Makakaranas ang mga motorista ng mas mababang presyo ng produktong petrolyo, isang malaking rollback sa ikatlong magkakasunod na linggo ng pagbaba ng presyo.
Ayon sa magkahiwalay na advisory ng mga oil company kahapon, sinabi ng Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corp. at Seaoil Philippines Corp. na bababa ang presyo kada litro ng gasolina ng P2.20, diesel ng P2.70, at kerosene ng P2.55.
Ilalarga ng Petro Gazz ang ganito ring adjustment, maliban sa kerosene.
Epektibo ang bawas-presyo sa Martes, alas-6 ng umaga.
Hindi pa naglalabas ng abiso ang ibang kompanya hinggil sa price cut down.
Victoria, Laguna. The Department of Trade and Industry’s Laguna (DTI Laguna)Provincial Office, in collaboration with the Calamba City Livelihood Development of the City Government of Calamba, recently organized an SME Roving Academy on Business Operations and Consumer Education at the CCLD Training Room, located in Mercado de Calamba, Calamba City, Laguna.
Twenty aspiring entrepreneurs from various barangays in Calamba City participated in the seminar. The resource speaker for the Business Operations topic was DTI Laguna’s Business Counsellor, Edelyn Aireen Muñoz. During the seminar, she discussed the different phases of business operations and emphasized the importance of planning in each phase. She also provided insights on managing business operations, which was followed by a brief workshop on the differences between tactical and strategic decision-making.
The seminar emphasized not only the significance of business planning but also stressed the importance of planning, forecasting, scheduling, and productivity. Additionally, the participants were enlightened about the value of understanding the input-process-output components of business operations.
During the SMERA (SME Roving Academy) program, DTI Laguna’s Business Counsellor, Carl Eric Villanueva, focused on the topic of consumer education. He provided insights on consumer rights and responsibilities, which is part of the organization’s ongoing commitment to provide developmental opportunities and educational experiences to both aspiring and established micro, small, and medium enterprises in the province.
LONDON. A day after a gilded coronation ceremony watched by millions, King Charles III and Queen Camilla let others take the center stage Sunday as they took in a star-studded concert featuring Katy Perry, Lionel Richie and others at Windsor Castle.
The newly-crowned monarch and his wife appeared to enjoy the show as Richie performed “All Night Long,” at one point getting up on their feet and swaying along to the music. Other members of the royal family, including 8-year-old Princess Charlotte and Prince George, 9, waved Union flags along with a crowd of some 20,000 gathered on the castle’s east terrace.
Charlotte and her mother, Kate, the Princess of Wales, sang along as Perry, dressed in a gold foil ball gown, performed her pop hit “Roar.”
“Top Gun” star Tom Cruise appeared in a pre-recorded video message, saying: “Pilot to pilot. Your Majesty, you can be my wingman any time.” The mixed program also saw performances by the Royal Ballet, Nicole Scherzinger from the Pussycat Dolls, opera singer Andrea Bocelli and British band Take That.
Even Miss Piggy and Kermit the Frog made an appearance, joking with host Hugh Bonneville.
The entertainment was interspersed with more serious moments. A message from Charles on the importance of environmental conservation was played, and the show was accompanied by a light and drone display with a nature theme.
Prince William, heir to the throne, took to the stage to pay tribute to his father’s dedication to service. “Pa, we are all so proud of you,” he said.
Concert goers sang “God Save the King” as landmarks around the U.K. were lit up in colorful lights.
Earlier Sunday, thousands of picnics and street parties were held across the U.K. in Charles’ honor. The community get-togethers, part of a British tradition known as the Big Lunch, provided a down-to-earth counterpart to the gilded spectacle of the king’s crowning Saturday.
The events were intended to bring neighbors together to celebrate the crowning even as support for the monarchy wanes. Critics complained about the coronation’s cost at a time of exorbitant living expenses amid double-digit inflation.
But plenty others took the opportunity to enjoy a party with friends and family. In Regent’s Park in London, Valent Cheung and his girlfriend showed up to cheer the new king with the neighbors who embraced them when they moved from Hong Kong. They dolled up their loyal and “royal” fluffy white dog, Tino, with a tiny purple crown for the occasion.
“This is a new era for U.K,” Cheung said. “We didn’t have these things in Hong Kong. Now, we are embracing the culture. We want to enjoy it, we want to celebrate it.”
Charles and Camilla didn’t drop in on any of the picnics, leaving that duty to other members of the royal family.
