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Despite Typhoon "Jenny"'s slight weakening, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) on Wednesday placed the northern part of Batanes under Signal No. 3. According to weather expert Obet Badrina, Signal No. 3 is up over Itbayat, while Signal No. 2 is up over the rest of Batanes and the northern Babuyan Islands, including the Calayan Islands. DOST PAGASA IMAGESMeanwhile, Signal No. 1 is raised over the remaining Babuyan Islands, the northern part of mainland Cagayan (Santa Ana, Gonzaga, Buguey, Santa Teresita, Lal-Lo, Camalaniugan, Pamplona, Claveria, Ballesteros, Abulug, Allacapan, Sanchez-Mira, Santa Praxedes, Lasam, and Gattaran), the northern part…

The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) issued a warning that it would harshly penalize drivers who disobey traffic laws, particularly those that use the EDSA Bus Carousel. The organization requested that two drivers in particular be sanctioned in letters to the Land Transportation Office (LTO) and the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB). One was a cab driver who used the EDSA Bus Carousel to obstruct the movement of city buses on September 23 in Quezon City when 19 inches of floodwater impacted a section of the northbound lanes of EDSA at Gate 3. The flood was caused by…

MANILA, Philippines — According to Transportation Secretary Jaime Bautista, a total of 19 employees of the Office for Transportation Security (OTS), an attached agency of the Department of Transportation (DOTr), have been sacked since July 2022 after they were discovered stealing from airline passengers. During the Senate's discussion on the DOTr's P214 billion budget request for 2024, Bautista stated on Tuesday, "Actually, we have examined 60 cases [of theft] at the airports [using OTS employees. These incidents included the one that happened on September 8 at Ninoy Aquino International Airport, where a surveillance camera caught an OTS screener purportedly swallowing…

On Tuesday, House of Representatives leaders met with representatives of the oil industry once more to request additional fuel price reductions as pump prices reached around P70 per liter. Erwin Tulfo, a member of the ACT CIS Party List and the House Deputy Majority Leader, said that MPs demanded an additional P1.00 to P2.00 per liter reduction on top of the existing discounts offered by major oil companies and to broaden its coverage to include private automobiles. He claimed that the oil companies, however, have not yet made a promise. "Ang pakiusap nalang namin ngayon, ng Kongreso, dagdagan ninyo ‘yung…

MANILA (UPDATED) – On Saturday afternoon, flooding was caused by heavy rain in some areas of Metro Manila, including on Epifanio delos Santos Avenue in front of Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon City. Up until 2:15 p.m., when the water began to recede, the northbound lane of EDSA in front of the Armed Forces of the Philippines was under water and impassable to light vehicles like automobiles and motorbikes. Flooding was also recorded by MMDA in the following locations: Balintawak Market Northbound - Gutter deep. Passable to all types of vehicles. Edsa Balintawak - 4"(half gutter) EDSA North Avenue SB -…