Cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms will prevail over Visayas and northern part of Mindanao due to the tail-end of a frontal system or shear line, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said on Sunday. In its 4 a.m. bulletin, PAGASA said Caraga and Central and Eastern Visayas will have cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms due to a shear line. Meantime, Western Visayas and the rest of Mindanao will experience partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms caused by a shear line or localized thunderstorms. Residents of affected
The nation’s total number of recovered coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases has reached 2,698,871 after 5,825 new recoveries were reported on Sunday. In its 4 p.m. case bulletin, the Department of Health (DOH) said recoveries account for 96.8 percent of the total case count which has reached 2,787,276. Meanwhile, some 3,410 new infections brought the total number of active cases nationwide to 45,233. About 73.6 percent of these active cases are mild, 4.9 percent are asymptomatic, 2.9 percent are critical, 6.8 percent are severe, and 11.83 percent are moderate. A total of 128 new deaths were reported, bringing the country’s
The death of ranking New People’s Army (NPA) leader Jorge Madlos alias “Ka Oris” in an encounter with government troops in Bukidnon last Saturday will greatly affect plans of the communist terrorists to plot violence against peace-loving Filipinos. “His death will deter the activities and plans by the NPA for he can no longer direct the communist terrorists’ violent action against our people,” Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) spokesperson Col. Ramon Zagala said in a statement on Sunday. Madlos was the commander and spokesperson of the NPA’s national operations command and spokesperson of the National Democratic Front (NDF) in
The Philippine National Police (PNP) lauded the initiative of some presidential aspirants and other candidates in the 2022 local and national elections to undergo a drug test. PNP chief Gen. Guillermo Eleazar said the move reflects the candidates’ commitment for drug-free governance. “As applicants for government positions, candidates for the May 2022 elections should indeed be at the forefront of showing to the public that they are clean and that they will continue addressing the problem,” he said in a statement on Saturday. Vice President Leni Robredo and Senators Panfilo Lacson, Manny Pacquiao and Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa as well
Department of Finance (DOF) Secretary Carlos Dominguez III will lead the Philippine delegation to the 26th United Nations (UN) Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP 26) in this city, where world leaders and other decision makers will gather starting Sunday to determine how to accelerate action on reversing the devastating effects of the climate crisis. Dominguez will highlight the Philippines’ efforts in addressing the climate crisis and is expected to demand greater accountability from Western countries that contributed and continue to contribute the most greenhouse gas emissions. The series of COP 26-related meetings will run from Oct. 31 to
Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque on Sunday lashed out at the daily broadsheet Philippine Daily Inquirer (PDI) for publishing two reports about groups opposing his nomination for a seat at the UN International Law Commission (ILC), a body of experts tasked with developing and codifying international law. Roque said “malice is present” in PDI’s two stories titled “Protests mar Roque’s New York City reception” and “Asia-Pacific lawyers’ group opposes nomination of Roque to UN commission”, which were both published on Sunday. “The Philippine Daily Inquirer’s malice is very clear in its two recent stories against me regarding my candidature for the
