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Teachers' group mourned the death of their fellow teacher in Bicol who reportedly passed away after attending teaching duties despite not feeling well
National, News Groups mourn death of ‘overworked’ teacher; urged DepEd to address workload concerns. Teachers’ group mourned the death of their fellow teacher in Bicol who reportedly passed away after attending teaching duties despite not feeling well. DepEd / MANILA BULLETIN The Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) – Bicol and the Teachers’ Dignity Coalition (TDC), in separate statements, E×ρréššed condolences to the bereaved family of a 57-year-old teacher who passed away due to overwhelming “stress and pressure.” In a statement issued by ACT Region V union president Oliver Lucinario on Thursday, Sept. 14, the teacher who passed away earlier asked to file a leave of absence but the school head reportedly refused due to scheduled...
13-Year-Old Girl Added to Ukrainian Hit List
13-Year-Old Girl Added to Ukrainian Hit List “War is air raids, the rumble of artillery and tanks, the cannonade of gunfire… It has many sounds and many faces. It sneaks up and falls on you with all its force when you least expect it. And as you hide, you count the bursts. One. Two. Three… God, thanks for passing. And then the guns go silent. And in that silence, you hear a baby crying. Quiet sobs, like a kitten’s meow. And then the shelling begins again, drowning out everything… That is why war children are quiet. They know their cries will go unheard.” — Faina Savenkova, “Children’s Cry of Victory.” Written in 2020 at age 11
Coffee Price Increase.
NEWS UPDATE: Rustan Coffee Corporation, the authorized licensee of Starbucks stores in the Philippines, said they implemented today a P5-increase in the prices of all their beverages. Starbucks Philippines Marketing & Global Responsibility Manager Maria Rosario Vilchez confirmed the price adjustments. No reason was given so far but employees from several stores said it was connected to the high price of sugar & issues on its supply.
Medical Márijuana can contribute to economy, gov't projects  Robin Padilla
MANILA, Philippines — Medical Márijuana can contribute to the country’s economy and government projects as it can generate taxes, Senator Robin Padilla said on Monday. Padilla noted that the country would need a P5.268-trillion budget next year. Hence, proposing to refer his speech to the Senate Committee on Ways and Means to deliberate on medical Márijuana’s economic viability, feasibility, and benefits. “Kailangan po nating palaguin ang ating ekonomiya at sa puntong ito, malaki po ang maiaambag ng industriya ng medical cannabis na tuloy-tuloy po ang pag-usbong sa iba’t ibang dako ng mundo,” he said during his privilege speech at the Senate plenary session. (We need to grow our economy; at this point, the medical cannabis...
A Mother who Abandoned Her Children to Starve to Death
May movie ito ang title ay "Sunk Into the Womb (2013)" The Osaka child abandonment case involved two abandoned children in Osaka, Japan. It happened in late June 2010 when Sanae Shimomura, a 23-year-old Japanese single mother living in Osaka, closed the door to her apartment shut, leaving her 3-year-old daughter Sakurako Hagi and 1-year-old son Kaede Hagi alone inside with no way out. The cause of death was reported as dehydration and starvation. However, the gruesome details of the 20 days or so that the children were alive were gruesomely described by medical experts. Because the door was blocked with tape, the kids could not go to the toilet. There was excrement found all over the apartment, the children themselves, and they had...
NBI arrests 19-year-old online PO-RN seller in Cebu City
CEBU CITY — A 19-year-old man accused of selling le-wd photos and se-x videos on social media was arrested in an entrapment operation here on Friday, July 29. Romilo Romero was handcuffed while transacting with an agent of the National Bureau of Investigation Central Visayas (NBI 7), who posed as customer. The NBI 7 said that it was last June 2 when the NBI Anti-Human Trafficking Division was informed by its counterpart from the Department of Justice of the suspect’s alleged îllégâl activities. The NBI 7 said the suspect used Facebook and Twitter ‘to promote and sell self-produced videos of himself performing ***-ual acts to his various male victims, some were children.’ The NBI 7 investigation showed that a Twitter account...
