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2 ex-James Bond actors approve of Aaron Taylor-Johnson as next 007
Former James Bond actors George Lazenby and Pierce Brosnan have stated their approval for Aaron Taylor-Johnson should the latter be the next individual to carry the Agent 007 mantle......»»
James Jimenez’s presence in Comelec event wakes up ghost of debate fiasco probe
What ever happened to the investigation against him? Why was he in the Comelec's headquarters on Monday? Is this the second coming of James Jimenez?.....»»
James Yap fulfilled after record All-Star appearance in Bacolod homecoming
James Yap claims the record for most PBA All-Star Game selections, seeing action for Team Mark in an entertaining clash with Team Japeth that ended in a draw in Bacolod City.....»»
Josh Cullen, rapper Al James nagsanib-pwersa sa hugot song na ‘Yoko Na’
ISANG kakaibang collaboration song ang nabuo ng P-Pop star na si Josh Cullen at breakthrough rapper na si Al James. Ito ang bagong single na “Yoko Na” under Sony Music Entertainment. Ayon sa dalawang music artist, ipinahayag nila sa lyrics ang mga salitang hindi nasasabi sa isang relasyon na unti-unting nasisira. Ang kanta ay tungkol.....»»
Visita Iglesia 2024: San Fernando Rey Parish Church in Liloan
CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Liloan town in northern Cebu is known to be the home of the delightful ‘rosquillos.’ But apart from their signature delicacy, a seemingly unique placement of a religious structure was built in this town. If you plan to have a Visita Iglesia this Holy Week, you may want to include.....»»
Agoda Unveils Asia’s Top 9 Nature Destinations
To mark the launch of Eco Deals 2024, Agoda’s flagship US$1 million partnership with the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), the digital travel platform has compiled a list of some of Asia’s favored nature destinations across Asia, based on searches made on Agoda in January 2024. Enric Casals, Vice President of Southeast Asia, Agoda, […].....»»
Gap between Philippines women, men has improved – expert
The gap between women and men has improved as the Philippines ranked 16th in the Global Gender Gap Index, according to one of the speakers during the recent Women’s Day webinar organized by environmental group BAN Toxics......»»
Saso ties for 16th as Thai ace triumphs
Yuka Saso’s bid for a final-round comeback fell short on the challenging surface of the Siam Country Club’s Old course, setting for a joint 16th place after a 69 in the Honda LPGA Thailand won by local ace Patty Tavatanakit in thrilling fashion in Chonburi Sunday......»»
Jimmy Butler serves up 16th triple-double as Heat top Wemby, Spurs
In a game featuring statistical oddities, Heat star Jimmy Butler racks up the numbers against rookie sensation Victor Wembanyama and the Spurs.....»»
[WATCH] Traslacion 2024: A sea of people and burning devotion
The 'Dungaw' tradition where the 17th-century image of Our Lady of Mount Carmel 'meets' the 16th-century image of the Black Nazarene.....»»
Pistons lose 16th straight game, fall short vs Knicks
The Detroit Pistons dropped their 16th straight game in the NBA, coming up short against Jalen Brunson and the New York Knicks, 118-112, Friday morning (Manila time.).....»»
Milestone for Phl wushu
The country’s impressive medal haul in the 16th Wushu World Championships held recently in Texas cemented the Wushu Federation of the Philippines’ status as perhaps the most successful NSA (national sports association) on the world stage......»»
Davao City’s Jenifer Kilapio secures silver at 16th World Wushu Championships
Davao City’s Jenifer Kilapio secures silver at 16th World Wushu Championships.....»»
Saso cards eagle-spiked 69; Pagdanganan rebounds with 66
Yuka Saso failed to sustain an eagle start and yielded a stroke to Nelly Korda in their head-to-head battle. She finished with a 69 and dropped to joint 16th, now seven strokes behind Alison Lee of the US and Japanese Nasa Hataoka halfway through CME Group Tour Championship in Naples, Florida Friday (Saturday Manila time)......»»
Davao’s Pasko Fiesta opens on November 28
Davao City's highly anticipated Pasko Fiesta sa Davao 2023 will officially kick off on November 28th. The opening ceremony will take place at Rizal Park, also known as Dan-Ag Davao and Pag-abli sa Pasko. Jennifer Romero, the officer-in-charge of the Davao City Tourism Operations Office (CTOO), shared the details during a press conference on November 16th. This year's theme, Kainit sa Gugma, Kasinag sa Kasadya or Warmth of Love, and Radiance of Joy, represents the love and joyful spirit of Christmas shared by the people of Davao. The city is currently busy with preparations, including the installation of Christmas decorations around City Hall and various parts of the city. A highlight of the celebration will be a 30-foot Christmas tree in front of City Hall. Davao City Mayor Sebastian Duterte and other city officials are expected to attend the opening of Pasko Fiesta. The festivities will feature two main events. On December 22nd, the Banda Dasig will precede the Parada sa Pasko, a Christmas float competition where individuals and companies can showcase their interpretation of.....»»
