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Yahoo
7 days ago
- Automotive
- Yahoo
More Than 150 Elite Drivers Recognized during PGT Trucking's Annual Celebration
ALIQUIPPA, Pa., June 03, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- PGT Trucking, Inc., an asset-based carrier offering flatbed, dedicated, international, project cargo and specialized shipping solutions, recognized 48 Million Mile Drivers, 102 Safe Drivers, and 22 Premier Professional Drivers during their annual awards celebration in May. Through their professionalism, dedication and integrity, these drivers are unmatched across the PGT fleet. 'When I started PGT 44 years ago, I knew that I needed a team of good people to help build my business, something that remains true to this day,' stated Pat Gallagher, PGT Trucking Founder and CEO. 'PGT's Million Mile and Safe Drivers are the very best at our company, and I am honored and blessed to have them on our side.' This year, PGT held a virtual event through social media, highlighting the individual award presentations made throughout the company. To view a full recap of the campaign, visit: PGT's Million Mile Drivers have driven more than one million miles without a safety incident, a true testament of their commitment to safety and performance. PGT's Safe Drivers have driven for more than five years at the company without a safety incident, being recognized for their safety mindset as they work toward the million mile goal. PGT's Premier Professionals are members of an elite fleet of company drivers who maintain superior performance and safety standards at all times. The top award winners include Zachary Springer, recipient of the Bill Wright Award for Team Player of the Year; Ryan Drozynski, recipient of the David Levin Award for Company Driver of the Year; Sam Thompson-Graves, Safety Professional of the Year; Terrence Fitzgerald, recipient of the Harry 'Buster' Barnes Award for Independent Contractor of the Year; Clay Jones, recipient of the Hobert Hill Award for Agent of the Year; Jarrod Waugh, Certified PRO Trainer of the Year; Cameron Foutch, Terminal Manager of the Year; Christian McCon, Rookie Driver of the Year; Doug Halulko, PGT MVP of the Year; Michael Carreon, recipient of the Terry 'Kuz' Kusniar Award for Premier Professional Driver of the Year; and Laurence Cox, recipient of the President's Award. PGT also inducted five new Million Mile Drivers: Timothy Austen, Donald Cunningham, Jr., Raul Delgado, Robert Tudor, and Andrew Utz. 'Our Proud Professionals continually impress me with their hard work, dedication and safe driving, evident by the number of Million Mile and Safe Drivers we recognized this year,' stated Gregg Troian, PGT Trucking President. 'PGT would not be successful without the contributions from these distinguished individuals, and I congratulate them on this tremendous achievement.' About PGT Trucking:PGT Trucking, Inc. is an asset-based carrier offering flatbed, dedicated, international, project cargo and specialized shipping solutions, building the Future of Flatbed®. PGT is recognized as a 2023-2025 Best Fleets to Drive For® and TCA Elite Fleet certified. At PGT, 'Safety is Everyone's Job – All the Time.' Contact: Caitlin Svetahor, PGT TruckingPhone: 724.987.1750 Email: csvetahor@ in to access your portfolio
DW
23-05-2025
- Politics
- DW
Fact check: Trump's South Africa 'genocide' claim is wrong – DW – 05/23/2025
Fake news in the White House: the footage Trump wants to use to prove the 'mass murder of white farmers in South Africa' is outdated. The white crosses on the roadside are from a demonstration in 2020. During his visit to the White House, US President Donald Trump confronted South Africa's head of state Cyril Ramaphosa with claims that white farmers are being mass murdered in South Africa. The narrative that white population groups are being systematically and deliberately killed is not supported by facts and official statistics. It has been circulating in right-wing circles for years and is linked to the racist conspiracy myth of the "Great Replacement." Claim: "These are the -- these are burial sites right