Новости за 08.08.2022

UNDER THE MICROSCOPE

At a time when we’re facing a humongous trillion-peso national debt, the least a responsible citizen can do is lessen his/her contribution to the burgeoning debt load. One way to do this is to not increase importation of non-essential products by patronizing local products, services and industries.

It doesn’t mean having to lower your standards, as we already have many products that are up to par with foreign ones. In food, we have proven that we have a cuisine we can be proud of. Читать дальше...

ON FOR THE ROAD

I finally took the plunge. After years of telling myself I would, I finally got an EV. And boy am I getting a real kick out of it.

Meet the all-new Nissan Kicks ePower. The first fully electric vehicle that doesn’t need to be plugged
in. And for my maiden drive in my new ride, I joined a convoy of 15 other Nissan Kicks for the official media launch and headed to Bicol to see if I could do it on a single tank of gas. Ok, ok, I know how that can be confusing. Читать дальше...

REFLECTIONS TODAY

Gospel • Matthew 18:1-5, 10, 12-14
In posing the disciples’ question, “Who is the greatest in the Kingdom of heaven?” Matthew invites the readers to pay attention to community relations, where everyone is deemed equal to others in the eyes of God. The child is presented as a figure of a disciple who must be accorded with equal dignity, more than one possessing qualities of innocence, dependence, and simplicity. In a highly hierarchical Jewish society, the children were considered less in status... Читать дальше...

FINDING ANSWERS

Last Friday’s revelation by the Bureau of Treasury that the national government’s debt as of June 30
stood at ₱12.79 trillion might seem distressing for many people.

Others might even describe as staggering the total amount of public debt which is more than double the ₱5.9 trillion total debt in 2016 at the start of the previous Duterte administration. It could even be disturbing for some, particularly the thought that each Filipino now supposedly owes around ₱114,650. Читать дальше...

TECH4GOOD

Artificial intelligence, or what is commonly referred to as AI, has made inroads into our lives and beginning to influence our lifestyles. From assistants like Amazon’s Alexa to the internet predicting what we may buy next, to the way companies provide customer service, AI is now ubiquitous. It is promising to be a game-changing and transformative innovation just like electricity, the internet, and smartphones. Futurists are saying AI would even be more powerful in terms of impact on society. Читать дальше...

MEDIUM RARE

Inspiration breeds aspiration leads to perspiration. So like the bamboo that sleeps, creeps,
leaps!

During the campaign, BBM did not so much promise to bring down the price of rice to ₱20 a kilo as to express an aspiration. The clerk who’ll never get to own a signature bag that costs a fortune (or five
years pay after subtracting rent, food, transpo, vacations) knows in her heart that it’s a long way to waltz to the same music as Jinkee and Sharon and Heart... Читать дальше...

A trip to put Covid-19 in perspective

CLINICAL MATTERS

I am writing this column on a train just like the one last week, but this time toward the end of our journey on the way from Seward to Anchorage, Alaska. It is 10 p.m. at night, and daylight is still strong. In this part of the world, the sun doesn’t set until near midnight during the summer months. This seems to make up for very short daylight hours in winter. This is the last leg of a 10-day Alaskan adventure with my family. Читать дальше...

Fidel Valdez Ramos was the first to be elected President of the Philippines who did not have a political background. He ran in only one election; he was elected President in 1992 over six prominent opponents by the slimmest of margins, 23.58 percent. Yet he quickly established common ground by reaching out and rallying the nation behind his leadership.

CAGAYAN — The Police Regional Office 2 (PRO2) clinched three major awards during the 121st Police Service Anniversary celebration held at the Philippine National Police National Headquarters in Camp Rafael Crame, Quezon City on Monday, August 8.

​​Families and loved ones of former President Fidel V. Ramos held a solemn tribute for the late leader on Monday night, with notable personalities and people who worked closely with Ramos during his presidency sharing their fond memories of him.

Former Education Secretary Leonor Briones has spoken up on the alleged overpriced laptop procurement during her term and warned those who are “unjustly” implicating her with anomalies especially online.

ARITAO, Nueva Vizcaya — A conductor of a provincial bus was declared dead on arrival while eight others were hurt in a road accident along Maharlika Highway, Purok 6, Brgy Bone South, Aritao on Monday afternoon, August 8.

Students in Bulacan province will have the chance to undergo on-the-job training (OJT) and get employed after the SM Malls in Marilao, Baliwag, and Pulilan signed Monday, Aug. 8, a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with Centro Escolar University (CEU) and St. Mary’s College in Baliuag for internship and job placement programs.

ZAMBOANGA CITY- Some P3.4-million worth of illegal drugs were intercepted at the Zamboanga International Airport (ZIA) by airport authorities on Monday, August 8.

Banks reported combined net profits of P143.12 billion as of end-June this year, up by 16.67 percent from P122.67 billion same time in 2021.

The Department of Health (DOH) has recorded 27,331 new Covid-19 cases in the past week, it said on Monday, Aug. 8.

The House of Representatives has congratulated the influential religious sect Iglesia ni Cristo (INC) on the occasion of its recent 108th anniversary.

TAIPEI, Taiwan — Taiwan will hold live-fire military drills this week simulating a defence of the island against a Chinese invasion, officials said Monday, as Beijing carries out fresh exercises around its neighbour.

BRUSSELS, Belgium — A factory in Belgium billed as the world’s biggest chocolate-making plant said it restarted operations Monday after closing for six weeks to clean up a salmonella contamination.

Defeated vice-presidential candidate Walden Bello was arrested Monday, Aug. 8, by the police for two counts of cyberlibel in Quezon City.

Banks’ gross non-performing loans (NPL) ratio has dropped to an 18-month low of 3.60 percent in June with improving loan payments by borrowers, based on the latest Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas’ (BSP) data.

BACOLOD CITY — A man was gunned down by five unidentified armed men who introduced themselves as members of the New People’s Army (NPA) in Barangay Marcelo, Calatrava, Negros Occidental on Sunday.

The House of Representatives moved one step closer to completing the reorganization of its committees Monday, Aug. 8 after more solons were designated to their respective panel chairmanships.

The Department of Health (DOH) has recorded a total of 92,343 dengue cases since January, it said on Monday Aug. 8.

ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Zamboanga del Norte Police Provincial Office has a new director.