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Portions of Cagayan, Isabela under Signal No. 3 due to Typhoon “Goring”
The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration on Saturday raised Signal No. 3 over portions of Cagayan and Isabela, as Typhoon "Goring" steadily intensifies as it moves southwestward over the sea east of Cagayan. In its latest weather bulletin, PAGASA said Goring was last spotted 145 kilometers per hour (kph) East Northeast of Tuguegarao City, Cagayan, packing maximum sustained winds of 155 kilometers per hour (kph) near the center and gusts of 190 kph. PAGASA raised Signal No. 3 over the northeastern portion of Cagayan (Santa Ana) and the extreme eastern portion of Isabela (Divilacan, Palanan). While Signal No. 2, where PAGASA said winds of greater than 62 kph and up to 88 kph may be expected in at least 24 hours, was also raised over the eastern portion of Isabela (Dinapigue, San Mariano, Ilagan City, Maconacon, Cabagan, Tumauini, San Pablo); eastern portion of Cagayan (Peñablanca, Baggao, Gattaran, Lal-Lo, Gonzaga, Santa Teresita, Buguey); and the northern portion of Aurora (Dilasag, Casiguran). Also PAGASA, placed under Signal No. 1, where winds of 39 to 61 kph or intermittent rains may be expected in at least 36 hours over the Batanes; the rest of Cagayan including Babuyan Islands; Central portion of Aurora (Dinalungan, Dipaculao); Quirino; the rest of Isabela; Apayao; eastern portion of Nueva Vizcaya (Kasibu, Quezon, Diadi, Bagabag, Solano, Villaverde); eastern portion of Ifugao (Lamut, Lagawe, Hingyon, Banaue, Mayoyao, Aguinaldo, Alfonso Lista); eastern portion of Mountain Province (Barlig, Natonin, Paracelis); and Kalinga. PAGASA said moderate to significant impacts from storm-force winds may be experienced within the areas under Wind Signal No. 3. Minor to moderate impacts from gale-force winds are possible within any of the areas where Wind Signal No. 2 is in effect while minimal to minor impacts from strong winds are also possible within any of the areas where Wind Signal No. 1 is hoisted. Meanwhile, the southwest monsoon enhanced by “Goring” will bring occasional or monsoon rains over the western portions of Central Luzon, Southern Luzon, and Visayas over the next three days. This weather condition will also bring gusty conditions over the following areas not under any Wind Signal, especially in coastal and upland/mountainous areas exposed to winds including Bataan, Metro Manila, CALABARZON, MIMAROPA, Bicol Region, Visayas, Dinagat Islands, and Camiguin on Sunday. On Monday, gusty conditions will prevail in Bataan, Metro Manila, CALABARZON, MIMAROPA, Bicol Region, Visayas, Dinagat Islands, Camiguin, and most of Zamboanga Peninsula. PAGASA said a Gale Warning is in effect for the northern and eastern coastal waters of Luzon. Thus, sea travel is risky for certain types or tonnage of vessels over these areas. Typhoon "Goring" is forecast to move generally southward to southeastward in the next 24 hours before turning east-northeastward to northeastward on Monday. Afterward, the typhoon will exit its looping path and move northwestward on Tuesday toward the sea east of Taiwan while moving at a consistent pace. Due to the highly favorable environment, PAGASA said “Goring” is forecast to steadily intensify throughout most of the forecast period and may reach the super typhoon category on Monday. PAGASA noted that the upwelling of cooler waters due to its slow movement will limit further intensification of “Goring” by late Monday or early Tuesday. The post Portions of Cagayan, Isabela under Signal No. 3 due to Typhoon “Goring” appeared first on Daily Tribune......»»
