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Faster Sewing With Jigs

Taking a break from mask sewing to talk about how to speed up assembly line production when sewing things like masks. Photo heavy post inbound.

Repetative sewing tasks are all about speed. To make things go faster, consider setting up marking jigs and some alignment markers on your machine. 

These are the jigs I’m using for the pleated style masks with a removeable nose piece, elastic straps, and an opening for adding filter material, in the above picture.

Top is the basic pattern for tracing. The notches on the sides are pleat line markers, top and bottom hem fold lines, and the dots at the top are for sewing the seam slot..

1) is to mark the location of the elastic straps on the pleated piece.

2) is for marking the channel for the removeable nose piece. The rounded hump marks the slot opening sewn in the seam.

3) Strip used to press up the bottom hems.

4) Jig for cutting elastic strips

Not shown is the jig for marking the bottom opening.

After tracing and cutting out the pattern, I use the strip to press up the bottom hem.

To quickly stitch the 1/2″ side seams, I set up a painter’s tape alignment line directly on my machine.

The space between the needle at center position, and the edge of the tape is !/2″. (I left the gap open between the two tape pieces to change out the bobbin.)

The tape edge allows me to quickly visually line up the fabric, and keep a consistant 1/2″ seam allowance, without having to mark each piece or try to use the tiny lines on the throat plate.

The line that says “Needle” on the tape marks the position of the needle. The line that says 1/4″ marks a 1/4″ before the needle position. This is used to turn corners for a 1/4″ seam or top stitching, without having to mark the corner pivot point.

First you stitch down the side, until the fabric leading edge aligns with the 1/4″ mark. With the needle down in the fabric, raise the presser foot, pivot the material, lower the preser foot, and now the edge of the fabric is at 1/4″.

To mark the topstitching for the channel that has the removeable nose piece, it’s important to line up the gap, and have the width and length of the channel correct. Here’s the slot in the top seam:

Those small black dots mark the topstitching for the channel. With the jig for this, I line the rounded part up with the gap, mark at the seamline on both sides, and across the bottom.

Since each mask needs to be marked in the same way, and stitched in the same way, these jigs and tape lines eliminate having to measure each piece, each fold line, each channel over and over again, saving time and effort.

Each of the jigs and the pattern are made with oaktag. If you have manila folders on hand, those are of a similar weight and can be used to make jigs to speed things up for you, too.

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PRRD mulls ‘climate emergency’ declaration

#PHnews: PRRD mulls ‘climate emergency’ declaration

MANILA – President Rodrigo Roa Duterte will consider declaring a "climate emergency" in the Philippines to help achieve its goals under the Paris Agreement, Malacañang said Monday.

Environmental group Greenpeace Philippines earlier urged Duterte to declare a "climate emergency" after urging parties of the Paris Agreement to honor their commitment to fighting climate change during the recent United Nations General Assembly.

Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said that while it will be up to the President to decide on Greenpeace’s proposal, Duterte recognizes the importance of addressing climate change.

“Well, that will be a decision of the President. Pero the fact na sinama po ni Presidente iyong climate change sa kaniyang talumpati nang kauna-unahang pagkakataon sa UN General Assembly ay nagpapakita na talagang binibigyan ng prayoridad ng ating Pangulo ang problema ng climate change (But the fact that the President included climate change in his maiden speech before the UN General Assembly shows that he really prioritizes the problem of climate change),” he said in a virtual presser.

Roque explained the Philippines is among the countries most affected by the effects of climate change.

“Isa kasi tayo sa parang top 5 o top 10 countries na pinakamaaapektuhan ng climate change ‘no at kung hindi nga po maaabatan ang climate change baka lumubog ang malaking teritoryo ng Pilipinas ‘no pagdating ng panahon (We are, I think, among the top 5 or 10 countries most affected by climate changes and if we cannot do something about it now, then there’s a possibility that a large part of the Philippines’ territory will sink in the future),” he said.

Climate change, he said, is among Duterte’s top priorities.

“Ang masasabi ko lang po, top of the agenda po ng ating Presidente iyan (All I can say is, that’s at the top of the President’s agenda), and the President will consider the suggestion made by Greenpeace,” he added.

In his speech before the UNGA last Wednesday, Duterte said that climate change has “worsened” the ravages of the pandemic.

He said it was just as important to address climate change as urgently as the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic.

“The same urgency needed to fight Covid-19 is needed to address the climate crisis. This is a global challenge that has worsened existing inequalities and vulnerabilities from within and between nations,” he said.

In 2017, Duterte signed the Paris Agreement which aims to reduce the emission of gases that contribute to global warming.

He previously had doubts over signing the treaty, fearing it would limit the country's industrialization.

In a statement, Greenpeace country director Lea Guerrero urged Duterte to issue an executive order “to put climate action at the center of all policy decision-making from local to national level.”

