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EcoWaste Coalition Calls Out Quezon City Stores Selling Toxic Cosmetics with Mercury

21 January 2024, Quezon City. The toxics watchdog group EcoWaste Coalition criticized some beauty product stores in Quezon City for their flagrant violation of the ban on skin-lightening products containing mercury, a health-damaging chemical.Despite the citywide ban adopted in 2018 through Ordinance No. 2767 ahead of the 2020 phase-out deadline for mercury-added cosmetics under the Minamata Convention.....»»

Category: newsSource:  manilanewsRelated NewsJan 23rd, 2024

8 ‘auspicious’ Chinese New Year food

To welcome the new year and to attract the good luck that it would bring, the Chinese have included in their annual tradition the serving of “auspicious” food every Chinese New Year, which falls on February 10 this 2024......»»

Category: newsSource:  philstarRelated NewsJan 30th, 2024

Royval seeks redemption vs Moreno in UFC Fight Night

The rematch between the two Brandons is the main event of the evening and is a sequel of sorts to their November 21, 2020 battle in UFC 55......»»

Category: newsSource:  philstarRelated NewsFeb 22nd, 2024

There are more singles than married couples in Central Visayas but…

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Did you know that there are more singles compared to married people in Central Visayas? In fact, there are more singles in the entire Philippines, based on the 2020 census, and Central Visayas, one of the most populous regions in the country, is no exception. State statisticians identified approximately 6.4 million.....»»

Category: newsSource:  inquirerRelated NewsFeb 14th, 2024

PH Inflation Sees Huge Dip in January 2024 Now at 2.8%

The country’s headline inflation has taken a significant dip, currently standing at 2.8%, according to the latest report from the Philippines Statistics Authority (PSA) released on February 6, 2024. According to PSA, this marks the lowest rate recorded since October 2020, showing a considerable drop from December 2023’s 3.9 percent and a noteworthy decrease from […].....»»

Category: newsSource:  metrocebuRelated NewsFeb 7th, 2024

Philippine s population projected to reach around 138.67 mln by 2055

MANILA, Feb. 1 (Xinhua) -- The Philippine population is projected to reach 138.67 million by 2055, assuming that the total fertility rate (TFR) of 1.9 children per woman in 2021 will be sustained until 2055, according to a Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) study released Wednesday night. The statistics agency based its projections on the 2020 census-based national population using three TFR scenarios. Total.....»»

Category: newsSource:  philippinetimesRelated NewsFeb 3rd, 2024

Philippine s population projected to reach around 138.67 mln by 2055

MANILA, Feb. 1 (Xinhua) -- The Philippine population is projected to reach 138.67 million by 2055, assuming that the total fertility rate (TFR) of 1.9 children per woman in 2021 will be sustained until 2055, according to a Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) study released Wednesday night. The statistics agency based its projections on the 2020 census-based national population using three TFR scenarios. Total.....»»

Category: newsSource:  inquirerRelated NewsFeb 1st, 2024

Owner of loose ostriches indicted

The owner of two ostriches that ran loose in a private subdivision in Quezon City at the height of the COVID pandemic in 2020, one of which later died due to alleged extreme stress,  was indicted and is set to undergo trial......»»

Category: newsSource:  philstarRelated NewsMar 1st, 2024

Timeline: Road to girls flag football becoming IHSA-sanctioned sport

Timeline: Road to girls flag football becoming IHSA-sanctioned sportStory by Gabby HajdukThe Bears have played an integral role in supporting girls flag football throughout the past four years. Below are the notable moments that have culminated in the IHSA making girls flag football an official sport beginning this fall.March 2020: Bears manager of.....»»

Category: newsSource:  inquirerRelated NewsFeb 16th, 2024

Training on COA compliance for government institutions

To guide government institutions on their compliance with the Commission on Audit Circular 2020-006, the Center for Global Best Practices will be launching a two-session online training titled “COA Guidelines and Procedures for One-Time Cleansing of Property, Plant and Equipment Account Balances” on April 18 and 19, 2024 from 1:30 to 4:45 p.m. via Zoom......»»

