Day: July 29, 2024

GUA MUSANG, Climbing up a limestone cave wall or opting for the via ferrata trail and then “flying” over a distance of 130 metres not only promises satisfaction to extreme sports enthusiasts but also gets their adrenaline pumping. This combination of two activities is available at the newly-opened Muse Ecopark, located in the middle of the Gua Musang-Kuala Krai road, in the vicinity of Masjid Buluh Gua Musang, Kelantan. The park is an ideal recreational spot for those who are daring and love challenges. Muse Ecopark coordinator Mohd Ruzuke Abdul Aziz said the park’s strategic location makes it easily accessible

MANILA: The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Monday signed an agreement with the Philippine Association of Law Schools (PALS) that would expand access to free legal services. Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla and PALS president Teodoro Pastran signed the memorandum of agreement. “This momentous occasion is testament to the unwavering efforts of PBBM’s Bagong Pilipinas (New Philippines) political slogan that no Filipino shall be left behind as the country moves forward to progress,” Remulla said in a news release. ‘With this initiative, we unconditionally open the doors of justice for the welfare of more Filipinos, regardless of their social status.’

TACLOBAN CITY: The death of a squad leader of the New People’s Army (NPA) in Eastern Samar has persuaded a fighter to voluntarily surrender and turn over firearms to the authorities, the Philippine Army reported on Monday. The Army’s 78th Infantry Battalion (78IB) said that Lando Yape, alias Rose, a combatant of the recently dismantled Apoy platoon, turned himself in to soldiers on Saturday after learning about the death of their leader. He also surrendered his firearms and other war materiel in Barangay Domrog, General MacArthur town in the province of Eastern Samar. Yape turned over two M16 rifles, 10

DAVAO CITY: Physicians here urged the public on Monday to learn how to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) to save lives, especially out-of-hospital cardiac arrests. In a press briefing, Dr. April Anne Rivamonte-Delola, a consultant at the Department of Emergency Medicine at Southern Philippines Medical Center (SPMC), said at least one person in households must know CPR as cardiac arrests may happen at home. She said SPMC recorded 32 out-of-hospital cardiac arrests in June and only 22 percent survived. ‘I don’t have the statistics on how many people have undergone CPR but based on the data, around 30 percent have performed