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The Firefly Squid is a squid that shines along its body with a length of 5 centimeters. They are always found at sea depths from 200m to 600m. In the night of 12th of March, alot of these creatures were seen along the coast of Niigata prefecture in the city of Sado. These creatures tend to lay their eggs at shallow depths. Those who were not able to go back to the sea became stuck along the coast of Niigata and illuminated the coast with blue color during the night. People who took some of these squids said that, "I think we can collect more than 10kg of them". A person in an aquarium in Niigata prefecture said that, "The Firefly Squid lay their eggs until around April. I think we can see alot of them until then." Source ...

7-taong gulang na bata, patay na natagpuan na nakasako, ama ang suspek! Hustisya ang sigaw ngayon ng pamilya ng 7-taong gulang na batang natagpuang patay na nakasako sa lugar sa Purok 9, Brgy. Comel, General Santos City. Ang katawan ng bata ay nasa state of decomposition na matapos itong mawala at matagpuan lamang pagkatapos ng apat na araw. Ayon sa General Santos City Police Office, ang biktima na si Princess Arian Cabacos at ang sariling ama ang mga person of interest. Natuklasan na wala nang underwear ang menor de edad na bata at may mga galos sa leeg. Patuloy pa ang masusing imbestigasyon ng mga pulis.

Muntik nang hindi matuloy ang biyahe ng mag-asawa matapos umanong makitaan ng isang bala ang kanilang bag habang nasa Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA). https://balita.net.ph/2024/03/15/tanim-bala-mag-asawang-pasahero-sa-naia-hinarang-dahil-sa-nakitang-bala-sa-bag/?fbclid=IwAR1wbR9j0h9xb6H-qtXpfSok69qhDcE9OYnWXEFbFjuNZExcFBvGpOgFdwQ

Jensen Huang believes coding languages are a thing of the past (Image credit: Nvidia) Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has once again announced the death of coding, but this time in front of a potentially far more influential audience. Speaking at the Word Government Summit in Dubai, Huang argued that because the rapid advancements made by AI, learning to code should no longer be a priority of those looking to enter the tech sector. Learning to code has long been a vital skill pushed by many industry heads as vital to success, but Huang’s latest narrative looks to break this tradition. Coding is old news, so focus on farming Thanks to the advancements made in the field of generative AI, natural language processing has shown promise to be...

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo attends a press conference at the Boeing Shanghai Aviation Services near the Shanghai Pudong International Airport, in Shanghai, China August 30, 2023. REUTERS/Aly Song/File Photo Purchase Licensing Rights, opens new tab summary Raimondo leads first-of-its-kind trade mission to Manila Twenty-two firms including Google, Microsoft participated Raimondo says U.S. will not decouple from China MANILA, March 11 (Reuters) - American companies are set to announce investments amounting to more than $1 billion in the Philippines, U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said during an official visit to Manila on Monday. Raimondo is heading a two-day trade and investment mission, the first of its kind for...

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“After careful review of the facts, witness testimonies, and additional information, such as the allegations of rape during the last committee hearing, I have decided to wí†hdráw my signature today,” said Ejercito in a statement. “Furthermore, my consultations have revealed strong precedents indicating that ongoing cases can still be heard and investigated in the Senate. This means Pastor Quiboloy will get an opportunity to present his side,” he added. Ejercito said he initially backed Senator Robin Padilla’s bid to block the Senate panel on women’s contempt order against Quiboloy “in consideration of procedural practicality.” “This was based on the fact the Department of Justice has already pursued charges of sexual abuse and...

Philippine National Railways (PNR) will suspend its operations in Metro Manila for five years, starting March 28, to give way to the construction of the North South Commuter Railway (NSCR) project. According to the PNR, operations in stations Governor Pascual-Tutuban and Tutuban-Alabang, the two opposite end stations in Metro Manila, will temporarily be suspended. The PNR told INQUIRER.net that the suspension would take at least five years amid the construction of the NSCR. “According to Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Jaime Bautista, PNR services will be suspended to also ensure that passengers are safe while the construction of the NSCR is underway,” it added. However, the PNR also announced that it will begin...

