Day: April 24, 2023

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Minister calls to anticipate several factors during return flow

Jakarta (ANTARA) – Transportation Minister Budi Karya Sumadi, through a statement on Monday, drew attention to several factors that the people should anticipate during the 2023 Eid al-Fitr return flow period.The first factor is that the people should always monitor the development of information from the Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) and watch out for extreme weather that occurs in several waters. From BMKG’s data, in the west beach of Sumatra and south beach of Java, waves reached heights of above 2.5 meters that should be watched out for, he noted during the coordination meeting here on Monday. However, the waves in Merak-Bakauheni and Ketapang-Gilimanuk are still relatively safe for travelers, he added. Moreover, he highlighted the anticipatory effort related to the air balloon release ceremony held in several regions that did not comply with the regulations that can in turn endanger flight safety. ccording to Sumadi, the government had provided the license for the air balloon release activity in two regions: Pekalongan and Wonosobo (Central Java). “There are indications that the air balloon release activity violations occurred in Kulon Progo, Purworejo, and Ponorogo,” he noted. “To this end, I already asked Airnav, Angkasa Pura I and II to coordinate with the police to carry out monitoring of such activities,” he added. Moreover, the minister reported that for the 2023 Eid al-Fitr homecoming flow, the number of traffic accidents decreased quite significantly, i.e., 33 percent as compared to 2022. “I thank residents, who had to carry out homecoming travel carefully. I expect that this figure does not increase during the return flow,” he remarked. On the occasion, he also once again urged the public to avoid returning on Monday and Tuesday or days on which the peak of vehicle congestion for the 2023 Eid return flow occurred. Thus, the people should return from their homecoming holiday starting from Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, he stated. baca-jugaRelated news: andgtov’t predicts peak of Eid exodus return flow to start on April 24Related news: Eid exodus travelers urged to delay return to April 26-30Related news: Eid exodus: Police record 933 traffic accidents from April 18-21

Source: Antara News Agency

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Sangalang, Vosotros mull legal action vs. Singaporean accuser

Magnolia center Ian Sangalang and TNT guard Almond Vosotros are eyeing legal action on Singaporean national Koa Wei Quan for dragging their names to a game-fixing scandal. Both Filipino players denied accusations that they were offered bribes just to arrive at certain outcomes during their 2018 games, even saying that they do not know Koa personally. “Hindi ko ipagpapalit ang career at dangal ko sa ganung bagay (I will never exchange my career and integrity for such thing),” Sangalang told Philippine Basketball Association commissioner Willie Marcial as quoted by the league’s website on Monday. On the other hand, Vosotros, who is part of the Philippine men’s 3×3 basketball team for the Southeast Asian Games, personally denied to the Philippine News Agency his alleged role in the scandal. “Di ko naman siya pinapansin kasi hindi naman yun totoo and honestly, di ko naman kilala yung tao na yun (I don’t really care about the issue that much because it’s not true and honestly, I don’t know the guy),” Vosotros said during the athletes’ sendoff event at the Philippine International Convention Center in Pasay. “If kailangang malinis yung name ko, gagawin ko (I need to clear my name, I will take legal action).” Sangalang was said to have been offered USD5,000 (roughly PHP280,000) in exchange for dropping Game 5 of the PBA Philippine Cup Finals against San Miguel. Vosotros, on the other hand, was allegedly offered bribes on three occasions during his time as a player for Provincial Electricity Authority (PEA) in the Thai Basketball Super League. Recently-crowned Sportsclick AsiaBasket International Championship Most Valuable Player Jalen Robinson was also dragged into the game-fixing case as Koa allegedly offered bribe to the American center to help Vosotros in keeping a certain winning margin in the game between PEA and Thai General Equipment. Meanwhile, Vosotros is not seeing the ongoing game-fixing court trial in Singapore as a distraction for him ahead of the SEA Games. “Our focus is to win the gold in the SEA Games,” Vosotros said. He was joined by Joseph Eriobu, Lervin Flores, and Joseph Sedurifa in the Gilas squad eyeing to reclaim the men’s 3×3 basketball gold in Phnom Penh

Source: Philippines News Agency