Expect fair weather today and for the rest of the week due to the ridge of high pressure currently affecting the larger part of the country.
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Legazpi City, still safe for tourist activities
Despite the looming eruption, Albay Governor Joey Salceda issued a tourism advisory, saying that Legazpi City remains safe for tourism and convention activities.
President Aquino still supports Purisima
President Aquino still fully supports PNP Chief Allan Purisima.
President Aquino asks int’l community to unite in the fight against climate change
President Aquino urged for a unified world effort to fight against climate change in his speech at the UN Climate Change Summit.
Sandiganbayan 4th Division not affected
Atty. Renato Bocar, Executive Clerk of the Sandiganbayan, said that the cases currently being heard in the 4th division of the said court will not be neglected despite the dismissal of Justice Gregorio Ong. He added that the most senior member of the division will take over the tasks left by Ong. These include the hearing of graft cases against former president and now Pampanga representative Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, in particular, those involving the NBN-ZTE deal. […]
Sandiganbayan, business as usual, after dismissal of Justice Gregory Ong
It is business as usual in the Sandiganbayan despite the dismissal from office of Justice Gregory Ong. Atty. Renato Bocar, Executive Clerk of the Anti-Graft Court assured that cases being heard in the said court will not be affected, in particular that of the 4th division, where Ong served as chairman. Justice Jose Hernandez of the Fourth Division will now stand as its chairman, while a replacement Justice will be taken from the other divisions […]
President Aquino makes an appeal in climate change meeting
President Aquino appealed to all countries to unite in the fight against climate change. This is the theme of the President’s speech to the leaders of 41 nations including Mauritius, South Africa, Mexico, Norway and Switzerland that attended the United Nation Climate Summit in New York City. He also asked the international community to stop the debate regarding greenhouse gas emissions and instead start helping each other solve the problem. The UN Climate Change Summit […]
Albay prepares for worst-case secenario
The local government of Albay is preparing for the worst case scenario once the Mayon Volcano erupts. It was discovered that the lava dome in the mouth of the volcano was in a bad condition. It now reaches the height of a 41-storey building and may collapse with the continuing rise in pressure inside the said lava dome. According to Albay Public Safety and Emergency Management Office Head Cedric Daep, there is a possibility that […]
Fair weather for the rest of the week
Expect fair weather today and for the rest of the week. According to the PAGASA, this is caused by the ridge of high pressure occurring in a large part of the country. But be prepared for scattered rain showers in the evening.
U.N. climate summit sets goals to save forests, use clean energy
(Reuters) – A United Nations summit on climate change agreed on Tuesday to widen the use of renewable energy and raise billions of dollars in aid for developing countries in an effort to increase the prospects for a wide-ranging deal to slow global warming. The one-day summit, hosted by U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, set goals to halt losses of tropical forests by 2030, improve food production and hike the share of electric vehicles in cities […]
Obama says global climate deal must include emerging economies
(Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama said on Tuesday a new global agreement on climate change must include strong commitments from emerging economies and move past the rich-poor country divide that has hampered progress in United Nations negotiations. Obama addressed the U.N. climate change summit with a statement meant to build political momentum for a global deal on climate change in 2015 and a list of commitments his administration has made to address. He said a “global […]
Aquino urges more active global action vs climate change
(ENS) – President Benigno Aquino addressed the international community at the United Nations (UN) Climate Summit on Tuesday (September 23), urging countries to “do everything they can to address climate change.” The Climate Summit is meant to add political momentum to a U.N. process to negotiate a climate-change agreement in Paris by 2015, and Aquino took this as an opportunity to remind world leaders of their shared responsibility to find a solution to the issue. Aquino said the Philippines, which felt the […]