“Aside from calling in countries to enhance their commitments to the Paris Agreement, the declaration must also be a call for climate justice and hold big polluters -- fossil fuel and cement companies -- accountable for their role in driving climate change, which has placed millions of Filipinos in vulnerable situations with loss of lives, homes, and livelihoods,” Guerrero said. (PNA)

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References:

* Philippine News Agency. "PRRD mulls ‘climate emergency’ declaration." Philippine News Agency. https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1116864 (accessed September 29, 2020 at 01:59AM UTC+14).

* Philippine News Agency. "PRRD mulls ‘climate emergency’ declaration." Archive Today. https://archive.ph/?run=1&url=https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1116864 (archived).

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At least 90% percent of schools expected to offer face-to-face

At least 90% percent of schools expected to offer face-to-face

The Department of Education (DepEd) estimated that around 90 percent of public schools will open the School Year (SY) 2022-2023 next week by offering face-to-face classes. (DepEd file photo) DepEd Undersecretary and Chief of Staff Epimaco Densing III, during the presser for the “Oplan Balik Read Full News @ Manila Bulletin

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Pretty cool to have the top guy of @volleyballworld, Ary Graca, grace the Quezon City leg of the @volleyballnationsleague. @volleyball_philippines boss Tats Suzara lends his presence in a short presser at @grandhyattmanilaph. (at Grand Hyatt Manila) https://www.instagram.com/p/CfYATK8JSd7/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Unvaccinated Anti-Vaxxer Female Suspect in Taguig caught desperately forced for the EVC and throws one ABS-CBN Microphone for its PH Media Abuse Presser [#OnlyOnRadyoBandera]

TAGUIG, MANILA -- The first day of the Enhanced Vaccination Checkpoint (EVC) was so chaotic in General Santos Ave., Brgy. North Daanghari, Taguig City, Metro Manila by Friday morning (January 21st, 2022). The Vaccination Card is for those who entered and back from this said city. Female anti-vaxxer suspect named Renelie Joie Cadeliña who harassed the checkpoint and batters her green broken bottle off-camera as a self-defense before facing the televised media on national television, with its seriousness of maximum tolerance.

"Karapatan kong hindi magkaroon ng bakuna. Kailangan ko lang ng trabaho, bakit nyo kailangang tanggapin?" (I have the right not to have the vaccine. I just need a job but, why do you have to accept?). Cadeliña did not show a Vaccination Card as her anti-vaxxer suspect said aggressively in Tagalog dialect, she didn't want to be vaccinated ever in person.

Her female resident in Brgy. Lower Bicutan here in this said city angers out as ordered from the Taguig government by simply giving an Identification Card (ID). She tries to discuss by force upon giving her own information, the Philippine media are taking her side in everyone's conversation to the public. Members of the televised media including SMNI, NET25, GMA News and CNN Philippines. Cadeliña ignores herself badly against the media and grabs one ABS-CBN microphone to throw it down as she committed busted for a media interview abuse LIVE on camera.

Shortly after this said abuse, she simply took her own name inside the Taguig checkpoint with a total unlawful disrespect. And since she was a resident of the city, she was just sent home for nothing.

Taguig City PNP named Hiyasmine D. Navarro told ABS-CBN News, the Vaccine Cards without a birth date and photo will not be accepted before and during the said checkpoint as due to lack of its simple requirements. "Itong dalawang Vaccine Card, wala naman po may presentang valid ID. Kasi kahit sino naman, pwedeng magsulat lang ng ganito... Wala ma lang 'Petsa ng Kapanganakan' at 'Litrato'. Kahit sino, pwede mag presenta ng ganyan kaya lang, papano niya patunayan ngayon na kanyang ganito?" (These 2 Vaccine Cards, they don't have a valid ID to present. Because anyone can just write like this... There is no 'Date of Birth' and 'Photo'. Anyone can present like that just because, how can she prove now that she is like this?).

EVC is one of the busiest streets in Taguig. Each passerby must present a Vaccination Card. With the exception of Cadeliña, who was angered earlier, those who were not vaccinated could not be sent home lightly. But they don't force people who don't want to be vaccinated once becoming an anti-vaxxer. They have some options as warned from the Taguig PNP: just go home, show a negative Reverse Transcription-Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) test, or undergo free swab testing by the Local Government Units (LGUs).

Taguig Safe City Task Force (TSCTF) chairman named Atty. Clarence Santos said, a shuttle service at the bus stop is more unlikely for Cadeliña as anti-vaxxer suspect leads for suffering a Battered Woman Syndrome (BWS) as a self-defense and attempted domestic violence in media interview abuse under a reference from the Republic Act #9262: Section 3c & 26 or Anti-Violence Against Women and Their Children Act of 2004 and a single felony of Maximum Tolerance with her lack of identification process of the Republic Act #11525: Section 12 or CoViD19 Vaccination Program Act, and the Batasang Pambansa #880: Section 3c or Public Assembly Act of 1985.

