NGCP raises red, yellow alerts in Luzon, Visayas for 4th straight day

Jordeene B. Lagare - @inquirerdotnet 04/19/2024

MANILA, Philippines — Red and yellow alerts in Luzon and Visayas will be raised again today, Friday (April 19), which is the fourth straight day that grid operator National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) issued the…

‘Extreme danger’ heat levels still to come, Pagasa warns

Melvin Gascon, Russel Loreto - @inquirerdotnet 04/19/2024

MANILA, Philippines — A state weather bureau official is warning about the heat indices in the country to hit levels of “extreme danger” in the coming days and next month. The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services…

China told: ‘Peace-loving’ nations won’t take trilateral summit as threat

Charie Abarca 04/18/2024

MANILA, Philippines — The recent trilateral summit of the Philippines, Japan, and the United States should not be deemed as a threat “by any peace-loving country.” The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) explained anew that the goal…

3 cities in PH have cleanest air in Southeast Asia

Zacarian Sarao 04/18/2024

MANILA, Philippines — Three cities in the Philippines ranked among the cleanest in terms of air pollution levels in Southeast Asia, according to a 2023 international report on air quality. The Swiss air-monitoring company IQAir’s 2023 World…

17 areas experience dangerous heat index on Wednesday

Zacarian Sarao 04/18/2024

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) reported that 17 areas in the Visayas and Mindanao experienced a dangerous heat index on Wednesday. Heat index refers to the measure of the contribution…

Alerts raised on Visayas, Luzon grids due to power woes

Jordeene B. Lagare - @inquirerdotnet 04/17/2024

MANILA, Philippines — The Visayas grid was placed on yellow alert while the Luzon grid on red alert by the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) on Tuesday, April 16. This was after 42 power plants…

Public school teachers, employees may wear alternative uniforms — DepEd

Zacarian Sarao - Reporter / @zacariansINQ 04/16/2024

MANILA, Philippines — Amid high temperatures across the country, public school teachers are allowed to wear collared Department of Education (DepEd) polo shirts.  This is according to DepEd on Monday.  “Dulot ng mainit na panahon sa buong…

Not my duty to apologize for martial law atrocities — PBBM

John Eric Mendoza 04/16/2024

MANILA, Philippines — For President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., it is not his duty to apologize to the victims of martial law under his father. “I don’t think it’s a duty for a president to be involved,…

Easterlies persist nationwide bringing hotter days ahead — Pagasa

Faith Argosino - Reporter / @FArgosinoINQ 04/15/2024

MANILA, Philippines — The easterlies or warm winds blowing from the Pacific Ocean continue to dominate nationwide bringing hotter temperaturs in the days ahead. That is according to the state weather bureau. Even if there would be…

Solons agree: House must probe Duterte-China deal

Gabriel Pabico Lalu 04/14/2024

LOS ANGELES, United States — Several lawmakers from both the majority and minority blocs of the House of Representatives have agreed on the need to place under investigation former president Rodrigo Duterte’s so-called “gentleman’s agreement” with China, …

Marcos to Duterte: ‘What did you compromise?’

Gabriel Pabico Lalu 04/14/2024

WASHINGTON, DC — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said he was convinced that former President Rodrigo Duterte entered into a secret deal with China on the West Philippine Sea and demanded that his predecessor come clean and disclose…

6 coastal areas in Visayas, Mindanao test positive for red tide

Adrian Parungao 04/14/2024

MANILA, Philippines — Six coastal areas in the country have tested positive for red tide, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) said. BFAR said in its advisory on Friday, April 12, that the affected areas…

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