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Friday, 17 February 2023 Today's Newspaper Toyota investing P4.4B for revival of Tamaraw model By Michelle R. Guillang TOKYO – Toyota Motor Philippines plans to invest P4.4 billion for the “new generation Tamaraw project,” its president revealed in an interview over the weekend. In an interview with Toyota Motor Philippines president Atsuhiro Okamoto with the Philippine media here, he confirmed reports that the firm is reviving the Tamaraw model to provide more affordable commercial vehicles for small business owners. “We were committed to investing the P4.4 billion for a light commercial vehicle that’s called in Toyota Innovative International Multi-Purpose Vehicle-zero project. Do you know the Tamaraw in the past?” he...

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MANILA, Philippines — The country is standing by the account of the Philippine Coast Guard that the Chinese harassed a PCG ship on Feb. 6 in Ayungin Shoal with powerful laser light, rejecting Beijing’s claim that its use of laser was meant to “ensure navigation safety.” Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) spokesperson Ma. Teresita Daza said Philippine Coast Guard vessel BRP Malapascua was undertaking legitimate activities within the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone and that the CCG’s action placed the PCG crew in danger. “As far as the DFA is concerned, we have no reason to doubt the Philippine Coast Guard’s account of the incident,” Daza told reporters. “While we agree that we should continue working together, we hope the...

Bike lanes on Ayala Avenue, Makati to become shared lanes starting Feb. 15 Uumpisahan na ito sa Ayala, Makati. Susunod na kaya ibang cities dito sa NCR?

Nakakita ang U.S. health authorities ng posibleng koneksyon sa stroke ng bivalent #COVID19 vaccines na gawa ng Pfizer at partner nitong BioNTech. Nakapanayam ng #News5 si infectious disease expert Dr. Rontgene Solante kaugnay dito.

Bloomberg - Are you a robot? si doh at iatf kaya? di pa ba sila nakaquota sa benta at kickback sa bakuna? bbm, anu na?

Warning Graphic Content: for some Monday’s quake is believed to be the strongest to hit Turkey since 1939, when an earthquake of the same magnitude killed 30,000 people, according to the USGS. Earthquakes of this magnitude are rare, with fewer than five occurring each year on average, anywhere in the world. Seven quakes with magnitude 7.0 or greater have struck Turkey in the past 25 years – but Monday’s is the most powerful. Karl Lang, an assistant professor at Georgia Tech University’s School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, told CNN the area hit by the quake Monday is prone to seismic activity. “It’s a very large fault zone, but this is a larger earthquake than they’ve experienced any time in recent memory,” Lang said. Rescuers...

What spy balloons can do that satellites can't they cant shoot it down News that the Pentagon is monitoring a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon in the skies over the continental United States raises a series of questions -- not least among them, what exactly it might be doing. US officials have said the flight path of the balloon, first spotted over Montana on Thursday, could potentially take it over a "number of sensitive sites" and say they are taking steps to "protect against foreign intelligence collection." But what's less clear is why Chinese spies would want to use a balloon, rather than a satellite to gather information.

Dictatorship in Brazil: New bill in Brazil aiming at imprisoning from 2 to 8 years anyone who refuses to be vaccinated or who gives his opinion about vaccines on the internet. The penalty is double for public employees! According to a survey 92% of Brazilians are against this bill. Bills provide for imprisonment for those who doubt vaccines in Brazil - The Rio Times

Why is Elon Musk telling people to delete their Facebook? Elon Musk is pointing out something we all know. Of course, many refuse to face the truth, but nevertheless, we must open our eyes. Facebook is a real pain in the ass. Facebook is hurting our society with permanent misinformation with the goal of permanent profit. Profit is not a bad thing, but when it is done at the expense of truth and society, it becomes dramatic. This is the case with Facebook. Mark Zuckerberg may have renamed the company Meta, but the goals are the same. Facebook wants to take over the Metaverse, and that's a terrible vision for the society of the future. As Elon Musk said, we must not let Meta take over that future. Removing Facebook to reduce its...

