| A gender journey reaches unhappy ending at a church
DELRAY BEACH, Fla. — High on prescription drugs and four days without sleep, Michael Berke raced his Harley to the megachurch where he'd found a home. A gender journey reaches unhappy ending at a church Associated Press DELRAY BEACH, Fla. — High on prescription drugs and four days without sleep, Michael Berke raced his Harley to the megachurch where he'd found a home. .
RP nears first leg sweep in Malaysia tennis
THE Philippine team, beefed up mostly by Cebuano junior netters, is one step closer to totally wiping out home bets in the Selangor International Age Group Champions.
Yesterday, two more won their respective singles competition, while the rest of the Cebu delegation will be playing in the championship rounds today.
Marian Capadocia grabbed a gold medal in the Girls 12 division after trouncing Alyssa Boey, 6-0, 6-3. Crissian Kintanar, the Milo Little Olympics Most Outstanding Athlete, later added another gold for the Filipinos following a hard-earned 7-6 (2), 6-2 win over Delizavernne Singh in the Girls 10 division.
These are the second and third medals for the Filipinos in the first of the four-leg event, with the first one won by Sally Mae Siso in the doubles competition the other day.
New bus stops cater to wheelchair users
KUALA LUMPUR: Some people find that the recently built bus stops and taxi stands around the city centre are uncomfortable and lacking in seating space. To the disabled on wheelchairs, however, the shelters are quite friendly.
The designer for the minimalist bus and taxi stands, Parisign, hired by City Hall, explained that the design was meant to create ergonomic and aesthetically pleasing shelters.
Parisign general manager Henry Tan said the gaps in between the panels were sized to allow for wheelchairs to be comfortably slotted in so that the pathway would be clear.
He said Parisign had discussions with a variety of associations which dealt with the disabled to find out what their needs were.
They are currently in the process of testing a prototype conveyor lift for the handicapped to solve the current problem faced by authorities to raise the pedestrian walkway by 0.3 metres for the new Rapid KL busses.
Japan looking forwards to welcoming President Nguyen Minh Triet
VietNamNet Bridge – “We are confident that the upcoming visit to Japan by President Nguyen Minh Triet at the invitation of the Japanese State will ratchet up the ties between the two countries," Mitsuo Sakaba, Director General for Press and Public Relations of the Japanese Foreign Ministry said on Nov. 14.
“The relationship between the two countries has been very good, however, the upcoming visit will lift it to a higher level," Sakaba stressed in an interview granted to a Viet Nam News Agency correspondent.
President Nguyen Minh Triet's visit to Japan will be the first by a Head of State of Vietnam to the sun-rising country since the two countries established their diplomatic ties in 1973.
Sakaba went on to say “The Japan visit by Prime Minister Vo Van Kiet in 1993 marked the first important milestone in the two countries' relations as Japan subsequently placed high priority on developing ties with Vietnam.
Star Magic talent Joem Bascon stars in GMA Films co-produced "Batanes"
All eyes were on Joem Bascon, the Piolo Pascual-look-alike discovery ng ABS-CBN director Jerry Sineneng, sa pagpasok niya sa Skyline Restaurant sa 17th floor ng GMA-7 kagabi, November 13. Kasama niya ang kanyang handler na si Allan Real at ang kanyang personal assistant. Joem, a Star Magic artist, is part of the Ignite Media/GMA Films movie Batanes. Joseph Emmanuel Bascon was born with a silver spoon at puwedeng hindi mag-artista dahil sa yaman ng pamilya niya. May napakalaking lupang pagmamay-ari ang mga Bascon sa Antipolo that stretches to about two or three mountains, including the valleys and lowlands in between these mountains na pinagteypingan noon ng ABS-CBN soap opera na Hiram. Doon siya nadiskubre ni Direk Jerry at dahil hilig niya namang mag-artista, pumayag si Joem.
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