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(Inquirer) MANILA, Philippines — An “upwelling of hot volcanic fluids in the Main Crater lake” of Taal Volcano was reported Tuesday morning, which generated 300-meter high steam-laden plumes, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said Wednesday.

Phivolcs added that a total of 383 volcanic earthquakes were recorded in the past 24 hours including 238 episodes of volcanic tremor lasting from one to 12 minutes. There were also 143 low frequency volcanic earthquakes and low-level background tremors that started in the morning of April 8.

Phivolcs said sulfur emission averaged 1,886 tons/day on Monday, April 12, while a temperature of 71.8 degrees Celsius and pH of 1.59 were last measured from the main crater lake on March 4 and February 12, respectively.

A “very slow and steady inflation and expansion” of Taal Volcano region is still being observed, Phivolcs added.

“These parameters indicate persistent magmatic activity at shallow depths beneath the edifice,” Phivolcs said… Read More

(Rappler) LOS ANGELES, USA

‘A film festival is about being together, fighting each other about a film, being in the same room and in two hours, critics decide the destiny of a film,’ he says “We are sure that Cannes will take place in July,” declared Thierry Fremaux, director of Cannes Film Festival in our recent video conversation.

Thierry vowed that the world’s most prestigious film festival, which he has led since 2004, will go live, in-person from July 6 to 17 this year.

He said in reference to the coronavirus pandemic which has impacted the world and forced the cancellation of many major live events, “We will have all the film festivals, which have been canceled, back. We can go back to the normal life by being there.”

The COVID-19 health crisis shut down the film fest on the Croisette last year. The only other time that the Cannes fest was canceled was in 1968 due to nationwide student riots, in which cinema gods Jean-Luc Godard and Francois Truffaut participated… Read More

(PhilBoxing) Clockwise: Casimero, Gaballo, Dasmariñas and Donaire.

With two Filipinos holding part of the world bantamweight championship and two more getting the chance to join them, another golden age in Philippine boxing may be in the offing, this time anchored on the bantamweights.

Johnriel Casimero is the reigning WBO world bantamweight champion while fellow Pinoy Reymart Gaballo holds the interim belt in the World Boxing Council after serving in the same capacity for a time with the World Boxing Association.

Meanwhile, former multi division world champion Nonito Donaire, Jr. gets the chance to become world champion again as he takes on WBC regular titlist Nordine Oubaali of France on a date and venue still to be finalized.

On the other hand, former IBO world titleholder Michael Dasmariñas is scheduled to challenge WBA-IBF and Ring Magazine champion Naoya Inoue on June 19 in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.

We never had it so good as now.

In fact, this situation is unprecedented especially in the post war period following Luisito Espinosa’s initial success in the erstwhile waterloo division for Filipino fighters. Espinosa won officially the country’s first world crown at 118lbs in 1989 by shock first round knockout over Thailand’s Khaokor Galaxy in Bangkok.

Gerry Peñalosa followed suit in 2004 by wresting the WBO crown by late round body shot knockout of Mexican Jhonny Gonzalez. Donaire himself was two time world bantamweight champion, first in 2011 when he knocked out Mexican Fernando Montiel for the WBC and WBO unified belts which he vacated later and next in 2018 when he returned to 118 and won the WBA super belt by stopping UK’s Ryan Burnett. He lost that belt to Inoue in late 2019.

Casimero won the WBO title by second round knockout over the previously highly touted South African Zolani Tete in late 2019. He has defended the same last year, stopping previously undefeated Ghanaian challenger Duke Micah… Read More

(ABS-CBN) MANILA — Pinay tennis ace Alex Eala leapt 53 places up the WTA rankings, thanks to her performance in the $60,000 Bellinzona International Tennis Federation (ITF) tournament in Switzerland.

From No. 715, the 15-year-old is now at 662.

The Rafa Nadal Academy scholar was off to a dominant start in Bellinzona, trumping world’s No. 323 Margot Yerolymos of France, 7-6 (6), 6-2, in the first round.

She want on to topple world No. 206 Laura-Ioana Paar of Romania, 6-7 (6), 6-1, 6-0, in the second round before bowing to world No. 284 Simona Waltert of Switzerland, 7-5, 3-6, 6-2, in the third round.

The Rafa Nadal Academy expects Eala to climb 200 places given her recent progress.

“Great work in Switzerland! @alex.eala has achieved two important victories at the @w60bellinzona_worldtennistour and will climb more than 200 places in the @wta rankings. VAMOS! MABUHAY!” it said in its Instagram post… Read More

(ABS-CBN) MANILA, Philippines — The national boxing federation is ready to exhaust all of its resources to support the four Filipino boxers who will represent the country in the Olympic Games in Tokyo this July.

After Irish Magno and Eumir Marcial booked their tickets through the Asia-Oceania qualifiers in March 2020, Carlo Paalam and former world champion Nesthy Petecio also secured their berths through their world rankings last month.

“Ang parati naming sinasabi is, ‘aim high’,” said Ed Picson, secretary-general of the Association of Boxing Alliances of the Philippines (ABAP), when asked for his projection for the Filipino boxers.

“We cannot lower our projections,” he stressed. “We will aim for the top plum.”

Even before Petecio and Paalam qualified, the federation was already optimistic of the country’s chances in the Olympic Games. Marcial, in particular, was seen as a gold medal hope, thanks to his performance in the qualifiers and his experience in the amateur ranks.

But having four boxers in the Summer Games bolsters Picson’s confidence that they can finally end the country’s medal drought… Read More

(ABS-CBN) MANILA — Filipino pageant coaches and designers are once again making a difference at this year’s Miss Universe pageant in Florida, USA.

Aside from the Philippines creative team of Jonas Gaffud for Rabiya Mateo, Filipino artists have been commissioned by other international beauties to boost their chances at the 69th edition of the pageant.

Miss Romania Bianca Tirsin is being trained by veteran pageant coach Makoy Manlapaz, who previously mentored Mutya Datul, the first Filipina Miss Supranational in 2013. Manlapaz conducted his online training three months ago with Tirsin, who was first introduced to him by a Filipino executive of Miss International in 2018. She was a batchmate of Atisha Manalo, who placed first runner-up.

“Most of my training involves personality development and question and answer mental training, 80 percent of the time. I also give pointers on pasarela and styling,” Manlapaz told ABS-CBN News Tuesday… Read More

(GMA News) Growing moles are not necessarily cancerous, Dr. Dave Ampil II said in a recent episode of Pinoy MD.

“But it could be a sign that the mole is transforming into cancer,” the doctor clarified in Filipino.

If you notice a mole growing, it’s best to visit a doctor to find out of the growth is indeed suspicious. “If it’s suspicious, kailangan matanggal yung nunal at ma-biopsy,” he continued.

According to Ampil, it is only through a biopsy that you’ll know if the growing mole is indeed cancerous… Read More

(Rappler) This vegan-friendly ‘liempo’ comes with a sweet and savory barbecue sauce.

First there was plant-based “chicharon vaboy.” Now, there’s plant-based, Pinoy-style “inihaw na liempo,” made by local business Shirley’s Just Vegan.

Shirley’s latest vegan item looks almost` like the classic Pinoy grilled pork dish; from its smoky, charred look to the shiny “pork fat.” Don’t be fooled though, because all ingredients are plant-based – there’s textured vegetable protein, flour, cassava starch, soy sauce, garlic powder, salt, pepper, and anato paste to mimic meat’s freshly-grilled, reddish-brown tint… Read More