Mustafa Abu Shalbak while raiding Am'ari refugee camp.....»»