Joe Biden says he would sign bill banning TikTok “Today, we will take the first step in creating long-overdue laws to protect Americans from the threat posed by apps controlled by our adversaries, and to send a very strong message that the US will always stand up for our values and freedom,” said Washington Republican Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, the panel’s chair.

CONGRATULATIONS to SM Investments, SM Prime, BDO Unibank, China Banking Corp., the Sy family and the chief executive officers (CEOs) of these companies: Ricky DyBuncio, Jeff Lim, Nestor Tan and Romy Uyan, and their management teams on their unprecedented net income and growth. In investment banking, the industry I was in for over 30 years, jealousy and envy are as common as breathing. The industry is competitive and bankers who start as bank employees or staff get progressively winnowed out. Internationally, especially those working at head or regional offices at the global American firms, you generally start out after college as an analyst for three years. Then you used to go to business school for your MBA and returned or stayed on...

BAGUIO CITY — Ibaloys here are opposing a proposal being discussed by the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) to freeze all ancestral land titling in the city due to a succession of Supreme Court decisions asserting that the agency has no jurisdiction in Baguio. On Thursday, Ibaloy clans gathered at an NCIP dialogue organized by NCIP Commissioner Gaspar Cayat because of a suggested moratorium covering all applications for Certificates of Ancestral Land Title (CALT) and Certificates of Ancestral Domain Title (CADT) within the Baguio townsite reservation. Cayat said the NCIP commissioners sitting en banc on Feb. 28 discussed the future of Ibaloy ancestral land rights in the city because of three high court rulings issued on...

Story by SHERYLIN UNTALAN,GMA Integrated News Free technical education and skills development training will be offered to all Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) employees in line with a partnership with the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA). The DILG-BOOST (Building Opportunities and Overall Advancement for Personnel Through Skills Training of TESDA) Project offers courses such as digital literacy, visual graphics design, 21st-century skills, and communications, among others. “Ine-endorse ng DILG ang kanilang mga employado sa ating mga regional offices. All DILG employees can have easy access to our platform programs, yung TESDA online program," said TESDA Deputy Director General, Aniceto...

Ano ano mga common na pambansyang isyu sa Philippines? Like yung economy, politiics, at poverty. Baka lang may alam pa kayong magandang topic na inde medyo usual. Salamats

US, UK strike Houthi fighters in Yemen amid Red Sea attacks. Israel’s war on Gaza live: US, UK launch strikes on Houthis in Yemen US, UK forces launch air, ship and submarine strikes against Yemen’s Houthi fighters targeting weapons storage, air defence, and logistic facilities. Nine Palestinians, including children and at least one baby, killed in Israeli strike on a home in Rafah, according to Al Jazeera’s correspondent in the city.

REST IN PEACE 🕊️ Renowned actress Jaclyn Jose passed away, the GMA network posted on its page. She was 59. As of writing, the cause of her death was unannounced. #PanayNews

Odysseus Moon lander 'tipped over on touchdown' Intuitive Machines: Odysseus Moon lander 'tipped over on touchdown' The Odysseus Moon lander is probably lying on its side with its head resting against a rock. The US spacecraft, which made history on Thursday by becoming the first ever privately built and operated robot to complete a soft lunar touchdown, is otherwise in good condition. Its owner, Texan firm Intuitive Machines, says Odysseus has plenty of power and is communicating with Earth. Controllers are trying to retrieve pictures from the robot

[WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT] A severed left hand, left foot, and a pair of ears were found in front of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) office on Aguinaldo Street, Barangay 4, Bacolod City around 5:45 a.m. Friday, March 1, 2024. Captain Glen Montaño, commander of Police Station 2, said the body parts were placed inside a sack with a paper bag with written words: "William De Arca NBI Protector ni Hanz Lopez, Drug Lord." He said the severed body parts were already brought to ABE Funeral Homes for examination. | via Merlinda Pedrosa of SunStar Bacolod 📷Contributed photo via SunStar Bacolod

