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Calorie counts on menus required for Quezon City restaurants
Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte has approved an ordinance that will require restaurants, fastfood chains and other food establishments to publish the calorie count of food items on their menus......»»
Man jailed for stealing items from school
CEBU CITY, Philippines — A 26-year-old man landed in jail after being caught stealing from an elementary school in Barangay Langtad, Naga City, Cebu, early Wednesday morning, March 20, 2024. The suspect was identified as Angelito Cudias Apeliano, 26, an unemployed resident of Barangay Pasil, Santander, Cebu. In a phone interview with CDN Digital, Police.....»»
Biden to host trilateral summit with Japan, Philippines on April 11
Washington, DC [US], March 19 (ANI): US President Joe Biden will host a three-way summit with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos in Washington on April 11, as announced by the White House, as reported by Kyodo News. This historic summit, the first of its kind involving the United States, Japan, and the Philippines, aims to bolster defence cooperation in response to China's asse.....»»
Man burns self to death, 5 houses razed
A man burned himself to death using gasoline, causing fire that razed five houses on Sunday in Barangay Limaha in Butuan City......»»
Amateur takes charge in American Express; Hoey falls short
Amateur Nick Dunlap upstaged some of the world’s top players with a solid, eagle-spiked 12-under 60 as he seized a three-stroke lead over Sam Burns after three rounds of the American Express in La Quinta, California Saturday (Sunday Manila time)......»»
Hoey loses steam at Pete Dye, falls to joint 26th after 70
Rico Hoey slowed down with a two-under 70 at Pete Dye’s Stadium course and slipped from joint third to a share of 26th halfway through the American Express now controlled by American Sam Burns in La Quinta, California Thursday (Friday Manila time)......»»
Saturday night fire burns homes in Brgy Carreta, Cebu City
MANDAUE CITY, Cebu (Updated) – A still undetermined number of homes were burned in a Saturday night fire that broke out in a residential area in Barangay Carreta, Cebu City. In a report, the Cebu City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (CCDRRMO) said that the blaze affected homes in Sitio Kalapukan that is located.....»»
DOH: Kwitis burns unsuspecting 72-year-old as firecracker injuries climb to 107
Injuries due to pyrotechnic devices continue to rack up days ahead of the New Year festivities, with survivors already breaching the 100 mark......»»
Balamban: Man, who did not like soup served on him, burns house down
CEBU CITY, Philippines — A 39-year-old man, who was angry because he was not satisfied with how the boiled pork soup (linat-ang baboy) that was served to him was cooked, set his house on fire and burned it down. The incident happened last Sunday, December 17, in Sitio Sam-ang, Barangay Pondol, Balamban town in western.....»»
PCG clarifies: Batangas vessel blaze claimed 1, injured 1
The Philippine Coast Guard on Monday clarified that there was a lone fatality and an injured crew from the fire incident that engulfed Motor Tanker Sea Horse on Sunday morning. Based on the report of the PCG, it said that during the investigation, a cadaver was retrieved on Sunday afternoon at the forward part of the vessel and was turned over to the Philippine National Police Scene of the Crime Operatives. “The lifeless body was also brought to Sol Memorial Homes Batangas, Barangay Natunuan Road, San Pascual, Batangas, for proper disposition. The SOCO Team proceeded to the vessel to conduct further investigation. Identification of the second victim will be withheld for the next 24 hours until the next of kin has been notified,” the PCG said. Also on Sunday, a small fishing banca rescued one of the five shipkeepers of MT Sea Horse, identified as John Michael Alamansa, a resident of Barangay Kumintang Ilaya, Batangas City. The PCG said he was seen floating in the water by the crew of the fishing banca. It added that personnel of PCG Sub Station Batangas City brought the injured crew to the Golden Gate Hospital. Alamansa told investigators that at around 9 a.m., he was at the pilot’s house when the incident transpired. As per the attending physician, the injured Alamansa suffered 40 percent burns on his body, which is now undergoing medication. The post PCG clarifies: Batangas vessel blaze claimed 1, injured 1 appeared first on Daily Tribune......»»
