Philippines

MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has ordered authorities to generate a map to identify areas at risk of storm surge during typhoons. During a situation briefing with various government agencies on Typhoon Pepito on Friday, Marcos recalled the devastation and loss of lives caused by storm surge during Super Typhoon Yolanda. READ: LIVE UPDATES: Typhoon Pepito “So can we generate the map as soon as possible so that we can allow the DILG [Department of the Interior and Local Government] to warn those areas that there is a storm surge coming,” Marcos said.  He also noted that one critical […]…

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MIAMI, United States — Juan Luis Guerra was the big winner of Thursday’s Latin Grammys gala that saw the Dominican take home both the coveted best record and best album prizes thanks to his fusion hit “Mambo 23” off “Radio Guira.” It was the 25th anniversary of the awards show that was this year held in Miami’s Kaseya Center after last year’s journey to Spain, the first time the prizes were distributed outside the United States. The party in the Latin cultural capital of Miami began with a vibrant tribute to the ceremony’s 2024 person of the year, Carlos Vives, who […]…

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GAINESVILLE, Florida— The world’s tallest teenager might have to wait a year to become the world’s tallest college basketball player. Florida coach Todd Golden said Thursday that Olivier Rioux, a 7-foot-9 freshman who owns a spot in the Guinness record book, is planning to redshirt. Had the popular Canadian played in even one game, he would have burned one of his four seasons of college eligibility. READ: 7-foot-9 basketball project Olivier Rioux is world’s tallest teen Instead, Rioux will spend the 2024-25 season practicing with teammates and honing his skills — and still be a freshman next fall. “I should […]…

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MANILA, Philippines — The state weather bureau said that Severe Tropical Storm Pepito (international name: Man-yi) had further intensified and was nearing typhoon status early Friday morning. Pepito “is forecast to intensify into a typhoon within the next 12 hours” and gain more strength to become a super typhoon by Saturday evening, November 16, said the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) in its 5 a.m. weather bulletin. Pagasa also said Pepito may make landfall at peak intensity. READ MORE: Pepito: Live updates Pepito to make landfall this weekend, may become super typhoon LIST: Storm surge warning in […]…

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Sen. Risa Hontiveros has filed a Senate resolution seeking an official investigation of the recent spate of unauthorized transactions, scams, and other irregularities involving mobile financial services. In proposed Senate Resolution No. 1234, Hontiveros said the Senate must review existing rules and regulations governing the financial technology or fintech sector since there was “no legislative […]…

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MANILA, Philippines — Severe Tropical Storm Pepito (international name: Man-yi), which entered the Philippine area of responsibility on Thursday evening, is forecast to make landfall on Saturday or Sunday, the state weather bureau said. In its 11 p.m. weather bulletin Thursday, Pagasa said that due to the limit of the forecast confidence cone, “the landfall may also shift within the range of the forecast confidence cone from the eastern coast of Central Luzon to the eastern coast of Eastern Visayas.” Pagasa also located Pepito 995 kilometers east of Eastern Visayas, moving westward at 35 kilometers per hour (kph) and carrying […]…

Keep on reading: Pepito to make landfall this weekend, may become super typhoon