Day: September 16, 2024

MALASIQUI, Pangasinan – Pangasinan on Monday declared a blue alert as Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal No. 1 was raised due to Tropical Depression Gener. Blue alert requires 60 percent of Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) staff to be on standby and for rescue response equipment to be prepositioned, according to a phone interview with assistant director Pia Flores. ‘We had a meeting with the other members of the PDRRMO council for coordination of their respective preparedness measures. We have disseminated information yesterday, even without the gale warning yet, to our counterparts in the local government units to

Manila: An emotional President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Monday urged the government and the public to take collective action and exert extra effort to eradicate cases of Online Sexual Abuse and Exploitation of Children (OSAEC). In his speech during the ‘Iisang Nasyon, Iisang Aksyon: Tapusin ang Online Sexual Abuse or Exploitation of Children (OSAEC) Ngayon Summit 2024’ in Makati City, President Marcos emphasized the need for the government to strengthen its efforts against the sexual exploitation of children online. ‘For us to allow this to happen in our country, it brings to me an overwhelming sense of shame because

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – Animal bite cases here have reached 17,000 for the second quarter of the year, according to the City Health Office (CHO). Reagan Abbu, CHO health education promotion officer, shared the data during a media briefing on Monday. He said third quarter records are still being compiled. “By the end of September, we expect the total number of cases to reach around 20,000, based on current trends,” Abbu said. The 2023 data showed a total of 22,000 cases. Abbu said the CHO is awaiting a new supply of anti-rabies vaccines from the Department of Health, with

BAGUIO CITY – Fried rice enough for 16,000 servings will be the centerpiece of the 17th Hotel and Restaurant Tourism (HRT) Weekend here next month. In a briefing on Monday, Hotel and Restaurant Association of Baguio (HRAB) president and Baguio Country Club (BCC) general manager Anthony de Leon said the fried rice will be served to the public at SM City to kick off HRT Weekend on Oct. 3. All Thursdays to Sundays of October are designated as HRT Weekends. ‘The rice and shine event is a collaboration of many HRAB member establishments, a purely private initiative as part of

BAGUIO CITY – The Cordillera Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (CDRRMC) on Monday raised its alert status from blue to red in anticipation of the effects of the prevailing southwest monsoon (habagat) and Tropical Depression Gener, and the anticipated entry of Tropical Storm Pulasan. CDRRMC chair and Office of Civil Defense Director Albert Mogol led a pre-disaster risk assessment (PDRA) online meeting, which led to the decision to upgrade the alert status following the report of the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) – Baguio. Cagayan including Babuyan Islands, Isabela, Quirino, Nueva Vizcaya, Apayao, Kalinga, Abra,