P1B for Marawi victims, a cruel joke (2)
Throwback. Through our pen, we appealed to the government several times to create a Truth Commission to investigate the ruination of Marawi City so that it may pick up one or two ideas on how to combat urban terrorism and be ready to deal with a similar tragedy. But our pleas fell on deaf ears. Our unspoken purpose was to prove that while the siege triggered the war, the heavy loss of lives and damage were inflicted by government forces. And this could have been minimized if the government had adopted an open mind about solutions to the impasse. There were overtures for the surrender of the much-outnumbered and outgunned rebels, but these were rejected by the government. For what reason? This column does not buy the claim of critics that it was to justify the imposition of martial law, which did happen, or the wild indictment that the government wanted to test the modern new armaments it had acquired from foreign countries, including fighter jets and pilot training. Marawi presented an opportunity for the experiment. It was not likewise the bravado of army centurions who wanted to show that their forces were capable of fighting in dense forest jungles where they were trained and in the jungle of high-rise urban structures. These are innuendoes and claims which could have been validated or invalidated through investigation. What was proven was the recklessness, if not sheer incompetence, of our jet fighter pilots who bombed places kilometers from their intended targets. In our barangay, Tolali, there was a disastrous mis-hit of a target that killed about 10 Marines, which some Maranaws described as the law of “morka” or karma in action. Why resuscitate these tales? It is to show that the heavy damage was caused by government forces which, by the dictates of any law of any society, be it international or international human rights, moral, divine, including the Code of Hammurabi and Kalantiaw, the culprit is obliged to pay for the damage it inflicted. The amount of reparations should be reasonable or at least proximate to their claim. That is why when the Department of Budget and Management dangled the amount of P1 billion as compensation for Marawi victims, it was met with disbelief, which led to a spirited protest. Unkind words were expressed by victims whose consciences were revolted. They could not believe that the policymakers could be so insensitive to the cry for justice by a segment of Philippine society that had suffered historical injustice from foreign invaders and their own government. The radicals among them cried state terrorism — no wonder the fire of secession and independence still burns in the hearts of many Moros. The situation tends to ignite more hostility towards the government. We hate to picture a situation where about half of the validated claims of victims will be paid and the other half unpaid after five years when the compensation stops. God forbid we will see dystopia and brewing sedition or revolution in our midst, and there is no need for millions in confidential and intelligence funds to predict its occurrence. The deliberations in the House of Representatives, which were uploaded on social media, were revealing. Rep. Mujiv Hataman of the lone district of Basilan, a veteran legislator who expresses his views vividly with his command of the national language, was in his element asking scathing questions of the sponsor of the budgetary bill, Congresswoman Stella Quimbo. Very clearly, she was groping for facts, figures, and explanations from officials of the Department of Budget to answer Rep. Hataman. Even with masteral and doctorate degrees tucked in her belt, she was no match for Hataman, who displayed Socratic maieutic in fielding questions. In another session, the region’s favorite son, Rep. Zia Alonto Adiong, bewailed the inequity and injustice of proposing only P1B for the Marawi victims. He got the DBM’s commitment to find a way to increase the Marawi compensation budget. And so we pray our policymakers will open their hearts and minds to the clamor for increased appropriations for the Marawi victims in the name of justice, equity and magnanimity. *** amb_mac_lanto@yahoo.com The post P1B for Marawi victims, a cruel joke (2) appeared first on Daily Tribune......»»