Some other passengers are heading themselves through the Vaccination Hub safely in Brgy. Lower Bicutan of Taguig. "Ang gusto po namin na lahat po sila ay bakunado na. Kapag malaman po namin sa isang tsekpoint na hindi ba po sila bakunado, may nakaabang po diyan na nakita nyo po sa shuttle service bus na mag-dederecho po sa kanila sa pinakamalapit na Vaccination Hub". (We want them all to be vaccinated. When we find out at a checkpoint that they are not vaccinated, someone is waiting there that you saw on that shuttle service bus to direct them to the nearest Vaccination Hub).

Unvaccinated patients will also be helped to bring to the nearest testing center. EVC will be implemented on their selected city streets each week.

Two of the Facebook netizens told Radyo Bandera, she needs some rest as per simple advice in Tagalog dialect, "Dapat dyan sa babaeng yan na nagwala, turukan ng Sinovac, Astrazeneca o Pfizer na bakuna habang matulog". (That woman who has gone astray should be injected her with Sinovac, Astrazeneca or Pfizer vaccine while sleeping). The other Netizen said, unprofessionalism in media industry identities didn't look right at that time as a pre-determined CoViD-19 spreader, "Any parties should not get so dramatic or drastic. It means all sides should stay calm and maybe positive to be confirmed. All of her side should not be shamed or to be unprofessional. The respondent should be given a proper test the said virus of Coronavirus Disease-19 (CoViD19) Omicron variant to know the severity level. False alarm or not, CoViD19 has just a flu hybrid with a protective covering spike protein". The assurance of news reporting in media interview abuse against Renelie Joie Cadeliña compromises more to comply than a stalking point and discrimination as per Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)'s Labor Advisory #03-21: Section 3.

As for Cadeliña alone, she will be facing herself to 6 to 12yrs. in prison as per Prisión Mayor for a severe penalty by court. The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP), Kapisanan ng mga Broadkaster sa Pilipinas (KBP) and the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) will soon face the anti-vaxxer suspect at a nearest Taguig court room or the Taguig PNP detention cell in a coming days or months, after she threw one ABS-CBN microphone committing herself a media offense in press freedom, which is a different story from the ABS-CBN shutdown.

Whether she liked it or not, Cadeliña will correct her honest fault, for a public media interview through ABS-CBN News or facing its consequences with a personal disrespect and maximum tolerance in jail time without any single apology from its jurisdiction of media interview despite both for a later tolerance and discrimination.

EDITOR’s RANT NOTE from RP#4’s Miko Kubota: *honest facepalms* This is so disgusting for your ragequits for skipping your CoViD-19 vaccine. Anti-vaxxers like you is more just either a racial slur issue or I would say, it’s a terrible game for Omicron in common regulars. *confronts aggressively point-of-view to Renelie Joie Cadeliña* As a gamer like me for my take in our news assignment in this article from our friends at the Hinobi newsroom gets ZERO lives. Your GAME is OVER and who cares!? I’m a former BIRTHDAY RUINER before Season 1 of my show of “Glitch Techs” as a kid -- and things are different to me at all. Go get vaccinated unless later discriminated to yourself and interviewed in its televised media. Your just an absolute vulgaritive jerk as consistency for its maximum tolerance! Your MIC is yours, NOT your serious criminal garbage. Hope you can understand that as my role in our internet network presidency and a station manager myself with support from Rhayniel. In behalf from our team at my fictional character of “Glitch Techs”... I’ll meet you soon one-on-one, if you REPEAT THAT CONSEQUENCE right now. *two-fingers pointed you, face-to-face* So be it. -- MK

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SOURCE: *https://news.abs-cbn.com/video/news/01/21/22/babae-nagwala-nang-hingan-ng-vaccination-card-sa-checkpoint *https://tnt.abante.com.ph/bebot-na-ayaw-pabakuna-nagwala-bote-binasag/ *https://www.lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2004/ra_9262_2004.html *https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/downloads/2021/02feb/20210226-RA-11525-RRD.pdf *https://www.chanrobles.com/bataspambansabilang880.htm and *https://oshc.dole.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Labor-Advisory-No.-03-21-Guidelines-on-the-Administration-of-COVID-19-Vaccines-in-the-Workplaces.pdf

SEVERE HONEST DISCLAIMER: The readers and opinions expressed from this news article are not necessarily those from the ABS-CBN Corporation. This anti-vaxxer suspect does not be imitated in any matter. Furthermore, the assumptions of this news article will NOT state, intervene or reflect those of our Radyo Patrol reporters. The show, the station, the management, interwebs, and the network. Thanks for reading, mga ka-Bandera! Stay safe and may the Gamers blesses you to win. Cya guys later, from the Hinobi news team!

