MANILA – Less than a week after the New People’s Army (NPA)-planted anti-personnel mine (APM) blast on June 6, the Masbate City Health Office released the results of an autopsy conducted on the two fatalities. In a Facebook post of 101.5 Brigada New FM Sorsogon at 6:41 of June 11, the autopsy result showed that 21-year old Kieth Absalon bore a gunshot wound to his right eye. His cousin Noven Absalon, 40, had a gunshot wound to the right shoulder and another to the left thigh. The report added that the victims died from hemorrhagic shock secondary to the gunshot
MANILA– A Filipino diplomat at the Philippine Consulate General in New York was verbally assaulted by an unknown individual in a train on her way to the office last Friday. “One of our colleagues at the Philippine Consulate General in New York became the latest victim of anti-Asian hate. Our colleague, a female consular officer, was verbally assaulted while on board the B train on her way to the Consulate yesterday morning,” Consul General Elmer Cato said in a statement Saturday night The victim said a man on board the train accosted her as soon as she stepped inside by
The finest products made out of bamboo will be showcased in a week-long 1st Mindanao Bamboo Expo scheduled from Sept. 15 to 19 in the Robinsons Place Mall in Valencia City, Bukidnon. The bamboo expo is a project of the newly-organized Mindanao Bamboo Industry Development Council (MBIDC) which is supported by the Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) and other agencies of government, including the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and the Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP). In a statement on Sunday, MinDA chairperson Secretary Emmanuel Piñol said individual farmers, craftsmen, artisans, commercial groups, and local government units are expected
About 180,000 fourth graders and teachers from at least 3,600 schools nationwide were chosen as beneficiaries of jump ropes through the joint project of an energy drink company, Department of Education (DepEd), and Philippine Jump Rope Association (PJRA). The Jump Rope for the Public School System project aims to complement academic development with physical fitness by introducing children to home-based sports such as jumping rope. Milo energy drink is distributing the jump ropes this month. “We believe that active kids are better learners,” DepEd Undersecretary Tonisito Umali said in a news release. “No doubt that physical activities such as doing
The Philippine Air Force (PAF) conducted a “solidarity maritime patrol” over the Philippine Rise on Saturday as it joined the Northern Luzon Command in the commemoration of the country’s 123rd Independence Day. PAF spokesperson Lt. Col. Maynard Mariano on Sunday said the activity was also part of the 5th anniversary of the renaming of the Philippine Rise. The commemoration aimed to promote marine conservation and to assert the country’s sovereign rights on the feature, formerly known as the Benham Rise, located approximately 250 kilometers east of the northern coastline of Dinapigue, Isabela. An EADS CASA C-295 medium transport and two
In another move to encourage registration, the Commission on Elections-Gender and Development (Comelec-GAD) office scheduled special days with the male population to be given preferential treatment. Acknowledging the efforts of men, especially fathers, June 21 to 23, 2021 will be special days for them, according to a Facebook post. “Kalalakihan, prayoridad ka (Men, you’ll be prioritized)! Three-day special registration for men and boys to celebrate Father’s Day this June 2021,” the post read. Source: Philippines News Agency
