“UN member states should not be fooled by the baseless claims from the new Philippine government that the rights situation has suddenly improved,” McKernan said.
"In fact, right now, we are trying to formulate how, what is the latest and what’s the best way for the rehabilitation," the president said.
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"The war on drugs will continue but we have to do it in a different way," Marcos said in an interview with vlogger and celebrity Toni Gonzaga aired over All TV on Tuesday, September 13. Photo from Instagram.com/@celestinegonzaga
OCTA, however, urged the government to determine the conditions that will “trigger” reimposing the use of masks outdoors.Italsoencouraged the public to participate in vaccination and booster programs.
“The virus is not any less serious or dangerous just because we’ve decided that masks are optional. We should not be lulled into a false sense of safety,” Hontiveros said.
All departments, agencies, and instrumentalities of the government, including state universities and colleges, government-owned and -controlled corporations and financial institutions, and local governments were directed “to render full assistance to and cooperation with the IATF for the effective and orderly implementation” of the EO.
The relaxed mask mandate was initiated by Cebu despite initial concerns from the national government.
It should also urge Marcos to release former lawmaker Leila de Lima, to name independent human rights experts to the Commission on Human Rights, and to facilitate the full participation of civil society organizations in the UN joint program.“UNmember states should make sure they don’t drop the ball on the Philippines and instead strengthen the Human Rights Council’s efforts to improve human rights in the country,” HRW’s McKernan said.
“Proceed in this noble endeavor with our fervent prayers and wholehearted support for Your Excellency’s continued success,” the House Speaker said.
High Commissioner for Human Rights on the situation in the country, the HRW said.
"And then even on the enforcement side... I’d like to formulate that one," he added.
Sen. Risa Hontiveros also expressed concern over the decision of Malacañang.
Marcos' predecessor, former president Rodrigo Duterte, had waged a bloody war on illegal drugs, saying it is necessary to preserve the next generation of Filipinos. Duterte had ordered law enforcers to "destroy" the apparatus of drug traders and to shoot drug offenders if they feel that their lives are in danger.
For Kabataan Rep. Raoul Danniel Manuel, the Marcos administration seemed “overly confident” in making the use of a face mask optional in outdoor areas.“Policies like making masks optional in outdoor spaces arise when health experts and professionals take the back seat in national decisionmaking. Public officials should be the first to educate their constituents about COVID-19, rather than let the people be harmed by dangerously misguided policies,” he said.
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“On your birthday, we pray for your continued success and good health, as you carry on to
“On this, your first and memorable birthday as President of the Republic of the Philippines, My family and I add our sincerest greetings and well wishes for your lasting success as the leader of our country as a legacy to the Filipino people,” Delos Santos said.“With the immense trust and mandate from the people come great responsibility and duty. To your efforts, I contribute my public service and support,” he added.Recto, meanwhile, also wished the President good health, hope, and happiness, adding it was what every Filipino would want for him to continue his service to theHepeople.alsonoted that the President is at an age where most people retire, but he is just starting his presidency.“WhatI would wish the President on his birthday are
Kaya naman ay pinili namin, sabi ko siguro ang pinakamaganda ay para ‘yong kaarawan ko maging mas makabuluhan, at talagang may dahilan na tayo ay mag-celebrate, ay sabi ko gawa tayo ng greening, tree planting at ‘yan naman talaga ang pinakaimportanteng issue, hindi lamang sa Pilipinas kung hindi sa buong mundo ngayon,” Marcos said. g
The seven-day average detected cases fell to 2,197, which was 10 percent lower than the previous week’s 2,449 average daily cases.
former president insists that the tribunal has no jurisdiction over theWhilematter.Duterte supports the reimposition of death penalty in the Philippines, Marcos admitted that the issue is a "tough one because there is a practical issue and a moral issue involved."
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government to halt the practice of red-tagging critics of the government, and the harassment of journalists and activists.
Sen. Christopher “Bong” Go, chair of the Senate health and demography committee, said that while he believed that the government’s decision was based on “good science,” he advised the public not to be complacent.Theindependent COVID-19
monitor OCTA Research also supported the new policy relaxing the mask mandate.
“Mr. President, Sir, we join you today in celebrating a life of service and duty to our countrymen. We are witnesses to your unyielding resolve to remain true to the call of public service regardless of the challenges you have encountered along our way. By embodying resilience and humility and espousing true nation-building and unity, you have truly gained the confidence and trust of the Filipino people,” Pangandaman said.
ART EXHIBIT. Two women (left) look at the paintings of portrait artist Eladio Santos during an art exhibit at the Main Event Center at SM Dasmariñas in Cavite on Monday, Sept. 12. Santos is a multi-awarded portrait artist who started painting cinema billboards in the late 70’s. PNA photo by Gil Calinga
Marcos has also extended the state of calamity due to the pandemic for three more months, “but only for the purpose of preserving the benefits under it,” according to Angeles.These include emergency procurements, indemnification for vaccine side effects, and special risk allowances for healthcare workers.
promote the greater good to the greatest number of our people. May this day inspire you to remain determined in realizing our goal for a united and prosperous nation,” she added.
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Stop drug war, red tagging HRW said the resolution should call on President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to unequivocally end the “war on drugs,” and form a “truth commission” that will gather testimony from witnesses and victims and make recommendations for achieving justice and ensuring payment for reparations.Marcosearlier said he would continue the internationally condemned program “within the framework of the law.”
“Let’s not forget that we have reopened most of the economy and can live our daily lives now partially thanks to the protection of masks,” she added.
Some lawmakers have joined health professionals in opposing the easing of the
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“Mask or no mask, the vaccination programs need to be intensified as these are the most viable ways to protect our citizens from COVID-19,” said OCTA.OnMonday, the Department of Health said that daily reported COVID-19 cases continued to decline for the fourth straight week.
“We are happy to announce that we are 6 percent away from the wall of immunity, that is why we are emboldened [in relaxing the rule] on face masks,” Press Secretary Trixie Cruz Angeles said in a press briefing.
“We have been at the forefront of advocating the relaxation of the mask mandate for the outdoors as long as these spaces are not crowded and there is good ventilation,” the group said in a statement.
The OHCHR calculated in its report to the rights council that the death toll was at least 8,663. But human rights groups estimate the figure is possibly triple the number recorded in the UNThereport.text should also urge the
The joint program was the UNHRC’s response in 2020 to the clamor to stop human rights violations linked to the government’s campaign against illegal drugs. It stopped short of an independent probe into the human rights situation that groups were calling for at the time.The resolution should also explicitly request continued reporting by the Office of the
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"And as a practical matter, does the death penalty, actually, does it discourage people from committing heinous crimes? And I think the data, not only from the Philippines but from other countries, shows that we have to be very stringent about applying the law," he added.
Angeles said local governments would play a role in implementing the EO as they would determine, “with some discretion,” which outdoor setting would require the wearing of face masks.
Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson released Executive Order No. 22-45 making the use of masks in outdoor and open spaces in the province voluntary.
She said the achievement of a wall of immunity, or 100 percent of the target population, was one of the conditions imposed by the president, but “since we’re 6 percent away from that, then it’s “We’retime.”doing this in stages, in phases, so that we can have feedback on whether or not these new policies are working, and how to make them more efficient so that hopefully by the end of the year we might be able to be voluntarily masked indoors as well,” she added.
On Sunday, September 11 Negros Occidental adopted the optional use of face masks in outdoor settings.
More than 6,000 drug suspects were acknowledged killed in anti-drug operations during the time of Duterte, alarming human rights advocates who claimed that the crackdown had encouraged summary executions and other abuses.
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vaccinated, while 18 million individuals, or 23 percent of the target, already had their booster doses.
Duterte has been accused of committing crimes against humanity before the International Criminal Court over the deaths tied to his drug war but the
what every Filipino like him would want in life – health, hope, and happiness,” Recto said. “At an age when people retire, he is just getting started in the toughest job he has saved for last.”“The presidency is hard labor that requires great health, a sharp mind, and a kind heart. May he have all of these so the greatness he dreams for the country, which is what the people want for themselves, would come true,” he Marcosadded.earlier chose to celebrate his 65th birthday by kickstarting a nationwide, simultaneous tree planting event in San Mateo, Rizal, to stress the need to take care of the environment.Inhisshort speech at the event in San Mateo’s Barangay Pintong Bocaue on Tuesday, Marcos said he hopes to make his birthday a chance to show that addressing environment concerns are important.“
Marcos said those who are addicted to narcotics should undergo treatment.