-- OneNETnews Team

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Kiefer Ravena gets PBA go signal to play in Japan B.League Photo from the Shiga Lakestars website MANILA, Philippines–NLEX guard Kiefer Ravena will be playing in Japan after all. The Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) announced in a hastily-arranged presser on Saturday morning that it has given the Ro... https://trendingph.net/kiefer-ravena-gets-pba-go-signal-to-play-in-japan-b-league/?feed_id=303736&_unique_id=60fb943cdb018

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NCR will be placed under MODIFIED ENHANCED COMMUNITY QUARANTINE, Starting May 16 until 31, 2020 until Medical Experts decided to what to do next. Government made this decision by the suggestion of medical experts, metro manila mayors and IATF. With Spox. Atty. Harry Roque Made the Announcement earlier 12noon via Palace Virtual Presser simulcast to all TV and Radio Networks, And Social Media Pages also. Save our Filipino Frontliners, and be #SafeFromCOVID19 #frontlineheroes https://www.instagram.com/p/CAE-qsbBangeWfbw2aM8O7gA1g_K5GADD2g5xI0/?igshid=q51diws081md

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Eustaquio and Moraes Face Off at One: Hero's Ascent Presser

Eustaquio and Moraes Face Off at One: Hero’s Ascent Presser

ศาสตร์เกษตรดินปุ๋ย : ขอบคุณแหล่งข้อมูล : หนังสือพิมพ์ The Nation

http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/sports/30362769

Geje Eustaquio, Sityodtong, Chairman and CEO of ONE Championship and Adriano Moraes. Eustaquio and Moraes Face Off at One: Hero’s Ascent Presser

sports January 23, 2019 07:52

By Agencies

ONE Championship™ (ONE), in cooperation with City of Dreams Manila, held the ONE:…

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DOH aims to test 1.5% of population by end of July

#PHnews: DOH aims to test 1.5% of population by end of July

MANILA – The Department of Health (DOH) is aiming to test 1.5 percent of the Philippine population for coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) by the end of July.

Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said the agency plans to maximize the country’s testing capacity which is currently at 50,000 per day. Currently, laboratories are only able to conduct 10,000 to 11,000 tests per day.

“Mayroon na ho tayong strategies na ini-employ (We are employing strategies) for these things para po magkaroon tayo nang stable na outputs (so that we can have stable outputs) per day and hopefully we can reach this goal of having 1.5 percent of the population tested by the end of July,” she said in a virtual presser in Malacañang.

To be able to maximize the testing capacity, Vergeire said there should be an increase in samples submitted to laboratories.

Vergeire said there should also be more laboratories licensed to operate in the country. From the current 59 labs, the DOH plans to increase number to 60 to 65 labs by end of July.

She also emphasized the importance of public-private partnerships in sourcing medical supplies for labs.

The DOH is also carrying out the hiring of encoders assigned to process Covid-19 data.

She also assured that the agency continues to address its backlogs due to operational issues.

“With these operational issues that we encounter daily, talagang hindi po maiwasan na mayroon po talagang nagkakaroon ng bottleneck (we cannot avoid having bottleneck),” she said.

Based on President Rodrigo Duterte's 11th report to Congress on Covid-19 response, a total of 398,914 tests have been conducted as of June 4.

There are 140 laboratories that are currently being evaluated in a bid to boost the country’s testing capacity, the report read.

Around 112 of the 140 laboratories are already at Stage 3 and above, it added. (PNA)

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References:

* Philippine News Agency. "DOH aims to test 1.5% of population by end of July." Philippine News Agency. https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1105975 (accessed June 16, 2020 at 04:26AM UTC+14).

* Philippine News Agency. "DOH aims to test 1.5% of population by end of July." Archive Today. https://archive.ph/?run=1&url=https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1105975 (archived).

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“Ate” @notluisa_ with chikitings. Sa @onechampionship presser earlier. (at City of Dreams Manila) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bs7sgRclTN9/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=10v33gk31hzl8

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China bans tour companies to South Korea as defence spat worsens.

Order to Beijing travel marketers comes as tensions increase over Thaad defense platform.Order to Beijing travel marketers comes as tensions increase over Thaad defense platform.

Beijing has banned Chinese excursion businesses from traveling South Korea, as China escalates its retaliation in opposition to the planned Korean deployment of the United States-constructed Thaad missile protect. Group excursions departing after March 15 must be canceled, with companies not in compliance liable to fines and having their licenses revoked, in keeping with written commands issued by China’s tourism administration and proven to the FT by means of one Beijing-based agent.

Booking sellers at numerous travel corporations, consisting of China’s largest online tour portal Ctrip, instructed the Financial Times on Friday they were retreating a few merchandise, with three bringing up Seoul’s missile defense plans because of the reason.

Wang Ki-younger, a director at South Korea’s lifestyle ministry, stated on Friday the ban could initially impact Beijing travel agencies but would be expanded to different provinces. China’s tourism management couldn’t be reached for comment.

