Vol. 36 No. 242
October 16, 2022
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VISUAL DELIGHT.
Seven areas—Abra, Apayao, Baguio City, Bengeut, Ifugao, Kalinga and the Mountain Province – join the first Cordillera Festival of Festivals show in Baguio City on Saturday, October 15, 2022. Danny Pata
Gov’t to limit SIMs per person Implementing rules to determine ‘reasonable’ ceiling—DICT
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OW many SIMs can one person own and still be considered “reasonable” under the new SIM Registration Law?
Government authorities will determine this as they hammer out the Implementing Rules and Regulations of
the law signed by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. last week. What is clear this early, though, is
that there will be a cap per person as the measure seeks to address the deluge of text scams and spams. “I think it will be in the IRR who will be navigating that area as to how many SIM can be registered under one name,” Department of Information and
Communication Technology Assistant Secretary Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo said in an interview with Teleradyo Saturday. Lamentillo said there are around 160 million SIMs currently being used by Filipinos.
WHO studying if COVID still merits highest alert THE World Health Organization’s COVID-19 emergency committee has started discussions if the pandemic still warrants the highest level of alarm the UN health agency can sound. The quarterly meeting was held in hybrid format Friday (Manila time),
with some participants in Geneva and others joining online. The committee meets every three months to discuss the pandemic and reports to WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. Last time it concluded that the pan-
demic still constitutes a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) – the WHO’s highest level of alert. The committee is chaired by French doctor Didier Houssin and has 18 other members as well as 11 advisors.
It is meeting for the 13th time since January 2020. The committee declared the COVID-19 outbreak a PHEIC on January 30, 2020, when, outside of China, fewer than 100 cases and no deaths
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Lawyer warns justice system collapse if faith in DOJ is lost n By MARICEL V. CRUZ A FORMER head of the Philippine Bar Association on Saturday warned the justice system may collapse if interference or influence is perceived on the anti-illegal drug case of the son of Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla. "The law should not be influenced. The secretary of justice and even judges must be impartial and unbiased,” Domingo said in a Teleradyo interview. Public trust in the judicial process
should be maintained, he said. "The Justice department is one of the five pillars of the justice system. The five pillars are law enforcement, prosecution, judiciary, penology, and our community. If the people lose faith on one of those pillars, our justice system will collapse,” Domingo said. “Key to maintaining that is the trust and confidence of the people in the justice system,” he added. Remulla's eldest son, Juanito Jose CONTINUED ON 3A
STORM SURGE PROTECTION PROJECT. Speaker Martin Romualdez is being brief by Department of Public Works and Highways Region 8 director Edgar Tabacon on the status of the Leyte Tide Embankment, also called Storm Surge Protection project currently under construction in Palo town. Ver Noveno
Brightest flash ever captivates astronomers
BRIGHTEST GAMMA RAY BURST. Photo provided by NASA shows the Swift’s X-Ray Telescope capturing the afterglow of GRB 221009A about an hour after it was first detected. AFP I
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ASTRONOMERS have observed the brightest flash of light ever seen, from an event that occurred 2.4 billion light years from Earth and was likely triggered by the formation of a black hole. The burst of gamma-rays—the most intense form of electromagnetic radiation—was first detected by orbiting telescopes on October 9, and its afterglow is still being watched by scientists across the world. CONTINUED ON 3A
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DICT Secretary Ivan John Uy earlier said a person can register multiple SIMs, but these would have to be properly identified. Lamentillo said the registration process will likely be done online. CONTINUED ON 3A
WEATHER
‘Neneng’ gains strength, 5 areas under Signal 2 TROPICAL cyclone “Neneng” intensified into a tropical storm Saturday, state weather bureau PAGASA said, packing maximum sustained winds of 65 kilometers per hour (kph) near the center. The storm, the country’s 14th tropical cyclone this year, is moving toward the Batanes-Babuyan area, with gusts of up to 80 kph. “This tropical cyclone may further intensify into a typhoon on Tuesday,” PAGASA said. Signal No. 2 is hoisted in the following Luzon areas: Batanes; Cagayan, including Babuyan Islands; Apayao; northern Abra (Tineg, Lacub, Lagayan); and Ilocos Norte. The following areas have been placed under Signal No. 1: Northern Isabela (Santa Maria, San Pablo, Maconacon, CONTINUED ON 3A
‘Inasal na manok’ is 5th best chicken dish in the world NOW this is something to crow about. The ubiquitous Filipino dish, “Inasal na manok,” was named the fifth best chicken dish in the world by Taste Atlas. “It employs various chicken cuts marinated in a mixture of vinegar and numerous spices such as lemongrass, garlic, and ginger,” Taste Atlas said. “During grilling, the meat is brushed with the annatto-infused oil which provides the chicken with an appetizing golden color and a unique peppery flavor.” Peru's pollo a la brasa was ranked
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number one among the 50 top chicken dishes rounded up by the platform. Taste Atlas recommended six restaurants in the Philippines, based on ratings from their food critics, where to eat the best chicken inasal. Topping the list is Aida’s Manokan in Bacolod, followed by Manokan Country also in Bacolod, Island Chicken Inasal in Boracay, BalayDako in Tagaytay, Barrio Inasal in Iloilo City and Ka Joel's Inato in Puerto Princesa.
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