Red Bull Racing’s Dutch driver Max Verstappen, who recently secured the 2022 Formula 1 title in Japan, was victorious in Sunday’s US Grand Prix. Verstappen beat Mercedes’ British driver Lewis Hamilton at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas and also helped Red Bull win the constructors’ title this year, the F1 confirmed. The Dutchman completed the race in one hour, 42 minutes and 11.687 seconds to see the checkered flag first. Hamilton came in second as the gap between him and Verstappen was five seconds. Ferrari’s Monegasque racer Charles Leclerc ended the race in
The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) on Monday distributed electronic land titles (e-titles) to agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) in Bulacan. The agency’s Support to Parcelization of Lands for Individual Titling (SPLIT) project intends to fast-track the land subdivision or parcelization of the Collective Certificates of Land Ownership Award (CCLOAs) of about 1.368 million hectares of land nationwide. DAR Central Luzon Director James Arsenio Ponce led the distribution of the e-titles covering 21.7750 hectares to 35 ARBs in the towns of San Rafael and San Ildefonso. Ponce said the distribution of individual titles would enable farmer-beneficiaries to have
Investigators will continuously tie up loose ends and solve lingering questions in the case of slain broadcaster Percival “Percy Lapid” Mabasa, the Department of Justice (DOJ) assured. Prosecutors held the first preliminary investigation hearing Monday into the case of Joel Escorial, the self-confessed gunman in the killing of the radio commentator on October 3. The next investigation is set on November 4. DOJ Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla told reporters that he trusts the National Bureau of Investigation and the Philippine National Police to come up with “a satisfactory answer to all the questions in our minds.”
Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson pulled out of the Conservative leadership race on Sunday. In a statement, Johnson said he led the Conservative to a “massive” election victory in 2019, and as such believed he was “uniquely placed” to avert a general election, which he said would be a “disastrous distraction” for the government, which should focus on the economic pressures the country is facing. “I believe I am well placed to deliver a Conservative victory in 2024 – and tonight I can confirm that I have cleared the very high hurdle of 102 nominations, including a
Local government authorities and the Manila Water Foundation (MWF) on Monday launched in a Dumagat community in Norzagaray, Bulacan an annual program that aims to give households better access to cleaner and potable water. Dubbed as the integrated water access, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) community program, the water access project was launched in the province in time for “Global Handwashing Day,” the “National Indigenous Peoples Month” and the 25th year of the enactment of the Indigenous Peoples’ Rights Act or the “IPRA Law,” all of which are celebrated in October. More than 100 Dumagat households living within the
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on Monday announced the appointment of Col. Alexei Musñgi as the Joint Task Force-National Capital Region (JTF-NCR) commander. He replaced Brig. Gen. Marceliano Teofilo who assumed command of the Intelligence Service of the AFP last July. AFP chief Lt. Gen. Bartolome Vicente Bacarro presided over the change-of-command ceremony at the AFP Commissioned Officers Club in Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City. “Col. Musñgi previously served as the commander of the 1002nd Infantry Brigade. He was also the assistant chief-of-staff for operations, G-3, Philippine Army, and commander of the 48th Infantry Battalion,” AFP
