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  As the old saying goes, "All is fair in love and war." That is one of the first thoughts that entered my mind after getting to watch the official trailer for this Sunday's episode of "Regal Studio Presents" entitled: "Bros B4 Rose" starring Kim Domingo, Jeric Gonzales, and Rob Gomez which will be shown today at 4:35 p.m. at GMA Network. Indeed, nothing gets a man going more than to see a gorgeous, absolutely stunning, and almost out-of-this-world beautiful woman. And no real man in his right mind who has a good pair of eyes, loads of testosterone, and a beating heart can ever ignore such a sight to behold. For me, this newest episode is especially for men and women wh...

Keep on reading: Looking back on young love: Kim Domingo, Jeric Gonzales, Rob Gomez answer Qs

TAGBILARAN CITY -- The provincial government of Bohol on Sunday announced it will give away P2,000 cash to those who are vaccinated against COVID-19. In a post on its Facebook page on Sunday, the provincial government launched the "Bakuna: Sana All, Modaug pa ka sa Raffle!" promo where at least 1,000 vaccinated people will win P2,000. The master list of all vaccinated persons in Bohol will come from the Vaccine Information Management System-immunization registry (VIMS-IR) to be uploaded by the local governments. The Bohol Inter-Agency Task Force on the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (BIATF) said the province intends to vaccinate 961,872 Boholanos. So far, 31% ...

Keep on reading: Bohol gov’t raffles off P2,000 to 1,000 vaccinated residents

MANILA, Philippines --- The Department of Health (DOH) on Sunday recorded the lowest daily count of new COVID-19 cases in November at only 838, the lowest since Nov. 16. The country recorded 849 new COVID-19 cases on Nov. 16. Sunday also marks the 5th consecutive day the country tallied less than 1000 daily cases of COVID-19.   This is also the lowest tally since Dec. 28, when only 766 new infections were recorded. Meanwhile, the new COVID-19 cases account for 2.4 percent of the 34,241 total tests conducted, which also brought the total number of confirmed infections to 2,831,807. The total number of patients who recovered from COVID-19 also rose to 2,766,816 afte...

Keep on reading: PH logs 838 new COVID-19 cases, lowest recorded in November

Conor McGregor, who underwent surgery for a broken leg suffered during a July fight, said on Saturday he expects to fully resume sparring by April, at which point the former UFC two-weight champion expects a return to the Octagon will be imminent. McGregor's competitive future was in doubt after he suffered the injury during a trilogy bout with Dustin Poirier, but the Irishman fully expects to resume his career. "I will be full mixed martial arts sparring by April. Easily!" McGregor, 33, said during a Twitter Q&A with his followers. "By then a return will be imminent. But I must be patient. I will beat this!" As a thrilling first five-minute frame against Poirier drew to...

Keep on reading: McGregor expects to resume sparring by April

Christian Wood scored 33 points and the Houston Rockets finally put away the visiting Charlotte Hornets, prevailing 146-143 in overtime Saturday night to notch their first back-to-back wins of the season. Houston has won just three of 19 games this season, and two of those have come across a four-night span. This one came against a Hornets team that had won eight of its previous nine games. The Rockets sank 23 shots from 3-point range. This came a night after Charlotte matched its franchise record by making 23 shots from 3-point territory. Kevin Porter Jr. (23 points) Eric Gordon (22) and Garrison Mathews (20) all had big games for Houston. Mathews drained five 3-pointers. J...

Keep on reading: Rockets clip Hornets in OT, finally win back-to-back games

Darius Garland had a season-high 26 points to go with 11 assists, Jarrett Allen posted his own double-double, and the host Cleveland Cavaliers ended their five-game losing streak with a 105-92 victory over the Orlando Magic on Saturday night. Garland became the fourth-youngest player in franchise history to reach 2,000 points when he sank a short baseline jumper with 2:48 remaining in the third quarter. Cleveland outscored the Magic 24-20 in the period for a 78-69 lead. https://twitter.com/NBA/status/1464810028104224775?s=20 Allen (8-for-9 shooting) scored 12 of his 19 points in the first half and he finished with 11 rebounds, helping Cleveland defeat the Magic for the first...