100 die in wedding party inferno
A newly-wed couple were among at least 100 people killed when their Christian wedding party venue caught fire on Tuesday night in the northern Iraqi town of Hamdaniyah. Health authorities in Nineveh province, where the town is located, said more than 150 attendees to the wedding were also badly injured when flames quickly engulfed the reception hall after fireworks were launched as the bride and groom were slow-dancing. Victims were being taken by ambulances to the main hospital in Hamdaniyah, a predominantly Christian town east of Mosul. “The majority of the injured suffer from burns and asphyxiation,” health ministry spokesperson Saif Al-Badr said, adding that there had also been crowd crushes at the scene. In a statement, civil defense authorities blamed the fire to “highly flammable” and low-cost ceiling panels that also released toxic gases while burning. The prefabricated panels inside the wedding party hall also contravened safety standards, according to the statement. Wedding attendee Rania Waad, who sustained a burn to her hand, said that as the bride and groom “were slow dancing, the fireworks started to climb to the ceiling, the whole hall went up in flames.” “We couldn’t see anything,” the 17-year-old said, choking back sobs. “We were suffocating, we didn’t know how to get out.” The ministry of health announced that “medical aid trucks” had been dispatched to the area from Baghdad and other provinces, adding that its teams in Nineveh had been mobilized to care for the injured. The post 100 die in wedding party inferno appeared first on Daily Tribune......»»
Osiris returning with asteroid sample
WASHINGTON (AFP) — NASA’s first mission to retrieve an asteroid sample and return it to US soil is expected to reach a perilous finale on Sunday with a descent into the Utah desert. Scientists hope the material — possibly the most ever retrieved by such a mission — will provide humanity with a better understanding on the formation of our solar system and how Earth became habitable. The US space probe OSIRIS-REx, launched in 2016, scooped up the sample from an asteroid called Bennu almost three years ago. Touchdown is scheduled for Sunday at around 9:00 am local time (1500 GMT), at a military testing site in the western state. Some four hours earlier, at about 67,000 miles (108,000 kilometers) away from Earth, the Osiris-Rex probe will release the capsule containing the sample. The final descent lasts 13 minutes: The capsule enters the atmosphere at a speed of around 27,000 miles (43,000 kilometers) per hour and reaches a maximum temperature of 5,000 degrees Fahrenheit (2,800 degrees Celsius), NASA said. If all goes well, two successive parachutes will bring the capsule to a soft landing on the desert floor, where it will be retrieved by prepositioned staff. Hitting the target area of 250 square miles is like “throwing a dart across the length of a basketball court and hitting the bullseye,” Rich Burns, OSIRIS-REx project manager at NASA, told a press conference last month. The night before landing, controllers will have a final opportunity to abort if conditions are not correct. If so, the probe would then circle the Sun before its next attempt — in 2025. “Sample return missions are hard. There’s a number of things that can go wrong,” said Sandra Freund, Lockheed Martin’s OSIRIS-REx program manager. Teams have meticulously prepared for the capsule’s return — even a “hard landing scenario” according to Freund — in order to preserve the asteroid material in its pristine form. A final dress rehearsal took place in August, with a replica capsule dropped from a helicopter. Once the capsule is on the ground, a team will check its condition before placing it in a net, which will be lifted by helicopter and taken to a temporary “clean room.” The next day, the sample will be flown to a highly specialized laboratory at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Scientists will open the capsule and separate pieces of the rock and dust over a period of days. Some of the sample will be for studies now, with the rest stored away for future generations equipped with better technology — a practice first started during the Apollo missions to the Moon. NASA is expected to unveil its first results during a press conference on 11 October. Obtaining the sample involved a high-risk operation in October 2020: The probe came into contact with the asteroid for a few seconds, and a blast of compressed nitrogen was emitted to raise the dust sample which was then captured. Bennu had surprised scientists during sample collection: During the few seconds of contact with the surface, the probe’s arm had sunk into the soil, revealing a much lower density than expected. However it allowed NASA to take far more than the initial target of 60 grams — the agency thinks the sample could be up to some 250 grams of material. That mass would be the “largest from beyond the orbit of the moon,” NASA program executive Melissa Morris said. The post Osiris returning with asteroid sample appeared first on Daily Tribune......»»