LTO-7 opens new district office in Liloan, Cebu
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Residents in the northern part of Cebu need not to travel far as the new Land Transportation Office in Central Visayas (LTO-7) opened its new district office in Liloan town. The LTO-7 Liloan district office was inaugurated on October 13, 2023, Friday, and its operations started officially on Monday, October 16. The Liloan district office is the 16th LTO district office in the region. It is located at the second level of Pier 88 in Barangay Cogon Poblacion, Liloan, Cebu. According to LTO, it is also the 33rd office of LTO-7 region-wide including extension, licensing, driver’s license renewal, and mobile offices. LTO-7 Regional Director Glen Galario said that all licenses and registrations can now be availed through the said new office. READ: LTO-7 district office in Mandaue City reopens According to Congressman Duke Frasco, the establishment of the new LTO district office is in accordance with Republic Act 11741 which is an act that mandates establishing a district branch of the LTO in the Municipality of Liloan. Frasco said in his Facebook post that the opening of the new LTO-7 district office in the municipality seeks “to give convenience to motorists for transportation-related transactions.” Can accomodate 50 people “They do not need to go to the city to get their licenses and process their renewal for registration because we already have a new office in Liloan, this will be a big help to our clients in Northern Cebu,” Galario said. READ MORE: How to get a new driver’s license The district office can accommodate up to 50 people in one sitting and is open from Monday to Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. According to the LTO, during the inauguration, the first customer who renewed her driver’s license only took less than 30 minutes to get her driver’s license with a 10-year validity. Free of rent LTO Chief Assistant Secretary Atty. Vigor Mendoza II was present in its grand opening on Friday, and he was joined by Galario, Liloan Mayor Aljew Fernando Frasco, Topline CEO Erik Eugene C. Lim, and Pier 88 Ventures COO Kyle Gregory Uy. During the opening, Galario revealed that LTO is not paying any rental fees in its new office in Liloan. “We are always grateful for partnerships like this because aside from the easy access for the public, it is also very comfy and convenient,” said Galario. /bmjo READ MORE:.....»»
An Italian garden with surprises
The prestigious Ayala Museum provided the perfect venue for SMEG Philippines’ recent 16th anniversary. Guests were first transported to Italy via a lush indoor garden installation with colorful and artistic appliances that SMEG is known for......»»
Participating nuns, laywomen make Synod historic
For the first time in the history of the Catholic Church, women will participate in the Synod of Bishops that will open in the Vatican on Wednesday. During the assembly, 464 participants, including 365 members with voting rights, will meet every day, divided into plenary sessions in five different languages. Fifty-four of the participants will be women — nuns and laywomen who will take part in the consultations and be able to vote. One informed observer of the Holy See, who asked not to be named, said the participation of laypeople and women will make the synodal process more effective. The 16th Ordinary General Assembly taking place over four weeks will see bishops and other participants collaborating on ideas and solutions to some of the most contentious issues affecting the 21st century Church. Particular attention in the upcoming discussions will be paid to the possibility of allowing women to serve as deacons, or allowing married men as priests in remote areas lacking clergy. The multi-stage process, with a second session of the assembly scheduled for October 2024, sought input from local dioceses around the globe, with their insights and those from episcopal conferences contributing to a 50-page working document that will be used during this month’s discussions. During an ecumenical prayer vigil Saturday, Pope Francis expressed hope that the Synod would be “a place where the Holy Spirit will purify the Church from gossip, ideologies and polarization.” Pope Paul VI created the institution of the Synod in 1965. WITH AFP The post Participating nuns, laywomen make Synod historic appeared first on Daily Tribune......»»