Keep on reading: Darius Garland hits milestone, leads Cavs past Magic

TACLOBAN CITY - Close to 13,000 children aged 12 to 17 in this city have been inoculated against COVID-19. Dr. Gloria Fabrigas, city health officer, said they are targeting to vaccinate 32,307 minors. Of the 12,946 vaccinated minors in the city, 953 were fully vaccinated as of Sunday. Tacloban, which currently has 36 active cases of COVID-19, has been ramping up its vaccination campaign to achieve herd immunity before the end of the year. Aside from its regular vaccination sites, which included the Astrodome and two shopping malls, the city government has identified eight public schools as vaccination centers to accommodate those who will avail of the government's three-day v...

Keep on reading: Almost 13,000 minors vaccinated vs COVID-19 in Tacloban City

Michael Failla doesn't get much sleep.

Alec Burks, making his first start of the season, scored 15 of his team-high 23 points to spark a decisive third-quarter run Saturday night as the visiting New York Knicks went on to defeat the Atlanta Hawks 99-90. The 23 points were a season-high for Burks, who started because Kemba Walker sat out the second game of a back-to-back set. https://twitter.com/nyknicks/status/1464779270245470220?s=20 https://twitter.com/nyknicks/status/1464798704498470916?s=20 Evan Fournier finished with 20 points, RJ Barrett added 15 and Obi Toppin netted 13 points off the bench for the Knicks, who have alternated wins and losses over the last seven games. Trae Young scored 33 points and ...

Keep on reading: Alec Burks makes most of first start as Knicks top Hawks

  MANILA, Philippines --- The Philippines may start administering booster shots to the A4 priority group or economic frontliners on December 10, National Task Force Against COVID-19 chief implementer and vaccine czar Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. said Sunday. "Mayroon kaming apat na milestone. The first milestone natin is makuha natin ang 54 million before the end of the year and then maybe we will start the booster also this year, more or less mga December 10 baka magsimula na tayo sa A4 lalo na 'yung nag-elapse na ng more than six months," Galvez said during The Virtual Presser. (We have four milestones. The first milestone is to inoculate 54 million individuals before...

Keep on reading: COVID-19 booster vaxxing for A4 priority group may start by Dec. 10 — Galvez

TACLOBAN CITY -- A member of the Special Action Force (SAF) of the Philippine National Police (PNP) was wounded in an encounter with communist rebels in Mapanas town, Northern Samar province on Saturday, Nov. 27. Patrolman Ben Liwen Saclangan, who sustained a gunshot wound on his neck, was brought for treatment to a hospital in Catarman town via chopper. On Friday, government troopers also encountered members of the New People's Army in Barangay Roxas, Catubig town around 5:30 p.m. on Friday. No soldier was wounded. Last November 20, two SAF commandos were killed while four others were wounded in an ambush in Gamay town, also in Northern Samar. SAF personnel were earlier d...

Keep on reading: SAF member wounded in Northern Samar encounter

MANILA, Philippines --- The lack of internet connectivity across the country's education sector should be addressed as hybrid learning is expected to continue, said Sorsogon Governor and senatorial aspirant Francis "Chiz" Escudero on Sunday. In a statement, Escudero called for massive investments to allow for faster internet speed and wider coverage to make connectivity accessible to more students, as he expects hybrid learning to continue for some time even with the recent start of limited face-to-face classes. "Even as we enter the new normal, expect that distance learning modalities will be here for some time," Escudero said. "Kaya kailangang mag-invest talaga sa internet...

Keep on reading: Escudero backs faster, wider internet connectivity for distance learning

Miss Universe Philippines 2021 Beatrice Luigi Gomez has finally left Manila for Israel to compete in the upcoming 70th Miss Universe pageant. The beauty queen showed herself boarding a plane to Israel, on her Instagram page yesterday, Nov. 27. She donned a gray Francis Libiran ensemble for her flight out of the country. "It's game time Philippines! Just boarded and off to a cozy trip to the Land of Creation," she said. "This is gonna be a long and exciting night! See you in a few hours Israel."   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Beatrice Luigi Gomez (@beatriceluigigmz) Gom...

Keep on reading: LOOK: Beatrice Gomez travels to Israel for Miss Universe pageant

  MANILA, Philippines --- The government is eyeing the possible return of face shield use in the country amid the threat of the Omicron coronavirus variant. During The Virtual Presser on Sunday, National Task Force Against COVID-19 chief implementer and vaccine czar Secretary Carlito Galvez was asked about the possibility of reimplementing the face shield use policy amid the threat of the Omicron variant. "We will look at the possibility. 'Yan nga inaano ni Secretary [Francisco] Duque. He is pro na maibalik 'yung any protections na pwede natin gamitin," Galvez said. (Secretary Duque favors the return of protections that could be used) "Kasi some people from WHO (W...

