by magnolia_eic | Mar 13, 2010 | Entertainment, Sports
Grapevine, Texas — Ghanaian challenger Joshua Clottey is still overweight.
The suspicion that Clottey was still overweight two days before the fight was confirmed when the Ghanaian fighter was spotted by Team Pacquiao member Roger Fernandez jogging at the convention hall while wearing a thermal suit for 45 minutes and then skipping rope.
Clottey was at that time accompanied by four other team mates. Roger narrated, “Masama ang tingin nila sa akin, pero hindi ako umalis (They threw dagger looks at me, but i didn’t leave.)”.
However, at the final press conference Wednesday, Clottey’s Chief trainer Lenny DeJesus claimed that Clottey had made the weight in his bid for Pacquiao’s World Boxing Organization welterweight crown.
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by magnolia_eic | Mar 12, 2010 | Headlines, National News
DAMAGE to the farm and fisheries sectors caused by the current dry spell has reached P8 billion, said Acting Agriculture Secretary Bernie G. Fondevilla on Wednesday.
Rice and corn accounted for more than half the damage, while fish and high-value commercial crops made up a “negligible” amount, Mr. Fondevilla said.
The P8 billion covered 14 provinces, which Mr. Fondevilla did not enumerate. But he said the Ilocos and Cagayan Valley regions in northern Luzon accounted for bulk of the reported damage.
The Agriculture department has estimated that farm production losses could range from P8.09 billion under a “mild” El Niño case to as much as P20.46 billion under a severe “severe” one, with the tally likely more than P10 billion but still less than P20 billion.
Mr. Fondevilla said more than 200,000 metric tons (MT) of rice has already been destroyed, but clarified that any decision to import more of this grain on top of the 2.48 million MT already bought for this year will depend on whether the 7.2-million MT production target for the first half will be met and the final damage tally. (PIA-Bohol)
by magnolia_eic | Mar 12, 2010 | Announcements, Headlines, National News
THE Department of Health (DoH) warned Wednesday against the occurrence of heatstroke as warm weather continues due to El Niño phenomenon.
DoH chief epidemiologist Dr. Eric Tayag said that heatstroke cases are not usually recorded by the health department and statistics are confined only in hospitals.
But Dr. Tayag stressed that it is a heat-related illness that the public should be concerned about. He also warned senior citizens to be wary about the temperature because they are more prone to heatstroke.
The country’s chief epidemiologist said that as much as possible, public should avoid the sun between 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., when it is hottest. He also emphasized the importance of drinking a lot of fluids and to constantly cool one’s self using fans to lower the heat.
Medical expert Dr. Gary Sy enumerated the symptoms of heatstroke that includes the following: Headache, dizziness, disorientation, agitation or confusion, seizure, a hot dry skin that is flushed out but not sweaty and fatigue among others.
Dr. Sy said heatstroke is ‘life-threatening’ that is why it is important to stay indoors when the weather is really hot. (PIA-Bohol)
by magnolia_eic | Mar 12, 2010 | Headlines, National News, Sports
JOSHUA Clottey a far more dangerous arsenal than his gloved hands, and it seems Manny Pacquiao will have put up against an unpredictability dirty fighter.
The Filipino boxer and his team however have been forewarned, reports indicate.
Clottey has been in trouble in his fights with low blows, head-butting, holding and lacing and for Pacquiao who had difficulty handling rule-breakers in the past, Clottey may be a major concern papers reported recently.
Clottey has been noted to use his head to bang his way to a win
Liasted under Clottey’s dirty fights are Argentina’s Carlos Baldomer in 1999, Steve Martinez in 2005 and Shamone Alvarez in 2007.
Miguel Cotto earned a cut that took 200 stitches to close from Clottey in 2009, courtesy of a headbutt, says Ring Magazine.
It also added, “The most dangerous weapon in Clottey’s arsenal and what Pacquiao will have to be Mosat aware of, is undoubtedly Clottey’s haed,” wrote Don Stradley of Ring Magazine.
by magnolia_eic | Mar 12, 2010 | Headlines, National News
PHILIPPINES has been elected to head a special committee of the United Nations.
The Philippines Mission to the UN in New York reported to the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) that the country was elected to chair the Special Committee on the Charter of tohe United Nations and on the Strengthening of the Role of the Organization.
The Special Committee for the 2010 Session is headed by Ambassador Carlos Sorreta, Deputy Permanent Representative of the Philippine Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York.
Philippine Permanent Representative to the UN and former Chief Justice Hilario Davide Jr. said the Philippine’ chairmanship to the 2010 Session of the Special committee is significant as it is one of the lasting legacies of the former UN Secretary General.
“The Special Committee on the Charter of the United Nations is a lasting legacy that the Philippines and General Romulo has given to the United Nation,” Davide said.