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Beijing has spoken back with growing rancor to Seoul’s choice to installation Thaad, the Terminal High Altitude Area Defence platform. While South Korea insists the device is for defending itself in opposition to North Korean missiles, China fears the technology will permit a best friend of the US to secret agent on its military developments.

“This might be just the start,” stated Michael Na, a strategist in Seoul with Nomura. “They have so many alternatives to punish Korean agencies.”

He delivered that “nearly each important Korean organization, inclusive of Hyundai Motor and AmorePacific, is predicated closely on Chinese income”.

Shares in Hyundai and cosmetics conglomerate AmorePacific slid on Friday, down 4.Four consistent with the scent and eleven in step with cent respectively at the near of buying and selling in Seoul. Photos of a vandalized Hyundai car circulated broadly on Chinese social media this week. Several South Korea-linked entities have already felt Beijing’s wrath in response to the Thaad plans. Chinese state information enterprise Xinhua last month issued a stark warning to Lotte, considered one of South Korea’s biggest groups, for giving up land on which the Thaad platform may be hosted.

“Lotte will harm the Chinese people and the results will be excessive,” stated the report, which accompanied a string of presidency probes into the organization’s business pursuits in China. Tuniu considered one of China’s main online journey sites, advised the FT it was no longer promoting organization journeys to South Korea, although current bookings might be honored. Where preceding bookings concerned companies owned by way of Lotte — whose groups encompass accommodations and obligation-free stores — the enterprise could inspire customers to change their plans, it introduced. “Tuniu strongly opposes South Korea’s set up of Thaad and the provision of land for Thaad by way of Lotte Group,” the agency stated.

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Mr. Na of Nomura said that although South Korea had signed a trade agreement with China, there were masses of ways wherein Beijing could punish Seoul.

“If they, say, put off a commonplace system for Korean imports and take different retaliatory measures on Korean merchandise, there’s nothing Korea can do approximately it,” he said. Chinese tourism to South Korea has boomed in latest years, delighting shops, however, irking domestic travelers who’ve found the USA’s points of interest swamped with site visitors.

There had been more than 8m Chinese traveler arrivals within us of a final 12 months — up 36 according to cent year-on-12 months, said Mr. Wang. The numbers had endured to boom even after Seoul introduced the deployment of THAAD, he introduced. China’s tourism administration issued a observe on Friday confirming reviews that Chinese guests had been denied access to South Korea’s Jeju island in current months for holding incomplete tour documentation. It reminded citizens to “pick tour destinations with warning”.

Fantastic Facts About South Korea’s Sports

South Korea -one of the maximum modern international locations inside the Third World- may be very a success in the worldwide sport. From 1976 to 2004, Korea has won 203 Olympic medals, inclusive of 72 golds. It has more gold medals than Cuba, Venezuela, Portugal and Nigeria mixed. The crew from South Korea won the gold medal at the 4th World Junior Men`s Volleyball Championship held in Manama (Bahrain) in 1987. Suk-Eun Kim, a great participant in the tournament, helped his team towards the first role, the great end result ever for Asian united states since 1981.

Seoul -the capital town of Korea- has hosted several global sports occasions which include: -The X Asian Games -The VIII World Basketball Championship -The XXIV Olympic Games Like Jorge Antonio Bell Mathey (Dominican Republic) and Oswaldo Jose Guillen Barrios (Venezuela), Dong Won Choi became one of the nice baseball games in the Eighties. Under his innovative leadership, Korea won the silver medal at the 1980 World Championship in Japan.

Un Yong Kim -former Korean flesh presser and diplomat- received the 2000 Sports Grand Prix of the Korea Sports Press Union, in a reputation of his contribution for the historical joint parade of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and South Korea on Olympic teams during the outlet ceremony of the Olympic Games in Sydney. This remarkable guy of Korean game has been commemorated numerous instances in the reputation of his efforts to national and nearby sports motion. South Korea received the second Olympic name of its history in women`s handball in Barcelona’92 (the first one became in Seoul’88). It defeated groups such as Austria, Spain, Germany, and Norway. The group also gained the gold medal at the 1995 World Cup. In 1998, Korea received the gold medal at the Asian Games in Thailand. The Korean baseball gamers had been participants in the second Olympic tournament in Atlanta (Georgia, USA).

This Asian united states of America are well-known for its sportswomen within the international. Among these athletes are Kim Jin Ho (archery), Jang Ji-Won (taekwondo), Kim Hyun OK (handball), Lee Bo-Na (capturing), Lee Eun-Sil (table tennis), Jang Mi Nam (weightlifting), Jin Sun-Yu (skating), Seok Eun-Mi (desk tennis), Byun Chun-So (skating), Kim Hyung Mee (handball), Hyun Tung-Hwa (desk tennis), Suh Kwang-Mi ( discipline hockey), Jang Young-Ja (desk tennis), Sun-Hee Lee (taekwondo), Se Ri Pak (golf), Cho-Hyun Kang (taking pictures), Kim Soo Nyung (archery), Kim Hwa Soon (basketball), Lee Eun Kyung (archery), Bang Soo Hyun (badminton) and Hyun Sook Hee (taekwondo).