anu masasabi ninyo sa State of the Education Address in inday sara this afternoon 2 o'clock? yung iba sabi ang tanging plano lang ni inday is di niya papabayaan ang mga guro hehe

A woman who was raped or a young girl impregnated by her relative has no right to abort the unborn and must learn to live with the consequences of being a victim, according to Manila Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso. The Aksyon Demokratiko standard-bearer took a hard-line position against abortion during an interview aired on ABS-CBN platforms on Thursday night, saying he was against it even under extreme circumstances involving sexual abuse or incest. During the interview with TV host Boy Abunda, Domagoso compared the situation of rape or incest victims to the poverty he experienced in his youth and how he rose above it, suggesting women or girls should do the same. “That’s life. I didn’t choose to be a garbage picker. I...

"Don't tell anyone this...There is a risk...have to be very controlled to make sure this virus you mutate doesn't create something...the way that the virus started in Wuhan, to be honest."

Forty-four new cases of omicron subvariants of the Covid-19 virus were detected, the Department of Health (DOH) reported. This was based on the results of the recent genome sequencing done by the University of the Philippines-Philippine Genome Center (UP-PGC). The positive samples were processed last Jan. 18, the DOH said. Of the 44 cases, 19 were tagged as BA.2.3.20, one case was BN.1, which was reported under BA.2.75; four were BA.5, including a case of BQ.1; and eight were classified as XBB. The 12 other cases were tagged as other omicron subvariants. All BA.2.3.20 cases were local cases from Ilocos Region, Central Luzon, and Calabarzon. The new XBB cases were from Ilocos Region, Central Luzon, Zamboanga Peninsula, and National...

BREAKING: Pfizer Exploring "Mutating" COVID-19 Virus For New Vaccines ambilis ng pulis, pinatatahimik agad

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"Experiences from other developing countries and the European Union show that SIM card registration may pose more risks than benefits to citizens," Mirandilla-Santos who spoke on behalf of Secure Connections, a cybersecurity initiative of The Asia Foundation, told Philstar.com "There is no evidence of the benefit of SIM card registration for crime prevention," she said. Findings from global non-profit Privacy International show that mandatory SIM card registration policies adopted by several countries including Canada, Czech Republic, the Netherlands and Ireland were "ineffective and inefficient." Mexico also had a compulsory SIM card registration policy in 2009, but repealed it three years later after it was discovered to be...

Ayon kay Pres. Bongbong Marcos, posibleng sumentro ang diskusyon nila ni Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida sa economic at regional security. Pero bago ang kaniyang pagbisita sa Japan, nakatakdang lumipad patungong Davos, Switzerland ang Pangulo para dumalo sa World Economic Forum.

A video of the incident, said to be of Sunday, that has gone viral on social media shows bystanders busy filming the grievously injured girl, instead of helping her. Raped and dumped near a government guesthouse, a 12-year-old severely injured girl in Uttar Pradesh’s Kannauj pleaded for help but onlookers preferred to make videos of herp plight. While locals alleged that the girl was gang-raped and then found dumped, drenched in blood behind the Dak Bangla guest house in UP’s Kannauj, police booked a man on Wednesday for allegedly raping the girl. A video of the incident, said to be of Sunday, that has gone viral on social media shows bystanders busy filming the grievously injured girl, instead of helping her. The girl had multiple...

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The Singapore-based Filipino teenager, who recently went viral for her Charles & Keith "luxury" bag, just got more goodies from the fashion house. In a TikTok video posted Jan. 15, Zoe Gabriel showed followers some boxes of items that included personalized bags. "To everyone who has shown their support and endless kindness, this is for you," Gabriel wrote in the caption. She thanked netizens who rallied behind her during the viral moment. Charles & Keith also sent her a note of gratitude, saying that the company is "so impressed" with the grace in how Gabriel handled the situation, displaying values that, the brand said, resonate with it greatly. "We hope that it will remind you of this special moment where you inspired so many...