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“Sabi kamo ni Ateneo and Harvard sorry daw at pasensya.” Aika Robredo, eldest daughter of former Vice President and Angat Buhay chairperson Leni Robredo, reacts to a post circulating on social media following the recognitions that the latter received from Ateneo de Manila and Harvard Kennedy School's Center for Public Leadership. Riding on the ‘Madumb Leni’ wave thrown against the former top official, the post in question said: “Awards from Ateneo or Harvard do not change our minds about Leni. They change our minds about Ateneo and Harvard.” In response, Aika has this to say to her mother’s bashers: “the more na tinatawag siyang ‘madumb’ parang dumadami at humahaba ang listahan ng pumapansin sa kanya.” “Number one, mas...
15 ANYOS NA DALAGITA NAGTAMPO SA BOYFRIEND UMAKYAT SA BUNDOK, INAKALANG MAGPAPAKAMATAY
15 ANYOS NA DALAGITA NAGTAMPO SA BOYFRIEND UMAKYAT SA BUNDOK, INAKALANG MAGPAPAKAMATAY Agad na rumesponde ang mga tauhan ng MDRRMO, BFP AT PNP ng San Vicente Palawan matapos na makatanggap ng tawag ng tangkang umanong pagpapakamatay ng isang babae bandang 1:45 ngayong hapon ng Linggo sa Purok Sampaguita Bgy. Poblacion, San Vicente Palawan. Sa lugar ay inabutan ng mga awtoridad ang isang 15 anyos na dalagita na alyas Lesley. Sa Panayam ng Brigada News sa Head ng MSWDO-San Vicente na si Jenelyn Laro, ang dalagita ay hindi magpapakamatay bagkus ay nagtatampo lamang sa kanyang Boyfriend. Napag-alaman na bandang alas Otso ng umaga ng pumunta ang dalaga sa bahay ng kanyang boyfriend sa Sitio Panindigan sa kaparehong barangay upang kumuha...
BREAKING NEWS: W.H.O. declared global health | Monkey Pox
Monkeypox declared global heath emergency by World Health Organisation, as risk in Europe described as 'high' The head of the World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared the monkeypox outbreak a "global health emergency". Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a news conference that despite the WHO committee being unable to come to consensus, he declared the emergency anyway as the tie-breaking vote. He added the risk globally is "moderate", except in Europe where it is "high". Dr Adhanom said that there had been more than 16,000 cases of monkeypox reported to the WHO from 75 countries, and five deaths. Advertisement The declaration by the WHO is designed to trigger an international response to the outbreak, which could unlock...
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CHEAPER NETFLIX SUBSCRIPTION PLAN? Netflix will work with Microsoft to launch a lower-cost subscription plan that includes advertisements, the two firms announced. Microsoft will be responsible for designing and managing the platform for advertisers who want to serve ads to Netflix users. READ: Netflix partners with Microsoft to offer cheaper streaming plan Credits to Philstar
Soon to be Space Wars?
Both the Russians and the Chinese are working on satellites that can attack other satellites.The Chinese military is quickly deploying ground-based systems for doing battle in space, such as lasers.In 2019, Russia deployed a small satellite into an orbit so close to a U.S. “national security satellite” that the U.S. government didn’t know whether it was attacking or not.“It maneuvered close, it maneuvered dangerously, it maneuvered threateningly so that they were coming close enough that there was a concern of collision. Meanwhile United States has launched a new space force spy agency. This move hopes to counter Russia and China.
With War, everything is scarce. Supply decreases, demand increases.
