Credit to Author: Helen Flores| Date: Sun, 27 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0800
President Marcos personally checked on the condition of evacuees in Naga City, Camarines Sur on Saturday, promising that the government will continue with its assistance, as he ordered the resumption of the Bicol River Basin Development Program (BRBDP) following severe flooding in the region.
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MANILA, Philippines — A total of 12,622 individuals in 163 barangays in the National Capital Region (NCR) were evacuated due to the effects of Severe Tropical Storm Kristine (international name: Trami), according to the Metro Manila Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (MMDRRMC). In a report on Sunday, the council said the affected individuals are taking shelter in 41 evacuation centers, 38 of which are schools. READ: Leon enters PAR; Signal No. 1 may be raised by Sunday An evacuation center is located in Caloccan, 13 in Pasay, one in Taguig, four in San Juan, two in Valenzuela, and 20 in […]…
Keep on reading: Over 12,600 people in NCR evacuated due to Kristine’s effects
Read moreCredit to Author: Marc Jayson Cayabyab| Date: Sun, 27 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0800
It’s definitely a go for former president Rodrigo Duterte at tomorrow’s Senate Blue Ribbon subcommittee hearing on his deadly drug war, according to Sen. Ronald dela Rosa, who may also have to answer allegations of his complicity in the thousands of deaths that became the trademark of the crackdown against illegal drugs.
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Featherweight champion Ilia Topuria vowed to become the first man to knock out Max Holloway. He made good on his promise at UFC 308 in Abu Dhabi on Saturday. Using a huge right hand to daze Holloway, Topuria (16-0) followed up moments later with a powerful left hook that dropped the 32-year-old. Topuria pounced on Holloway immediately for a ground-and-pound finish before referee Mark Goddard stopped the bout at the 1:34 mark of the third round. READ: Topuria ends Volkanovski reign, wins UFC featherweight title “To beat a legend like Max Holloway, I don’t know what to say,” Topuria said. […]…
Keep on reading: UFC 308: Topuria keeps promise as first man to stop Max Holloway
Read moreCredit to Author: Jose Rodel Clapano| Date: Sun, 27 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0800
The country is all set to host the International Conference on Women, Peace and Security (ICWPS) from Oct. 28 to 30, highlighting the nation’s commitment to help promote, protect and empower women across the globe, presidential peace adviser Carlito Galvez, Jr. said yesterday.
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Polls opened on Sunday in Japan’s tightest election in years, with new Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and his juggernaut Liberal Democratic Party facing potentially their worst result since 2009. Opinion polls suggest the conservative LDP and its junior coalition partner risk falling short of a majority, a result that could deal a knockout blow to Ishiba. The 67-year-old former defense minister took office and called a snap election after being narrowly selected last month to lead the LDP, which has governed Japan for almost all of the past seven decades. But voters in the world’s fourth-largest economy have been rankled […]…
Keep on reading: Japan votes with new PM on shaky ground
Read moreCredit to Author: Louise Maureen Simeon| Date: Sun, 27 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0800
The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) is advancing the release of bonuses and cash gifts to government workers.
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The much-anticipated debut of Maz Pacheco for the Philippine women’s football team will have to wait a bit longer after she was scratched in the match against Jordan on late Saturday in the Pink Ladies Cup in Turkiye. Coach Mark Torcaso bared that the Aston Villa defender is still in the process of securing her […]…
Keep on reading: Still without a PH passport, Pacheco stays in freezer
Read moreCredit to Author: Arnel Ozaeta| Date: Sun, 27 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0800
Following extensive damage caused by Severe Tropical Storm Kristine, the Batangas provincial government has declared a state of calamity across the entire province.
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CEBU CITY, Philippines – Over P100 million worth of properties went up in smoke after fire broke out in a poultry farm in Brgy. Maslog, Danao City in northern Cebu early on Saturday morning, October 26. Around 46,000 chickens were killed in the massive blaze that started shortly after 3 a.m. Fire Officer 2 (FO2) Christian Balio of the Danao City Fire Office said that a security guard, who was roving the vicinity of the farm, was the one who spotted the flames. ALSO READ: P52.2M lost in Danao City Public Market fire 2 cousins killed in Danao City fire […]…
Keep on reading: Danao poultry farm fire razes over P100M worth of properties
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