Marcos’ PFP forges alliance with Sotto’s NPC
May 18, 2024
Former world boxing champion Luisito Espinosa is appealing to President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. to help him collect his prize money from a 1997 title fight held in South Cotabato province. Espinosa defeated Carlos Rios of Argentina in that match held in Koronadal City and was claiming the balance of the US150,000 prize money allegedly owed him by the promoters. He said he only received $29,651 from that fight. “Sana matulungan ninyo ako, wala naman akong ginawang masama. Pinagtanggol ko naman ang Pilipinas (I hope you can help me, I didn’t do anything wrong. I even defended the
The Ilocos Norte Police Provincial Office (INPPO) said Friday that a special investigation task group has been created to investigate the killing of an intelligence officer assigned at the Dingras police station. Maj. Julius Basallo, police chief of Dingras town, said Staff Sgt. Jackson Raymundo, 36, of Puttao village in nearby Solsona town, was found inside his car’s compartment with multiple gunshot wounds at an irrigation canal in Barangay Saludares, Dingras, Ilocos Norte early Thursday. Responding police authorities brought him to the nearest hospital but died while being treated. As of this posting, Task Force Raymundo is
The Catholic Church on Friday urged the faithful to go back to attending in-person Masses every Sunday as the country’s coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) situation continues to improve. “We strongly encourage our faithful to return to the Sunday Eucharist with a purified heart, renewed amazement, and increased desire to meet the Lord, to be with him, to receive him, and bring him to our brothers and sisters with the witness of a life full of faith, love and hope,” CBCP president and Caloocan Bishop Pablo Virgilio David said in Circular No. 22-36 issued on Friday, addressed to all bishops
Alarmed with the first reported suspected African swine fever (ASF) case in Western Visayas, hog raisers here in Antique are urging the provincial government to intensify its border control with neighboring provinces to prevent the spread of the virus. “We are apprehensive that the ASF would enter our province for it could destroy our hog industry,” said Elma Peña, president of the Sibalom Livestock and Poultry-Raisers Association (SILPRA) in an interview Friday. Anique is bordered by the provinces of Aklan and Iloilo. On Thursday, Iloilo reported suspected ASF cases but is still waiting for the confirmatory result from
The local government here is now equipped to test not just the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) but also monkeypox with the opening of its Uswag Molecular Laboratory at its permanent site in Barangay San Pedro in Molo district on Friday. “It is a biosafety level 2 facility equipped with machines and instruments needed for molecular testing. At present, the facility will focus on Covid-19 testing but the same equipment can also test for other diseases,” Iloilo City Mayor Jerry P. Treñas said in his message during the inauguration. He added that a team of four led by laboratory
CALGARY, Alberta, Oct. 14, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Eavor Technologies Inc. (“Eavor”), the leader in globally scalable geothermal technology, is pleased to announce that Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc. (“CHUBU”) has entered an agreement to make a direct investment in Eavor and support the commercialization of Eavor-Loop™ technology. Along with CHUBU’s investment they will have […]