Of the 15,379 new cases confirmed by laboratory tests, 12 were in severe or critical condition which brought the current total severe and critical cases to 727 from 768 last week.
"And the question is, (does) the society have the right to kill its own people? And that’s a tough one to get around," Marcos said.
“May God continue to bless you with good health, wisdom, and compassion, as well as the strength and conviction to provide solutions to the lingering problems that continuously beset our country today. Mabuhay!” heDepartmentadded. of Budget and Management (DBM) Secretary Amenah Pangandaman, meanwhile, said they are praying for the President’s continuous success, noting that they have been witness to how he has been working to help Filipinos.
“Filipinos who suffered the most during the Duterte administration are looking to the Human Rights Council to help them achieve justice for themselves and their loved ones,” she added. g
Aside from the two officials, Deputy Majority Leader and Ang Probinsyano party-list Rep. Alfred Delos Santos and Deputy Speaker and Batangas 6th District Rep. Ralph Recto also greeted Marcos.
mask policy. Iloilo Rep. Janette Garin on Monday described as “premature” the IATF’s recommendation to make the wearing of a face mask optional as it would send a “mixed signal” wherein the public might get the impression that COVID-19 booster shots were unnecessary.“Whatarethe added benefits of taking off the masks? I still don’t understand, but we are taking a huge risk in relaxing the protocol. The question is, have we prepositioned medicine for COVID? If you get sick, will this medicine be given for free? These are questions that should be answered before we have a final decision on the mask policy,” Garin, a former health secretary, pointed out.
HRW called on the 47-member council to pass a resolution creating expanded human rights monitoring mechanisms and continuing the UN Joint Program.
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athlete, doing track and field for the“IPhilippines.alsosaidthat I fought with my heart for this trophy,” Eala said. “I did this not just for myself, I did it so that I could help Philippine tennis.”
The Filipino crowd on the court whooped it up.
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“I just tried to focus on every point and visualize what I was going to do,” said the scholar of the Rafael Nadal Academy in Spain who idolizes the 22-time Grand Slam Spanish champion and channeled him all week.
The country has never had anyone flaunt the talent worthy of the global stage since then.
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Until Eala came into the picture and took the sacrifice to be away from family so that she could pursue her dream. This kind of dream.“Iwould say the biggest obstacle is probably being away from my family,” she said. “And many other things a lot of other tennis players go through.”
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But Eala went back a break up at 5-4 to get the chance to serve for the championship.
Pursuing her dream No Filipino before her made it past the semifinals of a Grand SlamFelixevent.Barrientos, the enigmatic baseliner who was the mainstay of numerous Davis Cup squads, made the Final Four of Wimbledon in 1985, only to run into a methodical Mexican machine in Eduardo Velez to lose, 7-6, 6-0. Velez would go on to win the crown against his countryman Leonardo Lavalle, 6-4,Things6-4. were looking up for Philippine tennis after that, before politics reared its ugly head and put the local federation in turmoil with power struggle the main fare.
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Eala also showed remarkable fitness as she battled both her opponent and the brutal New York summer heat.
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“That’s also what I tried to show [to] people who look up to me, to think with a clear head and to not act irrationally.”
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After representing the Philippines in the Tokyo Olympics a few months after, the convenience of holding a Japanese passport prompted Yuka to adopt her father Masakasi Saso’s land of birth.
“But the key was to be surrounded by good people and people that I look up to—[to] guide me the right way,” she added.
Weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz contributed to the streak next when she won the country’s first Olympics gold medal, defeating her Chinese opponent to end a wait that spanned almost a century.
Hearing Eala ask permission to speak in her native tongue certainly speaks of the patriotism in the 17-year-old, whose parents have sacrificed a lot to allow her to play the game at the highest levelHerpossible.mother, the former Rizza Maniego, was also an ex-national
“I think both of us were tired,” she later said during the press conference. “It’s normal in a final match. We’re not going to be fresh.”Eala strung five masterful games to take the first set against the Czech, but she had quite a battle in her hands in the second set after Havlickova took a 4-3 lead.“Ithink she did hold out really well, especially in the second set,” she said of her foe, who played a total of three matches on Friday.
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Girl power Eala’s victory follows a string of international successes for the country carved out with girl power.Golfer Yuka Saso touched that off with a victory in the US Open at Olympic Club in San Francisco in June 2021 where she was also followed by a horde of her countrymen. Saso became the first Filipino to win a golfing major for the Philippines.
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“The biggest thing I notice in Rafa is how he fights till the end, how his thoughts are so clear. He’s so calm, but at the same time so fired up. I think I really tried to channel that energy during this whole week,” Eala said.
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Having regained momentum, Eala backed Havlickova into a 40-15 hole and converted championship points after the tournament second seed slapped a backhand low into the net.
After the trophy presentation, the group came together and the Inquirer asked if anyone had a Philippine flag. Someone unfurled a huge one and Eala graciously posed with it and the crowd.“It’s very overwhelming right now. But I think this is a huge step for me personally as well. I’m super happy to represent my country and do something with a big platform, being able to inspire other younger people,” she said.
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"We all have so many responsibilities and commitments in all aspects of our lives, but first and foremost, we should all prioritize our health and well-being," he added.Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala added that the family is "fully supportive" of his brother's decision to take a leave.
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LAST month, the FDA authorized omicron-specific vaccines, accompanied by breathless science-by-press release and a media blitz. Just days after the FDA’s move, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention followed, recommending updated boosters for anyone age 12 and up who had received at least two doses of the original COVID vaccines. The message to a nation still struggling with the COVID-19 pandemic: The cavalry — in the form of a shot — is coming over theButhill.for those familiar with the business tactics of the pharmaceutical industry, that exuberant messaging — combined with the lack of completed studies — has caused considerable heartburn and raised an array of unanswered concerns.Theupdated shots easily clear the “safe and effective” bar for government authorization. But in the real world, are the omicronspecific vaccines significantly more protective — and in what ways — than the original COVID vaccines so many have already taken? If so, who would benefit most from the new shots? Since the federal government is purchasing these new vaccines — and many of the original, already purchased vaccines may never find their way into taxpayers’ arms — is the $3.2 billion price tag worth the unclear benefit? Especially when these funds had to be pulled from other COVID response efforts, like testing and treatment.Several members of the CDC advisory committee that voted 13-1 for the recommendation voiced similar questions and concerns, one saying she only “reluctantly” voted in the affirmative.Somesaid they set aside their desire for more information and better data and voted yes out of fear of a potential winter COVID surge. They expressed hope that the new vaccines — or at least the vaccination campaign that would accompany their rollout — would put a dent in the number of future cases, hospitalizations, andThatdeaths.calculus is, perhaps, understandable at a time when an average of more than 300 Americans are dying of COVID eachButday.itleaves front-line health care providers in the impossible position of trying to advise individual patients whether and when to take the hot, new vaccines without complete data and in the face of marketing hype.Don’t get us wrong. We’re grateful and amazed that Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna (with assists from the National Institutes of Health and Operation Warp Speed) developed an effective vaccine in record time, freeing the nation from the deadliest phase of the COVID pandemic, when thousands were dying each day. The pandemic isn’t over, but the vaccines are
A coroner’s inquest jury ruled that Quinto’s death was caused by “excited delirium due to drug intoxication, psychiatric conditions, physical exertion and cardiac arrest.”
The disclosures did not specify the health issues.
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resignation. At Globe Telecom, he was co-vice chairman of the board and sat on the Executive, Compensation and Remuneration Committee and Finance Committees.
The updated booster vaccine formulations are identical to the original COVID vaccines except for a tweak in the mRNA code to match the omicron BA.5 virus.
“The manner in which the Antioch officers engaged with Quinto was both lawful and objectively reasonable under the circumstances,” District Attorney Becton said in her report.
