Day: October 29, 2024

MANILA: Teams from the Bureau of Fire Protection, Philippine National Police and Philippine Coast Guard have so far rescued 169,769 individuals in areas affected by Severe Tropical Storm Kristine (Trami), the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) said on Tuesday. OCD deputy administrator for operations, Assistant Secretary Bernardo Rafaelito Alejandro IV, also reported that 539,944 food packs have been distributed in storm-hit areas as of 3 p.m. During President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.’s visit to Barangay Causip in Bula, Camarines Sur on Oct. 26, he directed all national government agencies to provide assistance to those displaced by the storm and ordered

Italy’s tennis world number one Jannik Sinner said Tuesday that he was pulling out of the Paris Masters because of an intestinal virus. “I’m sorry that I can’t take the court,” the 23-year-old Australian and US Open champion said in a video message on his Instagram profile. “I came here early to prepare but I got a virus and I’m not ready to compete.” “I’m really sorry”. In an interview with Sky Sport, Sinner said he was not worried about missing next month’s ATP Finals in Turin and the Davis Cup finals in Malaga. Sinner is sure to end the

Archaeologists excavating an area being prepared for an industrial zone uncovered a 5,000-year-old human settlement, including what may be the oldest public building found in Israel, the Antiquities Authority announced on Tuesday. Among the finds at Hurvat Husham, near Beit Shemesh, is a large, well-preserved structure — possibly a temple — that served a central community function of some kind. ‘The size of this structure that we uncovered, its broad walls, the benches inside it and other variables indicate that it is an important and exceptional structure with a public function — perhaps a temple,’ said excavation managers Ariel Shatil,

MANILA: The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) reiterates its commitment to provide manufacturing solutions for electric vehicles (EV) with the government’s ongoing Public Utility Vehicle Modernization Program (PUVMP). DTI Undersecretary and Board of Investments (BOI) Managing Head Ceferino Rodolfo in an interview last week said the government targets the local EV manufacturing industry to supply with the demand from the PUVMP. Alliance of Concerned Transport Organization (ACTO) president Liberty De Luna said the transport group alone would require 20,000 units of e-jeepneys and up to 50,000 of e-tricycles to comply with the government’s shift to modern and cleaner modes

OFW Party-List Rep. Marissa “Del Mar” Magsino and the University of Perpetual Help System DALTA – Las Piñas (UPHSD) on Tuesday forged a partnership that offers partial graduate studies scholarships to overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and their families, furthering educational opportunities in business, education, nursing, and public administration. The partnership, contained in a memorandum of understanding (MOU), was signed by Magsino and Dr. Eduardo C. Zialcita, UPHSD Dean of Graduate School, at the OFW Tulong at Serbisyo Center in Parañaque City. Under the partnership, the OFW Party-list will endorse qualified students who want to take up graduate programs in business,