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Who wouldn’t be starstruck by one of today’s brightest stars, Belle Mariano?

From gracing the screen with her acting chops to setting trends in beauty and fashion, Belle Mariano proves why she’s the latest “It Girl” with every new Instagram post. This time, she has done it again with her double tap-worthy natural glow that’s got everyone saying, “Oh May Glow!”.

‘Oh May Glow!’ Skin

Taking to Instagram, Belle shared a special kilig-filled moment where she looked adorably giddy while holding a bouquet of blue and yellow blooms accompanied by a note, ‘”You’re glowing, gorgeous”.

Safeguard Ambassador, Belle, swears by this beauty regimen.

Bid Bye to Germs and Hello to ‘Oh May Glow’ Skin!

When you look at the science behind it, adding skin germ protection to your beauty regimen makes perfect sense.

As our skin is constantly exposed to harsh environmental elements such as such as dirt, germs, and oil, our skin barrier is weakened, making it lose its natural glow.

Manila, Philippines — In today’s age of remote and hybrid work, organizations want teams to collaborate, share ideas, and scale their creative process better. According to Canva’s Visual Economy Report that surveyed 1,600 global business leaders, communicating visually is fast becoming the most impactful way to communicate in the workplace. Eighty-nine percent of them believe that it enhances collaboration and agree that visual communication methods have helped team members connect with each other.

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The IG reel was instantly flooded with “Ang gandaaa!” and “Glowing as always!” comments from netizens who couldn’t stop gushing about Belle’s healthy glowing skin.

Beauty Secret’s Out (You’ll Never Guess What it is)

So what’s the beauty secret she’s been keeping under wraps? Drumroll, please – it’s none other than the NEW Safeguard Lemon Fresh with Vitamin C!

Who would have thought that including skin germ protection in your skincare routine would lead to healthy, glowing skin? But the newest

NEW Safeguard Lemon Fresh is infused with Vitamin C, a skincare ingredient known for its antioxidant properties, delivering a refreshing cleanse and an invigorating boost to your skin.

This powerful combination of Vitamin C and Safeguard’s trusted antibacterial formula is what spells the healthy glow difference. Safeguard’s unbeatable skin germ protection removes 99.9% of germs and reduces the re-growth of common disease-causing bacteria for up to 24 hours. Belle Mariano’s skin is not just clean and healthy – it’s naturally glowing.

It’s also a glow you can smell as Safeguard Lemon Fresh leaves you smelling oh-so-good with its refreshing and long-lasting lemon scent.

According to him, several initiatives have been taken to end support for court documents, the latest of which is Republic Act 11576 or the Judiciary Reorganization Act of 2021, which expanded the jurisdiction of first-level courts, hoping to eventually declog second-level courts, particularly the Regional Trial Courts.

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The USTR listed Argentina, Chile, China, India, Indonesia, Russia, and Venezuela in the priority watch list in this year’s Special 301 Report.

Those under the watch list are Algeria, Barbados, Belarus, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, Guatemala, Mexico, Pakistan, Paraguay, Peru, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Vietnam.

“Our chances in battling with counterfeiting, piracy and all IP rights violations is only as strong as the IP awareness of the nation. This is why we have the utmost gratitude towards our domestic and international cooperation partners for sharing with us their know-how in developing an IP-conscious community,” Barba said. (PNA)

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Maria Cristina Go, BPI’s Head for Consumer Banking, explained that phygital banks would still be manned by employees, but there will be bigger spaces for self-assisted areas with machines and computers. There will also be meeting pods if one prefers to talk to a bank employee and meeting rooms if one needs to talk virtually to other bank representatives in other units.

The Ayala-led lender said it remains confident with the economy this year despite high inflation and interest rates.

“We think the consumer has

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2022. Interested parties are advised to access the advisories posted on the said website for details regarding the upcoming event, which will also be live-streamed on DOTr’s official Facebook Page.

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sis centers; medical transport vehicles such as ambulance, and paramedic rescue vehicles; and public transportation by land, air, or sea.

Wearing of face masks are highly encouraged for elderly, individuals with comorbidities, immunocompromised individuals, pregnant women, unvaccinated individuals, and symptomatic individuals.

Section 3 states that the minimum public health standards “intended to effectively prevent and minimize the spread of COVID-19 in the city shall continue to be implemented consistent with the principles of shared accountability, evidence-based decision-making, socioeconomic equity, and rights-based approach.” (Antonio L. Colina IV / MindaNews)

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influenza (AI) biosecurity, a cultivator with various implements, and drone sprayer with a seed spreader.”

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fully vaccinated. Aron dili ka makatakod. The proper wearing of facemask is mandatory sa mga health workers aron dili ta makahatag ug Covid and other transmissible organisms,” she said.

Under the national campaign of the DOH dubbed ‘Measles-Rubella and Oral Polio Vaccine Supplemental Immunization Activity’ (MR-OPV SIA) 2023, the CHO is targeting the inoculation of 189,995 children (0-59 months) against Polio and 161,799 children (9 months to 59 months) against measles and Rubella.

To achieve these numbers, the CHO has coordinated with barangay functionaries in the city. It recently concluded its three-day orientation for all barangay officials on the ongoing national vaccination campaign against measles, Rubella and polio.

Meanwhile, Dr. Julinda Acosta, chief technical services division of CHO, assured that the city has sufficient supply of measles and Rubella vaccines. However, she said CHO is still waiting for the supply of the bivalent oral polio vaccine.