Zobel de Ayala was board chairman of AyalaLand before he handed in his
Neither Attorney General Bonta nor District Attorney Becton has released further comments on the matter. (Inquirer.net)
Ben Nisenbaum, Burris’ legal partner, told KTVU that the charging decision was “outrageous.”“They’relooking at the trachea. But George Floyd‘s trachea was never broken,” Nisenbaum said. “The biggest strawman is that you need to see damage to the throat or neck to have an asphyxiation case. But that’s just now [sic] how it works. Any competent investigator knows this.”
"I want to assure everyone that Fernando is in high spirits, but he has asked for some time to focus on his health and recovery," he said.
FERNANDO Zóbel de Ayala has quit all his executive positions in the Ayala group of companies.Inseparate disclosures on Monday, Ayala Land, Globe Telecom, Integrated MicroElectronics Inc. (IMI), Ayala Corp., Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI), ACEN Corp. and Manila Water announced that the 62-year-old Zobel de Ayala has resigned as a member of each of the listed companies' board of directors to focus on the health issues he is facing.
He replaced Rogelio Gevero Jr., who was designated as the
"Let us all give Fernando the support he needs to focus on improving his health," he said.
The new immigration chief was concurrent technical assistant for operations under the Office of
FREED. Bureau of Correction officials pose with some of the 371 persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) at the New Bilibid Prison in Muntinlupa City, mostly at least 70 years and infirmed, who have been granted executive clemency on Tuesday, Sept. 13. The Department of Justice also submitted 300 more names of PDLs recommended for executive clemency to the Office of the President. PNA photo by Avito Dalan
At IMI, Zobel de Ayala was vice chairman of the board, president and CEO. He was board chairman at ACEN Corp., vice chairman at BPI and a board member at ManilaNewsWater.that Zobel de Ayala was stepping down was first revealed on August 15 in a disclosure by Ayala Corp.
Irene Natividad, co-chair of the Asian American Action Fund and President of the Global Summit of Women, noted the incarceration of former Sen. Leila De Lima. “Marcos must underscore his commitment to transparency and good governance by immediately releasing De Lima, who has been unjustly treated for criticizing Duterte's war on drugs,” she said. “The new administration must also stop harassing Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Ressa, a staunch advocate of freedom of theOnpress.”Duterte’s policy of “redtagging peaceful labor workers and activists,” labor leaders in the US are reiterating previous demands “to honor the human
points out that Marcos, who campaigned for “unity” must be “held accountable for this promise by repudiating his predecessor's undemocratic policies and his war on drugs that have torn families apart and destroyed thousands of lives.”
MANILA — President Marcos has named a lawyer and former congressional chief of staff as new immigration commissioner.
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Marcos is scheduled to speak before the UN General Assembly on September 20, while Vice President Sara Duterte is slated to attend a special UN meeting on education the week of September 19. (AJPress)
Lewis denounced Marcos’s decision not to cooperate with the International Criminal Court (ICC), which is investigating former President Duterte’s war on drugs. During Duterte’s six years in office, at least 6,252 people were killed and an estimated 30,000 more were victims of vigilante-style killings -- deadly consequences of Duterte’s war on drugs.
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the Commissioner and attorney III of the bureau’s special inquiry board.Before working for the immigration bureau, Tansingco was Libanan’s chief of staff at the House of Representatives from July 1998 to June 2007, PTV reported. Libanan was representative of Eastern Samar’s lone district at the time.
Studies by Pfizer showed that its updated omicron BA.1 booster provides a 1.56 times higher increase in neutralizing antibody titers against the BA.1 virus as compared with a booster using its original vaccine. Moderna’s studies of its updated omicron BA.1 booster demonstrated very similar results. However, others predict that a 1.5 times higher antibody titer would yield only slight improvement in vaccine effectiveness against symptomatic illness and severe disease, with a bump of about 5% and 1% respectively. Pfizer and Moderna are just starting to study their updated omicron BA.5 boosters in human trials.
But as society moves into the next phase of the pandemic, the pharmaceutical industry may be moving into more familiar territory: developing products that may be a smidgen better than what came before, selling — sometimes overselling — their increased effectiveness in the absence of adequate controlled studies or published data, advertising them as desirable for all when only some stand to benefit significantly, and in all likelihood raising the price later.
The FDA’s mandated task is merely to determine whether a new drug is safe and effective. However, the FDA could have requested more clinical vaccine effectiveness data from Pfizer and Moderna before authorizing their updated omicron BA.5 boosters.Yetthe FDA cannot weigh in on important follow-up questions: How much more effective are the updated boosters than vaccines already on the market? In which populations? And what increase in effectiveness is enough to merit an increase in price (a socalled cost-benefit analysis)? Other countries, such as the United Kingdom, perform such an analysis before allowing new medicines onto the market, to negotiate a fair national price.
Norman Garcera Tansingco has been appointed commissioner of the Bureau of Immigration, Press Secretary Trixie Cruz-Angeles confirmed in a statement on Monday, September 12.
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This last point is concerning because the government no longer has funds to purchase COVID vaccines after this autumn. Funding to cover the provider fees for vaccinations and community outreach to those who would most benefit from vaccination has already run out. So updated boosters now and in the future will likely go to the “worried well” who have good insurance rather than to those at highest risk for infection and progression to severe disease.
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bureau’s officer-in-charge last month.According to an article posted on the website of staterun People’s Television (PTV), Tansingco worked at the bureau for nearly 10 years from July 2007 to January 2017 as chief of staff of former commissioner Marcelino Libanan, now the House minority leader and representative of 4Ps party-list.
Though the studies of the updated omicron BA.5 boosters were conducted only in mice, the agency’s authorization is in line
largely credited for enabling most of America to return to a semblance of normalcy. We’re both up-to-date with our COVID vaccinations and don’t understand why anyone would choose not to be, playing Russian roulette with their health.
rights of all Filipinos and to observe the will of Filipino workers who have come together to demand dignity and respect. In the US we are barely recovering from the recent attack on our freedoms by the previous administration,” noted Brady Calma, president of the Asian Pacific America Labor Alliance (APALA). “Democracy and the rule of law are more fragile than we thought, and we must be vigilant in upholding them.”
Family members remember Angelo Quinto, a 30-year-old Navy veteran, as someone who enjoyed fishing, scuba diving and video games. Quinto died on Dec. 26, 2020, three days after a police officer reportedly knelt on his neck during a mental health episode.
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Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala confirmed the news on a Facebook post the same day, and explained that his brother was taking a temporary medical leave to "focus on improving his health."
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with precedent: The FDA clears updated flu shots for new strains each year without demanding human testing. But with flu vaccines, scientists have decades of experience and a better understanding of how increases in neutralizing antibody titers correlate with improvements in vaccine effectiveness. That’s not the case with COVID vaccines. And if mouse data were a good predictor of clinical effectiveness, we’d have an HIV vaccine by now.As population immunity builds up through vaccination and infection, it’s unclear whether additional vaccine boosters, updated or not, would benefit all ages equally. In 2022, the U.S. has seen COVID hospitalization rates among people 65 and older increase relative to younger age groups. And while COVID vaccine boosters seem to be costeffective in the elderly, they may not be in younger populations. The CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices considered limiting the updated boosters to people 50 and up, but eventually decided that doing so would be too ashots“likeModerna’syearlyperhapstolapse,thoseheightagreementvaccineofbeendrugmakers’reallyprotectionboosterscaseadoptionunboosted,remainportionsIntocontinueandthenecessarydatainsuranceManysalesmanshipaccompaniedoncepharmaceuticalshowsUnfortunately,complicated.historythat—aswithotherproducts—avaccinearrivesandisbymarketing,trumpsscience:peoplewithmoneyandwilldemanditwhetherultimatelyprovesitisforthemindividuallyornot.WearealllikelytoencounterSARS-CoV-2virusagainagain,andtheviruswilltomutate,givingrisenewvariantsyearafteryear.acountrywheresignificantofat-riskpopulationsunvaccinatedandthefearofawintersurgeislegitimate.Butwillthewidespreadofavaccine—inthisyearlyupdatedCOVID—endupenhancingforthosewhoneeditorjustenhanceprofits?Andwillitbemoneywellspent?Thefederalgovernmenthaspayinganegotiatedprice$15to$19.50adoseofmRNAunderapurchasingsignedduringtheofthepandemic.Whengovernmentagreementsanalystsexpectthepricetripleorquadruple,andevenmoreforupdatedCOVIDboosters,whichCEOsaidwouldevolveaniPhone.”Todeploytheseandthesedollarswisely,lotlesshypeandalotmoreinformationmighthelp.