Yoo Nam-Kyu gained a gold medal in men`s table tennis singles on the Olympics in Seoul. The 1st World Youth Women`s Volleyball Championship become gained via South Korea in a final in opposition to the People`s Republic of China. Jae-Wang Kang becomes one of the quality handball players in the twentieth century. Under his exceptional play, South Korea received the silver medal in handball in the Olympics in 1988.

South Korea has gained a gold medal in men´s basketball 3 instances on the Asian Games (1970, 1982 and 2002). The Peruvian women`s volleyball group changed into coached by means of Man Bok Park, who changed into born in South Korea. Immediately after Peruvian women`s team didn’t qualify for the Olympic Games in 1972, the Peruvian Volleyball Federation appointed Man Bok Park as head coach of the senior countrywide crew. Man Bok Park stated: ” In 4 years time I intend to make Peru one of the top six within the international”. In only some months the Peruvian national team modified. He was looking ahead to determination and a banishment from their vocabulary of the word “holiday”. He gained the gold medal on the 1993 South American Championship, the silver medal at the 1982 World Championship, the silver medal at the 1986 Goodwill Games, the silver medal at the 1988 Olympics, the bronze medal on the 1986 World Championship and the bronze medal at the 1991 Pan American Games.

The Republic of Korea hosted the 27th Baseball World Cup in 1982. The Korean team beat Japan to clinch the primary vicinity. This was the first time in which a country apart from Venezuela, Colombia or Puerto Rico had won the World Championship. Yang Jung-Mo gained the Olympic gold medal for freestyle wrestling on the 1976 Olympics in Montreal, Canada. However, he lost the risk to guard his identity whilst South Korea boycotted the Olympics in 1980 inside the USSR. China The tour 2003 World University Games occurred in Daegu, Republic of Korea. Korea -one of the world`s poorest international locations within the 1950s- competed in the Asian Games for the first time in the 1954 Asian Games in Manila, Philippines. The Republic of Korea dispatched nine sportswomen to the Winter Olympic Games in Lillehammer (Norway) in 1994.

Kim Hwa Soon is the excellent basketball participant in the history of Korea. In 1984, she, in the end, realized her dream of competing in the Olympic Games, helping the Korean team win a silver medal at the Los Angeles Games. In the 1980s, Korea had famous volleyball players in Asia. They had been Jang Suk Han, Jong-Il Yoon, Hee-Kyung Gae and Byung-Sun Lee. Korean sportspeople have completed extremely good in global activities in sports activities which includes archery, badminton, baseball, basketball, boxing , kayak, biking, equestrian, football, golfing, gymnastics, handball, fencing, area hockey, judo, karate, taking pictures, softball, synchronized swimming, table tennis, volleyball, beach volleyball, weightlifting and wrestling. Yeo Woon-Kon becomes a member of the Korean crew which won the field hockey tournament at the 2002 Asian Games. He also received the silver medal on the Olympics in Sydney.

The Korean youth team received the Asian Cup football in 1981 and certified for the FIFA World Youth Cup in Sydney, Australia. Alejandro Guevara Onofre: He is a freelance writer. Alejandro is of Italian, African and Peruvian ancestry. He studied political technology and journalism.He has posted more than seventy-5 research paper in English, and greater than twenty in Spanish, regarding the sector problems, Olympic sports activities, international locations, and tourism. His subsequent essay is referred to as “The Dictator and Alicia Alonso”. He is a professional on foreign affairs. Furthermore, Alejandro is the first author who has published an international-e-book encyclopedia in Latin America.

He admires Frida Kahlo (Mexican painter), Hillary Clinton (ex-First Lady of the united states), and Jimmy Carter (former President of America). His favored film is “Gorillas in the Mist”. Some of his favorite books are “The Return of Eva Peron and the Killings in Trinidad” (by V.S.Naipaul), “Las Mujeres de Los Dictadores” (with the aid of Juan Gasparini) and “Murder of a Gentle Land” (through John Barron and Anthony Paul). His personal motto is “The destiny is for the ones those who agree with inside the splendor o f their dreams” by way of Eleanor Roosevelt.

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At least 35 people died from smoke inhalation when a gunman stormed Resorts World Manila in the Philippines Thursday in an attempted robbery that saw him torch gambling tables, creating a choking amount of smoke, law enforcement and company officials said. After attempting to flee with the casino's gambling chips, the gunman left the casino to a room in an adjoining hotel, where he holed himself up before taking his own life, Resorts World COO Stephen Reilly said in a presser conference on Thursday. Police told ABC News the initial investigation indicated that all of the victims, who were found mostly on two floors, died from smoke inhalation as the resort was set on fire.