here," Trump said (White House video minute 24:25), while describing a footage during a meeting with Ramaphosa at the White House on May 21. "Each one of those white things you see is a cross. And there's approximately a thousand of them. They're all white farmers, the family of white farmers," added Trump. DW Fact check: False The statement that every cross stands for a white farmer who was murdered in South Africa is false. Image: X Trump's claim was already circulating on social media before Ramaphosa's state visit to the US. On May 12, a user on X explained that every cross stands for a murdered white farmer in South Africa. The video post has been viewed almost 55 million times at the time of publishing. A reverse image search shows that the footage used by Trump with the white crosses on the side of the road was already shared on social media in 2020 and 2023 . These are not, as Trump claims, the gravesites of more than a thousand murdered farmers. 'Ramaphosa, how many more must die?' Instead, the scenes show a protest near the South African city of Newcastle on September 5, 2020. The protest was triggered by the murder of married couple Glen and Vida Rafferty on their farm in August 2020. Among others, the South African newspaper Newcastle Advertiser reported on the incident: "Trucks, tractors, trucks, bakkies, vans, sedans, scooters, motorcycles, helicopters and airplanes – vehicles of almost every description formed part of the Move ONE Million group's procession deep into Normandien today (September 5)." [...] "Just after the Horn River bridge, hundreds of symbolic wooden crosses had been erected along the route by volunteers. Almost halfway to Hanover, the farm where Glen and Vida Rafferty were murdered, an enormous banner was strung above the road: 'President Ramaphosa, how many more must die???'" South African politician Julius Malema was expelled from the ruling ANC party for fomenting divisions. Image: Guillem Sartorio/AFP In another passage of the video used by Trump, the South African politician Julius Malema is shown proclaiming the slogan 'Kill the boer, kill the farmer'. The footage was taken at the FNB Stadium in Johannesburg, where the left-wing South African party 'Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF)' celebrated its tenth anniversary in August 2023. Media outlets like public broadcaster SABC News reported on the event. Dangerous hate speech Julius Malema was a member of the South African ruling party African National Congress ANC before the EEF was founded and was expelled from the party in 2012. The song is an old declaration of war from the apartheid era and has been classified as hate speech in South Africa on several occasions. South Africa's President Ramaphosa distanced himself from the aforementioned statements immediately after the video screening. The President said those speeches are not his government policy. South African farmers refute Trump: No 'white genocide' To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video South African farmer Theo de Jaeger, head of the Southern African Agri Initiative, also told DW that there is no genocide of white farmers in South Africa (see video above). After Trump recently offered white farmers asylumin the US, he wrote a public letter to the US President, feeling compelled to set the record straight. "We were scared that he might misunderstand what it's all about. I sent him that letter that the challenges we have are not only challenges for white farmers, there are even bigger challenges for black farmers," he told DW. Land distribution in South Africa is still extremely unequal more than 30 years after the end of apartheid. According to a 2017 report by the South African government , white people own around 72% of agricultural land, while black South Africans only own around 4% of individually registered farms. White South Africans make up only 7.8%of the total South African population. This article was originally written in German. This article is part of a cooperation with the fact check teams of the public broadcasters ARD-Faktenfinder, BR24 #Faktenfuchs and DW Faktencheck.
