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The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) on Thursday shared photos of three large sunspot groups taken earlier this morning. Sunspots are areas on the Sun’s surface that are relatively cooler and appear dark than their surroundings. “These patches are roughly the size of Earth, or about 20-40 times larger than a typical spot,” “The Sun is entering the Solar Maximum phase of its current solar cycle, where there will be an expected increase in solar activity (e.g., frequent solar flares, increased number of sunspots, and the like),” it added. Pagasa advised the public to not look at the Sun directly without a special filter to protect their eyes. Inquirer.Net

The proposal to restore Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) to its original name Manila International Airport (MIA) requires "congressional action." This is what Malacañang announced today, April 19, 2022. According to Communications Secretary and Acting Presidential Spokesperson Martin Andanar in the online Palace press briefing, "There has to be a Congressional action to repeal Republic Act [RA] No. 6639 which renamed MIA to NAIA." © Provided by PEP.ph Facade of NAIA On November 17, 1987, RA No. 6639 was called the MIA's Ninoy Aquino International Airport. Malacañang's statement follows a submission by Duterte Youth Representative Ducielle Cardema on April 11 of House Bill 10822, aimed at restoring the NAIA's name to the...

The "Fujiwhara effect" is a reason why TS Agaton has remained stationary in the Leyte Gulf area for some 24 hours now,as to what Prof. Rolando Borrinaga stated. The Fujiwhara effect, sometimes referred to as the Fujiwara effect, Fujiw(h)ara interaction or binary interaction, is a phenomenon that occurs when two nearby cyclonic vortices move around each other and close the distance between the circulations of their corresponding low-pressure areas. The effect is named after Sakuhei Fujiwhara, the Japanese meteorologist who initially described the effect. Binary interaction of smaller circulations can cause the development of a larger cyclone, or cause two cyclones to merge into one. Extratropical cyclones typically engage in binary...

Military Developments 1. Germany will continue to provide military aid to Ukraine but through arms manufacturers. 2. Large-scale NATO cyber drill begins as Russian häçking threats loom. 3. Russian foreign minister says new phase of Ukraine operation beginning. 4. Russian brigade accused of war crimes in Bucha awarded honorary title by Putin. 5. Ukrainian-American family forced to flee to Russia were smuggled to Poland. 6. A statue of former Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin has been erected in Russian-occupied Henichesk. 7. Zelensky rejects tales his forces need months of training to operate advanced weapons. Economic Developments 1. British and Kurdish countries to export energy helping to reduce Europe's reliance on Russian oil. 2...

Military Developments 1. Russian soldiers are low on morale and refusing to carry out orders, says UK intel. 2. Putin hasn't been fully informed by his Ministry of Defense at every turn of Ukraine invasion, says Pentagon. 3.About 1,000 people associated with the Wagner group, a paramilitary group sponsored by Russia, are now in the Donbas region of Ukraine. 4. Russian forces that had been moving against Kyiv are repositioning and heading to Belarus. 5. Attacks on health care are part of Russian strategy with Ukrainian civilians used as chess pieces, says WHO. 6. Slovenia prime minister voices support to send S-300 air defense systems to Ukraine. 7. Russia has used banned anti-personnel landmines in Ukraine, says Human Rights Watch. 8...

Fourth vaccine dose protects vs Omicron for at least a month A fourth dose of the COVID-19 vaccine from Pfizer PFE.N and BioNTech 22UAy.DE provided significant added protection against severe disease, hospitalization and death for at least a month in older individuals, according to a study from Israel conducted when the Omicron variant was dominant. The estimated effectiveness of the fourth dose during days 7 to 30 after it was administered compared with a third dose given at least fourth months earlier was 45% against infection, 55% for symptomatic disease, 68% for hospitalization, 62% for severe disease and 74% for death, the research team reported on Wednesday in The New England Journal of Medicine. The study compared 182,122...

