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(Herald Sun) The Adelaide 36ers have enjoyed the support of an entire nation in NBL22.

Home games are always loud and proud but, whenever the Sixers hit the road, there is an unusually large support for them in the stands.

It’s all down to the hype around their towering big man Kai Sotto.

The 19-year-old is the darling of basketball-mad Philippines and has put the Aussie league on the map in the island nation — social media posts from the Sixers and the NBL tend to go viral when the 218cm giant is mentioned.

With almost 300,000 Philippines-born people living in Australia, Sotto’s pull is so strong that opposing clubs target advertising to the local Filipino communities in their states in a bid to boost crowds.

“Filipinos, they love basketball,” Sotto said after another large contingent of his countrymen and women turned out to support him at Melbourne’s John Cain Arena… Read More

(Journal Online) State-owned Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) is set to launch the fourth batch of scholars under its flagship corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiative, the DBP Resources for Inclusive and Sustainable Education (RISE) scholarship program, a top official said.

DBP President and Chief Executive Officer Emmanuel G. Herbosa said that under the DBP RISE, 510 deserving students from underprivileged Filipino families will be able to pursue tertiary education in 10 DBP-accredited partner Higher Educational Institutions (HEI).

“The 4th year of implementation of DBP RISE serves as a renewal of commitment of DBP with the education sector as it continues to evolve and adapt to the challenges posed by the pandemic and a changing socio-economic environment,” Herbosa said.

DBP is the fifth largest bank in the country in terms of assets and provides credit support to four strategic sectors of the economy – infrastructure and logistics; micro, small and medium enterprises; environment; social services and community development.

The DBP RISE is the bank’s primary CSR program on education that grants financial assistance to scholars enrolled in engineering, architecture, real estate management, accountancy, education, sciences, agriculture and forestry, allied medical courses, maritime, hospitality, information technology and technical vocational courses. It was launched in 2018 and has a total funding of P500-million spread over five years… Read More

(Asia One) An 11-year-old Filipino boy has miraculously survived a deadly landslide that swept through his village in the wake of tropical storm Megi – by hiding in a refrigerator for 20 hours.

During a rescue operation in Barangay Kantagnos, Philippines, the authorities found little CJ Hasme lying in a refrigerator, reported Philippines television and radio network GMA Network.

Hasme’s uncle Juanito Orellano said: “When his uncle (another relative) was supposed to rescue him, he (Hasme) sent him away because a big landslide was coming, and it was very dangerous.”

As the landslide approached, Hasme quickly got into the refrigerator where he spent the next 20 hours protecting himself from the storm, reported Indian media news outlet NDTV.com.

On Tuesday (April 18), the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) uploaded a video of the incident on Facebook.

It wrote that the PCG, the Bureau of Fire Protection and the City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office went to the aid of this landslide victim.

In the two-minute clip, rescuers are seen transporting the beat-up fridge, with Hasme lying inside, onto a boat. .. Read More

(PR Newswire New York) FAIRFAX, Va., April 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Winners in the ninth annual Asia-Pacific Stevie® Awards, the only awards program to recognize innovation in business throughout the entire Asia-Pacific region, have been announced. The list of Gold, Silver and Bronze Stevie Award winners is available at http://Asia.StevieAwards.com.

The Stevie Awards are widely considered to be the world’s premier business awards, conferring recognition for achievement in the workplace over the past 20 years in programs such as The International Business Awards® and The American Business Awards®. The name Stevie is derived from the Greek word for “crowned.”

The 2022 Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards have recognized organizations in 22 markets including Australia, Belarus, Cambodia, Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macao, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Maldives, Nigeria, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, the United Arab Emirates, the United States, and Vietnam. More than 900 nominations about innovative achievements in the 29-nation APAC region were considered by the judges this year in categories such as Award for Excellence in Innovation in Products & Services, Award for Innovative Management, and Award for Innovation in Corporate Websites, among many others.