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But I can’t remember his name. He is lost in the garbage dump of history. Anyway, 9-11 is a reminder that one’s curse could be somebody else’s blessing.
him as a third curse.
One curse is bad enough, let alone two or three, but one blessing could make up for the badWhat’sfortune.important is the blessing (nay, BLESSINGS). To be blessed with a pretty college sweetheart and then be blessed some more with a wife willing to put up with a husband who was on the job virtually 24/7 as an advertising man, newsman-columnist, screenplay writer, TV producerdirector, and breadwinner of parents and siblings, and then be blessed even more with a life partner who was also a ofdriver-tutor-cook–disciplinarianmother-threeboysandonegirlandin
uncertainty, unity, mutual respect and the principle of sovereign equality should always prevail in our efforts to uphold peace and stability and an environment conducive to our national development,” PBBM said, noting that ASEAN should be the “lead agent” in bringing about the changes that they want to see in continuing the path towards peace.
compensation, however, the country will continue to see their exodus for greener pastures, not just in the UK but all over the world. And it is the Philippine health care system that will feel the pain. (Philstar.com)
nurses.During her recent visit to the Philippines, where she obtained a nursing degree at the University of Santo Tomas, Parsons had lamented the low pay received by Filipino nurses especially in private hospitals. The problem of overworked and underpaid healthcare workers has plagued health services even before the COVID-19 pandemic. HCWs are now seeking the help of the Department of Labor and Employment to address low pay and nonpayment of benefits in private hospitals, where the DOLE said monthly pay can be as low as P5,000 to P12,000 for a 10- to12-hour working day.Entry-level pay for workers in government hospitals is set at P30,000. But HCWs in these hospitals are also complaining of long delays in the payment of their hazard pay, One COVID Allowance Information System and health emergency allowance. President Marcos, while recently
She will at least be relieved and able to enjoy her blessings as I have enjoyed mine.
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others.Thestate visit to Singapore was equally fruitful, with members of the President’s economic team reaching out to Singaporean businessmen and members of the international business community to highlight that the best time to do business in the Philippines is now as the country has “opened its doors even wider for mutually beneficial investments” even as we “rebuild our economy and gun for rapid, broad-based growth in the next six years,” said Finance Secretary Ben Diokno.
Parsons was the first person to administer the first globally recognized COVID-19 vaccine, the Pfizer-BioNTech jab, in December 2020.
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The printed invitations were handed to the guests in the church. At the church entrance, Gigi’s parents met mine for the first time. We had the best man and the bridesmaid handle all the usual chores (cord, veil, etc).
leaders regarding global issues that impact security in the region.
had to find a driver, decorate the car myself, and deliver the car to Gigi’s dorm. My family and I had to take a cab to church.
Of all our neighbors in Southeast Asia, Indonesia perhaps is the nation with whom we share many similarities. Both are founding members of ASEAN (whose headquarters is in Jakarta), both are archipelagoes with thousands of islands and both have hundreds of local dialects or languages.
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We were scrimping, of course. I had to write a story and screenplay for our wedding funds and Gigi only had her monthly allowance from her parents.
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Following the visits to Indonesia and Singapore, other trips are being planned out, including short trips to the UN General Assembly in New York, a possible Japan state visit, the ASEAN meeting in Cambodia and visits to other nations that are important for the President’s economic and security agenda. (Philstar.com)
THERE is no doubt that presidential trips are extremely important in this ever-changing global world. In the recent history of the Philippines, FVR had the most number of presidential foreign trips. One can argue that his foreign trips were significantly important and, I must admit, having joined several of them, that they yielded fairly good results.
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But when you have a lifetime partner like my wife money can never repay the Lord for His blessings.
As in much of the world outside the British Commonwealth, there has been a high interest among Filipinos in developments in the United Kingdom following the death of Queen Elizabeth II. Aside from the global popularity and pervasiveness of British culture, including the availability of numerous materials on multimedia about the British royal family, there are strong people-to-people bonds between the Philippines and the UK.
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It was not a well-planned choreographed wedding. In showbiz lingo, much of it was ad lib or bahala na si Batman.
There are many things that we can learn from the experience of both countries that have both “developed a track record of consistent success in economic growth, in the midst of many global and regional crises that continually challenge all nations,” with both having become “strong magnets for the inflow of foreign capital into their countries in the last few decades,” said Gerry.
At any rate, we made up for the scrimping on our 50th anniversary.We pulled out all the stops, including a designer gown for Gigi and a new tuxedo for me.
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Many Filipinos have received world-class education in British schools, among them President Marcos and his sons. And among the biggest Filipino ambassadors of goodwill in the UK are nurses and other health care workers. Only last July, Queen Elizabeth, assisted by then Prince Charles, had conferred the prestigious Gold Cross medal on the UK’s National Health Service, with Filipina nurse May Parsons among those present to receive the award at Windsor Castle.
Philippine STAR columnist and former NEDA head Gerry Sicat. In his column titled “BBM’s
Happy birthday, Mrs. Mac, my love, my Blessing(s).***
As Gerry pointed out, diplomacy can “foster closer relations along economic, political and cultural dimensions with other nations. When diplomacy works, it is easier to use it as a tool for nationalPresidentdevelopment.”Marcosis certainly cognizant of the importance of diplomacy and is keen to reach out to as many countries as possible. As he said, the foreign trips provide him an opportunity to exchange views with other
A limo was not an option. Raul Silos , who was my best man offered his Renault Gordini, no larger than a VW Beetle, but I
I have always believed in ASEAN centrality, especially with the regional bloc having emerged as a central player in the global stage not only because it has a huge population estimated at 680 million and a combined GDP of $3.2 trillion in 2019 – making it the fifth largest economy in the world – but due to the fact that it can play a pivotal role in promoting peace, particularly at a time of heightened tension in the Indo-Pacific region and the rest of the world.
She borrowed the wedding dress of her younger SISTER, Lourdes, who had gotten marred to Lito Uy, A year earlier, also on December 24.
our old age to be blessed with a caregiver and nurse - what more can one ask for?
The kids also hired a limousine.
Describing the Philippines as Asia’s “fastest rising star,” the President said he intends to fully maximize trade and economic cooperation between the two nations. In 2021, Singapore was the Philippines’ highest investor, with companies investing in big-ticket projects in andPresident’scommentaries$2.20worldwidesourcenationtinyandoverseasWithsixthforeigntheofandinnovation,infrastructure,telecommunications,start-upandrenewableenergyhealthcare.AccordingtotheDepartmentFinance,SingaporehasbeenPhilippines’topsourceofdirectinvestmentsandlargesttradingpartner.anestimated200,000FilipinoworkerslivingworkinginSingapore,thisbutveryhighlydevelopedwasthesecondlargestofOFWremittanceslastyear,totalingbillion.OneoftheveryincisiveregardingthevisitstoIndonesiathenSingaporecamefrom
British officials said her presence at the awarding ceremony in Windsor was meant to show that “the UK is grateful to the 30,000 Filipino nurses working for our NHS.” That’s more than half of the 53,000 Filipinos currently residing in the UK. And there will likely be more, if opportunities open up; the UK is one of the top destinations for Filipino
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For9-11. years that date was celebrated (or cursed) as the birthday of President Ferdinand Edralin Marcos. Then came the attack on New York’s Twin Towers and the Pentagon in Washington DC. These would supplant Pearl Harbor America”s Day of DuringInfamy.the incumbency of President Gloria Arroyo. an arrmy general gained notoriety as the Butcher for the disappearance and suspected extra-judicial killing of radicals. Because he was also born on 9-11, I added
diplomatic offensive can also be a learning process,” he discussed the symbolic significance of the visits to the two nations that are “good examples of economic success stories.”
If our household was a government Gigi çould take on all the functions of the Cabinet, from Secretary of Education to Social Welfare to Finance to Health even to Justice , Interior and Defense and Homeland Security, as well as the Supreme Court. Indeed, there there is a lo† of truth in the saying that the funds one’s wife manages for the family would never be enough but for her uncanny ability to make ends meet.On December 24, 2022 God willing, Gigi and I will have been married 58 years. We met before turning 20. went steady for 3 years then decided to make the relationship permanent. We had both just turned 24, wth me a few weeks older.
