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MARCOS SUSPENDS CLASSES, GOV’T WORK IN NCR, CALABARZON FOR 2ND DAY PBBM CALLS FOR PEACEFUL BARMM POLLS
By Charles Dantes, Maricel Cruz, Rex Espiritu and Rosas Olarte
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PRESIDENT Marcos suspended classes and government work across the capital for a second day today (Tuesday) as Typhoon “Enteng,” which hit parts of Luzon and Metro Manila yesterday, and the enhanced southwest monsoon or “habagat” are expected to dump more rains within the next three days. “We're closely monitoring the weather and the flooding, but the main concern right now is the strong winds,” President Marcos said, noting that the storm is expected to strengthen as it crosses Cagayan province and moves north. Memorandum Circular No. 63, which was signed by Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin, confirmed today’s class and government work suspension in Metro Manila and Calabarzon. "The suspension of work for private companies and offices is left
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11 dead as ‘Enteng’ lashes Luzon, Visayas
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By Charles Dantes, Rex Espiritu, Vince Lopez, Joel Zurbano and Rio Araja
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LOODS and landslides killed 11 people after a fierce tropical storm and the enhanced southwest monsoon dumped heavy rain in parts of Luzon and Visayas for a second day, officials said Monday. The Department of Social Welfare and Development said the two weather disturbances so far affected at least 6,052 families or 24,043 individuals across 76 barangays in Bicol, Central Visayas and Eastern Visayas. Tropical storm “Enteng” brushed past the Bicol region overnight Sunday before making landfall in Casiguran, Aurora yesterday. The state weather bureau PAGASA warned intense rainfall may persist as Next page
ENTENG’S FURY. Tropical storm Enteng whips up strong winds and rain, flooding homes and buildings on Monday in Bicol, Cavite, Camarines Sur, and Metro Manila. Top photo shows a vehicle being carried away by floodwaters in Antipolo, Coast guard rescuers (left photos) evacuating people to safety in Cavite, a school in Camarines Sur (right photo) swamped by flooding and a swollen Marikina river. FB page of Jeffrey Paul Yutuc, CGS Cavite, FB page of MNHS'sers
Palace optimistic peace deal with Reds finally within reach
PH mulls legal, military responses to Escoda ramming By Rachelle Tonelada and Rex Espiritu The Philippine government may again seek international adjudication for dealing with China’s unabated aggression in the West Philippine Sea (WPS)
but suggested that taking a tougher military stance is no longer out of the question. On one hand, Foreign Affairs (DFA) Secretary Enrique Manalo said his office may soon file another arbitral case against Beijing after a Chinese Coast
Guard (CCG) vessel intentionally rammed the Philippine Coast Guard’s (PCG) BRP Teresa Magbanua at Escoda Shoal on Saturday. “We have made the necessary approaches to China in terms of contacting Next page
Irregularity eyed Quiboloy still in KOJC complex—PNP By Vince Lopez and in P8b bidding Macon Ramos-Araneta of DepEd laptops OPEN ARMS. President Ferdinand R.
By Maricel V. Cruz
Marcos Jr. welcomes with open arms on Monday participants at the opening of the National Peace Consciousness Month (NPCM) and commemoration of the 28th Anniversary of the 1996 Final Peace Agreement with Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) at the Ceremonial Hall of Malacañang Palace on Monday, September 02, 2024. Joining the president during the program are Foreign Affairs Secretary Enrique Manalo, Opapru Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr., MNLF Chairman Muslimin Sema, and MNLF Vice Chairman Abdulkarim Misuari. PPA Pool
By Charles Dantes THE Marcos administration expressed confidence that a lasting peace agreement with communist rebels can be forged before the President’s term ends. “Very, very optimistic. Yes,
within the term of the President – or even before the term ends,” Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation, and Unity Secretary Carlito Galvez said on Monday. In a briefing in Malacañang, Galvez told reporters about the Next page
HOUSE Assistant Majority Leader and Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Jil Bongalon on Monday exposed what he described as a “conspiracy” behind the bidding of P8 billion worth of laptops and other related equipment for public schools during the time of Vice President Sara Duterte as Department of Education (DepEd) secretary. Bongalon made the revelation in the course of the House Committee on Appropriations hearing on the P793.18-billion proposed budget of the DepEd for next year. At the start, Bongalon, a vice chairman of the House Committee on Appropriations, told new DepEd Secretary Juan Edgardo Angara that he may not be able to answer his questions as Next page
AS the hunt for fugitive pastor Apollo Quiboloy entered its 10th day, the Police Regional Office in Davao Region (PRO-11) remains confident that the leader of the Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC), is still hiding inside the
KOJC complex in Davao City. “Based on our intelligence and the information we received, Quiboloy is still in KOJC,” Maj. Catherine Dela Rey, the PRO-11 spokesperson, said during a press briefing Monday. When asked about the televangelist's possible hiding place, Dela Rey Next page
NEW COMELEC HOME. This is the scale model of the new P8.2b building of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) in Pasay City (story on Page 4).