Category: financeSource:  philstarRelated NewsMar 25th, 2024

First Bulacan, now NAIA: San Miguel-led group will operate Philippines’ main airport

(1st UPDATE) Ramon Ang first reached for the skies in 2020 when he snapped up the franchise for an international airport in Bulacan. Now, San Miguel and its partners have bagged an even bigger prize in NAIA......»»

Category: newsSource:  rapplerRelated NewsFeb 16th, 2024

Former NBA player Rashid Byrd sentenced to 90 years in prison for sexual assault

LOS ANGELES – Former NBA player Rashid Byrd has been sentenced to 90 years to life in state prison for a series of violent sexual assaults that occurred in Los Angeles and Santa Clara counties from 2015 to 2020, the Los Angeles Police Department has announced. Byrd, who has been in police custody since his arrest by.....»»

Category: newsSource:  inquirerRelated NewsMar 2nd, 2024

Senior moments

As of 2020, there were 9,242,121 senior citizens or those above 60 years old in this country, as recorded by the Philippine Statistics Authority......»»

Category: newsSource:  philstarRelated NewsFeb 28th, 2024

CA affirms doctor’s conviction for rape

The Court of Appeals has affirmed celebrity doctor Joel Mendez’s conviction in January 2020 for attempted rape and two counts of rape through sexual assault......»»

Category: newsSource:  philstarRelated NewsFeb 1st, 2024

UN expert Irene Khan visits journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio, companions in jail

"We are only int’l visitors so far allowed by #Philippines govt to visit them! Arrested in Feb 2020, trial still dragging on. How long must they wait to be free?!" - UN Special Rapporteur Irene Khan The post UN expert Irene Khan visits journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio, companions in jail appeared first on Bulatlat......»»

Category: newsSource:  bulatlatRelated NewsJan 28th, 2024

POGO politics

If the maritime dispute between the Philippines and China wasn’t heating up, Alice Leal Guo would have likely remained under the government radar, free to indulge her fondness for McLaren 620R supercars with personalized license plates (local price tag as of 2020: P33 million, plus an estimated P16.8 million in import duties) and to set up more companies......»»

Category: newsSource:  philstarRelated NewsMay 19th, 2024

PSA-7: 6.6 million already registered for PhilSys ID in C. Visayas

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Over 6.6 million people in Central Visayas now have Philippine Identification System (PhilSys) IDs. According to the Philippine Statistics Authority in Central Visayas (PSA-7), 6,682,192 individuals are registered, reaching 94.9 percent of their 7,040,833 target. They’ve already given out 4,328,065 physical ID cards and 2,333,544 ePhilIDs since registration began in 2020. The.....»»

Category: newsSource:  inquirerRelated NewsMay 19th, 2024

Carlo Paalam, tropa pukpok sa training

PUKPUKAN sa Thailand training camp ang apat-katao national boxing team sa pangunguna ni 2020+1 Tokyo Olympics silver medalist Carlo Paalam. The post Carlo Paalam, tropa pukpok sa training first appeared on Abante......»»

Category: newsSource:  abanteRelated NewsMay 19th, 2024

Pathogens

For many of us, the dark memory of the COVID-19 pandemic still lingers, as if 2020 was just yesterday, and I’m sure many will agree with me when I say I fervently hope to never see the return of such a period in our lives. But then we never really know......»»

Category: newsSource:  philstarRelated NewsMay 14th, 2024

EDITORIAL - Abusing visa powers

Will anomalies never end in the Bureau of Immigration? On Nov. 9, 2020 while the COVID pandemic was raging with no vaccine available, Rodrigo Duterte summoned over 40 BI employees to Malacañang to berate them over the so-called pastillas scam......»»

Category: newsSource:  philstarRelated NewsMay 14th, 2024