William and his wife, Kate, surprised people picnicking outside the castle before the concert. Dressed far more casually than the day before, they shook hands and Kate embraced a crying girl in a hug.
The king’s siblings, Prince Edward and Princess Anne and their spouses took on lunch duty for the royal family at events across England. The king’s nieces, Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie, the daughters of Prince Andrew, joined a lunch in Windsor.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak hosted U.S. first lady Jill Biden and her granddaughter Finnegan Biden at the Big Lunch party held in front of his office. Other guests included Ukrainian refugees and community activists.
Like the picnic in the park, Downing Street and Sunak’s spread — even his teapot — were festooned in the nation’s colors of blue, white and red.
Sausage rolls and salmon were served along with coronation chicken — a dish cooked up for Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation 70 years ago — and coronation quiche, which was picked to suit Charles’ taste and has been the buzz of social media. often for the wrong reasons.
The couple then paraded through the streets in a gilded horse-drawn carriage led by the largest ceremonial military procession since the coronation of Charles’ mother. Some 4,000 troops marched in formation through the streets, their scarlet sleeves and white gloves swinging in unison to the sound of drums and bugles from marching bands, including one group of musicians on horseback.
Hundreds of thousands of spectators lined the route in the rain to see it in person. Nearly 19 million more watched on television in the U.K., according to ratings released by Barb, a research organization. That’s about 40% fewer viewers than had watched the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II in September.
Charles and Camilla said Sunday in a statement that they were “deeply touched” by the celebration and “profoundly grateful both to all those who helped to make it such a glorious occasion – and to the very many who turned out to show their support.”
Not everyone was there to celebrate, though, and criticism continued Sunday over arrests of more than 50 protesters, including members of a republican group shouting “Not my king” and environmentalists aiming to end the use of fossil fuels.
The Metropolitan Police said officers detained 64 people Saturday, with four suspects charged with offenses including a religiously aggravated public order offense and drug possession.
Graham Smith, leader of Republic, a group advocating for abolishing the monarchy, said he was arrested as he planned a peaceful protest and spent 16 hours in police custody.
“These arrests are a direct attack on our democracy and the fundamental rights of every person in the country,” Smith said. “Each and every police officer involved on the ground should hang their heads in shame.”
The Metropolitan Police acknowledged concerns over the arrests, but defended the force’s actions.
“The coronation is a once-in-a-generation event and that is a key consideration in our assessment,” Commander Karen Findlay said.
At Regent’s Park, celebrants talked about the novelty of what they had witnessed. But the coronation was nothing new for Rosemary McIntosh, 95, just a lot more vivid than the one she saw televised while living in Zimbabwe in 1953.
“We didn’t have TV all day and it was black and white, so it wasn’t as wonderful as has been this one,” she said.
US singer Lionel Richie performs during a concert at Windsor Castle in Windsor, England, Sunday, May 7, 2023, celebrating the coronation of King Charles III. It’s one of several events over a three-day weekend of celebrations. (Chris Jackson/Pool Photo via AP) AP
There is nothing like the promise of a chapter closing to draw people to the movie theater, especially when tied to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. This weekend, “ Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3,” which says goodbye to this iteration of the space misfits and its driving creative voice, director James Gunn, earned $114 million in ticket sales from 4,450 locations in North America, according to studio estimates Sunday.
Internationally, where the film opened in 52 territories including China, “Vol. 3” earned $168 million, giving it a $282 million global debut.
Domestically, it’s both an impressive sum for any movie and slightly less than what we’ve come to expect from a Marvel opening. Last year on the same weekend, “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness,” riding on the success of “Spider-Man: No Way Home,” raked in $187.4 million in its first three days in North America. And in November, “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” also opened over $181.3 million.
But things have come back to earth this year, at least by high-flying superhero standards. “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” debuted just over $106 million on its way to $474 million worldwide. At rival studio DC/Warner Bros., “Shazam! Fury of the Gods” only made $133.4 million total. The question on some analysts’ minds this weekend is whether it’s because of the specific character or a bigger issue of “superhero fatigue.”
“Guardians Vol. 3” bumped “ The Super Mario Bros. Movie ” out of first place after four weekends atop the charts and kicked off the summer movie season, a vital and usually profitable corridor for Hollywood that runs through Labor Day and often accounts for 40% of a year’s box office.
For Comscore senior media analyst Paul Dergarabedian, it’s still a solid opening for the summer season, which he said is poised to deliver the most robust profits since 2019.