DW
23-05-2025
- Politics
- DW
Fact check: Trump's 'evidence videos' do not show 'genocide' – DW – 05/23/2025
Fake news in the White House: the footage Trump wants to use to prove the 'mass murder of white farmers in South Africa' is outdated. The white crosses on the roadside are from a demonstration in 2020. During his visit to the White House, US President Donald Trump confronted South Africa's head of state Cyril Ramaphosa with claims that white farmers are being mass murdered in South Africa. The narrative that white population groups are being systematically and deliberately killed is not supported by facts and official statistics. It has been circulating in right-wing circles for years and is linked to the racist conspiracy myth of the "Great Replacement." Claim: "These are the -- these are burial sites right here," Trump said (White House video minute 24:25), while describing a footage during a meeting with Ramaphosa at the White House on May 21. "Each one of those white things you see is a cross. And there's approximately a thousand of them. They're all white farmers, the family of white farmers," added Trump. DW Fact check: False The statement that every cross stands for a white farmer who was murdered in South Africa is false. Image: X Trump's claim was already circulating on social media before Ramaphosa's state visit to the US. On May 12, a user on X explained that every cross stands for a murdered white farmer in South Africa. The video post has been viewed almost 55 million times at the time of publishing. A reverse image search shows that the footage used by Trump with the white crosses on the side of the road was already shared on social media in 2020 and 2023 . These are not, as Trump claims, the gravesites of more than a thousand murdered farmers. 'Ramaphosa, how many more must die?' Instead, the scenes show a protest near the South African city of Newcastle on September 5, 2020. The protest was triggered by the murder of married couple Glen and Vida Rafferty on their farm in August 2020. Among others, the South African newspaper Newcastle Advertiser reported on the incident: "Trucks, tractors, trucks, bakkies, vans, sedans, scooters, motorcycles, helicopters and airplanes – vehicles of almost every description formed part of the Move ONE Million group's procession deep into Normandien today (September 5)." [...] "Just after the Horn River bridge, hundreds of symbolic wooden crosses had been erected along the route by volunteers. Almost halfway to Hanover, the farm where Glen and Vida Rafferty were murdered, an enormous banner was strung above the road: 'President Ramaphosa, how many more must die???'" South African politician Julius Malema was expelled from the ruling ANC party for fomenting divisions. Image: Guillem Sartorio/AFP In another passage of the video used by Trump, the South African politician Julius Malema is shown proclaiming the slogan 'Kill the boer, kill the farmer'. The footage was taken at the FNB Stadium in Johannesburg, where the left-wing South African party 'Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF)' celebrated its tenth anniversary in August 2023. Media outlets like public broadcaster SABC News reported on the event. Dangerous hate speech Julius Malema was a member of the South African ruling party African National Congress ANC before the EEF was founded and was expelled from the party in 2012. The song is an old declaration of war from the apartheid era and has been classified as hate speech in South Africa on several occasions. South Africa's President Ramaphosa distanced himself from the aforementioned statements immediately after the video screening. The President said those speeches are not his government policy. South African farmers refute Trump: No 'white genocide' To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video South African farmer Theo de Jaeger, head of the Southern African Agri Initiative, also told DW that there is no genocide of white farmers in South Africa (see video above). After Trump recently offered white farmers asylumin the US, he wrote a public letter to the US President, feeling compelled to set the record straight. "We were scared that he might misunderstand what it's all about. I sent him that letter that the challenges we have are not only challenges for white farmers, there are even bigger challenges for black farmers," he told DW. Land distribution in South Africa is still extremely unequal more than 30 years after the end of apartheid. According to a 2017 report by the South African government , white people own around 72% of agricultural land, while black South Africans only own around 4% of individually registered farms. White South Africans make up only 7.8%of the total South African population. This article was originally written in German. This article is part of a cooperation with the fact check teams of the public broadcasters ARD-Faktenfinder, BR24 #Faktenfuchs and DW Faktencheck.
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Business Standard
18-05-2025
- Business
- Business Standard
Indian Biogas Association hails govt move to hike procurement price of CBG
Industry body Indian Biogas Association (IBA) on Sunday hailed the government's decision to hike the procurement price of compressed biogas, saying the move will meaningfully support unlocking the latent value of the sector. However, it stated that the hike is less than the anticipated and hoped for another upward revision soon. The petroleum ministry has revised upward the CBG procurement price from Rs 1,380 per Metric Million British Thermal Unit to Rs 1,478/MMBTU, with effect from June 1. The revised rate will be effective till October 31, 2025. This move demonstrates greater appreciation for the economics of the industry and will meaningfully support unlocking the latent value of bioenergy in India, IBA said in a statement. Gaurav Kedia, IBA Chairman, said: "This change in price is a step in the right direction for CBG developers as it corresponds with their reality. However, a higher revision was anticipated, considering the economics of the production, which can also shoulder CBG's long-held aspirations of contributing to the sustenance of India's energy independence by fastening progress on existing and new developers in the industry." According to Kedia, while a parity with CNG at pre-tax level is achieved with the announcement, there is an urgent need of further upward revision to honour and provide premium to the greener molecule. He also suggested "formulating a green certificatation framework with cap and trade should be mandated for companies having higher carbon footprint is the way forward". IBA in its statement said that a further upward revision could play a crucial role in improving return on investment for entrepreneurs and MSMEs, scaling up decentralised CBG production across rural India, attracting institutional finance and FDI into the sector, and accelerating progress toward national targets on clean mobility, waste management, and energy self-reliance. The present step reaffirm the government's objective of supporting the adoption of cleaner fuel, facilitating economic development in rural areas, and advancing the country's circular carbon-neutral economy, it added.