Hybrid rice milestones wow AsPac producers
A field study tour organized by the over 50 member-country Asia Pacific Seeds Association, or APSA, had the latter “very impressed with the milestones achieved by the country in hybrid rice seeds production” as well as the close collaboration among stakeholders in the hybrid rice sector, the Department of Agriculture’s Rice Industry Development reported Thursday. DA-RID Undersecretary Leo Sebastian said this is the first field study tour in the Philippines which stemmed from an invitation by Dr. Frisco Malabanan, who is the current executive committee member from the Philippines who is now with the Masagana Rice Industry Development Program. Sebastian, who was former chairman of the Special Interest Group on Field Crops, was replaced by the Malaysian delegate starting this year. APSA is the largest regional seed association in the world with more than 600 members, according to its website. Headquartered in Bangkok, APSA promotes sustainable agriculture through the development, production and trade of quality seeds within, to and from the Asia-Pacific region, and continues to maintain strong links with a number of key international organizations such as the Food and Agriculture Organization, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, and the World Trade Organization. Heidi Gallant, executive director of APSA, provides more insights into what the association means to its members. Entire spectrum of the seed industry Its members represent the entire spectrum of the seed industry — both public and private sectors — including national seed associations, government agencies, public and private seed companies, and associate members, which represent organizations outside the Asia region. Majority of the members are seed enterprises, including breeders, producers, distributors, retailers, exporters and importers. Countries with the highest number of members are China with 20 percent; India with 19 percent, Pakistan, seven percent; Bangladesh, seven percent; Japan, seven percent; Thailand, four percent; South Korea, four percent; and Taipei, four percent. Sebastian said of the 15 companies that joined the just-concluded field study tour, three were from China and others from India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Thailand, Malaysia and the Philippines. The APSA study tour was timed with the holding of the 16th National Rice Technology Forum of the private sector group, Rice Board, in Hagonoy, Davao del Sur — which showcased clustered demo farms of hybrid rice companies, soil nutrition companies and digital companies involved in the rice sector, Malabanan said. Delegates impressed The delegates, according to Sebastian, were impressed with how the Philippines could pool all seed production companies in one site, as seen during the NRTF tour in Davao Sur. Malabanan said this was a result of close collaboration between the government and private companies. They site-visited seed facilities (from drying, cleaning and sacking of seeds) in SL Agritech in Lupon Davao Oriental and had a whole day of farm visits to SL Agritech, Tao Seeds, Longping and BioSeeds farms where they saw actual parental lines (male and female) of the seed companies in their flowering stages. The post Hybrid rice milestones wow AsPac producers appeared first on Daily Tribune......»»
Asia Pacific seed producers impressed with Phl hybrid rice achievement
A field study tour organized by over 50 member countries of the Asia Pacific Seeds Association (APSA) was very "impressed with the milestones achieved by the country in hybrid rice seeds production" as well as the close collaboration among the stakeholders in the hybrid rice sector, the Department of Agriculture's Rice Industry Development reported Thursday. DA-RID Undersecretary Leo Sebastian said this is the first field study tour in the Philippines, which stemmed from the invitation by Dr. Frisco Malabanan, who is the current executive committee member from the Philippines and is now with the Masagana Rice Industry Development Program. He was a former chairman of the Special Interest Group on Field Crops (SIG-FC). APSA is the largest regional seed association in the world with more than 600 members, according to its website. Headquartered in Bangkok, APSA promotes sustainable agriculture through the development, production, and trade of quality seeds within, to, and from the Asia-Pacific region, and continues to maintain strong links with a number of key international organizations such as the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, and the World Trade Organization. Heidi Gallant, executive director of APSA, provides more insights into what the association means to its members. Its members represent the entire spectrum of the seed industry—both the public and private sectors—including national seed associations, government agencies, public and private seed companies, and associate members, which represent organizations outside of the Asia region. The majority of its members are seed enterprises, including breeders, producers, distributors, retailers, exporters, and importers. Countries with the highest number of members are China, 20 percent; India, 19 percent; Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Japan with 7 percent each; and Thailand, South Korea, and Chinese-Taipei with 4 percent each. Sebastian said, that of the 15 delegates that joined the just-concluded field study tour, three companies were from China and others were from India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Thailand, Malaysia, and the Philippines. The APSA study tour was timed with the holding of the 16th National Rice Technology Forum of the private sector group, Rice Board, in Hagonoy, Davao del Sur — which showcased clustered demo farms of hybrid rice companies, soil nutrition companies, and digital companies involved in the rice sector, Malabanan said. The delegates, according to Sebastian, were impressed how the Philippines could pool all seed production companies in one site (during the NRTF tour in Davao Sur), which Malabanan said was a result of the close collaboration between government and private companies. They went to the seed facilities (from drying, cleaning, and sacking of seeds) at the site of SL Agritech in Lupon Davao Oriental. They had a whole day of farm visits to the farms of SL Agritech, Tao Seeds, Longping, and BioSeeds where they saw the actual parental lines (male and female) of the seed companies in their flowering stages. Last Thursday, they participated in the 16th NRTF forum in Hagonoy, Davao del Sur where they witnessed 18 companies (each with more than a hectare) of currently standing palay crops (both hybrid and inbred) as well as soil enrichment producers and a company that promotes drones for direct seeding of palay seeds, fertilizers and pesticide application. There, Sebastian added, the delegates were awed by the contiguous areas of planted farms by competing companies, which is rather inconceivable in other countries. That same day, they visited the farms of commercial seed companies, Bayer Crop Science and SL Agritech in Barangay Ruparan, Digos City, and in Hagonoy, Davao del Sur. From here they visited the hybrid corn farms in Kapaling, Davao del Norte, and Tagum of Bayer Science and Syngenta Phils. At the Bayer field visit, a 50-hectare integrated farm of a farmer that used to be planted with bananas before the pandemic had been converted into hybrid rice, corn, and high-value crops. The participants who left the Philippines last Saturday, also visited a learning site by DA Agriculture Training Institution showcasing an integrated farming system — high-value crops, poultry, and dairy farm — as part of the farm diversification to further increase farmers’ incomes. The post Asia Pacific seed producers impressed with Phl hybrid rice achievement appeared first on Daily Tribune......»»