Day: September 30, 2024

Manila: Grandmaster Rogelio “Joey” Antonio topped the GM Balinas Open at the Pavilion Mall in Mandaluyong City Sunday night. Antonio scored 6.0 points to claim the PHP15,000 champion’s purse in the seven-round tournament held in honor of the late Rosendo Balinas Jr. International Master Chito Garma finished second followed by IM Michael Concio Jr., Fide Master Christian Mark Daluz, and National Master Carlo Magno Rosaupan. Others in the Top 10 were Sherwin Tiu, Jan Lei Kian Rosaupan, FMs Ivan Travis Cu, Randy Segarra, and David Elorta. “Thank you, Lord, for all the blessings, especially winning this tough tournament in memory

Manila: The signing of Republic Act No. 12022, or the Anti-Agricultural Economic Sabotage Act, will lead to more affordable food products, improve the livelihood of farmers and raise tax collection, Senator Loren Legarda said Monday. President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. signed the measure in Malacañang last Sept. 26. The law seeks to curtail smuggling, profiteering, and hoarding of agricultural products. ‘We welcome the signing of this priority measure, which seeks to make food products more affordable and for the common Filipino to have more on their plate daily,” Legarda said in a news release. “With the proper implementation of this

Manila: The hoisting of tropical cyclone wind signal (TCWS) no. 5 is possible as Typhoon Julian continues to batter northern Luzon, the weather bureau said Monday. “The possibility of hoisting wind signal no. 5 is not ruled out,” the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said in its 11 a.m. update. Typhoon-force winds will be felt in Batanes and the northern portion of Babuyan Islands (Babuyan Island, Calayan Island) where TCWS no. 4 remains hoisted. Storm-force winds will prevail over areas under TCWS no. 3: the rest of Babuyan Islands and the northeastern portion of mainland Cagayan (Santa

Manila: At least six persons were killed while 57 others were hurt in a collision between a passenger bus and a sports utility vehicle (SUV) in Majayjay, Laguna province. In a report on Monday, the Majayjay Municipal Station said the mishap occurred along a road in Barangay Bakia at around 3:25 p.m. Sunday. An APR Transportation bus coming from Lucban, Quezon was traversing the curved downhill portion of the road when it collided with a Hyundai SUV traveling in the opposite direction. The bus then rammed into a tree after wrecking the SUV. The Majayjay Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction Management

ZAMBOANGA CITY – Police are pursuing a suspect behind a grenade attack that injured a policeman in Isabela City, Basilan province, on Sunday night. Lt. Col. Parson Asadil, Isabela City police chief, identified the victim as Pat. Aldimar Salahuddin of the Regional Mobile Force Battalion-9 (RMFB-9), who was on duty at the Community Police Action Center (COMPAC) in Barangay Sunrise when the explosion occurred around 9:45 p.m. Salahuddin was inside the COMPAC when the attacker threw a fragmentation grenade, Asadil said. The explosion was captured on a closed-circuit television camera. Salahuddin was immediately taken to a hospital, where doctors declared