Day: October 14, 2024

MANILA: BHW Party-list Rep. Angelica Natasha Co and Marikina Rep. Stella Quimbo on Monday filed a formal complaint against Agri Party-list Rep. Wilbert Lee with the House Committee on Ethics over his “acts of aggression” during a plenary budget deliberation of the House of Representatives on September 25. Quimbo said Lee acted aggressively toward her and Co during the September 25 deliberation on the Department of Health’s (DOH) 2025 budget, pointing at them repeatedly and moving toward them in a threatening manner. None of Lee’s “aggressive actions” toward Co and her were documented by any media outlet, she added. Quimbo

MANILA: Senate Majority Leader Francis Tolentino on Monday hailed the strong performance of the Philippines at the recently concluded Asian Kickboxing Championship held in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. In a statement, Tolentino, the President of the Samahang Kickboxing ng Pilipinas (SKP), said the 16 medals won by the Filipino kickboxers in the regional competition “shows our athletes’ skills, heart, and huge potential in the sport.” Jovan Medallo led the team by clinching two gold medals, while Hergie Bacyadan, Gina Araos, and Carlo Von Buminaang won one gold medal each. Tolentino cited Bacyadan, who bagged the gold in the women’s 70-kilogram K1

MANILA: Japan, a role model in disaster response and rehabilitation, shared its strategies to mitigate disaster risk at the Asia-Pacific Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (APMCDRR) on Monday. Ohashi Makiko, Director-in-Charge of the International Cooperation of Disaster Management-Bureau Cabinet Office of Japan, said making people understand the frequency and the risk of disasters allows them to cooperate in the recovery process. Ohashi said Japan continues to face challenges in its disaster risk response and is looking at other countries to improve their system. She added that private sector cooperation is crucial especially when government effort is no longer sufficient.

Effective this school year, indigent college and graduate students from Antique will receive higher educational assistance of PHP10,000 per semester from the existing PHP6,000. The provincial board, during its regular session on Monday, approved the hike to help students cope with the increasing cost of education. ‘The PHP6,000 per semester is not enough to fully address the rising education and living expenses faced by the students so we proposed the increase,’ said Board member Pio Jessielito Sumande Sr., who sponsored the resolution authored by Vice Governor Edgar Denosta. In an interview, Sumande said students need gadgets for their assignments and

MANILA: University of Santo Tomas turned back University of the East, 23-25, 23-25, 25-14, 25-17, 15-9, to sweep the four-match Pool B in the 2024 Shakey’s Super League (SSL) Collegiate Pre-Season Championship at Rizal Memorial Coliseum in Manila late Sunday. Winger Angeline Poyos scored a game-high 28 points, including eight in the fifth set, as the Tigresses snapped the Lady Warriors’ three-game run. ‘We stuck to the system and listened to the instructions of our coaches,’ said Poyos after the two-hour and 27-minute match. Regina Grace Jurado chipped in 14 attacks and one ace while Jonna Chris Perdido added 14