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'Pisay' to continue helping communities amid pandemic

#PHnews: 'Pisay' to continue helping communities amid pandemic

MANILA – The Philippine Science High School (PSHS or Pisay) will continue to provide aid to communities and front-liners nationwide amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) outbreak, its chief said. "It (outreach program) started around March 20. We are still doing it, and we are running out of raw materials. Thus, production is low," PSHS executive director Lilia Habacon told the Philippine News Agency (PNA) in a message on Saturday. In a virtual presser on Friday, Habacon said under the outreach program called "Pisayuda" ("Pisay" and "ayuda" or assistance), the PSHS provides face shields, alcohol, food packs, and fresh food to front-liners and communities. As of Friday, some 24,253 face shields had been distributed, along with 9,945 food packs and PHP539,495 worth of fresh food. "We give these to front-liners and challenged families. About 80 percent of our donations come from the PSHS employees, alumni, and friends," she said, adding that the PSHS provides the manpower and supplies, among others. Habacon said this is being done nationwide and that the PSHS would continue this program. Meanwhile, Habacon said "Pisayuda" is something that she did not plan. The idea, she said, started when one teacher posted a photo on his/her social media account, wherein he/she was printing a face shield using his/her own 3D printer. "I tagged all the directors in that post. In two days, face shields were produced," she said. Habacon said they decided to continue the idea and turned this into an outreach program. Those who would want to be part of the program or to contribute may reach out to the office of the executive director, or call 8939-7747, she said. (PNA)

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References:

* Philippine News Agency. "'Pisay' to continue helping communities amid pandemic." Philippine News Agency. https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1103749 (accessed May 24, 2020 at 12:49AM UTC+14).

* Philippine News Agency. "'Pisay' to continue helping communities amid pandemic." Archive Today. https://archive.ph/?run=1&url=https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1103749 (archived).

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DA assures sufficient food supply until June

#PHnews: DA assures sufficient food supply until June

MANILA – Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary William Dar on Thursday assured the public that the country has adequate supplies of food, including rice, until June amid the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic.

During a virtual presser of the Food Security Task Force, Dar said the country has rice stocks sufficient to last for 84 days.

Dar noted that the projected ending stock in June 2020 is good for 111 days for chicken, 12 days for fish, and eight days for pork.

The supply outlook for other crops, on the other hand, is seen to last until 147 days for corn, 28 days for vegetables, and 21 days for garlic and onion.

Dar said aside from ensuring food sufficiency during the Covid-19 emergency, the DA would also provide adequate support to boost local food production.

“Nais po namin siguruhin na meron tayong sapat na suplay ng pagkain at itaas pa ang produksyon ng mga ito, kabilang ang bigas, karne, isda at gulay (We want to ensure that we have sufficient supply of food and we want to increase the production of these major staples, including rice, meat, fish, and vegetables),” Dar said.

“Para mapalakas pa ang local production makakaasa po ng mga ayuda at programa sa sektor ng sakahan at pangisdaan (To strengthen local production, assistance and program for the agriculture and fisheries sector are in place),” he added.

Under the government’s social amelioration program, the DA will distribute PHP5,000-cash subsidy to 600,000 rice farmers to help augment their needs amid the enhanced community quarantine.

Dar said that 40 percent of the target for the financial subsidy for rice farmers, or around 234,586 beneficiaries, are ready to receive their payout.

The PHP5,000-cash subsidy is part of the DA’s initiatives to assist small rice farmers, who plant one hectare or less, located in 24 provinces not covered by the Rice Farmers Financial Assistance (RFFA) program.

Meanwhile, under the RFFA, 597,505 beneficiaries will receive unconditional cash transfer worth PHP5,000. (PNA)

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References:

* Philippine News Agency. "DA assures sufficient food supply until June." Philippine News Agency. https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1100772 (accessed April 24, 2020 at 12:18AM UTC+14).

* Philippine News Agency. "DA assures sufficient food supply until June." Archive Today. https://archive.ph/?run=1&url=https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1100772 (archived).

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IATF releases revised guidelines on expanded testing for Covid-19

#PHnews: IATF releases revised guidelines on expanded testing for Covid-19

MANILA – The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) has revised its guidelines on the expanded testing for coronavirus disease (Covid-19) as the country moves closer to the end of the Luzon-wide enhanced community quarantine on April 30.

In a virtual presser on Monday, Cabinet Secretary and IATF spokesperson Karlo Nograles said the expanded testing will only be conducted on individuals who are “at-risk of contracting Covid-19 infection.”

He said those required to undergo testing are “suspect cases, individuals with relevant history of travel and exposure or contact -- whether symptomatic or asymptomatic -- and health workers with possible exposure, whether symptomatic or asymptomatic.”

