With craft, community, and a deeply held intrinsic value for the cultural mores and history of the island, South Palms Resort Panglao Bohol – MGallery is shaping up to be anything but a cookie-cutter hotel. Six world-class innovation and sustainability leaders in architecture, interior design, and green development have gathered …
Read More »PVL gets commitment from 3 new teams
NEW Premier Volleyball League (PVL) teams Gerflor, Farm Fresh and Foton have committed to stay in the league on a long term basis. The three teams, in fact, have already committed to play at least three years in the PVL starting with the 2023 Invitational Conference, according to Sports Vision …
Read More »‘Home crowd’ huge factor in Gilas ‘WC’ success
WINNING a PBA championship and two trips to the Finals speak a lot about the strong bond and chemistry that Scottie Thompson has developed with veteran big man Japeth Aguilar and young wingman Jamie Malonzo, whom the team acquired in trade last year. Having tasted basketball success in the pro …
Read More »Number of planes to double by 2042
PARIS: Boeing expects the number of commercial planes in service around the world to double in the next 20 years, according to estimates published on Sunday, anticipating a slightly larger increase than competitor Airbus. The American aircraft manufacturer estimates 48,575 planes will be in service in 2042, compared with 24,500 …
Read More »Binance to repatriate US customer funds
WASHINGTON: Binance has agreed to repatriate its US customers’ assets pending a massive lawsuit against the world’s largest crypto exchange, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said Saturday, adding that it will secure the funds. Binance and its boss Changpeng Zhao have “agreed to repatriate to the United States …
Read More »‘June disruptions were cyberattacks’
BOSTON: In early June, sporadic but serious service disruptions plagued Microsoft’s flagship office suite — including the Outlook email and OneDrive file-sharing apps — and cloud computing platform. A shadowy hacktivist group claimed responsibility, saying it flooded the sites with junk traffic in distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. Initially reluctant to …
Read More »Is Hvaldimir the beluga a Russian spy? He wouldn’t be the first militarized mammal
It may be impossible to interrogate Hvaldimir the beluga on his connection to Russian espionage, but if he is a spy, he wouldn’t be the first sea creature to be given a covert mission. The whale first surfaced near Norway in 2019 carrying camera gear marked “equipment of St. Petersburg.” …
Read More »Why some of Canada’s greenest apartments go for as little as $85 per month
Think you can’t afford an eco-home? Some of Canada’s greenest apartments go for as little as $85 per month. Here’s why — and what it means for both the climate crisis and the housing crisis. Social housing providers have embraced energy-efficient passive house standard. Think you can’t afford an eco-home? …
Read More »An ultra-rare tropical storm could form in the Atlantic this week
We’re in an incredibly strange period of weather across the western parts of the Northern Hemisphere of late. The recent patterns have brought deadly heat to central Mexico, hail the size of DVDs to the southern United States, snow to as low as 1800 m in British Columbia, and almost …
Read More »Canada’s small airlines are disappearing into WestJet. What does that mean for travellers?
Some people are questioning the future of air travel in Canada after WestJet confirmed this weekend that it’s planning to wind down Sunwing Airlines. Here’s what some experts think WestJet’s moves could mean for travellers, and the airline industry in Canada. Fewer airlines could mean less choice — but it …
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