Day: August 7, 2025

San fernando: Electricity in 83.33 percent of households in La Union province has been restored as of Aug. 6, two weeks after Typhoon Emong (international name Co-May) lashed the province. Governor Mario Eduardo Ortega, in a statement on Thursday, has called for cooperation to further expedite the restoration of power. According to Philippines News Agency, Ortega had a dialogue with the two electric companies in the province and assured the residents of their prompt response as they work double time to fully restore the power to all affected households. Power in eight out of 20 localities has been fully restored.

Kamchatka: A magnitude-6.4 earthquake was recorded off the coast of Kamchatka, the Kamchatka branch of the Unified Geophysical Service of the Russian Academy of Sciences announced. “Magnitude: 6.4. Intensity in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (preliminary estimate): 3,” the service stated. According to Philippines News Agency, the latest aftershock occurred at 1:35 p.m. (Moscow time), 213 km from the region’s capital. The earthquake’s source was detected at a depth of almost 39 km in the Pacific Ocean. This aftershock was among the strongest following the main earthquake. On July 30, a magnitude 8.8 earthquake, Russia’s strongest since 1952, struck off the Kamchatka coast. Within

Tokyo: The number of Japanese people living in Japan as of Jan. 1 fell by 908,574, or 0.75 percent, from a year before, marking the largest decrease on record and down for the 16th year in a row, a government survey showed Wednesday. The number of Japanese residents totaled 120,653,227, based on the nation’s resident registry, according to the internal affairs ministry survey. According to Philippines News Agency, of the Asian nation’s 47 prefectures, Tokyo was the only one that logged an increase in Japanese residents, with their number up by 16,825, or 0.13 percent, to 13,281,311, accounting for 11.01

Manila: The 2025 Shari’ah Special Bar Examinations (SSBE) passers took their oath as Shari’ah Counselors-at-Law and carried out roll signing ceremonies held at the Manila Hotel in Ermita, Manila on Wednesday. According to Philippines News Agency, a total of 154 out of 629 examinees, or 24.48 percent, passed the first fully digitalized special examinations for the Shari’ah courts conducted on May 25 and 28 at four local testing centers across the country: University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City; Mindanao State University – Iligan Institute of Technology; Ateneo de Davao University; and Ateneo de Zamboanga University. Princess Jannah Saudagar Pumbaya

Laoag: Another housing project for government workers, complete with a swimming pool and a clubhouse, will soon rise in this city. Located in Barangay 5 San Pedro, the project, known as Ayuyang Residences, will consist of three low-rise condominium buildings, each with 30 units to be made available for government employees capable of paying monthly amortization. According to Philippines News Agency, the project is funded by Pag-IBIG in collaboration with the National Housing Authority (NHA) and is also near the city’s modern transport hub that is currently still being constructed. Evalandia Duyor, acting provincial assessor of Ilocos Norte, mentioned that