Japanese man admits starting deadly anime studio fire: reports
A Japanese man reportedly angry that his ideas had been stolen admitted Tuesday to starting a fire that killed 36 people in an animation studio in 2019, local media said. The blaze that ripped through the studios of Kyoto Animation in July 2019 shocked the anime industry and its fans in Japan and around the world. "It's correct I've done" what is in the charges, Shinji Aoba said at the Kyoto District Court, according to the Jiji Press news agency. "I didn't think so many people would die and now I think I went too far," said the 45-year-old who appeared in a wheelchair. Aoba's lawyers however pleaded not guilty, citing mental incompetence, the reports said. Aoba, who nearly died from burns he himself sustained, faces five charges including murder, attempted murder, and arson, according to local prosecutors. He is accused of breaking into the studio's building, spreading gasoline around the ground floor, and setting it alight before reportedly shouting "drop dead". Many of those killed in the blaze were young staff, including a 21-year-old woman. More than 30 others were injured. Firefighters told reporters at the time that the incident was "unprecedented" and the mission to rescue victims and extinguish the fire was "extremely difficult". Aoba's motives were unclear but there have been claims that he accused the studio of stealing his work, which Kyoto Animation has denied. Its president Hideaki Hatta said he was "heartbroken for the employees who lost their lives and people who were close to them" ahead of the hearing, according to public broadcaster NHK. The charges were made after a psychiatric evaluation, local media said. More than 90 percent of Aoba's skin was burnt and a doctor who treated him told the Yomiuri newspaper this week that he required 12 operations. Aoba regained consciousness weeks later and apparently sobbed with relief after undergoing a procedure that restored his ability to speak. The doctor, Takahiro Ueda, said he was not allowed by police to talk about the incident, but he told Aoba that "taking someone's life is not acceptable for any reason". "I want him to explain everything at the court, and express sincere regret and apologize" to the victims and their families, the doctor said on Sunday. Kyoto Animation, known by its fans as KyoAni, is well known domestically and abroad for its role in producing popular TV anime series including "The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya" and "K-ON!" While many animation studios are based in Tokyo, the firm reportedly felt strongly about remaining in the ancient western city of Kyoto. The post Japanese man admits starting deadly anime studio fire: reports appeared first on Daily Tribune......»»
10 injured, over 200 families rendered homeless in QC blaze
A fire broke out in a densely populated residential area in Barangay Culiat, Quezon City on Sunday night, injuring 10 people, including three firefighters, and rendering over 200 families homeless. Quezon City Fire Marshal Senior Supt. Aristotle Bañaga said the fire broke out and was raised to first alarm at around 9 p.m. at the Adelfa Compound, and spread toward Vargas Compound on Vargas Lane, Barangay Culiat. There were no fatalities, but among the injured were Fire inspector Miles Valdez, who sustained second=degree burns on his right middle finger; Senior Fire Officer 3 Renato Roque, 46, who sustained second-degree burns on his right index finger; and Fire Officer 1 Ronnie Racuyal, 37, who sustained a puncture wound on his left middle finger. The residents who were injured include Lodovico Zamora, 52; Lerme Lumbay, 45; Michael Catapat, 21; and Raymond Bacatan,32. Three others also experienced panic attack and breathing difficulties: Jonna Oliva, 18; Narciso Elardo, 63; and Fire Officer 1 Jade Medrano, 34. Bañaga said the fire reached the fifth alarm and needed 33 firetrucks of the Bureau of Fire Protection and fire volunteers to be subdued. Over 200 families lost their houses as the blaze quickly spread and went on for three hours, with some fire trucks running out of water. "Our source of water — the fire hydrant — did not have much water. We were able to tap another fire hydrant but it was farther away," Bañaga said. "Our firemen had a hard time getting to the origin of the fire. We also had a hard time laying down our hoses. We saw the number of residents going out of the compounds while we were trying to get in," the fire chief added. The blaze was declared under control at 12:22 a.m. and was finally put out at 3 a.m. Arson probers are still determining what caused the fire and the estimate of damages. The post 10 injured, over 200 families rendered homeless in QC blaze appeared first on Daily Tribune......»»
