Credit to Author: Jean Mangaluz| Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2024 15:12:00 +0800
A heavy rainfall warning was issued for Metro Manila and other Luzon areas on Thursday, October 24, as Severe Tropical Storm “Kristine” began to exit the country’s landmass.
Read more
MANILA, Philippines — A total of 7,674 passengers were stranded in ports nationwide as of Thursday noon due to the effects of Severe Tropical Storm Kristine (international name: Trami), the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) said. According to the PPA, stranded passengers monitored across port management offices are as follows: Bicol – 2,959 Eastern Leyte and Samar – 2,613 Surigao – 498 Panay and Guimaras – 346 Marinduque and Quezon – 265 Negros Occidental and Bacolod – 245 Batangas – 226 Agusan – 196 Metro Manila – 153 Negros Oriental and Siquijor – 87 Western Leyte and Biliran – 31 Mindoro […]…
Keep on reading: Over 7,600 passengers stranded in ports due to Storm Kristine
Read moreCredit to Author: Jean Mangaluz| Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2024 10:11:00 +0800
Around 535,000 Meralco customers are experiencing power interruptions due to Severe Tropical Storm Kristine’s onslaught.
Read more
New York, United States — Boeing workers in the Seattle region decisively rejected the US aerospace giant’s latest contract offer on Wednesday, extending their nearly six-week strike. Almost two-thirds — 64 percent — of the members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers District 751 rejected the contract, the union said on X. The latest Boeing offer had included a 35 percent wage hike, but did not reinstate a pension plan sought by many employees. READ: Boeing reports $6.2B loss as it awaits vote on end to strike Some 33,000 hourly workers with the IAM have been on […]…
Keep on reading: Boeing workers reject contract, extend strike — union
Read moreCredit to Author: Jasper Emmanuel Arcalas| Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0800
Local salt industry stakeholders and experts do not think that the hike on the tariff on imported salt products implemented by the government could make any difference in the lives of Filipino salt farmers and the development of the local salt industry.
Read more
LONDON, United Kingdom — A specialist London bookstore is selling an original typescript of Antoine de Saint-Exupery’s children’s classic “The Little Prince,” complete with the author’s hand-written corrections and revisions. The battered book and Saint-Exupery’s French Ministry of Culture-issued passport go on sale in Abu Dhabi on Thursday, with an asking price of at least $1.25 million. It was acquired earlier this year for an undisclosed sum by rare books specialist store Peter Harrington. The typescript also contains numerous drawings by the author as well as his famous phrase “One only sees clearly with the heart. The essential is invisible […]…
Keep on reading: Original ‘Little Prince’ typescript to go under hammer in UAE
Read moreCredit to Author: Mayen Jaymalin| Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0800
Around a hundred dismissed government officials may run in next year’s polls following a Supreme Court order restraining the Commission on Elections from barring aspirants who had been dismissed and disqualified from holding public office.
Read more
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Two reelectionist city mayors of Cebu, who were ordered dismissed from government service by the Office of the Ombudsman recently, have found a brief relief from the Supreme Court. On Tuesday, the high court issued a temporary restraining order (TRO) preventing the Commission on Elections (Comelec) from disqualifying Mayors Michael Rama […]…
Keep on reading: 2 Cebu mayors in poll DQ cases find relief in SC
Read moreCredit to Author: Michael Punongbayan| Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0800
Classes and office work were suspended, flights were canceled and power and water services were disrupted as Tropical Storm Kristine dumped heavy rains and caused torrential flooding in the Bicol region.
Read more
CAUAYAN CITY, ISABELA, Philippines — Most of the overflow bridges in Isabela are no longer passable because of the heavy rain brought by Kristine, a severe tropical storm expected to hit the province in the next few hours. READ: Kristine to make landfall in Isabela on Wednesday night – Pagasa As stated by the local government of Isabela, seven of the nine overflow bridges have been impassable as of 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 23: Gucab and Annafunan Bridges in Echague town Alicaocao Bridge in Cauayan City Baculud and Cabisera 8 Bridges in Ilagan City Cansan Bridge connecting the towns […]…
Keep on reading: 7 overflow bridges in Isabela not passable due to Kristine
Read more