God has been kind to us.
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hailing nurses as “heroes” of the pandemic and promising to improve their plight, had pointed out the financial constraints currently faced by the government.Unlessnurses and other HCWs get decent
MY wife Gigi always causes eyebrows to rise whenever she gives her date of birth.
One thing that has become very clear is the importance of presidential visits in furthering
foreign policy. While technology has given rise to apps that make virtual meetings possible, there is no replacing the impact of face-to-face meetings for leaders to discuss and thresh out issues of mutual benefit and concern.
But it was a nice wedding, otherwise.Ikeptcounting all the guests and the drinks to make sure we were within budget. Mercifully we had enough left for taxi fare and a small family reception at home.Wehad no honeymoon. I was back at work next business day.
PBBM’s recent trip to Indonesia and Singapore garnered an estimated $14.36 billion worth of potential business deals in the areas of renewable energy, e-commerce, technology, agriculture and others that could generate more jobs for Filipinos.
This was emphasized during the meeting between President Bongbong Marcos and President Joko Widodo of Indonesia. “We were cognizant of our roles as neighbors and partners in ASEAN. We all shared the view that in this time of uncertainty and geopolitical turmoil and
As President Marcos noted, the two nations are close in terms of geography as well as in culture andFormalethnicity.diplomatic relations between Indonesia and the Philippines began in 1949, but the relationship goes “much further than that because we consider Indonesians not only a neighbor, not only a friend, but kin,” the President stressed.
Indonesians are sometimes mistaken for Filipinos and vice versa because we look so much alike and, as a matter of fact, there are hundreds of words in the Bahasa Indonesia language that sound almost the same as Tagalog.Agreements on defense and security were also signed during the visit to Indonesia, with both governments renewing the commitment to stronger bilateral cooperation on trade, infrastructure, as well as border and maritime security, among
In our old age, the Lord may decide to send for me first. I have made sure she has no heavy debts to pay. There is no mortgage or car loan, no heavy medical bills and Gigi will have a modest nest egg and a small Social Security pension to last her remaining years. And the kids, for whom she was driver-confidant-cook-tutor and caregiver have promised to take care of her.
The senator said that the success of the nutribun project "has hardly been matched by subsequent administrations."
The nutribun feeding program was a project funded by the United States Agency for International Development during the administration of president Ferdinand E. Marcos Sr.
Health workers have been holding protests criticizing the cuts in the budget of the health department and demanding the release of all COVID-19 benefits.
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The NEP, which the executive branch submits the Congress, is the basis for the proposed national budget.
"If you look at the comparison of the 2022 budget vis-à-vis the 2023 proposed budget, there is a reduction of 71.21%," Garin said.Atotal of P5.84 billion was allocated for the procurement of commodities for the diagnosis, prevention, treatment, and control of infectious diseases.
The budget department also removed the allocation for the cancer assistance fund.
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Imee Marcos eyes return of nutribun
be passed to the Department of Justice headed by Marcos Jr. appointee, Secretary Jesus CrispinUnderRemulla.theproposed measure, all sequestered real and personal assets and properties previously under the PCGG and all records and documents on its operations are transferred to the Privatization Office of the Department of Finance.
village health workers in reviving theSimultaneousprogram. pilot-testing of the nutribun feeding program took place Sunday in Rizal, Cebu, and Ilocos Norte, where 1,000 children ages 3 to 5 in each province received packs of the iconic bread made with squash, malunggay (moringa), and other locally available high-nutrient crops.She said her office and all government workers involved will monitor the children's weight and state of health in the next 120 days.Marcos' personal initiative complements the government's nutrition programs to be bolstered with $178 million in recent funding from the World Bank (WB) to reverse child stunting.
Asked by Rep. Edcel Lagman (Albay) if the amount proposed was sufficient, Vergeire responded: "Looking at how we’re having this declining number of cases, we think this would be sufficient based on the response that we’re having right now. But if we’re going to prepare to procure the new generation of vaccines, we might be needing additional funds.”Rep. Janette Garin (Iloilo), a former health secretary, pointed out that the budget for the prevention and control of communicable diseases such as COVID-19, tuberculosis, HIV, and monkeypox was cut.
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"Unfortunately, when we looked at our NEP, the cancer assistance fund was not there. So we did our appeal to the DBM, but still we were not given that approval," Vergeire said."So now were are ask for help and appeal to the House of Representatives to bring back the cancer assistance fund worth P500 million to our budget line item," she added.
Marcos pressed for the revival of the nutribun feeding program on Sunday, her father's 105th birthSheanniversary.warned that the government's nutrition programs are "undernourished and will not withstand a looming global food crisis.""We must restore the nutribun feeding program's place as a viable solution to undernutrition among children. It can't remain an intermittent and sporadic advocacy," Marcos said in a statement.Shejoined forces with the National Nutrition Council, which her father established in 1974, local government units, municipal offices of the Department of Social Welfare and Development and
The health agency’s proposed 2023 budget under NEP is P301 billion. According to Vergeire, 65% of the fund or P195 billion is allocated to the Office of the Secretary, while 35% is allocated to the department’s attached agencies andVergeirecorporations.said the proposed budgets of the majority of the DOH’s attached agencies and corporations have decreased. (Philstar.com)
The bill also calls for a “physical inventory and complete accounting of the sequestered properties and assets” in coordination with the Commission on Audit headed by Marcos loyalist Jose Callida. g
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SEN. Maria Imelda Josefa "Imee" Marcos has pressed for the revival of the nutribun feeding program as a viable solution to undernutrition among children.
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MANILA — The Department of Budget and Management slashed the funds for COVID-19 response, benefits for healthcare workers, and support for cancer patients proposed by the Department of Health.
FUEL PRICE ROLLBACK. A jeepney driver fills up his fuel tank at a gas station at the corner of Cambridge Street and New York Avenue in Quezon City on Tuesday, Sept. 13. Some oil companies have rolled back prices of diesel by PHP1.45 per liter, gasoline by P0.45 per liter and kerosene prices by P1.70 per liter.
billion that we need," Vergeire said.The agency also has arrears, or benefits owed to medical workers, worth P65 billion.
Vergeire explained the decrease was due to the removal of personal protective equipment and GeneXpert cartridges for COVID-19 "given the available supply, changes in COVID testing protocols, and decrease in the number of cases."
The DBM also did not approve the DOH’s budget proposal of P76 billion for the benefits and allowances of healthcare workers.Underthe National Expedition Program, P37 billion is allocated to public health emergency benefits and allowances for healthcare workers and nonHCWs. The budget comprises P19 billion programmed funds and P18 billion unprogrammed funds. "We have submitted a total of P76 billion for us to be able to sustain the provision of these benefits and allowances to our healthcare workers. But we were only provided around three months [worth] of this P76
MANILA — A lawmaker has filed a measure seeking to abolish the Presidential Commission on Good Government, the government agency created in 1986 to reclaim ill-gotten wealth from the Marcos family and its cronies during the Martial Law regime.Infiling House Bill No. 4331, Rep. Benny Abante (Manila, 6th District) argued that the PCGG has “not produced significant accomplishment [and] has outgrown its usefulness.”
DOH budget cuts: COVID response, health worker benefits, cancer assistance take it.*
Cancer assistance fund
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During a budget briefing at the House of Representatives Monday, health officer-incharge Maria Rosario Vergeire said the agency proposed a budget of P95 billion for the government’s COVID-19 response for next year, but only P24.49 billion was approved in the National Expenditure Program for Fiscal Year 2023.
House bill seeks PCGG abolition; functions transferred to DOJ
But in its 2020 Annual Report, the PCGG reported the recovery of a total of P174.2 billion since its establishment in 1986 until December 31, 2020. In the same accomplishment report, PCGG said it has an estimated P99.678-billion value of assets under litigation as of end of 2020.“The abolition of the PCGG does not mean that the recovery of plundered wealth and its proper disposition will no longer be pursued,” Abante — a pastor — reasons in his explanatory note.
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The senator on Monday said that the nutribun's popularity in the 1970's "still inspires the local feeding programs of incumbent and aspiring politicians."
