News in Pictures: October 27, 2024
President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. looks at the extent of damages caused by severe tropical storm ‘Kristine’ during an aerial inspection on several towns in Cavite and Batangas province on Friday. Severe tropical storm Kristine is about to exit the Philippine area of responsibility (PAR), weather bureau Pagasa said Friday in its 11 a.m. bulletin.
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President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. presides over the situational briefing on the Tropical Storm “Kristine” at the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) Office at Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon City on Wednesday, October 23, 2024. In attendance are Special Assistant to the President Antonio Lagdameo Jr., Defense Secretary “Gibo” Teodoro, Social Welfare and Development Secretary Rex Gatchalian, Interior and Local Government Secretary Jonvic Remulla, Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Maria Antonia Yulo-Loyzaga, Transportation Secretary Jaime Bautista, Public Works and Highway Secretary Manuel Bonoan, among other cabinet members and government officials.
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Evacuees sleep on mats as they wait out the typhoon while taking shelter in place at the Holy Family Parish Church in Roxas DIstrict, Quezon City on Thursday, October 24, 2024, as typhoon “Kristine” continued its onslaught in Region 1 and Region 2. One hundred fifty individuals and thirty two families are sheltering in the church.
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An exhibit visitor looks at the Murillo Velarde 1734 Map of the Philippine archipelago drawn by Jesuit Father Pedro Murillo Velarde and publish in Manila in 1734 with an artistic renditon of the BRP Sierra Madre in the foreground, at the opening of the Kanlungan at Kasarinlan: An Arts and Science Exhibit on the West Philippine Sea at the Marine Science Institute, University of the Philippines Diliman in Quezon City on Tuesday, October 22, 2024.
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2024) during the first National Security Council Roadshow that was staged in Baguio City. He said disinformation from China and the six-year period of silence about Chinese aggression during the Duterte administration are some of the problems confronting the government. —CARLITO DAR/CONTRIBUTOR
