Fire trucks converged near the building right across the Parañaque Interchange Terminal Exchange (PITX).

Hence, the northbound lane of Coastal Road, right past the CAVITEx flyover, has been closed to motorists.

Motorists heading to Manila from Cavite may turn left turn to CAVITEx tunnel and drive along Pacific Avenue before heading to the Mall of Asia complex.

Motorists are advised to seek alternate route as fire is still ongoing as of posting time.

    Ukranian 18-year old Artem Tkachuk played one of the gun-wielding, drug-peddling teens in “Piranhas”, based on a novel by renowned investigative journalist and mafia expert Roberto Saviano.

Tkachuk was attacked by a so-called “baby gang” in the early hours after a night out last week with a friend, national dailies said.

The actor was stabbed twice while his friend was beaten. Neither suffered life-threatening injuries.

    Police believe the youngster may have been set upon because of his role in the film, which won the Silver Bear for Best Screenplay at the 69th Berlin film festival in February and is coming to European cinemas this summer.

Italy’s far-right League party is backing a bill to tackle the baby-gang phenomenon, which would lower the age of criminal responsibility in the country from 14 to 12.

According to the National Observatory on Childhood and Adolescence, 6.5 percent of youngsters in Naples — home to the feared Camorra crime group — belong to baby gangs.

Anti-mafia author Saviano has lived under armed guard since publishing his international bestseller “Gomorrah” in 2006.

Haj Management Committee (PPIH) head Arsyad Hidayat said the ministry’s collaboration was expected to improve the quality of food served to haj pilgrims.

“We have recruited chefs from the NHI Bandung Institute of Tourism in West Java to train cooks in Saudi Arabia who will serve meals for Indonesian haj pilgrims,” Arsyad said on Sunday as quoted by Antara.

“The chefs will train cooks in three regions across the country: Mecca, Madinah and Masyair,” he added.

He went on to say that the training sessions would provide the requisite cooking utensils and food rations, in addition to support from assistant chefs.

Determining food rations was particularly vital as the cooks would have to prepare a large number of meals during the pilgrimage, according to Arsyad.

“They will have to cook around 20,000 meals per day; a very large quantity,” he said.

He said the PPIH would consult with nutrition experts to properly arrange the catering menu for haj pilgrims.

“Advice from nutrition experts is essential as we have to ensure that the meals contain just the right amount of carbohydrates, protein and water to keep the pilgrims healthy during physical activities,” Arsyad said.

“We are aware that a picture reported to be of Mr Sala’s body has been shared on social media channels and are disgusted that somebody did this,” Dorset Police told AFP in a statement.

“It is clearly a very difficult time for Mr Sala’s family and they should not have to endure additional pain.

“We are investigating this incident,” he added.

The image is believed to have been taken at the Holly Tree Lodge mortuary in Bournemouth, south England, following the plane crash that killed the 28-year-old striker.

The small plane carrying the player came down in the Channel en route to Cardiff on January 21, two days after he completed his transfer from French side Nantes.

The plane did not have a commercial licence, according to British investigators, but the journey would have been allowed as a “private” flight in which costs are shared between pilot and passenger.

Pilot David Ibbotson, 59, who was flying the Piper PA-46 Malibu, has never been found.

Sala’s body was recovered from the submerged wreckage on February 7.

File photo: In this file video grab taken on February 08, 2019, Horacio Sala, father of late Argentine footballer Emiliano Sala, gestures during an interview with AFP at his home in Progreso, Santa Fe province, Argentina. // AFP PHOTO

His father, Horacio, died earlier this week at the age of 58 following a heart attack.

Although such cases were not rampant, Malaysia wants to protect the good name of this superior species produced only in the country, said PLS Plantations chief executive office Lee Hun Kheng.

And now, a company specialising in smart agricultural technology has a solution to the problem by planting small chip on the shell of the fruit.

The chip, which contains information on the fruits and their plantations, could be read by scanning a QR code when it reaches consumers.

Lee said this was also a move to prepare for the export of whole durian to China, which only imports frozen Malaysian durian, including Musang King for now.

Despite his busy schedule, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad – who is here for the Second Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation – made a tour of the Malaysia Durian Festival here Saturday (April 27).

Accompanied by his wife Tun Dr Siti Hasmah Mohd Ali, they tried out various durian products at the event.

The Malaysian Prime Minister also witnessed the exchange of documents between PLS Plantation and four companies – FGV Holdings from Malaysia and China’s Shanghai Greenland Group, ZTE Corporation and PTSKY – for the distribution and promotion of the fruits in the country.

The 30-year-old was seen leaving the Los Angeles International Airport with a female friend at 8.40pm local time on Thursday (April 25), Hong Kong newspaper Apple Daily reported.

Wong, who was wearing a black cap and face mask, declined to answer any questions when approached by journalists from Apple Daily. Wong and her friend were then seen leaving in a taxi after waiting in the queue for about five minutes.

The whereabouts of the TVB actress have been of interest since a video showing Wong and Hui kissing in the back of a taxi was released on April 16. A tearful Hui, who is married to pop star Sammi Cheng, said sorry for his behaviour at a press conference on the same day, while Wong, who is dating actor Kenneth Ma, issued a statement of apology later.

However, sources told Apple Daily that Wong went to Macau to stay with her second sister instead. Wong then flew to the United States via the Philippines on Thursday, in what is seen as a move to evade the Hong Kong media.

Apple Daily said it was likely that Wong had chosen to go to the US as she was born in New York before her family moved to Vancouver, Canada.

The work features a child clasping a symbol of Extinction Rebellion, the group behind the protests, crouching next to a spade and a new plant.

“From this moment despair ends and tactics begin,” reads a sign next to the artwork, located at one of central London’s busiest road junctions.

“I think it’s virtually a certainty it’s him,” auctioneer Andrew Tetley told London’s Evening Standard newspaper.

“It hasn’t been confirmed obviously that it is Banksy yet, but clearly there’s a lot of excitement,” added street art fan Lindsey Solomons, 53.

“I think the message speaks for itself really, that if we don’t do something about the planet clearly we’re going to be in a desperate state, and he captures that so well,” she told AFP.

Environmentalists used festive but highly disruptive rallies since last week to focus global attention on climate change, bringing parts of London to a standstill.

The entire campaign saw police make 1,130 arrests and press charges against 69 people.

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Banksy, whose identity is known to only a handful of friends, caused a sensation in October when one of his paintings began shredding itself, just after selling for $1.4 million (1.2 million euros).

The artist has previously espoused themes such as immigration and refugees, the Palestinian cause and the yellow vest movement in France.