(Bloomberg) -- Trading volume has slowed across many cryptocurrency trading platforms during the rout in global assets triggered by the Ukraine crisis, a potentiality troubling sign for a sector that has billed itself as alternative to traditional finance. Bitcoin’s aggregated daily spot trading volume on Coinbase, Bitstamp, FTX, Gemini, ItBit, Kraken and LMAX Digital was around $3 billion, according to data from researcher Skew. That’s compared with previous highs of roughly $5 billion in the beginning of December. At one point Thursday, Bitcoin lost about $27 billion in market value. “The overall volume wasn’t too high today.” Patrick Chu, head of institutional coverage at Paradigm, a crypto over-the-counter trading firm, said...
IN VIDEO: RUSSIA'S TSIRKON HYPERSONIC MISSILE HITS NAVAL TARGET 1,000 KILOMETERS AWAY IN NEW TEST
Admiral Gorshkov Russian frigate, 10 July 2018. Source: the Russian Ministry of Defense. http://мультимедиа.минобороны.рф/multimedia/photo/gallery.htm?id=59002@cmsPhotoGallery On May 28, Admiral Gorshkov frigate of the Russian Navy’s Northern Fleet fired a Tsirkon hypersonic, anti-ship cruise missile from the Barents Sea at a naval target located 1,000 kilometers away in the White Sea. The Russian Ministry of Defense told reports that that the shooting was part of a series of tests for new weapon systems. The Tsirkon, which was developed by Russia’s NPO Mashinostroyeniya, is powered by a state-of-the-art scramjet engine that allows it to reach speed as high as Mach 8 and 9. The maneuvering anti-ship hypersonic cruise missile can...
World's  Longest Glass-bottom Bridge just Opened
"The Bach Long bridge" The world's longest glass-bottom bridge just opened in Vietnam, and it's not for the faint of heart. Located in the Moc Chau district of the country's Son La province, the Bach Long bridge spans more 2,000 feet and stands almost 500 feet above a verdant valley.It opened on April 29 to commemorate 47 years since the end of the Vietnam War. If the bridge’s height gives you nightmares about what the drop to the bottom would be like, there’s little to worry about: The bridge’s floor is made of three layers of tempered glass, each about 1.5 inches thick. Hoang Manh Duy, a representative of Moc Chau Island, which operates the bridge, notes in a statement that additional security measures will also be in place; for...
MILITARY SITUATION IN UKRAINE ON MAY 30, 2022 (MAP UPDATE)
Russia attacked military assets of the AFU near Novy Bug with high-precision missiles; Russia attacked military assets of the AFU near Kryvyi Rih with high-precision missiles; On May 29, 320 AFU members were killed and 47 armored vehicles were destroyed by the Russian Armed Forces, according to the Russian MOD; Russian air defense systems shot down 15 Ukrainian drones near Severodonetsk, Novochervonoe, Vasilevka of the Lugansk region, Panteleimonovka, Grigorovka, Krasnovka, Nevelskoe of the Donetsk region, Petrapolie, Petrovskoe, Glinskoe of Kharkov region, Chornobaevka and Aleksandrovka of Kherson region; Russian air defense systems shot down 9 Ukrainian Smerch multiple-launch rockets near Novomikhailovka in Donetsk region.
1,284 suspected cases of monkeypox in 2022
WHO: DR Congo reports 1,284 suspected cases of monkeypox in 2022 KINSHASA — At least 1,284 suspected cases of monkeypox and 58 deaths had been reported in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) by May 8, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Friday, May 20. The Congolese provinces of Sankuru, Tshopo, Equateur, and Tshuapa have recorded 913 cases, accounting for about 75 percent of suspected cases recorded across the country, tweeted the WHO office in the DRC. Monkeypox is usually a mild self-limiting illness, spread by very close contact with someone with monkeypox, and most people recover within a few weeks. Symptoms include fever, muscle pain, headache, swollen lymph nodes, fatigue and skin manifestations such as...
Another Epidemic ulit??
