Day: July 25, 2024

ROME: The national statistics agency Istat said Wednesday that Italy’s population would continue to shrink in the coming decades, with the number of residents set to be down by about 4 million in 2050. Istat projected that the country’s resident population will decrease from about 59 million in 2023 to 58.6 million in 2030, 54.8 million in 2050, and 46.1 million in 2080. It said about half of the Italian population would not be of working age in 2050. The ratio of individuals aged 15 to 64 with respect to those not of working age (under 14 and more than

MANILA: The Civil Service Commission (CSC) reminded heads of government agencies to implement the granting of the five-day special emergency leave (SEL) to government employees affected by the onslaught of Super Typhoon Carina and the enhanced southwest monsoon or “habagat”. CSC Commissioner Aileen Lizada in a message to the Philippine News Agency on Thursday said government employees affected by natural calamities or disasters are entitled to a five-day SEL under CSC Memorandum Circular numbers 2 and 16, both series of 2012. ‘MC 16, s. 2012 clarified po that special emergency leave under MC Nr. 2, S. 2012 shall be granted

MANILA: The F. Manalo Bridge in Pasig City was temporarily closed after it was hit by barges swept by the strong current of the Marikina River on Wednesday at the height of bad weather caused by Typhoon Carina and the enhanced southwest monsoon. ‘This bridge is scheduled to be rehabilitated or reconstructed because masyadong mababa ‘yung freeboard niya (the freeboard is too low). It’s not really designed for the barges to pass through,’ Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Manuel Bonoan told President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. in a situation briefing on the effects of the inclement weather,