Defending 3-time champion De La Salle University crushed Adamson University in 3 sets to stay undefeated in the UAAP Season 81 women’s volleyball tournament Saturday at FilOil Flying V Centre in San Juan. The Lady Spikers, led by Michelle Cobbs' 25 excellent sets, defeated the Lady Falcons 25-16, 25-21, 25-20. (More details to follow.) (For more sports coverage, visit the ABS-CBN Sports website.) … [Read more...] about News UAAP Volleyball: DLSU dismantles Adamson in 3 sets, remains unbeaten
Fire and Rescue Dept has over 2,000 vacancies: Zuraida
SEBERANG JAYA: Housing and Local Government Minister Zuraida Kamaruddin today urged youths and women to join the Fire and Rescue Department of Malaysia (JBPM) which currently has over 2,000 vacancies to be filled. She said the positions must be filled to cater to the current needs as at the moment firefighting volunteers and community firefighting teams were being engaged in relief operations. “At present, there are only about 14,000 firefighters nationwide,“ she told reporters at a Fire Safety Campaign and Launch of the JBPM Suri Programme in Penang, here. As such, Zuraida is confident that the reduction in the number of positions in the public sector would not involve JBPM whose main task is to safeguard public and national properties. She said this when commenting on a statement by Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad who yesterday said that the size of the civil service was too big and it ought to be reduced. Meanwhile, Zuraida said the results on the tender for the … [Read more...] about Fire and Rescue Dept has over 2,000 vacancies: Zuraida
Singapore Cooks: Working mum wins over family with roast pork belly
SINGAPORE - When family members are impatient to tear into a dish, you know it has to be good. As Ms Candice Ong, 48, is busy preparing to cook sio bak (roast pork belly), her enthusiastic husband Derek Tan, 58, and 25-year-old son Joshua, sing praises of her culinary repertoire. When the meat is being carved for photo-taking for this interview, they cannot help but steal pieces of the juicy pork with perfectly crispy crackling. Mr Tan, an engineer supervisor and self-proclaimed "taster" of his wife's food, gives his verdict in mock seriousness: "The skin is crispy and the meat is not tough. Her standard has always been consistent." Ms Ong, who works in private banking, laughs and adds that her husband is a "tough critic" who does not usually give a rave review. Her son is quick to lavish praise on her labour of love. "Whatever mum cooks, we love," says the eldest of three siblings, who has two younger sisters aged 18 and 22. It is a joy to see the family bonding and joking over their … [Read more...] about Singapore Cooks: Working mum wins over family with roast pork belly
Cheap & Good: ‘No-style’ laksa with plenty of substance
SINGAPORE - When a hawker stall has only two dishes on its menu, I am willing to bet that at least one is worth eating. The two items at Min Ji Laksa in Bendemeer Market & Food Centre are laksa and mee rebus. The laksa ($3, $4 and $5) is so tasty, I do not regret a single mouthful of that calorific bowl of steamy coconut gravy goodness. I first chanced upon the stall at 3pm on a weekday. When I was informed there was only one bowl of laksa left, I felt like I had struck the lottery. Never mind that the stall had run out of tau pok (dried bean curd puffs). It had cockles, and I am obsessed with the shellfish. I ordered an extra $1 worth of cockles - they tasted fresh and perfectly succulent. To replace the tau pok, the stallholder gave me extra fish cake and served that last bowl of laksa piping hot with a generous garnish of chopped laksa leaves. On another recent visit, I order a bowl with extra ingredients including, of course, cockles. It costs $5. MIN JI LAKSA 01-31, Blk 29 … [Read more...] about Cheap & Good: ‘No-style’ laksa with plenty of substance
Venezuelan humanitarian aid showdown set as Guaido claims military help
Socialist leader Nicolas Maduro has vowed not to allow in the aid, which he's dismissed as a show and pretext for a US invasion. On the eve of the face-off Guaido defied a government ban on leaving the country and attended a concert organized by British billionaire entrepreneur Richard Branson just over the border in Colombia. The concert is aimed at raising funds to help the relief effort. Guaido sensationally claimed that the Venezuelan military, whose high command has repeatedly declared absolute loyalty to Maduro, "participated in this process" to get him into Colombia. Hours later, Caracas said it had sealed the Colombian border across the whole of Tachira -- the western state that borders Cucuta -- citing threats to Venezuela's security. On Saturday "the whole of Venezuela will be in the streets demanding the entry of the humanitarian aid," said Guaido. Venezuela is gripped by a humanitarian crisis that has seen poverty soar during four years of recession leaving shortages … [Read more...] about Venezuelan humanitarian aid showdown set as Guaido claims military help