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Russia says first stage' of Ukraine offensive complete
[image is from bbc march25 2022] Efforts can now be focused on the “liberation of the Donbass,” a senior defense official said Russia’s armed forces have completed the “first stage” of their mission in Ukraine, according to a top military commander, who claimed Kiev’s combat potential has been severely diminished following one month of fighting. Speaking during a Friday press briefing, Colonel General Sergey Rudskoy stated that Moscow had reached its objectives for the first leg of its military operation in Ukraine, adding that this would allow it to give its full attention to the Donbass region. “In general, the main tasks of the first stage of the operation have been completed,” said Rudskoy, who serves as chief of the Russian...
Diesel to go up by PHP 8.65 per liter tomorrow
Don't be surprised to see a long line of motorists lining up for fuel today. We're about to endure another round of major pump price adjustments. There were hints of a big-time oil price hike based on the MOPS estimates of Facebook page PH Fuel Watch over the weekend. As it turns out, the PHP 7 per liter increase on diesel for Tuesday is much higher than expected. Pilipinas Shell has announced that beginning 6:00 AM, March 29, they are implementing an increase of PHP 9.40 per liter of kerosene, PHP 8.65 per liter of diesel, and PHP 3.40 per liter of gasoline. PetroGazz also released a fuel price advisory together with CleanFuel, and will be making the same adjustments on their diesel and gasoline products by 6:00 AM and 8:01 AM...
Russia vs Ukraine Updates 3/25/2022
Military Developments 1. With world's eyes on war in Ukraine, North Korea tests a new long-range missile. 2. Ukraine tells the US it needs 500 Javelins and 500 Stingers per day. 3. Ukrainian forces have reoccupied towns east of Kyiv. 4. Ukraine alleges forced moves to Russia while Moscow cites influx of refugees. Economic Developments 1. Germany can cut Russian oil dependence in half by summer, says minister. 2. Beijing’s no limits friendship with Moscow actually has some limits, says China’s envoy to the US. 3. Global credit agency Moody’s intends to withdraw its credit ratings on Russian entities. 4. Europe wants to cut Russian energy. Climate policies can help.
Russia vs. Ukraine Shopping Center, pinasabugan ng 'high precision long-range weapon'
Pinasabog ng Russia ang isang shopping center sa Kyiv, Ukraine gamit ang kanilang 'high precision long-range weapon.' Kinumpirma nila 'yan halos kasabay ng pag-anunsiyo nila ng paggamit ng hypersonic missiles. Walo ang nasawi sa panibagong pagpapasabog. Pero giit ng Russia, hindi sibilyan ang kanilang target kundi mga armas umano ng Ukraine na itinatago roon! https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/video/gmadigitalspecials/585866/russia-vs-ukraine-shopping-center-pinasabugan-ng-high-precision-long-range-weapon-gma-news-feed/video/
Tax debt of the Marcos estate
Death is certain but not the payment of estate taxes. Ferdinand Marcos died 32 years ago on Sept. 29, 1989. His heirs — Imelda, Bongbong, Imee, and Irene — did not file the estate tax return with the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) as required by law. Neither did they pay any estate tax. The Tax Code provides: “When the Commissioner of Internal Revenue xxx finds that proper taxes should be assessed, he shall first notify the taxpayer of his findings. Within a period to be prescribed by implementing regulations, the taxpayer shall be required to respond to said notice. If the taxpayer fails to respond, the Commissioner shall issue an assessment based on his findings. Such assessment may be protested administratively by filing a...
Xsox nagwarning na sa Comelec
Warning ⚠️ To COMELEC officials at the local levels and to the Electoral Board Members who have received bribes and who will participate in any election cheating or in the ballot pre-shading scheme in your jurisdiction: You and your family upto the 3rd generation will be facing severe consequences. You will be posted and publicly humiliated, your pictures, your names, phone numbers, email addresses and passwords, physical address, your family members, your children's school, your spouses data, etc. everything about you will become publicly available. You have enough time to think if the bribe money you received or will receive is worth the consequences. We have our way of finding out if you are in collusion with those who want to...
