Day: October 24, 2024

Malacañang on Thursday commended authorities for the arrest of a suspected drug pusher at a residential area in the Malacañang Complex in San Miguel, Manila. In a statement, Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin said the arrest reflects the ‘unyielding resolve’ of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. and his administration in eradicating illegal drugs. The arrest was reportedly conducted by the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI), in coordination with the Presidential Security Group (PSG), Philippine Drug Enforcement Unit (PDEA) and the local police. The suspect, identified as Edgar Ventura, was reportedly caught inside his house at San Miguel within the Malacañang Complex.

Education Secretary Sonny Angara on Thursday said there’s an ongoing assessment of missed school days to prevent learning loss amid the onslaught of Severe Tropical Storm Kristine (International Name: Trami). ‘Baka umabot na kasi sa punto na sobrang dami na ‘yung na-miss na hindi nila ma-recover. So ‘yun ang concern namin ngayon dahil parang napapadalas na ‘yung mga bagyo at talagang importante diyan, hindi learning loss ang nangyayari (It might come to a point that they have missed so much that they can no longer recover. So, our concern now really is that typhoons are becoming more frequent and what’s

Severe Tropical Storm (STS) Kristine (international name: Trami) is now over the coastal waters of Ilocos Sur, while a low pressure area outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) is likely to develop into a tropical cyclone, the weather bureau said Thursday. As of 4 p.m., Kristine was spotted over the coastal waters of Santa Lucia, Ilocos Sur with maximum sustained winds of 95 kilometers per hour (kph) near the center, and gustiness of up to 145 kph. Storm-force winds will be experienced in Ilocos Sur, La Union, and Pangasinan, all under Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal (TCWS) no. 3. On

SM Development Corporation (SMDC) symbolically turned over its PHP248 million first vertical socialized housing project, the KaUswagan Residences, in Barangay San Isidro, Jaro, to the local government here on Thursday. SMDC signed an agreement with the Iloilo City government and the Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD) for the project during the middle of the pandemic. ‘With the successful completion of our project, we hope to inspire future partnerships between the government and the private sector to come up with more socialized housing projects here in the beautiful city of Iloilo,’ SMDC senior assistant vice-president David Tan said

A total of 247 individuals were evacuated in Guihulngan City and Bindoy town in Negros Oriental on Wednesday evening due to heavy rainfall caused by Severe Tropical Storm Kristine, the police said. A report from the Negros Oriental Police Provincial Office (NOPPO) through its spokesperson Lt. Stephen Polinar on Thursday said the evacuees included 60 households in Guihulngan and 53 households in Cabugan, Bindoy. The Department of Social Welfare and Development in Region 7 (DSWD-7) confirmed the evacuation of these individuals. The local government units provided them with initial relief. DSWD-7 regional director Shalaine Lucero assured that in case the