Among the top overall winners are Telkom Indonesia (Indonesia) with 16 Gold, three Silver, and three Bronze Stevie Awards and Cisco Systems (Australia and India) with three Gold, six Silver, and four Bronze Stevie wins… Read More

(**Agency**) MANILA, Philippines — As many as 2 million Filipino children may have been subjected to online sexual abuse and exploitation last year, according to a new report.

The estimate represents a scaled size of the Philippines’ population, based on the findings of “Disrupting Harm in the Philippines,” a report prepared by global network ECPAT, Interpol (International Criminal Police Organization) and the Italy-based Unicef Office of Research-Innocenti.

“[I]n the past year alone, 20% of internet-using children aged 12-17 in the Philippines were victims of grave instances of online sexual exploitation and abuse. This includes being blackmailed to engage in sexual activities, someone sharing their sexual images without permission, or being coerced to engage in sexual activities through promises of money or gifts,” the report read.

This can mean that “two million children…were subjected to any of these harms in just one year”, based on the report’s estimates.

The findings are based on a nationally-representative household survey, where interviews were conducted in person with 950 children aged 12-17 who use the internet, and a parent or caregiver of each minor. .. Read More

(GMA News) Miss Universe Philippines National Director Shamcey Supsup-Lee is positive that this year’s Miss Universe Philippines pageant is the biggest and grandest yet in the history of local pageantry.

“This year is really exciting — it’s our 3rd year. For the past two years, we have been in a pandemic. And so we were very limited with all our activities. But God willing, this year, everything goes according to plan,” Shamcey told GMA News Online.

According to the beauty queen, they have been planning this physical event for the past two years, so this year’s competition would definitely be worth the wait for all pageant fans and enthusiasts.

“We wanted it to be a big event so all the fans could enjoy and watch and witness the biggest national pageant in the Philippines,” she added… Read More

(Daily Tribune) Signing the Vape bill into law will lead to a substantial smoking rate reduction in the Philippines, in the same way, that the use of less harmful alternatives such as e-cigarettes helped the United Kingdom (UK) address smoking problems.

This is the gist of the letter sent by the British Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines (BCCP) to President Rodrigo Roa Duterte, calling for the enactment of the bill into law, which it said will be an important legacy of the administration.

BCCP executive director and trustee Chris Nelson said the Vape bill presents an opportunity for the Philippines to replicate the UK’s success in addressing the smoking epidemic.

Signing the Vape bill into law will lead to a substantial smoking rate reduction in the Philippines, in the same way, that the use of less harmful alternatives such as e-cigarettes helped the United Kingdom (UK) address smoking problems.

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This is the gist of the letter sent by the British Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines (BCCP) to President Rodrigo Roa Duterte, calling for the enactment of the bill into law, which it said will be an important legacy of the administration.

BCCP executive director and trustee Chris Nelson said the Vape bill presents an opportunity for the Philippines to replicate the UK’s success in addressing the smoking epidemic.

“The liberal approach to vaping of the UK government has led to a significant reduction in smoking rates,” he said.

Nelson said that with the approval of the Vape bill, “the country will head in the same direction as the UK which has successfully accelerated the decline in national smoking prevalence.”.. Read More

(SunStar) PETROLEUM companies announced on Monday, April 18, 2022, another increase in fuel prices.

Companies will implement an additional P0.45 per liter for gasoline and kerosene and P1.70 per liter for diesel.

Caltex Petroleum Corporation will implement the price adjustments at 12:01 a.m. of April 19, while Shell Philippines and Seaoil will have it effective 6 a.m.

The Cleanfuel price increase will be effective at 4:01 p.m. Tuesday, April 19.

The Philippines is experiencing a series of oil price hikes due to low supply as an effect of the ongoing invasion of Russia in Ukraine.

This has also resulted in the price increase of basic commodities.

Last March, the National Government started with the distribution of fuel subsidy for the transportation and agriculture sectors, which are badly affected by the looming crisis.

To cushion the impact especially to the poor families, President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered the distribution of additional P500 monthly cash aid to selected families.

The government earlier said it is coming up with a more solid and long-term response to the fuel crisis that will benefit the people, especially the poor… Read More