US commerce secretary meets Chinese counterpart in Beijing
US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo met with her Chinese counterpart in Beijing on Monday, saying it was "profoundly important" for the world's two biggest economies to have a stable relationship. Her visit is the latest in a series of high-level trips to China by US officials in recent months as Washington works to cool trade tensions with Beijing. The trips could culminate in a meeting between their leaders, with US President Joe Biden saying recently that he was expecting to sit down with China's Xi Jinping this year. Raimondo met on Monday morning with Chinese Commerce Minister Wang Wentao, describing the economic relationship between the two countries as "the most significant in the world". "We share $700 billion dollars of trade and I concur with you that it is profoundly important that we have a stable economic relationship," she said, according to a readout from the US Commerce Department. "It's a complicated relationship; it's a challenging relationship," she told Wang. "We will of course disagree on certain issues, but I believe we can make progress if we are direct, open, and practical." Raimondo arrived in Beijing on Sunday and was met by Lin Feng, the director of the commerce ministry's Americas and Oceania department, as well as US ambassador to China Nicholas Burns. In posts on the social media platform X, Raimondo said she was "looking forward to a productive few days". During her trip, she will also travel to China's economic powerhouse Shanghai, the US Commerce Department said. She will leave on Wednesday. Trade tensions Relations between the United States and China have plummeted to some of their lowest levels in decades, with US trade curbs near the top of the laundry list of disagreements. Washington says they are crucial to safeguarding national security, but China sees them as seeking to curb its economic rise. This month, Biden issued an executive order aimed at restricting certain US investments in sensitive high-tech areas in China -- a move Beijing blasted as being "anti-globalisation". The long-anticipated rules, expected to be implemented next year, target sectors such as semiconductors and artificial intelligence. US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen sought to reassure Chinese officials about the expected curbs during a visit to Beijing last month, promising that any new moves would be implemented in a transparent way. And Raimondo on Monday told Chinese officials that while there was "no room to compromise or negotiate" on US national security, "the vast majority of our trade and investment relationship does not involve national security concerns". "We believe a strong Chinese economy is a good thing," she said. In June, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken travelled to Beijing, where he met Xi and said progress had been made on a number of key sources of contention. US climate envoy John Kerry also visited China in July. But none of the visits led to major breakthroughs, and a recent Camp David summit between the United States, South Korea and Japan aimed in part at countering China sparked condemnation from Beijing. Following that summit, Biden said he still expected to meet Xi this year. The US president is inviting the Chinese leader to San Francisco in November, when the United States holds a summit of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, which includes China. They could also potentially meet next month in New Delhi on the sidelines of a G20 summit. The post US commerce secretary meets Chinese counterpart in Beijing appeared first on Daily Tribune......»»
Cainta sets up hospital burn ward
The local government of Cainta, Rizal has set up a burn ward for the LGU-run hospital so that fire victims who sustain serious burns no longer need to go to big hospitals. “We set up a burn ward in our hospital so that there’s no need for our fire victims to be taken to big hospitals. We have two patients in the burn ward now. There was a fire in Brookside last week. They both sustained second-degree burns,” Cainta municipal administrator Keith Nieto said. Nieto said Cainta Municipal Hospital’s plastic surgeon advised him to rent a dermatone skin grafter for the debridement of the patients’ wounds. “I was shocked. The rent is P33,500 every use, and it will be used every 2 to 3 days. And where do the patients, the fire victims, get the money to pay for it?” he said. “We just inquired how much the unit is, and then I decided to buy so that we don’t have to rent anymore and we can use something in this kind of situation,” the municipal administrator added. Nieto also said that the hospital’s new 16 slice CT Scan has already arrived. “Just a little paper, it’s ready to go. I’m just making sure that this is free to all patients,” he said. “That’s why they come to us because they don’t have enough money to pay. That’s the most important thing,” he added. The post Cainta sets up hospital burn ward appeared first on Daily Tribune......»»