BNPP remains energy beacon
Nearly 40 years after being mothballed, the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant, or BNPP, continues to hold the promise of freeing the country from the high prices and poor supply of electricity which was its goal when it was conceived in the 1970s. The BNPP has retained its disaster-proof features and is good to go for activation, Pangasinan Rep. Mark Cojuangco told Daily Tribune recently. Cojuangco, who has been advocating the use of nuclear energy for almost two decades, said the BNPP has been well preserved since the government completed its construction in 1986 or over three decades ago. These were his observations when he toured the BNPP in June. “The BNPP was built with all the necessary equipment and is even more technologically advanced compared to that in the United States which was constructed six years earlier,” said Cojuangco, who is chairperson of the House Special Committee on Nuclear Energy. The government continues to spend P50 million each year to maintain the BNPP. Cojuangco said he had filed the “Philippine National Nuclear Energy Safety Act” to create an independent body that would update studies on the BNPP operation primarily in the aspect of safety. He stressed that operating nuclear power plants should not be of much concern to the public as advancements in technology have proved them safe and their builders and operators comply with the standards of the International Atomic Energy Agency. Cojuangco shared that the US now has 96 nuclear power plants, while Bangladesh is expanding its nuclear capacity to over 1,200 megawatts, or equivalent to four BNPPs. He said that Turkey is also building its nuclear power plants with similar capacity. “We’re being left behind. Sweden, Denmark, and the United Kingdom have also switched to nuclear energy. The US is also a highly developed country and their experience with the benefits of nuclear energy should tell us that nuclear power plants are safe.” Cojuangco said the technology employed for BNPP allows for the containment of a reactor meltdown through its metal protector and thick concrete walls. “The heat will be filtered through the space inside a metal container. Apart from this, there is a concrete wall that can stop even a crashing fighter jet,” he said, contrasting it with the Chernobyl plant which did not have such safety features. Cojuangco said the Chernobyl plant had no containment for the nuclear reactor meltdown. The BNPP was never operated after former president Corazon Aquino ordered further safety studies on the plant following the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in Ukraine. Shackles from imported fuel The use of nuclear technology to generate power is crucial for the Philippines as it acquires most or 75 percent of its energy from fossil fuels, such as coal, natural gas and oil. These are mostly imported and their costs surged last year due to the armed conflict between oil-exporting countries Russia and Ukraine. Cojuangco said interest remains high among investors to revive the BNPP. South Korea approached the Department of Energy in 2017 to express its willingness to spend a “few million dollars” for a full feasibility study on the BNPP on one condition: the energy department must submit a letter of intent to acquire foreign assistance for the study. The post BNPP remains energy beacon appeared first on Daily Tribune......»»
LPA may develop into tropical storm
The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration on Monday announced that the low-pressure area last monitored in northeast Mindanao will likely enter the Philippine area of responsibility and there’s a high chance that it becomes a tropical cyclone in a day or two. PAGASA weather forecaster Obet Badrina said the LPA outside PAR — which was last spotted 1,070 kilometers east of northeast Mindanao — has no direct effect on any part of the country. “It is likely to develop into a tropical depression in one to two days,” Bradrina said. However, based on the latest PAGASA findings, Badrina said the LPA may either move closer to the country or recurve to Japan “since this is usually the track of tropical cyclones every July.” Meanwhile, the southwest monsoon which was enhanced by severe tropical storm “Talim” — formerly known as “Dodong” — may bring a significant amount of rain within the next two days over a vast part of the archipelago. Occasional rains over Zambales, Bataan and Occidental Mindoro are expected due to habagat. PAGASA said scattered rains and thunderstorms will prevail over Metro Manila, Calabarzon, Ilocos Region and Cordillera Administrative Region, the rest of Mimaropa as well as the rest of Central Luzon and Western Visayas. The rest of the country, meanwhile, may experience isolated rain showers caused by localized thunderstorms. During this weather condition, PAGASA said moderate to strong winds and moderate to rough seas will prevail over Luzon and the western section of Visayas. Rough to very rough seas will prevail over the western seaboard of Central Luzon, and the western seaboards of Northern and Southern Luzon while the northern seaboard of Northern Luzon and the southern seaboard of Southern Luzon will experience rough seas. Meantime, Badrina said the previous tropical storm “Dodong” is moving towards Hainan Island or the southern part of China. It was last spotted 825 kilometers west of extreme Northern Luzon. The post LPA may develop into tropical storm appeared first on Daily Tribune......»»
