Sailing the Philippine Islands: A Cruising Guide
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The Republic of the Philippines are a scattering of islands in the north Pacific Ocean often said to resemble a man kneeling in prayer. South of Taiwan, north of Indonesia and east of Vietnam they have been a popular stopping point for boats and yachts sailing to and from mainland Asia for many decades. A great destination for long distance bluewater cruisers to come explore and spend time island hopping, the Philippine Islands occupy approximately 116,000 square miles ranking the small country the 72nd largest in the world. However, the nation boasts over 7,100 islands, making it a diverse and exciting destination.
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As of 1600 HRS 20 Apr 2021, Typhoon Surigae (local name: Bising), continues to maintain its strength as it moves slowly North-Northwestward East of Aurora Province, Philippines. At 1600 HRS today, the centre of the eye was located based on all available data at 475 km East of Baler, Aurora (16.0 °N, 126.0 °E ). Maximum sustained winds of 175 km/h near the centre and gustiness of up to 215 km/h. The typhoon is seen to move generally northward or north northwestward until Thursday (22 April) morning or afternoon. Afterwards, the typhoon will move northeastward away from the landmass of Luzon until Friday (23 April) and east northeastward throughout the remaining forecast period. The typhoon is projected to exit the Philippine Area of Responsibility on Sunday (25 April) morning.
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Working Group to Review the Human Rights Records in 14 States
GENEVA (28 April 2021) – The thirty-eighth session of the Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group will be held in Geneva from 3 to 14 May during which the next group of 14 States are scheduled to have their human rights records examined through this unique process.
The group of States to be reviewed by the UPR Working Group during this session are (in order of scheduled review): Namibia, Niger, Mozambique, Estonia, Belgium, Paraguay, Denmark, Somalia, Palau, Solomon Islands, Seychelles, Latvia, Singapore and Sierra Leone. The meeting will take place in the Assembly Hall at the Palais des Nations in Geneva and will be webcast live.