Boat catches fire off Zamboanga del Sur; 8 rescued
A crewmember of a motor boat suffered burns while seven others were rescued when the seacraft caught fire near a port in Zamboanga del Sur on Wednesday......»»
NTA notes farmers’ shift from tobacco to corn
The National Tobacco Administration said many tobacco farmers have shifted to corn since the pandemic, lowering tobacco production and encouraging crop diversification. Belinda Sarmiento-Sanchez, NTA administrator, told the Daily Tribune last Friday “the tobacco industry has been struggling to some extent since the pandemic due to more palpable health concerns associated with nicotine.” While she did not specify the number of farmers who have left the tobacco industry, the NTA reported tobacco production plunged to 50 million kilograms between 2019 and 2022 from after a record-high of 85.4 million kilograms in 2010. Currently, Sanchez said there are 2.3 million tobacco workers across the supply value chain, from planting to marketing, and 42,000 of them are small-scale farmers. Plant other crops Michael Tan, head of the agriculture group of the Private Sector Advisory Council, said tobacco farmers should plant other crops to increase their incomes during the other months outside the tobacco season which runs from November until January in Northern Luzon. “The industry faces numerous challenges on a global scale issues like changing consumer preferences, health concerns and evolving societal attitudes toward tobacco have shaped the landscape of the industry. It is imperative to acknowledge these challenges,” he said. Rohbert Ambros, NTA department manager, said there are now low-nicotine tobacco products in global markets. However, he stressed the majority of Filipinos are still unfamiliar with them. Market not aware of low-nicotine products “The Philippine market is not yet aware of low-nicotine products. What we have now are the usual products. But I guess, based on the research of NTA, whether low or high nicotine, anything that burns is dangerous to our health,” he said. With the shift in lifestyle of Filipinos, Sanchez said NTA would be focusing on exporting tobacco leaves and products. Last year, the Philippines shipped tobacco products worth over $917 million, with the United States as the top market. George Barcelon, president of the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry, said the Philippines could benefit more from farming corn as it has a wide range of uses, including animal feed, and reduce prices of food products. “I would prefer corn which is primarily used as feeds for poultry and livestock. This can help mitigate inflation,” he said. The Philippines’s most imported product was cereal, followed by wastes from food industries and animal fodder, and edible preparations in the first quarter, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority. Meanwhile, its most exported item in the Southeast Asian region was tobacco. The post NTA notes farmers’ shift from tobacco to corn appeared first on Daily Tribune......»»
Taliban create bonfire of ‘immoral’ music equipment
Authorities from Afghanistan's vice ministry created a bonfire of confiscated musical instruments and equipment in Herat province at the weekend, deeming music immoral. "Promoting music causes moral corruption and playing it will cause the youth to go astray," said Aziz al-Rahman al-Muhajir, head of the Herat department of the Ministry for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice. Since seizing power in August 2021, Taliban authorities have steadily imposed laws and regulations that reflect their austere vision of Islam -- including banning playing music in public. Saturday's bonfire saw hundreds of dollars worth of musical gear go up in smoke -- much of it collected from wedding halls in the city. It included a guitar, two other stringed instruments, a harmonium, and a tabla -- a type of drum -- as well as amplifiers and speakers. Women have borne the brunt of the new government regulations, and are not allowed in public unless wearing a hijab. Teenage girls and women have been barred from schools and universities, and they are also prohibited from entering parks, playgrounds, and gyms. Last week, thousands of beauty salons were shuttered across the country after authorities deemed certain makeovers to be too costly, or un-Islamic. The post Taliban create bonfire of ‘immoral’ music equipment appeared first on Daily Tribune......»»