DALAWANG BATA, HINDI ALAM NA PATAY NA ANG KANILANG AMA NA NABANGGA DAHIL SA MOTORCYCLE CHALLENGE Walang kamalay-malay ang magkapatid na ito na kailanman hindi na nila makikitang buhay ang kanilang ama. Ang 33-anyos na nilang ama na si Dexter Dizo, namatay matapos mabangga ng rider na kasama sa Boss Ironman Motorcycle challenge sa Barangay Bonuan Boquig, Dagupan City. Ayon sa ina ng magkapatid, lagi-lagi raw umiiyak tuwing gabi ang dalawang bata at hinahanap nila ang kanilang ama. Hirap daw niyang ipaliwanag sa dalawang anak na patay na ang papa nila. 100,000 pesos ang ibinigay ng rider sa pamilya ng biktima para hindi siya kasuhan. Naglabas ng statement ang pamunuan ng boss Ironman motorcycle challenge at nangako sila na magbibigay ng...

TOPLINE Covid vaccines from companies like Pfizer, Moderna and AstraZeneca were linked to rare occurrences of heart, brain and blood disorders, a recent peer-reviewed study found, though experts say the risks of developing Covid-19 greatly outweigh the risks of getting vaccinated. healthcare worker administering a Covid vaccine to a patient. -GETTY IMAGES KEY FACTS Researchers from the Global Vaccine Data Network—a research arm of the World Health Organization—looked at expected versus observed rates of 13 medical conditions that were considered “adverse events of special interest” in a study population of 99 million vaccinated people eight countries, making it the largest Covid vaccine study to date. Rare cases of...

For years, smartphone users have dumped their devices in a bag of rice at the first sign of water. However, a recent advisory from Apple suggests that this household technique can do further damage to iPhones. “Don’t put your iPhone in a bag of rice. Doing so could allow small particles of rice to damage your iPhone." a support document from Apple read. What should you do after your iPhone gets wet? Apple suggests that in order to dry your iPhone tap on the device gently against your hand with the connector facing down in order to remove excess water from it. After this, put your phone in a dry area with some airflow and start charging it with a USB-C or lightning connector only after 30 minutes. The company suggests that it might...

MANILA, Philippines — The Aboitiz Group’s entry into the branded consumer goods space is ready to commence with its successful acquisition of Coca-Cola Beverages Philippines Inc. (CCBPI). In a stock exchange filing, Aboitiz Equity Ventures Inc. (AEV) said the parties have closed the transaction following the completion of all the conditions precedent to the acquisition. These conditions include the receipt of approval from the Philippine Competition Commission; that no governmental entity of competent authority issued an order or enacted a law that makes the transaction îllégâl or prohibits the consummation of the transaction; the fulfillment of the warranties and covenants of the sellers and the buyers; that no material adverse...

(SPOT.ph) Heads up, cable TV subscribers! ABS-CBN Corporation and PLDT Inc. will not be proceeding with its acquisition of Sky Cable. The two have mutually decided not to go forward with the sale under the Sale and Purchase Agreement they signed in March 2023, which stated that Sky Cable will air its final broadcast on February 26, 2024. The termination of the agreement between ABS-CBN Corp. and PLDT Inc. for the acquisition of Sky Cable means that there will be no immediate changes for Sky Cable's subscribers in terms of service management, offerings, or operational changes that might have been expected under new ownership. "Following this development, Sky Cable is pleased to announce that its cable TV service is here to stay...

