Good day. Here are the stories for The Manila Times for Sunday, October 27, 2024.
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READ: Batangas toll adds to storm’s grim tally
RESCUERS raced Saturday to reach people still stranded in areas cut off by flooding from Tropical Storm “Kristine”, which has displaced nearly half a million people and killed at least 87, 43 from Batangas. Provincial officials said 18 of those deaths came from the village of Sampaloc in Talisay town, who were reported to have perished in a landslide Friday night. Batangas provincial police office director Col. Jack Malinao confirmed the retrieval of the 18 victims from the site of the landslide, including 12 children. Malinao said the death toll could rise further as they were still looking for missing people who were buried in the landslide. The incident occurred due to days of heavy rains brought by Kristine, which began affecting the province on Tuesday, October 22.
READ: Country braces for new storm ‘Leon’
TROPICAL Storm Kong-Rey was expected to enter the Philippine area of responsibility (PAR) on Saturday night or early Sunday morning, the state-run weather bureau said Saturday. The storm, named “Leon”, entered the PAR at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, and it could reach typhoon status by Monday, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said.
READ: Quality textbooks seen under new curriculum
THE head of the Philippine Educational Publishers Association (PEPA) believes that the Department of Education (DepEd) is now looking at better quality books that would be used in the Matatag curriculum from private publishers. Speaking to the IBC public affairs program “The Chairman’s Report” with Commission for Filipinos Overseas secretary and former Manila Times chairman and CEO Dante Ang II on Friday. Jose Paulo Sibal, president of PEPA, said the DepEd is now discussing how to streamline the textbook procurement process. Sibal said that the DepEd will now implement some changes in the procurement once a textbook call is implemented in 2025 for 2026.
READ: PH, US reaffirm Unclos ideals
THE Philippines and the United States reaffirmed their commitment to upholding the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (Unclos) and supporting a rules-based international order as a way to address the region’s complex and evolving maritime challenges. The reaffirmation was made during the 3rd Philippines-US Maritime Dialogue, held in Manila on Thursday, October 24, which reviewed existing maritime engagements and explored new collaborative approaches in the maritime domain.
BUSINESS: Right Ong target
This Sunday’s Keep in View talks about Mabalacat City College president Michelle Aguilar-Ong. Read more in the print, digital, and online versions of the Times.
SPORTS: Madi Mojdeh strikes gold in Japan
Over to sports, the Behrouz Elite Swimming Team (BEST), led by Behrouz Mohammad Madi Mojdeh, showed its strength immediately, capturing a gold medal on the first day of competition at the 2024 Buccaneer Invitational Swimming Championships held at St. Mary’s International School swimming pool in Tokyo, Japan. Mojdeh dominated the boys’ 13-14 200-meter (m) breaststroke, recording an impressive two minutes and 35.63 seconds to secure the team’s first gold medal in the tournament. The Immaculate Heart of Mary College-Parañaque standout outpaced Japan bets Kenny Schamisso, who clocked 2:37.31 to settle for silver, and Ousei Fukuda, who finished far behind with 2:50.16 for the bronze medal.
READ: Opinion and editorial
Marlen Ronquillo is today’s front page columnist, as he talks about the paroxysm of political rage, which focuses on the upcoming US elections.
Today’s editorial says the House of Representatives’ quad committee’s handing over of documents to the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) for an investigation into alleged land acquisition by Chinese citizens through fraudulent Filipino citizenship is merely the tip of the iceberg. Read the full version in the paper’s opinion section or listen to the Voice of the Times.
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