“Sa oral polio vacicne wala pa nag abot ang supply so we will still be using katong supply na available karon na ginagamit nato sa routine vaccination and that is why we prioritize katong mga kabataan nga due na sa ilahang polio vaccination and katong na default sa polio vaccination. Sila ang target tungod sa kakulangan sa atong bivalent oral polio vaccine,” she said.

vides that the areas which are most probable to be affected by the said project are comprised mainly of prime agricultural properties, environmental conservation areas, water resource areas, low density to medium density residential areas and flood ways.

WASTE INCINERATION the dissemination of Japanese Technology for the WTE System in Davao City provides for the following expected contributions to the National Development priorities: (1) volume reduction of municipal waste and extension of the life of the existing landfill; (2) improvement of environmental hygiene and pollution prevention/mitigation in the neighboring area of the existing landfill; (3) reduction of GHGs (reduction of methane emission form the landfill and Carbon Dioxide reduction through the conversion of power generation source from fossil fuels to municipal waste; and (4) energy resource diversification by introducing WTE technologies. Though the introduction of the WTE alternative, it is projected that there would be a significant reduction of the wastes diverted to the landfills which would promote efficient use of the horizontal space it occupies and that it would reduce toxic materials that would contaminate the groundwater in the water reserve areas near its vicinity. For a growing and continuously improving city like Davao in terms of infrastructure, saving space on government real property assets would be preferable than vast land acquisitions for the purpose of dump sites.

When it comes to disposing of the masses of wastes generated locally, that of which are generally comprised of non-recyclable and non-decomposable materials, particularly in over a million households in Davao City, it is understandable that the policymakers be presented to at least two common options: to open a new landfill or incineration.

Unlike the use of landfills which only deposits the garbage into a dump, incineration uses combustion technology which burns the solid waste materials converting it into ashes, heat or gas emissions. The basic idea is reducing landfill waste by burning or incinerating, the heat produced powers an electric generator turbine thereby producing energy. Currently the WTE technologies to be introduced in Davao City, as proposed by Nippon Steel & Sumikin Engineering Co., Ltd. Are “incineration by grate stoker furnace” and gasification”. In light of such proposal, Davao City has positioned the implementation of WTE projects in its “10-Year Solid Waste Management Plan”.

Wte Facilities Generate Energy

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Through such collaboration, the DA pressed to achieve modernization in the country’s agricultural mechanization and technology. (PNA) all-expense paid sports seminar.

adjusted to it, we think the BSP is on top of it, therefore inflation target of 5-7 percent is very manageable,” said Limcaoco.

BPI said its loan business remains high, growing over 13 percent in the first quarter of the year. Credit card loans also grew 38 percent, while housing and auto loans jumped 40 and 30 percent respectively.

“This is a perfect opportunity for the PSC under the Women in Sports program to be part of honing the talent and skills of many young aspiring sports journalists. We are excited to see them in the field of sports media, doing interviews with our national athletes,” said Coo.

The sports media seminar will conclude on Saturday, April 29 with a workshop on writing and critique.

This paper seeks to create a better understanding of the proposed WTE project in Davao City and on its possible impact on the environment and the people. This aims to weigh the benefits and/or afflictions that we may experience or suffer regarding its implementation as well as what aspects we should be looking out for, taking into consideration its short-term benefits but also its long-term effects and consequences. In sum, our position is anchored on the opposition of the pending implementation of the WTE Incineration projects in Davao City, primarily contending that there is still a need to further study the project and integrate the stakeholders of the City, primarily those in the grassroots level, to conduct further social and scientific consultations to forestall future health and environmental hazards.

ARGUMENTS ADVANTAGES OF WTE FACILITIES

PROJECTED CONTRIBUTION TO NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PRIORITIES.

Japan International Cooperation Agency (2016), in its proposal for the collaboration for

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This put the country at number 41 in a list of 180 countries. But as internet speeds in other countries also accelerated during the period, the Philippines slipped one notch compared to the previous month.

Luke Deryckx, Chief Technology Officer of Ookla, hailed the improvements in internet speed saying this was good especially for the Philippines which is an archipelago, making it a challenge to reach far-flung islands “We’ve seen tremendous investments and they ranked in the top 5 in Southeast Asia,” said Deryckx.

Singapore ranked first world-

According to US Energy Information Administration (2022), WTE plants burn municipal solid waste (MSW), often called garbage or trash, to produce steam in a boiler, and the steam is used to power an electric generator turbine. This means to say that the combustion or burning of solid waste materials or MSWs would result in the generation of electricity which could be an alternative for wind, solar or geothermal power. According to Hockenos (2021), in 2018 in the EU, overall energy production from all waste (industrial waste, renewable and non-renewable municipal solid waste (MSW), non-renewable waste) amounted to about 2.4% of the total energy supply.

It Presents New Employment Opportunities

The construction of WTE facilities will bring about employment opportunities in the locality, especially for skilled workers in the construction industry. It is estimated that the construction of one WTE facility will open to at least 800 jobs and at least 60 positions when fully operational.

To be continued.

wide in terms of fixed broadband, and 22nd on mobile. Thailand meanwhile was 6th in fixed broadband and 53rd in mobile. Malaysia was 37th in fixed broadband and 45th in mobile, while Vietnam was 40th in fixed and 51st in mobile.

PLDT meanwhile was recently awarded as having the fastest internet speed in the country.

“Despite the traffic increasing quite a lot because everyone was stuck at home, we have actually not only maintained the service, but we’ve actually increased the speed for all our customers, “ said PLDT SVP Jeremiah Dela Cruz.