Jerusalem and Gaza CNN — Israel has formally declared war on Hamas, setting the stage for a major military operation in Gaza as fighting rages on Israeli soil. Tanks and personnel carriers could be seen on the move near the Israel-Gaza border on Sunday, after Hamas – an Islamist militant group – launched a surprise assault this weekend that has so far killed over 700 Israelis. Source: https://edition.cnn.com/2023/10/08/middleeast/israel-gaza-attack-hostages-response-intl-hnk/index.html

A 27-year-old woman was caught carrying packs of shabu and other drug paraphernalia that were placed inside a kondom sealed with a Scotch tape. The woman inserted the kondom in her génital in an attempt to smuggle it inside the Mandaue City Jail on Tuesday, February 13, 2024. The suspect was identified as Jenny (not her real name), a resident of Barangay Canduman. She was caught carrying the îllégâl drugs during the body search, which has been done regularly as part of the jail’s visitation protocols. Mandaue City Jail officials said Jenny is a regular visitor of one of the inmates. The suspect was placed under the custody of the Mandaue City Police Station 3, while the îllégâl drugs and drug paraphernalia were turned over to the...

#Vietnam Ramps Up Spratly Islands Dredging in the #SouthChinaSea | Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative Over the last year, Vietnam has continued with a substantial program of dredging and landfill work in the Spratly Islands which began in 2021. Since AMTI last surveyed these efforts in December 2022, Vietnam has created another 330 acres of land, bringing its total during the current spate of building to 750 acres. By contrast, Vietnam had created just 120 acres of land in the Spratlys between 2012 and 2022. This all adds up to about a quarter of the more than 3,200 acres of land created by China from 2013 to 2016, but it is far more island expansion than any other claimant besides China has undertaken. And in October 2023...

You’ve won at something, Metro Manila, but congratulations are not in order: Last year, the country’s capital had the worst traffic congestion among 387 metro areas in the world, based on the 2023 TomTom Traffic Index. “Tell me something I don’t know,” you might be saying from where you’re currently sat in traffic (not behind the wheel, we hope—just a reminder that ADDA is real). Okay, allow us to give you several stats to provide some truly depressing context. Metro Manila’s ranking rose by one last year versus in 2022, beating Colombia’s Bogota, which now drops to fifth place. A ‘metro area,’ as defined by TomTom, is “a circle covering the city and rural areas in close proximity.” PHOTO BY LEANDRE GRECIA On average, it took...

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MANILA, Philippines — Japanese company Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd. (YRC) is set to spend P3.5 billion for the expansion of its tire plant in Clark, according to the Clark Development Corp. (CDC). In a statement , CDC said the investment would boost daily tire output of YRC subsidiary Yokohama Tire Philippines Inc. (YTPI)’s tire plant to 32,500, adding 1,800 tires per day. CDC said the expansion plans were announced during a recent meeting with YTPI officials. Citing information from YRC, CDC shared that the expansion plan includes a new production line for 21 and 22-inch tires. It added that expansion work is set to commence in the second quarter, with the new lines expected to be fully operational in the second quarter of 2026. CDC...

Entrance exams for College and High School students are already coming this month. In a farmhouse in the city of Maeba in the prefecture of Gunma, special carnations are grown to cheer the students who are going to take the exams. Named as "Cheering flowers", this carnation is slowly grown in greenhouses that does not even use heating during this winter. Since the flowers are not easy to fall off, alot of people buy them as gifts for students who also does not want to fall off or fail in the exams. Around a 1000 of these flowers are already grown in the greenhouses. These flowers can be bought in flower shops and online. They cost from 1500 - 2000 yen. People working in farmhouse said that, "We hope everyone to do their best just as...

Vlogger Tzuyang (right) laughs as Korean comedian Kim Ji-young (left) introduces herself as a Filipino in a YøùTùbé video uploaded on Jan. 28 (Screenshot from Edzel Marc Robion's reuploaded video) Korean YøùTùbé vlogger Tzuyang (real name Park Jung-won) apologized for uploading a video in which she and a Korean comedian made fun of, mocked and stereotyped Filipinos. Tzuyang (쯔양) is a “mukbang” vlogger who uploads videos showing her eating different kinds of food. In a video she uploaded on Jan. 28 on her YøùTùbé channel, which has 9.28 million subscribers, Tzuyang had Korean comedian Kim Ji-young as a guest, who pretended to be a Filipina who married a Korean man. Kim Ji-young started talking in Filipinos’ Korean accent that made...

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