MARCOS COMPLETED POWER PLANTS IN 20 YEARS 1. Bataan Nuclear Power Plant, completed 1983. 2. Leyte Geothermal Power Plant, completed 1977. 3. Makiling-Banahaw Geothermal Power Plant, completed 1979. 4. Tiwi Geothermal Power Plant, completed 1980. 5. Angat Hydro Electric Power Plant, completed 1967. 6. Kalayaan Hydro Electric Power Plant, completed 1982. 7. Magat A Hydro Electric Power Plant, completed 1984. 8. Magat B Hydro Electric Power Plant, completed 1984. 9. Pantabangan Hydro Electric Power Plant, completed 1977. 10. Agus 2 Hydro Electric Power Plant, completed 1979. 11. Agus 4 Hydro Electric Power Plant, completed 1985. 12. Agus 5 Hydro Electric Power Plant, completed 1985. 13. Agus 7 Hydro Electric Power Plant, completed 1982...

The four full moon of 2022 is upon us, with Brits hoping for a bright and clear Easter weekend to grant a clear sighting of April’s orb. Shrouded in folklore and mystique for millennia, the full moon has inspired everything from religious festivals to horror films and outlandish doomsday conspiracy theories. In recent years, it has also led to moon names infiltrating pop culture, with this month’s full moon dubbed the “snow moon” – here’s everything you need to know. 📷: Infinix Zero X Pro

Over 1.26 billion Chinese people, or nearly 90 percent of the country's population, have received COVID-19 vaccine jabs as of Friday, said a health official on Saturday. Among them, more than 1.22 billion have completed their vaccination, said He Qinghua, the official with the National Health Commission, at a press conference in Beijing. Urging the public to receive booster shots as soon as possible, the official called on people to continue to wear masks, keep social distance, and strengthen ventilation inside the room to prevent COVID-19 infection. Nearly 2.93 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses had been administered across the country as of Friday, according to the commission. http://www.china.org.cn/china/2022-01/16/content_77992220.htm

Shanghai reported a record number of symptomatic Covid-19 cases on Saturday and other areas across China tightened controls as the country kept up its “dynamic clearance” approach that aims to stamp out the highly transmissible Omicron variant. The Zhengzhou Airport Economic Zone, a central Chinese manufacturing area that includes Apple Inc supplier Foxconn, announced a 14-day lockdown on Friday “to be adjusted according to the epidemic situation.” In northwestern China, the city of Xian on Friday urged residents to avoid unnecessary trips outside their residential compounds and encouraged companies to have employees work from home or live at their workplace, following dozens of Covid-19 infections this month. A Xian government...

Typhoon #Malakas (formerly #BasyangPH) becomes the largest tropical cyclone in the Western Pacific basin that had formed for the month of April in recorded history. It had reached gale wind diameter of 1,250 km, surpassing the previous record of TY #Isa in 1997 with 1,100 km. In comparison, Super Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan) has a diameter of 800 km and Super Typhoon Ferdie (Meranti) has 1,200 km. buti na lang talaga di naglandfall at di nagtagal sa bansa,,walang dulot na epekto.Mas malaki pa pala sa Yolanda. Image source: Visible Satellite via Windy/EUMETSAT

JUST IN: President Rodrigo Duterte vetoes the proposed SIM Card Registration Act. The measure aims to mandate the registration of all SIM cards and social media accounts, with the purpose of deterring electronic communication-aided crimes. | via Anna Felicia Bajo, GMA News Online

totoo kaya ito.? https://sugbo.ph/2022/snow-in-philippines/

Guys patulong naman...sa province kasi namin dito sa bikol meron mga taga PSA sila nag coconduct ng interview regarding daw yong sa consumers, (inflation rate) may pinakita sya sa akin na batas section at artikulo(nakalimutan ko) ayon sa nabasa q at sinasabi nila na pupwde daw ako kasuhan pag di nag comply sa kanilang mga tanong...although interview lang daw un.? ang tanong q po meron po ba talagang ganun? thank you sa sasagot