Inadequate funding for health workers’ allowances
The WB noted in its 2021 report that there have been "almost no improvements in the prevalence of undernutrition in the Philippines" in the past 30 years.Itadded that "the country is ranked fifth in the East Asia and Pacific Region with the highest prevalence of stunting and is among the 10 countries in the world with the highest number of stunted"There'schildren."nomore time to lose, if the next generations of Filipino children are to be healthy in body and mind, and ultimately productive as grown-up citizens," Marcos said. (ManilaTimes.net)
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Her Philippine tour also comes after receiving critical acclaim in recent years. In 2020, she was ranked by Billboard as Top New Rock Artist based on sales in the US, presented with the Radar Award at the NME Awards and nominated for Rising Star Award at the Brit Awards. She’s grateful for the recognitions, but she doesn’t seek them out as a form of validation.Shebegan recording music in 2017, with her DIYstyle aesthetic and bedroom sessions drawing a devoted Gen-Z fan base. Her first track, Coffee, generated hundreds of thousands of streams in just days, thanks to a fan-uploaded video. It became a viral hit again in 2020 via TikTok after it was sampled on a single by Canadian rapper Powfu.
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Rogoff gave an account of the instances she felt the presence of her mom as well as her uncle, the late actor Mark Gil, as per Rogoff’s Instagram page on Sunday, Sept. 11.
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With that, Kramer has to keep himself disciplined while there are “so much good food to resist” and “habits to change.”“I’mwilling to take the road less traveled,” he stressed. “Health is wealth!”
“Then sustain till I’m 60,” he explained. He also attested to the fact that once a person gets older, metabolism “slows down tremendously.”
CHERIE Gil was remembered by her daughter Bianca Rogoff through an open letter she dedicated to the late veteran actress, over a month after her death.
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Doug sets fitness goals he can sustain ’til he’s 60
“If I chose to let go, golly, I can smash a whole pizza and a cake all to myself,” he said. “I don’t have to, but I WANT to.”
level goal” and that is to be at his “best physical shape” and “healthiest” when he turns 40.
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The series of shows is in support of the London-based artist’s new album Beatopia (pronounced Bay-A-Toe-PeeUh).“Just like how every show goes, (there’s going to be) a lot of energy. Some songs off the new album Beatopia are here. And I’m gonna speak Filipino on stage, that’s what I’m excited about. I can understand like I can watch a whole Tagalog film and I can also understand Ilonggo fluently. I just can’t speak it properly, which is really annoying. I’m going to get my mom to help me say something in Tagalog on stage,” Beabadoobee (also stylized as beabadoobee) told The Philippine STAR during an intimate virtual chat ahead of her Manila show on Friday, Sept. 16, at the New Frontier Theater. Concert promoter is Live Nation Philippines.
Cherie’s daughter at ease as mom is ‘finally free’: ‘The true bohemian you always wanted to be’
FILIPINA British singersongwriter Beabadoobee shared what excites her the most about coming to Manila, as part of her first Asian tour that also brings her to Taipei, Seoul, Bangkok and Singapore.
Beabadoobee’s Manila stop in her firstever Asian tour also comes after receiving critical acclaim in recent years.
Cherie Gil and her daughter Bianca Rogoff Photo from Instagram/@bianca.rogoff
She has since amassed
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FORMER professional basketball player and celebrity father Doug Kramer is so passionate about keeping himself healthy that he already has plans on how to stay fit all the way until he reaches his 60s.“Me and against myself,” he said in his Instagram page on Friday, Sept. 9, where he shared a portrait of himself shirtless, with his muscles shown.Kramer believes that to challenge himself, he needs to “put up a personal fitness
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The 22-year-old, whose real name is Beatrice Kristi Laus, further shared that she intends to maximize her brief visit by reuniting with relatives from Iloilo, where she was born before moving with her family to the UK when she was three years“I’mold.gonna have to meet all my family because they’re flying from Iloilo. And then, I’m
“I felt you today, guiding me with your lightness; easing my heart into love and compassion and straying away from negative thoughts. I felt you in the sun,” Rogoff said. “Then
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just hanging out with my dad loads and I think my boyfriend’s going to come so that’d be nice. And eat lots of food, lots of ube and halo-halo,” she added.The Manila stopover comes some two months after the release of Beatopia under the British music label Dirty Hit. It has been described as a diverse and experimental work, which offers a “fantastical yet deeply personal world that was formed in the imagination of a sevenyear-old beabadoobee and has been carried with her ever since.” In the album’s 14 songs, beabadoobee spans different sounds — from fuzzy rock, classic, psychedelia to midwest emo and pop.
For her creative process, she draws inspiration from everywhere, including favorite artists like The Sundays, Elliott Smith, Smashing Pumpkins and Norah Jones. “I also love
getting inspired by films and the feeling that films evoke. I’m trying to replicate that within my music, and just looking at art in general,” beabadoobee said.Nevertheless, her music is primarily borne out of personal experiences, like her songwriting for Beatopia was heavily influenced by the pandemic. “It really does come from my experience in life, what I go through and how I feel because at the end of the day. That’s what makes my music some sort of relatable to other people. Say, I write about things that I do and there’s always going to be one person that goes through the same thing as me,” she said.
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and has been hailed as Mega Magazine’s Musical Icon of the Year — Gary V’s unparalleled performance scenes in this music video are simply “top-notch.” Observers have noted his new-found sense of effort and dedication all combined in his new album, and as a You-Tuber,
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The parent that has Custody of the child has a presumptive right to change the child’s residence unless the non custodial parent can show that the move would be a detriment to the child.
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eagle-eyed netizens noticed Heart dropped Escudero from her social media accounts. The actress still included “wife” as a description on her Instagram bio Thethough.actress also sparked rumors when she posted on her YouTube channel about “going through some personal struggles.” A video of her crying while in a photo shoot in Paris further fanned the split rumors.
Attorney Kenneth Ursua Reyes is a Board Certified Family Law Specialist. He was President of the Philippine American Bar Association. He is a member of both the Family law section and Immigration law section of the Los Angeles County Bar Association. He is a graduate of Southwestern University Law School in Los Angeles and California State University, San Bernardino School of Business Administration. He has extensive CPA experience prior to law practice. LAW OFFICES OF KENNETH REYES, P.C. is located at 3699 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 700, Los Angeles, CA, 90010. Tel. (213) 388-1611 or e-mail kureyeslaw@ gmail.com or visit our website at Kenreyeslaw.com.(Advertising Supplement)
PARENTS that are going through divorce and legal separation sometimes have to make a decision to move out of state for various reasons. It may be because their family network is in another state. This decision often have a significant impact on the visitation of the other parent because it would be more difficult for the non-custodial parent to exercise his or her visitation rights in a frequent and continuing manner if the custodial parent moves to a different state hundreds or thousands of miles away from the non custodial parent.
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custody should be ordered. The La Musga factors which the Court will consider are 1) the children’s interest in stability and continuity in the custodial arrangement; 2) the distance of the move; 3) the children’s age; 4)the children’s relationship with both parents; 5) the relationship between the parents including, but not limited to, their ability to communicate and cooperate effectively and their willingness to put the children’s interests above their individual interests; 6) the children’s wishes if they are mature enough to make that inquiry appropriate; 7) the reasons for the proposed move; and 8) the extent to which the parents currently are sharing custody.
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Please note that this article is not legal advice and is not intended as legal advice. The article is intended to provide only general, non-specific legal information. This article is not intended to cover all the issues related to the topic discussed. The specific facts that apply to your matter may make the outcome different than would be anticipated by you. This article does create any attorney client relationship between you and the Law Offices of Kenneth U. Reyes, P.C. This article is not a solicitation.
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The couple was last seen together during the inaugural GMA Gala Night on July 30. (by Kathleen A. Llemit/Philstar. com)
“It’s their private life so I am just praying for them. I know they will be OK! I’ve known Chiz to be a mature and grounded person that’s why I am happy for my daughter,” Ongpauco said.
In cases where there has not been any final custody order, the court has to make a custody determination using “the best interest” standard. Court will look at the factors and decide what is in the best interest of the child. Custody is usually given to the parent that is more likely to allow frequent and continuing contact between the child and the other parent. On the other hand if there has been a final Custody determination, then the non-custodial parent would have to show a “significant change in circumstances” to change the custody arrangement.