“Though ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3’s’ debut may reflect a bit of audience fatigue for the reliable superhero genre, this is just the beginning for what promises to be an irresistible movie marketplace with a killer combination of appealing films for every taste and every audience demographic,” Dergarabedian said.
The next major superhero movie on the schedule is DC’s “The Flash,” set for June 16, which has its own flurry of intrigue around it because of star Ezra Miller’s legal and personal troubles.
“Guardians Vol. 3” sees the return of actors Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldaña, Dave Bautista, Karen Gillan, Pom Klementieff, Bradley Cooper and Vin Diesel. Reviews have been mostly positive, but a little more divided than previous installments. And it remains difficult to compare a pre-pandemic opening such as Vol. 2’s $146 million debut (May 2017) with a post-pandemic one.
“Vol. 3” is Gunn’s last Guardians/Marvel movie as he turns his focus to leading DC Studios.
“The Super Mario Bros. Movie” added $18.6 million in its fifth weekend to take second place, bringing its domestic total to $518.1 million. Globally, it has now surpassed $1.1 billion.
Third place went to “Evil Dead Rise” with $5.7 million, and in fourth place was “Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret,” with $3.4 million — both were holdovers.
Studios left the weekend mostly clear for the superhero behemoth, but Screen Gems and Sony did debut their new Priyanka Chopra Jonas romantic comedy “Love Again” (featuring Celine Dion and some new songs) in 2703 locations. It made a modest $2.4 million to take the fifth place spot.
Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Comscore. Final domestic figures will be released Monday.
1. “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3,” $114 million.
2. “The Super Mario Bros. Movie,” $18.6 million.
3. “Evil Dead Rise,” $5.7 million.
4. “Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret,” $3.4 million.
5. “Love Again,” $2.4 million.
6. “John Wick: Chapter 3,” $2.4 million.
7. “Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves,” $1.5 million.
May hinihinalang bagong fertilizer scam sa Department of Agriculture (DA) ang grupo ng magsasakang Samahang Industriya ng Agrikultura (SINAG).
Tinutukoy ng grupo ang Memorandum Order No. 32 na inisyu ng DA noong Abril 27 na nagtatakda ng guidelines sa distribusyon at paggamit ng biofertilizer ngayong taon upang diumano ay mapataas ang produksyon ng bigas.
Sa binanggit na memorandum order, sinabi ng DA na ang paggamit ng dalawang bag ng inorganic fertilizer urea per hectare ay nagkakahalaga ng P4,000 habang ang selected biofertilizer “can substitute for at least two bags of urea without sacrificing the yield. Theoretically, a savings of more than P2,000 per hectare can be realized if the cost of biofertilizer is less than P2,000 per hectare,” ayon sa DA.
“If the biofertilizer chosen by the DA-RFOs (regional field offices) is less expensive, the fertilizer savings is increased,” ayon pa rin sa MO.
Ngunit ayon kay SINAG chairperson Rosendo So, mali ang basehan ng MO 32 dahil ang presyo ng urea ngayon ay P1,100 na lamang bawat bag. Sa dalawang bag kada ektarya, ang halaga ng urea ay P2,200 kada ektarya na lamang, taliwas sa MO 32 na P4,000 bawat ektarya.
“DA’s official bidding price of urea is in fact, only at Php1230 per bag; at two bags per hectare, it is only Php2460, again, way below the false information of P4,000 per hectare Thus, there is no real savings, as claimed by MO 32. We are worried that another scandal that could approximate the fertilizer scam of the previous years may resurface,” dagdag ni So.
Sumulat na ang SINAG kay Pangulong Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. na siya ring concurrent DA secretary. Sumulat na rin sila kay Senadora Cynthia Villar, chair ng Senate committee on agriculture and foods upang bawiin ang tinutukoy na MO 32.
Tiniyak ni Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Gen. Benjamin Acorda,Jr. na tatapusin ng kanyang liderato ang palakasan system at ibabalik ang kredibilidad ng mga pulis.
Ayon kay Acorda, hindi niya hahayaang manaig sa ilalim ng kanyang liderato ang palakasan system kaugnay sa promotion ng mga pulis.
Ang promotion ay dapat nakabatay sa merits at abilities ng isang policeman, ayon sa kanya.
Samantala, naniniwala si Acorda na nirerespeto at hindi kinatatakutan ang mga pulis.