Indiscriminate testing beyond close contacts of a confirmed Covid-19 case is not recommended, he added.

He also listed subgroups of at-risk individuals arranged in order of greatest to lowest need for testing.

Those who will be prioritized are patients or health workers with severe or critical symptoms, have history of travel or contact with a confirmed Covid-19 case (subgroup A), followed by patients or health workers with mild symptoms, have history of travel or contact with a confirmed Covid-19 case, and are considered vulnerable (subgroup B).

Next in line are patients or health workers with mild symptoms, have history of travel or contact to a confirmed Covid-19 case (subgroup C), and patients or health workers who are asymptomatic but have a history of travel or contact to a confirmed Covid-19 case (subgroup D).

Nograles said due to global shortage of testing kits and limitation in local capacity for testing, the government will rationalize available tests and prioritize subgroups A and B.

However, in view of the expansion of testing capacity and to ensure health workforce safety, subgroup C will be tested and health workers prioritized.

The IATF has directed all subnational laboratories to allocate between 20 to 30 percent of their daily testing capacity for health workers and the remaining 70 to 80 percent for patients, he added.

Type of test kits

Nograles said the real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and validated by the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM) is the confirmatory test for Covid-19.

He said rapid antibody-based test kits should not be used as standalone tests to definitively diagnose or rule out Covid-19.

“Because these (rapid antibody-test kits) must be used in conjunction with RT-PCR, care must be exercised to not unduly consume RT-PCR test kits for the sake of confirmation,” he said.

He also emphasized that reporting of confirmed and recovered cases will continue to be based on RT-PCR testing, in accordance with Administrative Order 2020-0013.

“Only rapid antibody-based test kits approved by the FDA and locally-validated by the RITM or the Department of Science and Technology may be used,” he said.

Nograles also reminded that disposal of test kits, including personal protective equipment (PPEs) and other materials used in testing, should adhere to existing guidelines on the management of healthcare wastes.

He said the expanded use of point-of-care rapid antibody-based test kits through validation and sero-epidemiological studies will be explored for subgroup D, as testing all asymptomatic contacts of confirmed cases using RT-PCR is not recommended until there is surplus testing capacity.

“Results of such validation and sero-epidemiological studies shall be submitted to DOH (Department of Health) and to the Health Technology Assessment Council (HTAC) for their review and consideration. This should inform future prospects of financing of DOH and PhilHealth since both agencies may only finance or reimburse Covid-19 test kits that have been positively recommended by the HTAC as required by RA No. 11223,” Nograles said, referring to the Universal Healthcare Act.

Once the FDA-approved antibody-based test kits have been validated by RITM and other designated institutions, Nograles also said only licensed medical doctors may request and administer antibody-based tests.

 Returning overseas workers

Nograles said all returning Overseas Filipinos (OFs) which have community-based Covid-19 transmission have to undergo mandatory 14-day quarantine.

OFWs could also be tested using rapid anti-body tests after they enter quarantine facilities and undergo 14-day quarantine.

He said expanded testing in areas with suspected Covid-19 community-based transmission can be performed at the household, purok, and barangay level with a proper sampling methodology in collaboration with the Epidemiology Bureau and local health officials.

Only properly validated antibody testing kits will be allowed to be used, he added.

Pending availability of plaque reduction neutralization test (PRNT) validation by RITM, Nograles said all who intend to conduct their own validation studies are requested to register their studies through covid19rdt@gmail.com (including update on status of ethics approval), use the protocol for local validation study for asymptomatic contacts provided (Annex C), and report testing results.

He also reminded that testing of asymptomatic people should be performed with proper safety precautions, including hand hygiene, use of appropriate PPE for conducting the test, respiratory hygiene, waste disposal, and patient care equipment.

All symptomatic patients should be referred for RT-PCR testing and isolated accordingly.

Last Friday, National Task Force (NTF) Covid-19 chief implementer Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr., also presidential peace adviser, said the government is preparing for the procurement of 900,000 RT-PCR test kits and 2 million rapid testing kits.

The government, he said, will purchase the testing kits along with other medical equipment and supplies to capacitate accredited national and sub-national testing laboratories in the country.

The additional PCR and rapid testing kits cost roughly PHP3.2 billion and will be purchased by the procurement service of the Department of Budget and Management.

As of April 19, there are a total of 6,250 confirmed Covid-19 cases in the country, 409 deaths, and 572 recoveries.

President Rodrigo Duterte is expected to decide on whether to extend or modify the ECQ within the week, according to the Malacañang. (PNA)

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References:

* Philippine News Agency. "IATF releases revised guidelines on expanded testing for Covid-19." Philippine News Agency. https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1100379 (accessed April 20, 2020 at 10:27PM UTC+14).

* Philippine News Agency. "IATF releases revised guidelines on expanded testing for Covid-19." Archive Today. https://archive.ph/?run=1&url=https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1100379 (archived).