Atty. Luke Espiritu praised for calling Atty. Larry Gadon bastos at SMNI debate
© Provided by Dailypedia When asked how they’d handle the issue of children being used as scapegoats in various crimes, Gadon decided to slam the Catholic church by noting that its religious figures allegedly preach anti-Marcos and anti-martial law lectures. “Tama naman na responsibilidad ng mga magulang ang pagbigay ng payo sa mga bata, pero ganoon din ang Catholic church. “Marami sa mga pari na sa halip na magturo ng leksyon sa mga bata, ang inaatupag nila yung mga anti-Marcos, anti-martial law, at mga communism ang kanilang itinuturo. So, dapat suwetuhin din itong Catholic church.” he said. He added that the church should refrain from entering the realm of politics. “Wala na kayong ginawa kundi manira kay Marcos, kay Bongbong...
Russia vs Ukraine Updates 3/14/2022
Military Developments 1. Russia has requested military assistance from China in Ukraine. 2. India temporarily relocates its embassy in Ukraine to Poland. 3. Russia is attempting to envelop Ukrainian forces in the east and advance westward, says UK defense minister. 4. Russia has threatened to fire on weapons shipments to Ukraine. Economic Developments 2. Humanitarian aid convoy fails to reach the city of Mariupol. 3. End of an era in Russia as sanctions bite and Western companies take flight. 4. New mayor installed in Russia-controlled Melitopol. https://edition.cnn.com/europe/live-news/ukraine-russia-putin-news-03-13-22/index.html
Goodbye Vance
Youtube Vanced project is now discontinued! Goodbye Vanced We are here today to give you bad news unfortunately. Developer team of the YouTube Vanced app, a YouTube premium alternative that has no competition, decided to drop support for it. It is from now on discontinued. In the upcoming days, download links will be removed and app will no longer be accessible to newcomers. Only those who already have this app installed in their device are going to be able to keep using it, but what is the reason behind this sudden and sad decision? SPONSORED https://cdn.xiaomiui.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Vanced-YøùTùbé-Music.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&resize=640,321&ssl=1 What is YouTube Vanced? YouTube Vanced is a YouTube client that offers...
Google Domain is out of Beta
Google Domains is finally out of beta after more than seven years Even Gmail wasn’t in beta that long These people seem really thrilled about their websites. Image: Google Google Domains, the company’s domain registration service, is losing the beta tag after first launching more than seven years ago, Google announced Tuesday. The service is now generally available in 26 countries, and the company says it already has “millions of active registrations.” If you register with Google Domains, you can pick from more than 300 different domain endings, have access to “high performance DNS” (Google says it’s the same infrastructure it uses for itself), “around-the-clock customer support from real people,” and more. The company is also...
Moreno meets with Elon Musk's SpaceX on satellites
MANILA, Philippines — Manila City Mayor Isko Moreno disclosed Thursday that the City Council of Manila authorized him to negotiate with the company of American billionaire Elon Musk for the purchase of Starlink low-orbit satellites. “I hope we can avail of Starlink low-orbit satellite soonest. The best success story is in Ukraine when Elon Musk deployed a number of satellites in that country after its internet connectivity was destroyed by Russian forces...Hopefully, we can use this in the entire country,” Moreno said in a press conference in Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental. Moreno was referring to City Council Resolution No. 46 which authorizes Mayor Domagoso “to negotiate and/or enter into a contract with SpaceX Enterprise for...
Russia vs Ukraine Updates 3/17/2022
Military Developments 1. I want to tell our commander-in-chief to stop terror acts in Ukraine because when we come back we'll rise against him, says Russian prisoners of war. 2. Nordic countries wonder if they are next on Putin's list. 3. Russia is calling in military reinforcements from across the country, says UK defense minister. 4. China rejects NATO's appeal to condemn invasion. 5. US sending armed drones to Ukraine. 6. Russia launches criminal case against blogger under new anti-fake news law. Economic Developments 1. Pakistan sends emergency aid to Ukraine. 2. UAE and Saudi Arabia have declined US bid to convince the Gulf states to boost oil production. 3. Zelensky warned Europe that a new wall is arising between those countries...