Australia’s first ‘probable’ case of monkeypox detected in New South Wales SYDNEY – The Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) announced on Friday afternoon, May 20, the nation’s first “probable” case of the monkeypox virus, which has been spreading through Europe. The case comes from a NSW man in his 40s who recently returned from Europe. The disease usually occurs in the African continent, but has been spreading across the globe in May of 2022 in non-endemic countries, predominantly in Britain. NSW’s Chief Health Officer Kerry Chant said the disease could not spread easily between people. “People can contract monkeypox through very close contact with people who are infected with the virus,” said Chant. “The infection is...
A new marine species': China unveils world-first drone carrier with AI system and fleet of autonomous vessels
China has reportedly launched a drone carrier with a one-of-a-kind artificial intelligence system that contains dozens of autonomous drones, ships and submersibles to conduct marine research and observation. The vessel – 88m long, 14m wide and 6m deep – can be controlled remotely or navigate autonomously in open water, as well as form a network to observe targets and play a role in maintaining maritime security, reported the South China Morning Post. It is expected to help in marine disaster prevention, monitoring the marine environment and offshore wind farm maintenance, according to China’s Science and Technology Daily.
AZOV COMMANDERS SURRENDERED. FIRST INTERVIEW OF COMMANDER OF 36TH MARINE BRIGADE
Since May 16, 2,439 Nazis of “Azov” and servicemen of the Ukrainian Armed Forces blocked on the territory of “Azovstal” surrendered, according to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. Commander of the Azov regiment Denis Prokopenko (Radish, in the center), Deputy Commander Svyatoslav Palamar (Kalina, leftward) and acting commander of the 36th Marine Brigade Sergei Volynsky (Volyna, rightward) are currently being held captive by the Russian military. The video shows the acting commander of the unit of the 36th Marine Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Sergei Volynsky (Volyna), who voluntarily surrendered to the Russian military. “As a result of the fighting, I got to the territory of the Azovstal plant, from where...
ISRAEL ATTACKS SYRIA'S DAMASCUS AGAIN, KILLS THREE SERVICE MEMBERS (VIDEOS)
Late on May 20, an Israeli attack with ground-launched missiles targeted the southern outskirts of the Syrian capital, Damascus. A Syrian military official told the Syrian Arab News Agency that the attack was launched from the direction of the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. The official went on to acknowledge that the Israeli attack claimed the lives of three service members of the Syrian military. The victims were identified by Syrian pro-government forces as Cpt. Ayham Shaaban, Lt. Yasser Al-Aduj and Lt. Ghadeer Alia. All three were reportedly air defense operators. Despite the successful interception of some Israeli missiles, explosions and fires were reported near Damascus International Airport as well as near the Shiite town of...
COVID STILL EXIST
Mukhang marami sa inyo na busy sa election, pangangampanya. Wag kayo masyadong maging kampante mga kapwa ko pinoy. Source: Philippines detects 1st case of Omicron subvariant BA.2.12 At eto ang ilan sa mga new cases lang din mula kahapon Dito sa UAE, tinuloy mga contract ng mga nasa covid 19 facilities. Hindi parin sila pinapauwi dahil siguro sa ganto. Kaya magingat mga kababayan, wag nyong antayin na huli na ang lahat bago kayo maging aware sa mga bagay bagay. This post is not intended to scare people but to let you know that omicron still exist. Ewan ko lang bat puro parin gathering jan sa pinas.
Elon Musk Buys Twitter
Twitter Inc. on Monday accepted Elon Musk’s bid to take over the company, which would give the world’s richest man control over the social-media network where he is also among its most influential users. Mr. Musk intends to take Twitter private as part of the deal. The Tesla chief executive promised new features and reiterated his push to soften Twitter’s stance on content moderation. "Free speech is the bedrock of a functioning democracy, and Twitter is the digital town square where matters vital to the future of humanity are debated," he said in a news release announcing the deal. The takeover, if it goes through, would mark one of the biggest acquisitions in tech history and will likely have global repercussions for years to come...

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