PAGASA warns of dangerous heat index in 38 areas
April 25, 2024
Chooks-to-Go Pilipinas 3×3 is back in business! The country’s premier professional 3×3 basketball league returns as its new season ushers in on Wednesday. A special one-day event, called the Chooks-to-Go 3×3 Invitational, will tip off the 2021 calendar for the said league. Chooks-to-Go Pilipinas 3×3 owner Ronald Mascariñas said this tournament slated at the Laus Events Centre in San Fernando City, Pampanga hopes to rekindle the flame of the league’s stakeholders as the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) has slowed the league down as it aims to qualify outright for the 2024 Paris Olympics. “The pandemic has really affected our goal
The Philippines has administered 52,157,598 doses of Covid-19 vaccines as of Sunday. The National Covid-19 Vaccination Dashboard showed 27,921,074 were given as first doses while 24,236,524 were utilized as second doses. Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr., chief implementer of the National Task Force (NTF) Against Covid-19, said the government has started to send the bulk of vaccines to areas outside the National Capital Region. “Supply is no longer an issue for our country as of this time, as we now have adequate vaccines in our national inventory,” Galvez said in a statement over the weekend. He also commended local government units
The OCTA Research Group on Sunday said the number of daily Covid-19 cases may drop to 5,000 to 6,000 by the end of October. In a television interview, OCTA fellow Guido David also said that within the week, daily new cases may reach 10,000 because of the backlog. “Temporary lang ‘yan, pero generally ‘yung trend natin pababa na (That’s temporary, but generally our case trend is declining,” he said. David noted that reproduction number nationwide is 0.64 and the seven-day average of cases is at 8,400. “May mga lugar pa rin na ngayon lang nagkakaroon ng surge o pagsimula ng
More malls in this city reopened their sign-up venues as the Philippine Identification System (PhilSys) registration resumed after nearly five months. Aside from SM City (Ecoland) and SM Lanang Premier, NCCC Mall Buhangin and Ayala Abreeza Mall are also accepting Step 2 applicants for the Philippine Identification (PhilID) card Mondays to Sundays. The NCCC Mall site processes applications 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Abreeza 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., and SM Ecoland and Lanang Premier 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Walk-ins are discouraged as priority will be given to those with appointments for the biometrics process — iris scan, fingerprints
For more than four years, Norhaima Ditucalan’s family was at her grandparents’ house in Ditsaan Ramain, Lanao del Sur, some 10 kilometers away from Marawi City where they lived for decades. Ditucalan used to live with her three other siblings and their families at a three-story house in Barangay Datu Naga inside the most affected area (MAA) of the 2017 siege. Their source of income was a small store on the ground floor. When the siege broke out on May 23, 2017, Ditucalan’s household fled to Ditsaan Ramain and took shelter with their grandparents. On Friday, Ditucalan’s family was seen
After President Rodrigo Duterte’s visit to Marawi City on Saturday, affected residents of the siege four years ago are hoping they will be able to return to the Most Affected Area (MAA). In an interview Sunday, Moro Consensus Group chair Drieza Lininding said there are still about 100,000 residents who are eager to return to their properties at MAA, where most projects are being developed through Task Force Bangon Marawi (TFBM). “After residents are returned (to their places in MAA) after four years (since the siege), hopefully the Marawi Compensation Bill will be certified urgent,” he said. Last month, legislation