Pumunta ako sa forum na to upang maglabas ng aking saloobin sa recent na paratang ng ating pangulo na si BBM ay drug user at weak na leader. I sympathize for those who just had their heart and minds broken of these recent blows from the man himself. Napagtanto ko, oh shit, wasak na wasak na yata politics natin ngayon. It is really shocking, depressing... yung implications nito kay inday sara, her supporters, I sure would have hoped Tatay Digs presented these at a better time and place. But heck is there even such? When I woke up and was discussing these thoughts with my wife, she too doesn't have the slightest idea how come things turned out this way. Eventually I presented to her my argument for each presidentiables... Namely...

Magandang araw po! Ganito po ang scenario: 2018 may loan po ako sa SSS then nag ibang company ako ng 2019, 4 hulog palang sa loan. Then sa bagong company ko, ayaw nila hulugan kasi may penalty na daw. nagdaan ang covid at hindi ko masyado naasikaso, kaya nag personal hulog nalang ako via sss online. nakikita ko naman yung binabayad ko, pero bakit hindi bumabawas sa amount ng loan ko? may nakaka alam po ba dito? maraming salamat po sa pagbasa at pag sagot!

Alam ko hindi madali ang bar exams kaya congratulations sa lahat ng nakapasa. (y)

MANILA - Banking institutions and other establishments can now verify PhilSys national IDs using a QR code system that government launched on Friday. Thirteen banks are part of the pilot test run of the PhilSys Check QR Code, which will allow them to quickly verify the identity of registered national ID cardholders, while transferring personal data onto their systems without the need for manual encoding, the Philippine Statistics Authority said. "We piloted PQRCVS (PhilID QR Code Verification system) in November 2021, and we are grateful to the 13 financial institutions that answered our call for pilot testing," Assistant National Statistician Fred Sollesta said. "Through the pilot testing we made changes to the system to better...

I'm curious for our future. What do you think will happen in the next 5 yrs?

MANILA, Philippines – It’s happening: ABS-CBN’s Star Cinema films will be airing on GMA-7, in a rare partnership between the rival networks. Among the Star Cinema movies set to air on GMA-7 are Alone/Together starring top ABS-CBN love team Liza Soberano and Enrique Gil, It Takes a Man and A Woman starring John Lloyd Cruz and Sarah Geronimo, and Hello Love Goodbye with Kathryn Bernardo and Alden Richards. A virtual contract signing was held on Tuesday, April 5, with GMA executives Gilberto Duavit Jr, Philip Yalung, Annette Gozon Valdes, and Joey Abacan present, alongside ABS-CBN executives Carlo Katigbak, Mark Lopez, Cory Vidanes, and Ricardo Tan Jr. The partnership between the two networks comes nearly two years after ABS-CBN went...

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MANILA, Philippines — The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) is initially issuing 10 million pieces of polymer ₱1,000 banknotes as part of a limited circulation test this year. © Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Gov. Benjamin Diokno / ReleaseBSP to issue 10 million pieces of ₱1,000 polymer banknotes The central bank said a memorandum of agreement is being drafted for the guidelines covering the issuance. It aims to cover matters such as polymer familiarization by client banks’ personnel and calibration of existing cash processing machines, vending machines, automated teller machines, bills acceptors and other similar devices for compatibility with polymer banknotes. “The BSP is currently preparing for banknote’s limited circulation test...

KYIV: Ukraine said on Saturday (Sunday in Manila) it has regained control of the Kyiv region, with Russian troops retreating from around the capital and Chernihiv city, as evidence emerged of possible civilian killings in areas the invading forces have been occupying. Agence France-Presse (AFP) reporters saw at least 20 bodies on a single street in the town of Bucha near the capital city, including one with his hands tied and the body of a missing photographer was discovered in a nearby village. "All these people were shot," Bucha's mayor Anatol Fedoruk told AFP, adding that 280 other bodies had been buried in mass graves in the town. Meanwhile, in an attempt to raise economic pressure on Russia, the Baltic states of Latvia, Estonia...