CNA
01-05-2025
- Business
- CNA
On the taste trail: Changi Village goreng pisang and fried snacks to fuel up for a long trek in the East
This week, before we head out to tackle our longest trail to date along the Eastern Coastal Loop, we're fuelling up at a legendary landmark in Singapore's easternmost corner. Changi Village Hawker Centre is home to several goreng pisang stalls serving up battered, deep-fried bananas and other indulgent snacks. The stall with arguably the longest queue has a 40-year history, but the face behind it might be unfamiliar to longtime fans. Calmly frying fritters like a pro, it's hard to believe Andy Cheng, 52, has been doing this for less than a year. This is Traditional Million Star Fried Banana, and it comes with a story as compelling as its secret-recipe batter. It's the reboot of a Changi Village stalwart once run by 82-year-old Wendy Chan, along with her husband and son. But after losing both within 17 months, she struggled to manage alone – until Cheng came along. Formerly in luxury retail, Cheng never imagined he'd end up behind a wok. But after spending over a decade working for major labels in mainland China and Hong Kong, he returned to Singapore and at 50, found himself at a crossroads. 'There was this moment when I decided I was sick of all the corporate politics. Why not find something I'm really interested in? I bumped into Aunty Wendy and took a leap of faith,' he said. After a friend's recommendation, Cheng tried their goreng pisang and was so impressed that on his return visit, spontaneously offered to help. That led to two months of part-time work with Chan and the start of a new chapter – with a few twists and turns along the way. During his apprenticeship, Cheng learned she hoped to retire. Though he was keen to continue for her, she eventually sold the business, reportedly for a six-figure sum. However, she wasn't too happy when the buyer partnered with a competitor. So with Cheng's encouragement, she decided to make a comeback. Thus, the new Million Star Fried Banana was set up at a new unit in October 2024. Since then, Cheng has been working hard to uphold the standards customers expect. 'When I took over, I had no frying experience, so it was a stressful two weeks of trial and error. I made a lot of mistakes,' he laughed. Business started slow, giving him time to hone his craft while word spread of Million Star's return. Now, he's the picture of cool control behind the blazing wok. First out of the sizzling oil and straight into my greedy hands was their goreng pisang (S$1.50) – a whole banana, battered and deep-fried. A marvellous contrast of hot, crispy exterior and war, creamy interior – it was clear why this is their signature snack. A golden sheath of blistered batter encased a sweet, velvety banana core. Cheng only uses Pisang Raja – the king of bananas – from Malaysia for their star fritter. 'We live by the banana,' Cheng quipped. 'We're usually closed on Mondays and Thursdays, but sometimes we change off days because if the bananas are ripe, we have to open.' As for the batter, it's Million Star's secret weapon – fragrant, surprisingly savoury, and so crispy you can hear the crunch. 'It stays crispy for up to four hours because we use really high heat to get that wok hei (smoky breath of the wok),' Cheng said with pride, pointing out the air bubbles that make for an extra fluffy batter. 'I also like to have a little more salt to balance the sweetness.' Then came goreng pisang's rotund cousin – the banana ball (S$1.00), studded with crispy batter bits. Moist and delicate inside, with a bittersweet caramelised crust, it tasted nothing like its 'ugly ball' nickname. 'It looks ugly but is one of our bestsellers,' Cheng said. 