Prioritize the poor, bring gov’t services closer to needy
For many of our fellow Filipinos who can barely afford their daily expenses, getting treated in a hospital is oftentimes a burdensome choice that they resort to only if it is a matter of life and death. Usually, our struggling kababayans choose to endure their illness for fear of falling deeper into debt due to huge hospital bills, medicines and other expenses. And by this time, an ordinary disease has already become a serious medical condition. Their plight is what inspired us to initiate the Malasakit Centers program in 2018 which provides one-stop shops where our indigent patients may more conveniently access medical assistance from the government. By bringing together programs of various government agencies under one roof, such as the Department of Health, Department of Social Welfare and Development, Philippine Health Insurance Corporation, and Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office, the centers streamline the process of availing medical assistance. I have been appealing to officials and workers in the health sector to prioritize the needs of the poor, especially in public health facilities since these patients have nowhere else to turn to but to seek the help of their government. I also appeal to all hospital staff to be patient and compassionate in guiding Filipinos, particularly the poor, so that they can properly have access to the services offered by our public hospitals and from the medical assistance programs available in any of our 158 Malasakit Centers nationwide. That is why as Chairperson of the Senate Committee on Health and as the principal author and sponsor of the Malasakit Centers Act of 2019, I make time to personally check on the operations of our Malasakit Centers across the country, in addition to attending the groundbreaking of Super Health Centers and leading our usual relief distributions for Filipinos in need. On 16 June, I conducted a monitoring visit to two Malasakit Centers in Leyte, where I was honored to be declared as an adopted son of the province through Resolution 2020-337 passed on 24 April 2020 and formally granted on 16 June by the provincial government. During the visit, I recognized the efforts of Governor Carlos Jericho “Icot” Petilla, Baybay City Mayor Jose Carlos “Boying” Cari and Vice Mayor Ernesto Butawan, Vice Governor Sandy Javier, Cong. Carl Cari, Cong. Karen Javier, Board Member Carlo Loreto, and other officials for their commitment to bringing government services closer to their constituents. I also visited the Malasakit Center at Baybay City Immaculate Conception Hospital where we assisted 30 out-patients, 140 in-patients, and 192 front liners, while the DSWD extended financial aid to qualified in-patients. We likewise inspected the Super Health Center and the new boardwalk in the city which I supported to help the community. I then checked on the operations of the Malasakit Center at Ormoc District Hospital in Ormoc City. We also assisted 283 patients and 211 front liners in the hospital, while 133 qualified inpatients received additional assistance from the DSWD. Following this, I led a relief operation for 1,065 struggling residents in the city and attended the ribbon-cutting of the newly constructed pentathlon facility with a dedicated fencing hall, among others — a project I supported as Vice Chairperson of the Senate Committee on Finance and as Chair of the Senate Committee on Sports, together with the local government led by Cong. Richard Gomez and Mayor Lucy Torres-Gomez. Earlier that week, I was in Davao del Norte to participate in the celebration of the first anniversary of an insurgency-free Davao del Norte led by Gov. Edwin Jubahib, held in Tagum City on 13 June. I also personally spearheaded a relief operation for 1,500 struggling residents in the city. Simultaneously, we provided more support to the community in partnership with the Department of Labor and Employment which held an orientation for temporary employment to 721 individuals. Following this, I visited the town of Carmen with Mayor Leony Bahague to witness the groundbreaking of its Super Health Center and provide aid to 1,666 more indigents. On 15 June, I was in Quezon City with my team to witness the inauguration of two multipurpose buildings in Barangays Commonwealth and Payatas which I also supported for funding together with Councilor Mikey Belmonte. We likewise aided a thousand indigents in the city with Mayor Joy Belmonte. We then headed to Marikina City to assist 3,000 more struggling residents from Marikina City and the towns of San Mateo and Rodriguez, Rizal, together with Congresswoman Maan Teodoro and Mayor Marcy Teodoro; as well as the local officials from both towns in Rizal, such as Rodriguez Mayor Ronnie Evangelista and San Mateo Mayor Bartolome “Omie” Rivera Jr., among others. We also visited North Cotabato on 17 June, where we celebrated the 54th Araw ng Alamada led by Mayor Jesus Sacdalan and Cong. Joel Sacdalan and helped 840 farmers and 1,500 struggling residents in the town before going to Matalam to witness aspiring athletes in the Serbisyong Totoo Basketball Sports Clinic and to lead another distribution activity for 1,318 more residents from various sectors together with Gov. Lala Taliño-Mendoza. Across the country, my team aided indigent families and various sectors, including 136 in Samal, 33 in Balanga, and 82 in Limay, Bataan; 990 in Tagudin, Ilocos Sur; 150 in Damulog, Bukidnon; 350 in Iligan City; 100 in Tubod, Lanao del Norte; 550 in Malinao and Sto. Domingo, Albay; and two fire-hit households in Carcar City, Cebu. My team also attended the groundbreaking of the Super Health Center in Tiguma, Pagadian City. It is the fundamental right of every Filipino to receive proper medical care and social assistance from our government. I hope that with compassion for our struggling kababayans and the persistence to help uplift their lives, we can collectively ensure that the poor and most needy are not neglected as we continue our pursuit for progress and development. The post Prioritize the poor, bring gov’t services closer to needy appeared first on Daily Tribune......»»
