Humid weather to continue across PH Friday
April 26, 2024
Partido Reporma senatorial candidate Guillermo Eleazar on Friday said road construction and improvements across the country must include designated bicycle lanes as part of the country’s shift to the new normal. In a statement Friday, the former national police chief said bicycles have become a part of the daily life of many Filipinos both as a means of transportation and a hobby. “Marami rin akong nakikitang mga kabataan na talagang nahihilig sa pagbibisikleta at nakita ko ito mismo sa aking mga pagbisita sa mga probinsya, lalo na sa mga lugar kung saan paahon ang daan na lumalabas na paborito nilang
The Board of Investments (BOI) has approved the Likud 2 Hydroelectric Power Project of First Ifugao Renewable Energy Corp. that will augment supply of clean energy in Luzon. In a statement Friday, BOI said the company is investing PHP185 million to put up the 0.56-megawatt hydropower plant in Asipulo, Ifugao. The project is expected to create 100 jobs for the construction of the power plant once it starts the commercial operation. The hydropower plant is expected to begin its commercial operation by September 2023. “The newly-approved hydroelectric power plant in Ifugao is a significant project for the Philippines (that) is
The famous Bangus Festival here will be held from April 28 to 30 after it was suspended for two years due to the pandemic. “The preparation is short. Nonetheless, the most important is the Kalutan Ed Dalan. Most important of all, it will not be held at the De Venecia Expressway which was very unpopular to the Dagupeños. After a long time, we will return the celebration to the downtown area for the people,” Mayor Marc Brian Lim said in an interview Friday. From the time his late father, Benjamin Lim, launched the Bangus Festival and during his term as
The country will experience fair weather in the next three to five days, the weather bureau said Friday. “There is no low pressure area (LPA) or weather disturbance that may affect the country in the next three to five days. Fair weather, partly cloudy to cloudy skies will prevail,” Ezra Bulquerin of the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said. He added that rains may also be experienced for a short period, either in the afternoon or evening. For Friday’s forecast, he said warm and humid weather will continue across the country, due to the easterlies as the
Policemen have recovered a firearm, ammunition, and personal belongings when they clashed with an undetermined number of New People’s Army (NPA) rebels in an upland village of Jipapad, Eastern Samar on March 17. No one was reportedly killed or injured from both sides during a 10-minute firefight in Cagmanaba village in Jipapad town around noon on Thursday. Seized were a shotgun, five rounds of 5.56 ammunition, two mobile phones, three boxes of contraceptives, two solar panels, an identification card under the name of Jason Rongales with an address in Sta Cruz, Antipolo City. The police mobile force battalion led by
Air Force Maj. Gen. Rene S. Diaz, Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) deputy chief of staff for logistics or OJ-4, formally retired from the service on Thursday after more than 34 years in service. In a statement Friday, the AFP honored Diaz’s role in the construction and maintenance of infrastructure and facilities that improved the living conditions of troops stationed in remote detachments and stations in the West Philippine Sea. He likewise oversaw the completion of 13 major defense procurements under the AFP Modernization Program. This included the 16 S-70i “Black Hawk” combat utility helicopters, 12 155mm self-propelled howitzers,
