What Happened?
A low-pressure area spotted near the Bicol Region is expected to bring rain over the eastern portions of Southern Luzon along with the Eastern Visayas - PAGASA
Dept. of Labor and Employment has issued a notice stating that working in bad weather for more than 6 hours is considered a full day's work
Dept. of Health says it is seeing a 14% decline in new COVID-19 infections
Severe and Critical cases less than 10%
Dept. of Health reports 118,526 dengue cases in the country from January 1 to Aug. 6, reflecting a 153% increase compared to the same period last year.
San Miguel Corporation says it has officially completed its ₱1 billion Tullahan River clean-up project, removing a total of 1.12 million tons of waste two years after it started.
Dept. of Transportation has called on Congress to allocate more funds to sustain its subsidized rides along the EDSA Busway Carousel, which are only set to continue until December of this year
Dept. of Agriculture reports that Severe Tropical Storm Florita destroyed crops valued at ₱19.1 million amid the rising costs of food and farm inputs
The MV Asia Philippines, a passenger RoRo vessel, caught fire on Friday, August 26, one nautical mile off the Batangas port
Starlite Ferries said all 40 passengers and 33 crew members of MV Asia Philippines are safe and accounted for
World
Russia has approached several Asian countries to offer possible long-term oil contracts at discounts of up to 30%
Moderna sues Pfizer-BioNTech over COVID-19 vaccine alleging they copied technology that Moderna developed years before the pandemic.
California to end sales of Gasoline-only cars by 2035
Extra
Twitter Inc is adding podcasts to a test version of its audio chat room Spaces, entering a space dominated by Spotify Technology and Apple Inc.
HBO announced Friday that the "House of the Dragon" fantasy drama would return for a second season, after the "Game of Thrones" prequel debuted to nearly 10 million US viewers.
'The Umbrella Academy' is ending with Season 4
