Day: September 6, 2024

Manila: Six flights between Manila, Hong Kong and Taipei were canceled on Friday due to Super Typhoon Yagi (formerly Severe Tropical Storm Enteng). The Manila International Airport Authority said the four Cebu Pacific flights were 5J 110/111 and 5J 272/273 Manila-Hong Kong-Manila. As of 2 p.m., Royal Dutch Airlines KL 807/808 Taipei-Manila-Taipei flights were also canceled. The weather bureau said Yagi was last tracked 825 km. west of northern Luzon, heading for southern China. Yagi packs maximum sustained winds of 195 kph and gustiness of up to 240 kph, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said. Source: Philippines

Manila: Urbanization remains the main culprit in the recent flooding in Metro Manila amid the continued rains caused by Severe Tropical Storm Enteng and the southwest monsoon or “habagat,” according to an official of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources. In a press briefing in Quezon City on Thursday, DENR Undersecretary Carlos Primo David attributed the massive flooding in Metro Manila to the vast urbanized areas. He added that quarrying operations in Rizal, which many people have been blaming for the flood, only have a minimal effect. David said that cemented urban areas have the same effect as a

Manila: The camp of dismissed Bamban, Tarlac mayor Alice Guo has sought another extension to file her counter-affidavit to the material misrepresentation complaint she is facing before the Commission on Elections (Comelec). In a second Motion for Extension of Time to File Counter-Affidavit, Guo’s lawyers from the David Buenaventura Ang and Jamilla Law Offices requested an additional 15 days to file the comment before the poll body’s Law Department. “Premises considered, it is respectfully prayed of this Honorable Commission that Respondent Alice Leal Guo be given an extension of time of 15 days from 01 September 2024, or until 16

Manila: A lone bettor from Leyte province bagged the PHP18.6 million jackpot of Thursday night’s Lotto 6/42 draw. In a news release on Friday, the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) said the ticket with the winning number 13-11-30-23-21-07 was bought on Real Street, Barangay San Roque in Tanawan town. The winner has one year to claim the PHP18,683,725.20 jackpot at the PCSO main office in Mandaluyong City upon presentation of the winning ticket and two identification cards. Under the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion law, lotto winnings worth more than PHP10,000 are subject to a 20 percent tax. Meanwhile,

San jose de buenavista: The Department of Health (DOH) has included 30 last-mile schools in Antique in the expansion of the Healthy Learning Institutions (HLI) program implemented in partnership with the Department of Education (DepEd). Shiela Mae Boston, DepEd Schools Division of Antique HLI coordinator, said in an interview Thursday that a three-day capacity-building workshop starting Tuesday for the first batch of participants from 15 schools aimed to prepare them for the implementation of the program and pave the way for the second batch on Sept. 10-13. ‘We are now having a capacity-building (training) for the 30 school heads and