Visa, Mastercard suspend operations in Russia
NEW YORK: Card payment giants Visa and Mastercard announced Saturday they will suspend operations in Russia, the latest major US firms to join the business freeze-out of Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine. "Noting the unprecedented nature of the current conflict and the uncertain economic environment," Mastercard said it had "decided to suspend our network services in Russia." Visa, for its part, said that "effective immediately" it would "work with its clients and partners within Russia to cease all Visa transactions over the coming days." US President Joe Biden "welcomed the decision" during a phone call with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky in which the two discussed US, ally and private industry actions to deter...
Bongbong Marcos not worried about Duterte's preference for lawyer as successor
MANILA, Philippines — Presidential candidate Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. said Wednesday he is not worried that President Rodrigo Duterte preferred another lawyer to be his successor. During the Kapihan sa Manila Bay forum, Marcos was asked if the latest pronouncements of Duterte, himself a lawyer, that a decisive and compassionate lawyer is an ideal president of the country would pose a problem for him despite being the consistent frontrunner in various popularity surveys. There are only two lawyers among the presidential candidates — one of which is Vice President Leni Robredo, who was a far second to Marcos in the surveys. The other lawyer among presidential hopefuls was Jose Montemayor Jr., also a medical doctor. “No (I’m not...
Senator Lacson wants fuel excise tax suspended
After 10 successive weeks, the increase of oil prices in the country still shows no signs of slowing down, and one Presidential aspirant is calling for some relief for motorists. Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson is proposing for the immediate suspension of fuel excise tax to provide Filipinos a much-needed breather from the prices. "The upward trajectory of fuel prices is expected to continue and the government must do something now to mitigate the impact of international oil prices on motorists, the public transport sector, fisherfolk, and farmers who will bear the brunt of this burden if we do not act now," said Sen. Lacson. The presidential candidate proposed a mechanism that would suspend excise tax on fuels when crude prices based...
Envoy says nuclear power plant from US safer, smaller, cheaper
Philippine envoy to the US Jose Manuel Romualdez said Monday the power plants being proposed by the US to the Philippines as part of their cooperation on energy security are safer, smaller, cheaper. Philippine Ambassador to the US Babe Romualdez Interviewed on Super Radyo dzBB, Romualdez explained the recently-signed Memorandum of Understanding on Concerning Strategic Civil Nuclear Cooperation (NCMOU) where the US offered the Philippines its new development on nuclear energy. “Tawag nila ‘yung modular type of ano ‘yung maliliit lang na nuclear plant to give power to areas. Maganda para sa’tin ‘yan dahil we have 7,600 islands at we’ll be able to power. Very important ‘yan talaga dahil energy is number one requirement now that we need...
VP Leni numbers down in 2021 satisfaction survey
MANILA – Vice President Leni Robredo’s satisfaction rating dropped in a 2021 last quarter survey of top government officials, according to results released on Friday by private polling firm Social Weather Stations (SWS). The SWS Fourth Quarter 2021 poll conducted Dec. 12 to 16, 2021 revealed that the number of Filipinos satisfied with Robredo’s performance dropped to 41 percent from 51 percent recorded in September 2021. Forty percent of 1,440 respondents E×ρréššed dissatisfaction with the presidential candidate, up by 13-percentage points from September 2021’s 27 percent. Nineteen percent were ambivalent on the matter. The poll results pulled Robredo’s net satisfaction score to “neutral” +1, down by 23 points from “good” +24 in...
Marcos, Duterte still leading in Pulse Asia's pre-election survey - Manila Bulletin
Former Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. and his running mate Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte remain the frontrunners in the latest Pulse Asia survey results released on Monday, March 14. The survey, which was conducted from Feb. 18 to 23, 2022, found Marcos sustaining his lead with 60 percent of respondents nationwide choosing him as the next Philippine president if the elections took place during the survey period. He also led all geographic areas and socio-economic groupings–53 percent to 68 percent and 58 percent to 61 percent, respectively. In 2nd place is Vice President Leni Robredo whose presidential bid is backed by 15 percent of respondents. “The Vice President posts double-digit voter preferences across geographic...

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