DoE mulls NGCP audit within year
The Department of Energy may order within the year the holding of the long-delayed comprehensive system and performance audit of the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines, the country’s lone transmission system operator. “We will be issuing the necessary orders to commence this, of course within the year. We’re just waiting for all the audit reports to be in and accepted by the Energy Regulatory Commission,” Lotilla said in a recent interview with reporters. Lotilla reiterated that a comprehensive review is needed to get to the bottom of all the country’s transmission problems, which usually causes power interruptions. “Our job is to make sure that we have the proper, called for comprehensive study and audit that will be the basis for finding out what is the solution for finishing three major interconnection projects,” the Energy chief said. “We need to finish these projects first and foremost because these will free up stranded power. There’s 600 megawatts or even more that gets stranded in Bataan, for instance,” he explained. ERC holds review Currently, the ERC is conducting a full regulatory performance audit of the NGCP, while Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management and National Transmission Corporation will also launch a contract performance review of the operator. The DoE had floated anew the call to subject NGCP to a comprehensive audit after the Luzon grid was placed in yellow and red alerts early this month due to the tripping of the transmission line that caused some power plants to fail. For its part, the NGCP already relayed that it will continue to open its gates to any government-funded audit of its systems and operations. However, NGCP spokesperson Atty. Cynthia Alabanza said Thursday that the China-backed company will only open its doors on the condition that any audit proceedings will follow its regulatory framework. “On the audit, for as long as it is within the regulatory framework that NGCP works under its franchise and concession agreement, we are open to that,” Alabanza said. The NGCP holds a 25-year franchise to solely operate the power transmission assets of the government and secure power reserves for contingency. Among others, NGCP is undertaking the P52-billion Mindanao-Visayas Interconnection Project or MVIP. The DoE previously said the project will launch within the first half of the year but will be pushed back anew to an indefinite date still within the year. The MVIP will link together all three major Philippine islands to create one grid. The NGCP was authorized by the ERC to start building the project way back in 2017. It was initially scheduled to be completed in 2020 but it was delayed due to the pandemic. Energy Undersecretary Rowena Guevara stated if NGCP had completed the Visayas-Mindanao connectivity project, Mindanao might have augmented Luzon’s electricity delivery. Still, Reyes pointed out that the resulting power outages have threatened the lives of the people, who are in critical need of life support services and medical attention throughout the summer months. He then emphasized that the reliability of power supply is necessary for the delivery of medical services and other life-affirming medical treatments, and these power interruptions caused by the lack of proper ancillary service agreements “clearly stems from NGCP’s failure to recontract these services early on.” The post DoE mulls NGCP audit within year appeared first on Daily Tribune......»»
Filipino villager to be nailed to a cross for the 35th time on Good Friday to pray for world peace
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A Filipino villager plans to be nailed to a wooden cross for the 35th time to reenact Jesus Christ’s suffering in a brutal Good Friday tradition he said he would devote to pray for peace in Ukraine, Gaza and the disputed South China Sea. Ruben Enaje, a 63-year-old carpenter and sign.....»»
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Rico Yan inalala ng kapatid ngayong Good Friday
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Garcia misusi sa 2 ka bus terminals
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Spy Wednesday
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Filinvest Invests P16B in Ciudad BTO Project
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MMDA suspends number coding scheme on March 28, 29
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