She added that she had not spoken to either of the parties involved. Breakup rumors between the power couple surfaced early last month when
Dumaual said that he had reached out to the senate staff of Escudero and it said that the senator will not issue a statement regarding this matter.
The Court would then consider certain factors laid out in the case Marriage of LaMusga in deciding whether the child would suffer detriment from the relocation and whether a change of
Heart Evangelista and Senator “Chiz” Escudero Photo from Instagram/@iamhearte
CECILE Ongpauco said she is praying for her daughter, actress Heart Evangelista and son-in-law, Senator Francis “Chiz” Escudero amid rumors that the couple are facing marital problems.Ongpauco commented on the issue in an interview with ABS-CBN senior entertainment reporter Mario Dumaual on Thursday, September 8.
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YEARS ago, I was searching for something to place a small amount of money that can yield a little growth if left alone for some time. A bank certificate of deposit, perhaps, I thought. But the yield was minuscule and hardly worth my time and effort. Then I understood slowly what investing was all about. No risk was involved in a CD and so the payoff was tiny.In my previous work as a bushy-tailed researcher who dug for information in libraries and asked a lot of questions to put out a research paper connecting the dots to establish patterns long before the information superhighway was built, I stumbled on the idea of investing using mutual funds.Heck, I didn’t even want to use the word “investing” for I felt it was too big and pretentious for me for the amount of money I had. It was laughable. I was a young mom with children then and grappling with the challenges of the immigrant life in the US. It left me with very little time to think about investing. Also, I wasn’t interested in watching the ups and downs of the financial market day after day.
charge commissions which affect returns on the whole. “Duh!” The down side? Most of the no load funds with excellent track records with a low expense ratio in a big mutual fund company require a bigger initial outlay. How much, you ask? At this time, $3000 on average to get in although there is a fund that requires only $1000 if buying a fund as a trust for minors, like children and grandchildren.Letmeexplain.
Reflecting on her music trajectory from her bedroom to the world, beabadoobee said, “It is definitely very bizarre because it’s something that was totally not the plan.
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to have this sense of, like, unknowingness and naivety to everything. I appreciate everything but… I don’t get completely overwhelmed and lost in the source of all that. Does that make any sense?
“Don’t look for the needle in the haystack. Just buy the haystack.”
(I just have peace about the fact that I am OK whether I will be [given kids] or not. It does not make me feel like I am less of a person or I am less of a female. If there really would be none, then so be it. [I] already did [my] part and I rest on that.)
fiscal conservatism. Bogle is the Yoda of mutual fund investing. He founded Vanguard and shepherded the company for a long time. A stalwart fiscal conservative, he championed the cause of low expense funds. The lower the expense ratio of a fund, the happier he was for investors. It was a common sense strategy then as now, neither sleek nor sexy for wanna-be hotshot investors.
“I’m just kind of riding the wave and very chill. (Touring) used to be very much of an issue. You know, you get so much love from the fans and feeling kind of the energy firsthand when you’re on stage. But being away from home is something that is like a battle I continue to struggle with.
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The key is to choose wisely after much study, stay the course over time, monitor periodically. Have an exit strategy for how you will use the yield you will harvest when the time comes.
Some rich person once said that money is like manure, it stinks if left on a pile but used as fertilizer spread evenly and judiciously over time on tilled soil, can yield a rich harvest for a much greater good.
The stock market is not a casino although day traders treat it as such and not a few suffer greatly not only in their pocket books but also in the rise and fall of their blood pressure as they try to time the market. Be aware too that there are tax consequences when you sell or liquidate your funds. Consult a trusted expert.There is a direct correlation between risk and return that one learns in investing. The same is true of life. We learn to tamp down the niggling fears about the future. We learn to stay the course with steely resolve specially when there is blood on the streets. And there will be. But the upside if we are faithful and give it time, can be worth it. Good Luck!
The stock or equity funds with higher risk factors can get stellar performance and heartbreaking losses too.
In my case, I am also the poster child for the lazy doit-yourselfer who just wants to choose a winning horse, a thoroughbred if possible, stay the course and forget about it most of the time, simply checking occasionally. That’s why I choose index funds for the most part. Indexing and reinvesting is the way to go for people who really don’t have the time, the patience, the gumption and the persuasion to do a full dive. There are load funds and no-load mutual funds. Guess where I was drawn to? Of course, no-load funds made sense for me. Load funds
Part of me feels very blessed
There are bond funds which yield far less stellar results or yields but are stodgy and reliable. They move in opposite directions. When the stock market is on the rise, the bond funds are dipping and vice versa.
Reyes and Poon got married in 2013. They celebrated their ninth anniversary last June. (By Anne Pasajol/Inquirer.net)
How dull to watch numbers when you can smell the flowers! It just wasn’t my schtick. There was too much to learn and experience and so little time. So I hied off to read books on it instead and called a few companies. Long story short, I bungled my way through.Here’s what I have discovered in a nutshell. A mutual fund is an investment tool consisting of a portfolio of hundreds of stocks, bonds and other securities. It gives personal small investors like me and millions of others, access to the world of diversified portfolios at a low price (thus, the haystack reference in the Bogle quote).
Reyes opened up about this after actressvlogger Rica Peralejo asked if the couple plans on having children, as seen on the latter’s YouTube channel Sunday, Sept. 11.
If you bought a load fund which is professionally managed and the return for the year is a whopping 10% and the load is 3%, then your net return is 7% on your investment for the year. Not bad, but if the return for the year is a negative 10%, you’re in the hole for There13%.are inothersretirementinmoney,toaintimidated.PriceFidelity,funds.companiesprofessionallybehemothstaffedthatoffermutualThebignamesareVanguard,T.Roweamongothers.Don’tbeYoucangetinforthousanddollarsifyouwanttestthewaters.Thebigperhapsintrillions,employer-sponsoredplans,401kandintheUSareinvestedmutualfunds.IstudiedJohnC.Bogle’s
millions of streams from selfreleased recordings, three EPs Patched Up, Loveworm and Space Cadet and two albums Fake It Flowers and Beatopia. Her music has been championed by the likes of Taylor Swift, Harry Styles and Matt Healy of the band 1975, her labelmates, as well as music critics on BBC Radio 1, Rolling Stone, Vogue and The Guardian, etc. Based on her Spotify profile, she currently averages over 10 million monthly listeners, with London, Los Angeles, Jakarta, Sydney and Chicago as Top 5 locations of her fans.
It was said that Bogle preferred woolen neckties rather than silk ties because they lasted longer and can be worn many times. Sadly, he passed away at 89 years old. I regret not having sent him a personal note of gratitude for his wisdom. The mutual fund investing world lost a true hero. God bless John C. Bogle.Mutual funds have many varieties to choose from. There are stock funds, bond funds, balanced funds, specialty sector funds, index funds and fairly recently, exchange traded funds (ETFs) that can be traded like stocks. The choices can be overwhelming to a newbie but don’t be.
Besides her Asia tour, she’s been on an extensive run of festival appearances and live shows this year, including Glastonbury, Governor’s Ball, Summer Sonic and Rock En Seine. She’s just finished a support tour with Halsey as main support. She’s playing a headline tour of the UK in October, which culminates in London’s legendary Brixton Academy.
It’s like yin and yang. The financial markets are always reflective of the fears and hopes of the investing world at any given time. The market is jittery and acts like a psycho. It gets jolted easily by political and economic rumblings and upheavals but try and stay above the fray. Tune out for your peace of mind.Ifand when you go this route, you must be there for the long haul if you want to see real results that bless and teach you wisdom, even humility, over the long term.
When asked if she gets envious of other couples who have children, Reyes stated she does not feel such because she tries to find acceptance in every“Meronsituation.langtalaga kong peace na kung meron, OK, kung wala, OK. It doesn’t make me feel like I’m less of a person or I’m less of a female,” she added. “Kung wala, wala e. Ginawa mo naman ‘yung part mo e and I rest on that.”
— John C. VanguardBogleFounder
(After two years when we got married — we really planned on not having kids for the first two years — we [already tried] after that. We even got checked. There’s no problem with him and there’s
no problem with me. I feel like we did our due diligence, [what is] humanly possible, but we still have no child.)