Sisikapin nilang pagbutihin pa ang serbisyo ng PNP sa loob ng kanyang pitong buwang panunungkulan bago ang kanyang mandatory retirement. Kahit maikli lamang ang kanyang panunungkulan, sisikapin niyang pag-isahin ang police organization, katuwang ang iba pang mga government agencies, at ang lahat ng mga Pilipino, ayon sa kanya.
Idinagdag ni Acorda, mahalaga ang kredibilidad ng pulis upang tuluyang bumalik ang tiwala ng publiko sa PNP.
Binigyang diin ng PNP chief, mas marami pa ring pulis ang matitino kumpara sa mga bugok.
Mysterious song is neither about satan worship nor drug addiction, said Don Henley
On this day in history, May 7, 1977, the song “Hotel California” reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100.
The six minute and eight second-long song by the Eagles spent one week atop the charts before it was bumped down to the number three spot by the song “When I Need You” by Leo Sayer, the website Best Classic Bands notes.
The album “Hotel California” was released on Dec. 8, 1976, but the title song was released as a single two months later on Feb. 22, 1977, according to rock music website SuperSeventies.
“Every band has its creative peak,” said Don Henley, founding member of the Eagles, to USA Today in 2020 of the album “Hotel California.”
“I think that was ours,” he continued. “We’d become very adept in the studio. We knew a lot about production. We knew more about songwriting. We had the musicianship.”
He added, “We were willing to make some changes and take some risks and try to do something different from anything we’d done before.”
Henley also said, “And you know, the astronauts in the Space Station get a wakeup call every day. A lot of times the folks in the [NASA] control center would play ‘Hotel California.’
STA. ROSA CITY, LAGUNA. Dinisarmahan at kasalukuyang nahaharap sa patong patong na kaso ang isang baguhang pulis matapos siyang matakasan ng isang babaeng preso habang dumadalo sa inquest proceedings sa Sta. Rosa City Prosecutors office kahapon.
Nasa protective custody ngayon ng Sta.Rosa City Police Station si Corporal Jeffrey Pagpagon, nakatalaga bilang police guard ng mga Persons Under Police Custody (PUPC).
Ayon sa natanggap na report ni Police Brig. General Carlito Gaces, direktor ng Police Regional Office Calabarzon, dinala ni Pagpagon ang detainee na si Alice Reyes sa tanggapan ng City Prosecutors office kung saan tinanggalan pa umano nito ng posas ang preso bago iharap sa piskal.
Si Reyes ayon sa record ng pulisya ay isang street level individual na matagal ng involved sa pagtutulak ng shabu sa nabanggit lungsod.
Ayon sa imbestigasyon ng pulisya, tiwala iniwan ni Corporal Pagpagon si Reyes sa labas ng tanggapan ng City Prosecutors at sinundo ang iba pang persons under police custody na haharap din sa inquest proceedings.
Pagbalik ng bagitong pulis ay wala na sa kinauupuan si Reyes na ayon sa ilang saksi ay normal na naglakad palabas ng compound ng Sta. Rosa justice hall
Iniutos ni Police Lt.Col. Paul Sabulao, Sta. Rosa CPS nasamsamin ang service firearm ni Pagpagon at inatasan ang mga imbestigador ng police station kasabay ng imbestigasyon hinggil sa kung paano natakasan ng isang babaeng bilanggo ang pulis
Nahaharap sa kasong negligence si Pagpagon at posible umano itong matanggal sa serbisyo.
ALLEN, Texas. A gunman stepped out of a silver sedan and began shooting people at an outlet mall in the Dallas suburb of Allen, Texas, on Saturday, killing an unknown number and sending hundreds of shoppers fleeing in panic in the latest gun violence to strike the country.
Witnesses who were at the Allen Premium Outlets told The Associated Press they saw multiple victims, including some who appeared to be children, and that they saw a police officer and a mall security guard who appeared to be unconscious on the ground.
Allen police said in a Facebook post that nine victims had been taken to hospitals. Medical City Healthcare, a Dallas-area hospital system, said in a written statement it was treating eight between the ages of 5 and 61. Their conditions were unknown.
Dashcam video that circulated online showed a gunman step out of a vehicle outside the mall and immediately start shooting at people on the sidewalk. More than three dozen shots could be heard as the vehicle recording the video drove off.
An Allen Police officer was in the area on an unrelated call when he heard shots at 3:36 p.m., the police department wrote on Facebook.