MANILA, Philippines — The COVID-19 vaccine doses that are nearing expiry can be used in a house-to-house drive, President Rodrigo Duterte suggested on Tuesday in his weekly taped “Talk to the People” briefing, The doses in question are not excess orders, he pointed out. They are ready to be used, except that many Filipinos refuse to be vaccinated. “If there are many Filipinos who refuse to be vaccinated, it’s not the government’s fault for buying [vaccines] commensurate to the number of Filipinos we hoped to be vaccinated,” Duterte said, speaking in a mix of English and Filipino. “The vaccines are here and ready to be utilized just in case a good number of the Filipinos remaining and refusing to be vaccinated would want them...

Bakit kaya wla dito si ano kung legit yung yaman nila? https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/money/personalfinance/827536/villar-still-richest-filipino-in-forbes-list-phl-now-has-20-billionaires/story/?fbclid=IwAR15vF5SRqpeqkMhXz8Zx3dhQovmEqorVxajuW5PetyYUvzStCUzOFOZy7Q

The heirs and administrators of the late President Marcos’ estate cannot be compelled or sued in court for tax evasion even if they refused to pay the more than P203 billion deficiency inheritance tax assessment on the latter’s assets. This was the consensus among regional directors and district officers of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) nationwide. BIR’s field officials, who requested anonymity, explained that the estate tax is levied on real and personal properties of a dead person and not on the assets owned by his relatives. “I can’t recall of any individual being sent to jail for non-payment of the said tax,” one of the regional directors said. He said the proper thing to do under the Tax Code and revenue regulations is...

Indonesia-based technology company Gojek was the seller of the Philippines-based crypto exchange and wallet provider. Former Binance Chief Financial Officer Wei Zhou bought Coins.ph, a mobile wallet and digital currency exchange, from Gojek, according to a report in India-based publication The Ken on Monday. In January 2019, Indonesian technology company Gojek bought Coins.ph for $95 million. According to the report, Gojek sold it for at least double that amount to Zhou. Several regional investors familiar with either Coins.ph or Gojek confirmed the deal to The Ken, it reported. Zhou could steer the Manila, Philippines-based company back to its crypto roots. Coins.ph was founded in 2014 and was one of the earliest crypto wallets and...

By Alexander Tin Updated on: March 14, 2022 / 5:48 PM / CBS News Pfizer's CEO says the company is submitting data to the Food and Drug Administration on the need for a fourth dose of its COVID-19 vaccine. While the shot Pfizer is currently producing with BioNTech still protects against severe disease, the drugmaker now believes another booster is needed to ward off infections. "Right now, the way that we have seen, it is necessary, a fourth booster right now. The protection that you are getting from the third, it is good enough, actually quite good for hospitalizations and deaths. It's not that good against infections," Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla told "Face the Nation" in an interview that aired Sunday. Steven Danehy, a...

The MMDA on Sunday advised car owners against leaving bottles of disinfectant älcohol inside their vehicles to avoid fire during the summer months. The COVID-19 pandemic has made it a necessity for many people to bring disinfectant älcohol whenever they are going outside, with some car owners leaving one inside their vehicles to sanitize their hands with before holding any car part. Âlcohol, however, can catch flame inside the car when exposed to high temperatures, especially when the vehicle is parked in an open space for a long period of time. "Iwasan natin na mag-iwan ng bote ng älcohol sa loob ng ating sasakyan upang disgrasya ay maiwasan," the MMDA said. "Ang älcohol ay flammable kaya mainam na ilagay ito sa mga lugar na ang...

Ano mangyayari kapag si Manny Villar ang nanalong 2010 president.