Day: July 4, 2025

Pangasinan: The province of Pangasinan remains on alert for the effects of Tropical Depression Bising and the southwest monsoon (habagat). This, despite the downgrade of the rainfall outlook hoisted in the province from orange (100 to 200 millimeters of rainfall) on Thursday to yellow (50 to 100 millimeters of rainfall) as of 11 a.m. Friday. According to Philippines News Agency, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) provided the updated rainfall outlook. In a phone interview on Friday, Pangasinan Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office’s Emergency Operations Center head Pia Flores said the province is under blue

General santos city: The government is currently studying Republic Act (RA) 11524 or the Coconut Farmers and Industry Trust Fund Act to introduce possible amendments to the law, President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. said on Friday. Marcos made the pronouncement, as he visited the Century Pacific Agricultural Ventures Inc.’s coconut plant at the Millennium Industrial Economic Zone in General Santos City, Palace Press Officer Claire Castro told reporters. According to Philippines News Agency, the President laid out the government’s concrete solutions in support of the coconut industry during his visit. Castro highlighted that the government is analyzing potential amendments to

The hague: The International Criminal Court (ICC) has dismissed a request from the defense team of former president Rodrigo Duterte, which sought to disqualify two judges from presiding over his case. According to Philippines News Agency, the decision, dated July 3, was made by a plenary of judges who found no justification to question the impartiality of Judges Reine Ad©lade Sophie Alapini-Gansou and Mar­a del Socorro Flores Liera. The order, signed by ICC President Judge Tomoko Akane, stated that there was no reasonable apprehension of bias against the judges, emphasizing that they acted in accordance with their judicial duties under

Los ba±os: Some 50 electric posts in Los Ba±os will be relocated to help ease chronic traffic congestion along routes connecting Laguna province’s Third and Fourth Districts. Governor Sol Aragones had conducted an ocular inspection, along with Los Ba±os Mayor Neil Nocon, and representatives of the Manila Electric Company and the Department of Public Works and Highways. According to Philippines News Agency, the inspection showed at least 50 electric posts occupy road space and hinder smoother traffic flow. Governor Aragones emphasized that motorists should not have to suffer from electric posts blocking the road. She stated that the obstructions are

Tacloban: The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) has opened the country’s first glycogen extraction facility in this city, which can convert green mussels into high-value glycogen for diverse applications. According to Philippines News Agency, DOST – Eastern Visayas Director John Glenn Oca±a stated in a phone interview that the project, inaugurated on Wednesday, is expected to foster new socio-economic development for the region. Primarily funded by the DOST-Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic, and Natural Resources Research and Development (DOST-PCAARRD), the PHP8-million facility is located within a property of the University of the Philippines in Barangay New Kawayan. Oca±a mentioned