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NEW YORK – World No. 1 Iga Swiatek reached her second US Open quarterfinal on Monday (Tuesday Manila time) with a straight-sets win over Liudmila Samonsova to stay on course for a sixth Grand Slam title.
Floods and a landslide killed seven people in the Philippines on Monday as tropical storm Yagi, locally known as Enteng, dumped heavy rain on the capital Manila and nearby provinces, a disaster agency official said on Monday. In a hilly community in Antipolo east of Manila, three people were killed, including two schoolboys and a 27-year-old pregnant woman, when a landslide hit two houses, according to Relly Bernardo, the city's disaster management chief.
MANILA: A storm unleashed pounding rains that flooded many northern Philippine areas overnight into Monday, prompting authorities to suspend classes and government work in the capital region and warn thousands of residents to prepare to evacuate from flood-prone villages along a key river. Tropical Storm Yagi was blowing 115 kilometers (71 miles) northeast of Infanta town in Quezon province, southeast of Manila, on Monday with sustained winds of up to 75 kilometers (47 miles) per hour and gusts of up to 90 kph (56 mph), according to the weather bureau.
Amid the Senate work suspension due to typhoon Enteng on Monday Sept. 2, Sen. Idol Raffy Tulfo coordinated with various government agencies under his Senate Public Services Committee through a zoom meeting.
SANTA Rosa City Rep. Dan Fernandez on Sunday said he hoped former president Rodrigo Duterte, Sen. Ronald de la Rosa, a former Philippine National Police chief, and Sen. Bong Go would attend the hearing being conducted by the House of Representatives' quad committee.
DELIVERY service provider J&T Express has once again linked up with the Department of Education (DepEd) and various school administrators from Luzon, the Visayas and Mindanao to support this year's Brigada Eskwela initiative to assist students.
BACOLOD CITY – At least 12 local government units in Negros Occidental, including this highly urbanized city, canceled classes due to expected heavy rains brought by Tropical Storm Enteng on Monday.
THE National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP) Museo at Aklatan ni Diosdado Macapagal held an online lecture titled «Rizal Park Luneta: Beautification and Development Through the Years» on Aug. 29, 2024.