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CATBALOGAN CITY: The Tandaya trail in Samar province has expanded, adding more sites for tourists to explore. Samar provincial tourism officer Marvin Piczon said in a press briefing Friday that the Barobaybay River Cruise and Mangrove Tour in Barobaybay village in Calbiga, Samar, will be the new offerings this year. Operated by the Barobaybay Mangrove and Marine Conservationist Association, the site for the cruise is within 216 hectares of mangrove and nipa area that stretches along the Calbiga River way up to Maqueda Bay. The tour, which is set to launch in September, will give tourists an experience of the

MANILA: Two bettors from the provinces of Laguna and Cavite bagged the jackpot prizes in two separate Lotto draws on Thursday, the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) said on Friday. In an advisory, the PCSO said a bettor guessed the winning combinations 31-02-27-41-17-12 during the Super Lotto 6/49 with a total prize of PHP20,077,863.20. The ticket was bought in Golden City Dasma 3, Dasmariñas City, Cavite. Meanwhile, 23 others won PHP50,000 each for guessing five out of the six winning digits; 984 bettors will get PHP1,200 each for four correct digits; and 17,480 will settle for PHP50 each for three

KUALA LUMPUR: Police are seeking the public’s help in locating 14-year-old Alief Daniel Ghazally Abdul Ghaniy who was reported missing at 1.15 am today. Petaling Jaya district police chief ACP Shahrulnizam Jaafar in a statement today said Alief Daniel was last seen at his home in Jalan PJS 2C, Petaling Jaya yesterday at about 11.50 am. He said the teenager was last seen wearing a Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan (SMK) Taman Medan red school sports shirt, with the words ‘Mars’ printed on the back, black school shoes and was carrying a black backpack. ‘Alief Daniel Ghazally is 163 centimetres tall and

KUALA LUMPUR: Bursa Malaysia closed lower on Friday due to broad-based selling in tandem with the slump in regional bourses as investors remained cautious over the United States’ slowing economic growth and expectations of another rate hike in Japan. The negative tone today was also affected by the rising geopolitical tension concerns in the Middle East recently. At 5 pm, the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) declined 13.20 points or 0.81 per cent to 1,611.05 from yesterday’s close of 1,624.25. The market bellwether opened 4.94 points lower at 1,619.31 and moved between 1,607.75 and 1,619.31 throughout the day. On

GUA MUSANG, The media centre for the Nenggiri state by-election will start operation from tomorrow until August 17, to facilitate media practitioners to prepare news reports throughout the by-election. Kelantan Department of Information (JaPen) director Muhd Nor Aswadi Md Nor said the centre which provides internet facilities and a place for media conferences will be open from 9 am to 7 pm, every day. “The centre can accommodate about 20 media personnel at a time. So we invite those on duty at the Nenggiri by-election to come and use the facilities here,” he said. He told reporters after the launching