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Long Covid Symptoms Often Fade for People Who Had Mild Infection, Large Study Finds People's increased risk of various health conditions largely disappeared within a year of having covid, the study found. By Ed Cara (Gizmodo) Research from a team in Israel appears to offer encouraging news: The majority of symptoms tied to long covid might fade away over time for those who initially had a mild case of covid-19. The study found that mild cases had a higher risk of more than a dozen health conditions compared to uninfected controls in the months following infection, but this increased risk largely disappeared within a year. The study was led by scientists from the KI Research Institute in Israel, in collaboration with Maccabi...

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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella confirmed in a message to employees that by March 31, 2023, the company will lay off about 10 thousand people, which is approximately 5% of the total number of Microsoft employees. In a letter, Satya Nadella stated the following: In the second quarter of fiscal year 2023, Microsoft will assume $1.2 billion in expenses related to severance payments, changes to the hardware mix, and rental consolidation costs. Note: The fiscal year starts on July 1 and ends on June 30. Eligible U.S. employees will receive above-market severance pay, six months of uninterrupted medical care, six months of equity retention, career reassignment services, and will be given 60 days prior notice, regardless of whether such notice...

Repeat COVID is riskier than first infection, study finds Nov 10 (Reuters) - The risk of death, hospitalization and serious health issues from COVID-19 jumps significantly with reinfection compared with a first bout with the virus, regardless of vaccination status, a study published on Thursday suggests. "Reinfection with COVID-19 increases the risk of both acute outcomes and long COVID," said Dr. Ziyad Al-Aly of Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. "This was evident in unvaccinated, vaccinated and boosted people." The findings were drawn from U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) data collected from March 1, 2020 through April 6, 2022 on 443,588 patients with one SARS-CoV-2 infection, 40,947 with two or more...

Well this will certainly end a number of COVID narratives. According to the Washington Post, an analysis conducted by the Kaiser Family Foundation found that 58% of COVID deaths in August were people that had been vaccinated or boosted. Remember when Joe Biden said last year that unvaccinated Americans faced a winter of “severe illness and death?” And that the unvaccinated would soon “overwhelm” hospitals? That did not age well. Neither did recent remarks from his two top COVID advisors, Dr. Anthony Fauci and Dr. Ashish Jha. Well recent is underselling it, the remarks came less than 24 hours before the Post’s report. Fauci Misleads on Vaccines During his final press conference on Tuesday, Fauci, according to Reuters, repeated...

Ten flight attendants of the Philippine Airlines (PAL) are now in hot water after they allegedly tried to sneak onions and fruits on their way back to the country from a Middle East flight. In a statement, the Bureau of Customs (BOC) said the agricultural products were found inside the luggage of the 10 PAL flight attendants after arriving at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) from Dubai and Riyadh on Jan. 10. It said the onions and fruits were confiscated after it was found that they have no import permit / clearance from Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI). The BOC said that pursuant to the Customs Modernization and Tariff Act, importations of plant products are considered “Regulated Importations” which require a prior...

A magnitude 7.3 earthquake jolted Sarangani, Davao Occidental on Wednesday afternoon, Jan. 18, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) reported. The tectonic quake hit 352 kilometers (km) southeast of Sarangani at 2:06 p.m. It had a depth of 64 km. Instrumental Intensity II was felt in Don Marcelino, Davao Occidental; Nabunturan, Davao de Oro; Glan and Kiamba, Sarangani; General Santos City, Tupi, Santo Nino, Koronadal City, and T’Boli, South Cotabato. Meanwhile, Instrumental Intensity I was also felt in Kidapawan City, Cotabato; Maitum and Maasim, Sarangani; Tantangan, Lake Sebu; Tampakan, Suralla, and Norala, South Cotabato; and Zamboanga City, Zamboanga del Sur. Damages and aftershocks are expected...

Mukhang tinuluyan na ng truck driver un guro, inatras at abante. Secret code kasi sa mga truck drivers maging sa ibang bansa na patayin na ang nabunggo para minsanan na at mas maliit ang gastos.