'We don't like to waste, so when bananas are too ripe, we mince them with a little flour and sugar and fry. The charred effect makes it special – it's slightly chewy outside and soft inside.' Between bites, Cheng recommended I pause for a palate-cleansing coconut and aloe vera drink (S$1.80) from Riverside Sugarcane Juice (#01-14). If you prefer kopi or teh, the popular Choon Huat Coffee Stall is conveniently next door. Refreshed, I continued with a green bean fritter (S$1.20) – perfect if your tastes run more savoury. The deep-fried disc of battered chunky mash was a sleeper hit – salty, toasty and made fresh daily. 'Early in the morning, we steam, bake and mince the beans, shape, then batter and fry. We also have battered tapioca, all not from a factory,' Cheng emphasised. 'Like our bananas, sweet potato and yam, all have their own (cooking) timings. We don't just go by feeling. We use a stopwatch every time.' Next up, the battered cempedak (S$1.50). The fruit stayed juicy, releasing a sweet pungency that played nicely with the savoury crust. Andy only uses honey cempedak from Malaysia and doubles up on fruit when packing each crispy pocket. Rounding off my snack fest was Million Star's flamboyant three-in-one sweet cake (S$1.80). Its innocuous name belied the decadence of nian gao (sticky glutinous rice cake) sandwiched between yam and sweet potato. The triple-layered hulk was so rich, it's best shared. The contrast of crisp, starchy and gooey textures was immensely satisfying – just watch out for the molten ooze of nian gao. Quality ingredients, small batch frying, and strict adherence to Chan's instructions have been Cheng's blueprint to establishing the new Million Star, though one thing remains a mystery. He still doesn't know the full recipe for her outstanding batter. When supplies run low, she provides him with a 'special concoction' to add to the flour. 'Aunty is very clever, very dynamic. The way she counts money is faster than anybody else,' Cheng joked. 'For her to part with her recipe, I'd have to have to pay her royalties. For now, I think it's nice that when I need, I just call. She sells the concoction to me and once in a while she likes to come down to do a little frying. This is her brand. My job is not to take the business and kick her out. It's to let her enjoy working and socialising so she won't keep thinking about the past.' With their renewed, batter-bound purpose, the future of Million Star shines once more. And with my batteries fully charged, I packed up my leftovers, determined to put to their crispiness to the test on the ambitious trek ahead. Just like Million Star's fritters, this 22km route is not for the faint of heart, but I had many calories to burn. My plan was to cross nearby Changi Point Bridge, join the Coastal Park Connector via Changi Beach Park, then power on along Aviation Park and Tanah Merah Coast Roads to East Coast Park. Not up for a marathon walk? Stay close to Changi Village and explore Changi Point Coastal Walk instead. This picturesque 2.2km boardwalk is open 24 hours, from the Pulau Ubin ferry terminal to the colonial bungalows of Fairy Point. As for my chosen five-hour slog, it can be broken up with detours to notable sights like the Singapore Navy Museum and Changi Jurassic Mile. Many rest stops and snack breaks later (the batter held up!), I finally arrived at East Coast Park. At Bedok Jetty, I polished off the last crispy crumb of goreng pisang and thought about Cheng's parting words. 'You see tradition together with a little bit of innovation and creative fun,' he said, gesturing at the Million Star stall front, festooned with cartoon inflatables and cute figurines. 'You know what I think? Happy food, happy environment.' After my epic snack-and-walk adventure, I couldn't agree more. Well said. And well fried. Traditional Million Star Fried Banana is located at 2 Changi Village Rd, #01-35, Changi Village Hawker Centre, Singapore 500002. It's open 10am to 5pm, usually closed on Mondays and Thursdays (subject to fruit season).
