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PCSO starts payout to 433 lotto winners
Ordinary folks first to claim share of P236-m pot
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ROUND 40 of the 433 bettors who won the P236-million jackpot prize of the Grand Lotto 6/55 draw on Oct. 1 started claiming their prizes at the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) office in Mandaluyong City on Monday, some traveling over 10 hours just to do so.
This developed as Senate Minority winners betting on simple multiples of Leader Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III the number 9 and winning over half a vowed to push for a probe into the “sus- million pesos before taxes. picious” result of the lottery that saw the All 433 winners of the jackpot have
been accounted for, the PCSO said in a statement (see chart on A1 – Editors). There were also 331 winners of the second prize worth P100,000 and 2,491 third prize winners worth P1,500 each. In pictures it posted on Facebook, the PCSO showed about five rows of eight persons waiting at the agency’s head office for their turn to claim their prize of P545,245 each -- subject to a final tax of Next page
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BEATING THE ODDS. One of the 433 lucky bettors of the 6/55 Grand Lotto draw last Saturday shows his winning ticket at the PCSO headquarters in Mandaluyong City. The man and about 40 others traveled from all over the country to claim their share of the P236-million jackpot prize (see chart above). PCSO photo
Subway to spur economic activities—PBBM groundbreaking at the Metro Manila Subway Project (MMSP). President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., CONSTRUCTION of the country’s first underground railway system who led the groundbreaking cerhas begun, following Monday’s emony with Japanese Ambassador
By Vito Barcelo
Koshikawa Kazuhiko, said the subway project would spur economic activities and provide commuters with a safe and efficient way to get Next page
SUBWAY TOAST. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. leads the ceremonial sake wine opening during the groundbreaking ceremony for the Metro Manila Subway Station in MetroWalk, Pasig City with (from left) Transportation Secretary Jaime J. Bautista, Japanese Ambassador Kazuhiko Koshikawa, and JICA Chief Representative Takema Sakamoto. Revoli Cortez
ERC junks Meralco rate increase, rules plea ‘no basis’ to be granted By Alena Mae S. Flores THE Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) on Monday denied the petition for provisional authority and/or interim relief filed by Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) and San Miguel Corp.’s power subsidiaries. The move is expected to jack up the electricity rates of Meralco, which will have to tap the more expensive supply from the electricity spot market or from other power generators to fill up the 1,000 megawatts combined capacity under the
two PSAs provided by San Miguel. In separate orders, ERC denied the respective joint motions for price adjustments of Meralco and South Premiere Power Corp. (SPPC) and San Miguel Energy Corp. (SMEC) under its 2019 power supply agreements (PSAs). SPPC and SMEC, administrators of the 1,200-megawatt Ilijan natural gas and 1,200-MW Sual coal-fired power plants respectively, along with Meralco, are seeking a temporary rate hike of P0.30 per kilowatt-hour over six months. Next page
OCTA sees 4k Lack of matrix on display prevented 235k PUVs to collect new fares COVID cases daily in Oct. a copy of the updated fare matrix, and thus were able to charge the new base ONLY 15,000 or about six percent of fare of P12 on Monday, the first day of the targeted 250,000 public utility ve- the implementation of increased fares. “Regarding the fare matrix for the efhicles (PUVs) nationwide have obtained
By Alena Mae Flores
WITH the number of COVID-19 infections in Metro Manila rising, the OCTA Research Group warned Monday the country may record up to 4,000 daily cases in October. “That’s for nationwide...We already have 3,800 [cases] just last Saturday. It’s possible we can reach up to 4,000,” OCTA Research Fellow Guido David told CNN Philippines’ The Source. Another expert said the country’s COVID-19 cases may hover around 2,000 daily until the end of the year. Dr. Jomar Rabajante of the UP COVID-19 Pandemic Response Team Next page
fectivity of the new fare adjustment, Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTonly around six percent of our 250,000 FRB) said in a television interview. target PUVs have obtained a copy of the PUVs that do not display a copy of the fare matrix,” Board Member Mercy Jane new fare matrix would be fined P5,000 Paras-Leynes of the Land Transportation Next page
FARE HIKE MOVES. A dispatcher at a jeepney station in Padre Faura, Manila collects fares, while another driver fixes his old fare matrix at a PUJ terminal along Katipunan Ave, Quezon City, and modern-jeepney driver shows a copy of the current fare matrix document to his passengers at the Escoda Terminal in Ermita, also in Manila, on Monday. Danny Pata, Manny Palmero and Norman Cruz
PESO RETREATS TO NEW RECORD LOW OF P59-$1
DOE APPROVES MALAMPAYA SALE TO PRIME INFRA
‘32 KIDS DIED IN INDONESIA ARENA DISASTER’
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DOJ moves on reports of STDs spread among POGO workers on the reports that sexually transmitted diseases have been spreading among foreign workers of Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs). THE Department of Justice on Monday “The DOJ has received various reports said that it has taken immediate action Next page
By Rey E. Requejo, Vito Barcelo, Macon Ramos-Araneta and Othel V. Campos