“The officer engaged the suspect and neutralized the threat. He then called for emergency personnel. Nine victims were transported to local hospitals by Allen Fire Department,” the agency wrote in the Facebook post. “There is no longer an active threat.”
A crowd of hundreds of people who had been shopping stood outside, across the street from the mall, Saturday evening. Officers circulated among them asking if anyone had seen what happened.
Fontayne Payton, 35, was at H&M when he heard the sound of gunshots through the headphones he was wearing.
“It was so loud, it sounded like it was right outside,” Payton said.
People in the store scattered before employees ushered the group into the fitting rooms and then a lockable back room, he said. When they were given the all-clear to leave, Payton saw the store had broken windows and a trail of blood to the door. Discarded sandals and bloodied clothes were laying nearby.
Once outside, Payton saw bodies.
“I pray it wasn’t kids, but it looked like kids,” he said. The bodies were covered in white towels, slumped over bags on the ground, he said.
“It broke me when I walked out to see that,” he said.
Further away, he saw the body of a heavyset man wearing all black. He assumed it was the shooter, Payton said, because unlike the other bodies it had not been covered up.
Tarakram Nunna, 25, and Ramakrishna Mullapudi, 26, said they saw what appeared to be three people lying motionless on the ground, including one who appeared to be a police officer and another who appeared to be a mall security guard.
Another shopper, Sharkie Mouli, 24, said he hid in a Banana Republic store during the shooting. As he left, he saw what appeared to be an unconscious police officer lying next to another unconscious person outside the outlet store.
“I have seen his gun lying right next to him and a guy who is like passing out right next to him,” Mouli said.
Stan and Mary Ann Greene were browsing in the Columbia sportswear store when the shooting started.
“We had just gotten in, just a couple minutes earlier, and we just heard a lot of loud popping,” Mary Ann Greene told The Associated Press.
Employees immediately rolled down the security gate and brought everyone to the rear of the store until police arrived and escorted them out, the Greenes said.
Eber Romero was at the Under Armour store when a cashier mentioned that there was a shooting.
As he left the store, Romero said, the mall appeared empty, and all the shops had their security gates down. That is when he started seeing broken glass and people who had been shot on the floor.
Video shared on social media showed people running through a parking lot while gunfire could be heard.
More than 30 police cruisers with lights flashing were blocking an entrance to the mall, with multiple ambulances on the scene.
A live aerial broadcast from the news station showed armored trucks and other law enforcement vehicles stationed outside the sprawling outdoor mall.
Ambulances from several neighboring cities responded to the scene.
The Dallas office of the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives also responded.
Allen, a suburb about 25 miles (40 kilometers) north of downtown Dallas, has roughly 105,000 residents. (with reports from Associated Press)
ANGONO, RIZAL. Patay ang isang ginang habang malubhang sugatan ang kanyang mister nang mawalan ng preno ang kanilang sinasakyang kotse sa pababang bahagi ng kalsada at mahulog sa bangin bago bumangga sa isang malaking puno sa Angono, Rizal kamakalawa ng hapon.
Dead-on-arrival sa Rizal Provincial Hospital System Annex, Angono, ang biktimang si Marilou Lascota habang nilalapatan pa ng lunas sa Manila East Medical Center ang kanyang mister na si Noel Lascota Sr..
Batay sa ulat ng Angono Municipal Police Station, naganap ang aksidente dakong ala-1:30 ng madaling araw sa Col. Guido Extension, Upper Manggahan, Brgy. San Isidro, sa Angono.
Sa salaysay ni Noel Lascota Jr., panganay na anak ng mga biktima, bago naganap ang insidente ay nagtungo ang kanyang mga magulang sa Thunderbird Resorts, Hotels and Casinos sa Binangonan, Rizal upang maglibang at nanatili doon ng ilang oras.
Ayon sa pulisya, pauwi na umano ang mga biktima sakay ng isang kulay puting Honda Civic, na may plakang NEX-8051, nang pagsapit sa pababang bahagi ng Col. Guido Extension, patungong Manila East Road, ay bigla na lang nagkaroon ng mechanical failure ang sasakyan at nawalan ng preno.
Dahil dito, nawalan ng kontrol ang mister sa manibela at tuluy-tuloy na nahulog sa bangin hanggang sa bumangga pa sa isang puno na nagresulta sa matinding pinsalang inabot ng mag-asawa.
Kaagad na isinugod sa ospital ang mag-asawa matapos maiahon sa bangin ngunit habang daan ay bawian ng buhay ang ginang.
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