Day: August 23, 2024

MANILA: Lia Duque and Mark Kobayashi ruled their respective divisions in the premier 16-18 category of the ICTSI Junior PGT Luzon Series 5 at the Luisita Golf and Country Club in Tarlac on Friday. Duque carded a 79, highlighted by a two-birdie frontside 37, to claim the girls title with a 324 total. She earned 15 points to boost her bid to earn a spot in the Match Play Championship. Chloe Rada, who settled for second with a total of 360 after an 89, collected 12 points. ‘This win means a lot to me because, in the recent JPGT events,

ISTANBUL: Apple announced on Thursday more app changes for users in Europe amid the European Union’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) regulations. Users in the EU will be able to make changes in their browser choice screen, default apps, and app deletion for iOS and iPad OS by the end of this year, it said in a statement. “Developers of browsers offered in the browser choice screen in the EU will have additional information about their browser shown to users who view the choice screen and will get access to more data about the performance of the choice screen,” it added.

LEGAZPI CITY: Residents from 30 villages in Bacacay, Albay on Friday received various government social, medical, and livelihood services during the one-day medical-dental mission called “Tarabangan Caravan” in Barangay 13. Doctors from the Bureau of Fire Protection, Philippine Navy-Naval Forces Southern Luzon, Department of Health, and Tanchuling Hospital provided free check-ups, dental cleaning, and medicine while free massage and wheelchairs were also provided. The activity is part of a series of medical and dental missions scheduled by the Ako Bicol party-list throughout the Bicol region. Sheryl Basilan, 41, of Barangay 8 Poblacion, along with her son and nephew, availed of

ISTANBUL: Apple announced on Thursday more app changes for users in Europe amid the European Union’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) regulations. Users in the EU will be able to make changes in their browser choice screen, default apps, and app deletion for iOS and iPad OS by the end of this year, it said in a statement. “Developers of browsers offered in the browser choice screen in the EU will have additional information about their browser shown to users who view the choice screen and will get access to more data about the performance of the choice screen,” it added.

MANILA: The governments of the Philippines and Brazil on Friday signed two deals to boost their exchanges on education and technical cooperation. Visiting Brazilian Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira and Foreign Affairs Secretary Enrique Manalo signed the agreements during a ceremony after capping a bilateral meeting at the Diamond Hotel, where they agreed to further deepen the Philippine-Brazil cooperation in other areas. Manalo expressed optimism the new agreements would steer the two states’ bilateral cooperation agenda toward the “achievement of shared development goals’. ‘This is the first visit by a Brazilian Foreign Minister to the Philippines, and we welcome Minister Vieira’s