Category: General

ANKARA: The Paris 2024 Olympic Games will officially start with an exceptional opening ceremony across the River Seine on Friday evening. It will be the first time that an opening ceremony of the Olympics will not be held at a stadium. “Paris 2024 is breaking new ground by bringing sports into the city and the same will be true of the Opening Ceremony, set to be held in the heart of the city along its main artery: the Seine,” the Paris 2024 statement read. “The river parade will follow the course of the Seine, from east to west over 6

MANILA: The Civil Service Commission (CSC) reminded heads of government agencies to implement the granting of the five-day special emergency leave (SEL) to government employees affected by the onslaught of Super Typhoon Carina and the enhanced southwest monsoon or “habagat”. CSC Commissioner Aileen Lizada in a message to the Philippine News Agency on Thursday said government employees affected by natural calamities or disasters are entitled to a five-day SEL under CSC Memorandum Circular numbers 2 and 16, both series of 2012. ‘MC 16, s. 2012 clarified po that special emergency leave under MC Nr. 2, S. 2012 shall be granted

MANILA: Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian on Thursday said the agency remains prepared to replenish the supply of family food packs (FFPs) of local government units (LGUs) hit by the onslaught of Super Typhoon Carina and enhanced southwest monsoon or ‘habagat’. Gatchalian said this is on top of the 360,228 FFPs already released by the DSWD to its various regional offices, where LGUs were badly affected by heavy rains and floods. ‘Now, it’s noteworthy to point out that there’s another 100,000 requests that came in after 12 midnight last night. So, it would bring us

ROME: The national statistics agency Istat said Wednesday that Italy’s population would continue to shrink in the coming decades, with the number of residents set to be down by about 4 million in 2050. Istat projected that the country’s resident population will decrease from about 59 million in 2023 to 58.6 million in 2030, 54.8 million in 2050, and 46.1 million in 2080. It said about half of the Italian population would not be of working age in 2050. The ratio of individuals aged 15 to 64 with respect to those not of working age (under 14 and more than

MANILA: The Chinese Embassy in Manila on Thursday welcomed President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.’s declaration to ban all Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGO), which have been linked to various illegal activities such as scams and human trafficking. ‘We have noted President Marcos’ announcement of banning all POGOs and welcome this development. We believe this decision echoes the call of the Philippine people and serves the common interests of people of both countries,’ the Embassy said in a statement. The Embassy has repeatedly stated that Chinese law prohibits all forms of gambling and that it strictly cracks down on Chinese nationals