HEADLINES: Marcos to Quiboloy: Come out from hiding | July 11, 2024

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BANNER: Marcos to Quiboloy: Come out from hiding

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Wednesday dared Apollo Quiboloy to show up and face the accusations hurled against him, calling him a «fugitive» who is hiding from the law. The President issued the statement after Quiboloy's camp questioned the motives of the private individuals who offered a 10 million peso bounty for his arrest.

President wants to keep his 3rd SONA brief

Meanwhile, Marcos said he was having a hard time figuring out how to fit everything he wanted to convey during his third State of the Nation Address (SONA) on July 22 in just one hour. In a media interview on the sidelines of the official impounding process ceremony of the Upper Wawa Dam in Montalban, Rizal, the Chief Executive said he would detail how the government is performing when it comes to further ramping up the economy, addressing criminality, eliminating illegal drugs, and responding to other threats facing the country.

Marcos to Wawa Dam operators: Prioritize watershed protection

The President called on the operators of the Upper Wawa Dam to continue collaborating with the government in prioritizing watershed protection and reforestation. In his speech during the impounding process ceremony at the Upper Wawa Dam, the President also called on the stakeholders to pay attention to the biodiversity preservation of the Upper Marikina River Basin Protected Landscape. The President said the Upper Wawa Dam will be the biggest water source to be built in the country in over 50 years, next to the Angat Dam. He said that the water supply from the Wawa Bulk Water Supply Project will increase from 80 million to 438 million liters per day once Phase 2 of the Project or the Upper Wawa Dam starts its operations at the end of 2025, which could increase to 710 million liters per day in the following years. These 438 to 710 million liters per day translate to supporting the water supply needs of about 2.2