Keep on reading: Gov’t eyes possible return of face shield policy amid Omicron variant threat

MANILA, Philippines --- Forty-five percent or 11.4 million Filipino families felt poor in September, lower by three percent in June, the Social Weather Stations (SWS) said. In a survey result released on Saturday, the self-rated poverty result is lower than June's 48 percent or 12 million families rating themselves as poor. SWS showed that 34 percent rated themselves as borderline poor, and 21 percent considered themselves as not poor in September. In June, 29 percent felt borderline poor while 23 percent considered themselves as not poor. According to the SWS, the self-rated poor decreased in Metro Manila and Visayas while the borderline poor increased in all areas except Mi...

Keep on reading: 45% of Filipino families feel poor — Sept. 2021 SWS survey

Australia's George Kambosos used a high-energy attack and a stinging overhand right to become the unified lightweight boxing champion with a shocking split decision victory over Teofimo Lopez on Saturday night in New York. Both boxers came into the fight undefeated but the heavy underdog Kambosos made sure he was the one to leave with the 135-pound straps. https://twitter.com/DAZNBoxing/status/1464820113186635777?s=20 The 28-year-old Kambosos snatched the WBA, IBF and WBO belts in a close slugfest at the Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden that left the fighters bloodied and bruised by the end of the 12th round. He had to bounce back from a 10th round knockdown to earn ...

Keep on reading: George Kambosos stuns Teofimo Lopez to become unified lightweight champ

  MANILA, Philippines --- The Philippine National Police (PNP) on Sunday started its probe into the recent gun attack that led to the deaths of a Pampanga town council candidate and his nephew. PNP chief PGen. Dionardo Carlos identified those killed as San Simon town council candidate Rogelio Salvador, 42, and his nephew Joel Salvador. According to Carlos, an initial investigation showed that the victims were driving to Barangay San Jose in San Simon town aboard a Chevrolet Trailblazer sports utility vehicle driven by Arnel Caparas when the still unidentified gunmen aboard a car attacked them. Police said Caparas was seriously hurt in the attack. "So far, it is prema...

Keep on reading: PNP starts probe on fatal shooting of Pampanga town council bet, nephew

SYDNEY -- Health officials in Australia said Sunday they had detected the Covid Omicron strain for the first time after testing two passengers from southern Africa who flew into Sydney. The eastern state of New South Wales' health authority said it had conducted urgent genomic testing and confirmed the new strain was present in two passengers who landed in Sydney on Saturday. Both passengers came from southern Africa and arrived in Australia on a Qatar Airways flight via Doha, NSW Health said in a statement. They tested positive for Covid shortly after arriving, leading to an urgent analysis for possible infection by the heavily mutated Omicron strain...

Keep on reading: Australia detects first COVID-19 Omicron infections

  JAKARTA -- Indonesia will ban the arrival of travelers who have been in eight African countries, to curb the spread of the new Omicron variant of COVID-19, an official document showed on Sunday. Indonesia, home to popular tourist island Bali, will not allow people who have been in South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Mozambique, Eswatini or Nigeria in the past 14 days. The restriction takes effect on Monday, the document says. Delegates attending G20 meetings, which Indonesia chairs, will not be affected by the ban. RELATED STORIES New COVID variant Omicron triggers global alarm, market sell-off What is known so far about new COVID-19 varian...

Keep on reading: Indonesia bans arrivals from 8 African countries to curb Omicron variant–document

MANILA, Philippines --- Chelsea Fernandez is an accomplished pageant queen, with crowns upon crowns from different competitions stacked on her head. But this time, she has found herself on the other side of the table as the national director of the Miss FIT Philippines contest, now on its second year. "It's really a great feeling. I was just a candidate before, then I became a winner, and now I am the national director of one of the national pageants in the Philippines," Fernandez told the Inquirer at the sidelines of the pageant's swimsuit show and media presentation held recently at Palazzo Verde in Las Pias City. Fernandez is the reigning Miss Bikini Philippines, and also wo...

Keep on reading: National director is ‘big sister’ to Miss FIT Philippines candidates