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MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Smog containing gases from a restive Philippine volcano sickened dozens of students and prompted 25 towns and cities to shut their schools on Friday as a health precaution, officials said.
MANILA, Philippines — After nearly four years, "Disney on Ice" is making its way back to the Philippines just as Disney celebrates its 100th anniversary this 2023.
Taking off from last Sunday’s column on the confusing lack of uniformity in weight divisions for boxing at the SEA Games, Asian Games and Olympic levels, let’s now look at a similar chaotic situation in weightlifting, the only sport that has delivered an Olympic gold medal for the Philippines.
VIJAYAWADA: Ayodhya Jayasurya (23), a native of Penamaluru in Krishna district, died in a road accident at Cebu in Philippines on Sunday night. The incident came to light when Jayasurya's father, Dr Satyanarayana, approached Andhra Pradesh Non-Resident Telugu Society (APNRTS) for assistance in bringing home the mortal remains of his son. Dr Satyanarayana told TOI that Jayasurya completed his schooling in Vijayawada, and intermediate in Guntur. He got admission at UV Gullas College of Medicine in Cebu (Philippines) in 2019. Due to Covid-19, he returned home in 2020 and attended online classes apart from working in a private hospital in Vijayawada for two years as an assistant to a doctor. In August 2022, Jayasurya went back to Philippines and continued his studies. He was pursuing his fourth year and scheduled to sit for his examinations in October - November. "My son said he would be coming home after his exams. He was waiting for the exam schedule to be released to book a flight ticket. On Sunday night, I received a phone call from Jayasurya's roommate Viswanath who informed me about the tragedy," he said. Satyanarayana said Viswanath is making all efforts to repatriate the mortal remains of Jayasurya and is taking up the matter with the Indian embassy for completion of local formalities. The family wants to perform the final rituals as per their tradition in their hometown.
Vijayawada: Ayodhya Jayasurya (23), a native of Penamaluru in Krishna district, died in a road accident at Cebu in Philippines on Sunday night. The incident came to light when Jayasurya’s father, Dr Satyanarayana, approached Andhra Pradesh Non-Resident Telugu Society (APNRTS) for assistance in bringing home the mortal remains of his son. Dr Satyanarayana told TOI that Jayasurya completed his schooling in Vijayawada, and intermediate in Guntur. He got admission at UV Gullas College of Medicine in Cebu (Philippines) in 2019. Due to Covid-19, he returned home in 2020 and attended online classes apart from working in a private hospital in Vijayawada for two years as an assistant to a doctor. In August 2022, Jayasurya went back to Philippines and continued his studies. He was pursuing his fourth year and scheduled to sit for his examinations in October – November. “My son said he would be coming home after his exams. He was waiting for the exam schedule to be released to book a flight ticket. On Sunday night, I received a phone call from Jayasurya’s roommate Viswanath who informed me about the tragedy,” he said. Satyanarayana said Viswanath is making all efforts to repatriate the mortal remains of Jayasurya and is taking up the matter with the Indian embassy for completion of local formalities. The family wants to perform the final rituals as per their tradition in their hometown.
Philippines Nobel laureate Maria Ressa and her news site Rappler were acquitted of tax fraud by a trial court on Tuesday, in another legal victory for the embattled journalist.
An angry Rodrigo Duterte summoned them to Malacañang during his presidency, although he did not carry out his threat to make them eat paper rolled up like pastillas or local milk pastry. Last week, one of 50 Bureau of Immigration employees accused of facilitating the entry of 143 foreigners, mostly Chinese, between 2017 and 2020 was fined the princely sum of P5,000 by the Sandiganbayan.
It’s every athlete’s dream to scale the heights, one level at a time. For the Filipino national athlete, the pursuit of excellence on the international stage usually starts at the SEA Games then Asian Games and culminates at the Olympics. Aside from the World Championships, those are the three major competitions where athletes aspire to land a podium finish as incentives await the medalists by law.