Day: August 5, 2024

ANKARA: Team Belgium has withdrawn from Monday’s Paris 2024 triathlon relay after an Olympian fell sick. In a statement, the team said that Belgian triathlete Claire Michel, one of the members of the relay, is “unfortunately ill and has to withdraw from the competition.” The same source added that after consultation with the athletes and their entourage, the Belgian team will not “take part in the mixed relay at the Paris Olympic Games tomorrow.” On July 31, Michel, 35, swam in the River Seine during an Olympic triathlon event in women’s individual. French sports daily L’Equipe said that Michel had

LEGAZPI CITY: The Department of Health-Center for Health Development in Bicol (DOH-CHD-5) is urging the public to practice the “4S” strategy to combat dengue after the region logged a 40-percent increase in cases compared to the same period last year. In a report on Monday, the agency said there were 715 cases from Jan. 1 to July 13, whereas 512 dengue cases were recorded for the same period in 2023. The DOH said among the possible reasons for the increase is the proliferation of breeding sites for dengue-carrying mosquitoes due to the onset of the rainy season. The “4S” means

ILOILO CITY: A former barangay chairperson was shot dead in La Paz district here Monday. Ernie Poral, 63, former chair of Barangay Ingore, La Paz, was shot in the head by a gunman in Barangay Baldoza at 7:12 a.m. Police said Poral was buying feeds when the gunman shot him at close range. The suspect fled on a motorcycle. The victim was brought to West Visayas State University Medical Center but was pronounced dead by an attending physician. ‘We are still investigating members of the family, witnesses, and closed circuit television cameras for the possible routes of the suspect,’ said

MANILA: The Department of National Defense (DND) is allocating some PHP11.7 billion to buy ballistic helmets and military body armors for some 115,000 Philippine Army (PA) soldiers. In a bid bulletin posted at its website, the DND said the ballistic helmet project has a budget of PHP2. 875 billion. It said bidding is open to foreign and local manufacturers, subject to the conditions of eligibility provided under the 2016 revised implementing rules and regulations (IRRs) of Republic Act 9184 or the Government Procurement Reform Act. Winning bidders are required to deliver the ballistic helmets in a five-year period and in

MANILA: Officials of the Clark International Airport Corp. and the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) recently signed a memorandum of agreement for the establishment of the state lottery’s back-up draw court facility. The 4,000-square-meter facility will be located along Ninoy Aquino Street at the Clark Civil Aviation Complex in the former location of the Philippine Red Cross bio-molecular laboratory during the coronavirus pandemic. In a statement on Monday, the PCSO said CIAC president and chief executive officer Arrey Perez and director Rommel Ma. Santiago and PCSO general manager Melquiades Robles and assistant general manager for Gaming, Product Development and Marketing