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Fil-British artist Beabadoobee...
in the laughter of my cousin as we sat sharing a juice. I could feel you and her dad, my uncle, smiling at us. It’s amazing how far we’ve come.”
“But touring places like Asia and going back home to the Philippines, it’s like very uncertain territory. For me, it’s like a new world. It’s something like the feeling I had in Japan. The idea of being that close to my actual home is really comforting. So, I think I’ve been feeling really happy, which is a very rare thing to be on for. I think it’s because I’m going backAmidhome.”her continuous ascent to global success, beabadoobee spoke about how much her Filipino culture and even Original Pilipino Music (OPM) impacted her music career.Responding to a question from The STAR about her Filipino side’s influence on her music, she said, “Totally (it influenced me). I love APO Hiking Society. And that album where loads of Filipino artists cover their songs like Itchyworms and Barbie, I don’t know her last name, but I listened to that album a lot and I grew up on that album,” referring to the Kami nAPO Muna, the 2006 tribute album to the 1970s musical group.
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MARICAR Reyes revealed that she and her husband, singer Richard Poon, have been trying to have kids since the second year of their marriage, but she stressed that she is at “peace” despite having none yet.
Maricar on having no kids yet: ‘Doesn’t make me feel less of a person or female’
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“And I think not only did the music influence me, but it’s safe to say that I’m pretty close to my culture because I went back home to the Philippines every summer since I was a kid. And then, I actually studied for like a whole year (there) when I was seven. I know a lot of family, know how family complications go. So, I was very much in Iloilo a lot of my life and like the transition from living in the Philippines and then moving to London was also a big kind of inspiration for my music. Because that was pretty difficult for a little girl in a very white predominant all-girl Catholic school in Hammersmith. So there was a lot of things to write about, my experience of that. So yeah, I think, (it was) just a pretty wide selection of things.”
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Rogoff admitted she was in tears while composing the letter, recounting Cherie’s “adventurous spirit” and how she wanted her family to “live life with joy and not take things too seriously.”“Itcomes in waves but what puts me at ease is knowing the ease you’re feeling now that you
“After two years nung kinasal kami — we really planned on not having kids for the first two years — after that pwede na,” Reyes said. “We even got checked. There’s no problem with him and there’s no problem with me. Feeling ko we did our due diligence naman on our side, humanly possible, pero wala e.”
are finally free — the true bohemian you always wanted to be,” Rogoff stated. “Before you passed you told me to go, and so I’m going. With and for you.”Bianca and her brother Raphael are Cherie’s children with husband Rony Rogoff. Their brother Jay Eigenmann, meanwhile, is Gil’s eldest son with veteran actor-comedian Leo Martinez. Cherie passed away last Aug. 5 after her battle with endometrial cancer, a disease she was diagnosed with last year.
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Falling home prices in Southern Nevada a boon to home buyers
A table from the Las Vegas Review-Journal shows the price drop of median sales prices of homes in Southern Nevada. From a high of $482,000 in May 2022, the current median sales price was pegged at $450,000 in August 2022, which is still substantially up from figures last year (2021).
lotteries were even put in place to determine who would be able to purchase a property.
Las Vegas is a unique place to be at, as many projects are in construction that will contribute their fair share of jobs and economic opportunities for those who are able to take advantage.Evenwith the current slowdown in home sales, median home prices continue to be above level from past years and decades. In fact, through the years, median home prices have continued to improve, even when there are housing market crashes, as what happened in 2008.Consider this: In 1940, the median home price in Nevada was at $20,700. The median price grew to $136,000 by 1980, and was pegged at $142,000 in 2000. In 2010, the median price was at $143,651, right smack in the middle of the housing crash. About a decade later, there was a surge in home prices as the median home price was placed at around $345,000 in 2020.
Russ Bateman and Realtor Fely Quitevis-Bateman strolled along Las Vegas Blvd. and saw developments going on that may keep the “buyer’s market” around due to massive job creation from these ongoing projects.
Some of my clients who have taken the plunge and purchased properties are now reaping the benefits of their good choices by setting up their place as Airbnb or as a rental
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According to Realtors and industry experts, the price drop is actually good for the Las Vegas area and neighboring communities as those who may have been priced out before due to high home prices and bidding wars can again participate in the market.
for a home, an investment property or a piece of land where you may want to construct your dream home in or sell for a profit later.
Now, house hunters have more of a bargaining chip with sellers as there are more choices in the real estate market. Unlike the last couple of years when buyers had to pull out all the stops or squeeze their budget to be able to participate, buyers now have the option of negotiating with a seller due to the slowdown in home sales.
FOR the third consecutive month, home prices have fallen in Southern Nevada, including Las FromVegas.a median sales price high of $482,000 in May 2022, the median price of homes dropped to $450,000 in August 2022, which is a $15,000 drop from the previous month (July 2022), according to a report in the Las Vegas Review-Journal. Despite the $32,000 drop from its highest point, home prices are still up substantially from about a year ago, with median home prices at the $375,000 range in August of 2021.A combination of factors are contributing to falling home sales, although industry experts say that Southern Nevada is still in the buyer’s market category.Higher borrowing costs have contributed to the lull from home buyers as the average rates for a 30-year home loan have risen to 5.22% in August of 2022 (slightly lower than June’s 5.52%), but still above the 2.84% range in August of 2021, according to a report from Freddie Mac.
property.Mycompany, Precious Properties, is a fullservice company that has served its clientele since 1992. You can reach me at 775-513-8447, 805-559-2476 and 702-538-4948 for more information, or send me an email at fely@ precious-properties.com or fely.precious@gmail. com. We have investors who buy houses in California and Nevada for cash and quick escrow in as short as 7 days.
During the most frenzied time in the home buying arena, many properties were flooded with offers and more often than not sold far more from their original selling point. Builders put buyers on waiting lists and it was not uncommon for prices to be raised regularly. At times,
By RealtoR Fely Quitevis-Bateman
It is very hard to find a piece of land that is not going to sell for a good amount. Everyone wants a piece of the pie, so to speak. Casino/ resort groups are continually improving their operations by buying when it suits them and offloading or closing properties when they become liabilities, and billionaires and venture capitalists want to stake their claim in Las Vegas before it becomes too expensive to enter the market.The past few months have seen acres of land sell for millions in Las Vegas, including 10 acres just across the Strip from Resorts World Las Vegas acquired by the Siegel Group that will in probability be developed into a hotel/casino and entertainment arena, and 2.2 acres of land just across the from the Mandalay Bay Convention Center that sold for $12.8 million. The former has been called the last great piece of land available in the north end of the strip, while the latter is just walking distance away from the iconic “Welcome to Las Vegas” sign that attracts thousands of visitors every year.
Certainly, property appreciation in Nevada, especially in hot markets like Las Vegas, is a given. And with the rapid development in the area, it is not a surprise that per square foot prices in different neighborhoods have skyrocketed in the past few decades.
It is a different story though when it comes to commercial properties in Las Vegas, particularly along the Strip.
This has, in turn, allowed more inventory to flow into the market as house hunters have pulled back on home purchases, unlike in 2020 and 2021 when sellers were having multiple buyers having a bidding war on their properties.
or neighboring communities like Pahrump, Henderson or Boulder City, now is the time to take a look at what’s available in the market, especially when there’s a lull. Aside from the ability to look over many properties that may suit your needs, you don’t need to cater to all of the seller’s demands, unlike before.
Realtor Fely Quitevis-Bateman helps those who need business financing, including loans for small businesses. For more information, call (702) 538-4948, or send email to fely@ precious-properties.com or fely.precious@gmail.com.
Behind Russ Bateman in photo above is the Fontainebleau Hotel (tall blue building) which is undergoing massive construction. It is scheduled to have its grand opening in
I have been a Realtor for many decades now and have seen the growth of many Nevada communities. I consider Nevada as one of the best states to live in, especially as it has no state income tax and there are many other advantages to having a business in Nevada. With many residential and commercial developments in Las Vegas and neighboring communities, and many planned projects that will continue to add to the diversity to each city’s or town’s entertainment offerings, Nevada is truly is a good place to look
If you are looking for property in Las Vegas
