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DOST Secretary Renato Solidum Jr. lists down ways that the public can do to cope with the very strong El Niño.
Among other things, the public should not hoard drinking water because supply remains adequate, especially in areas where there are dams. @PhilippineStar
Filipinos should also collect rainwater that they can eventually use for washing dishes or watering the plants—something that Solidum is personally doing. @PhilippineStar
The very strong El Niño is expected to intensify by the last quarter of the year and will last until the first half of 2027. @PhilippineStar
The Department of Energy is looking into ticket stockpiling to beef up the country's oil reserves amid escalating tensions in the Middle East and the looming very strong El Niño, according to Secretary Sharon Garin. @PhilippineStar
Ticket stockpiling is used by countries to increase fuel reserves without building physical tanks locally.
A selling country agrees to hold a specific amount of oil on behalf of a buying country for a fee. @PhilippineStar
DOE Undersecretary Alessandro Sales says the fee may cost less than $1 per barrel.
Garin says the DOE will make the final decision this week. @PhilippineStar
Mixed fuel price adjustments will be implemented tomorrow, Oct. 27, according to the DOE:
Gasoline - Down by P0.30/L
Diesel: Up by P1.20/L
Kerosene: Up by P0.50/L
@PhilippineStar
A total of 250 megawatts of interim power capacity are already in place by December in preparation for the very strong El Niño phenomenon, according to the Department of Energy. @PhilippineStar
Lance Abrahm Mateo, the lawyer of Claudine Barretto, lists down the reasons why his client is suing Cristy Fermin and Rommel Villamor.
These include untruthful commentaries on their YouTube vlog “Showbiz Now Na!” @PhilippineStar
Mateo says they’re leaving with the NBI whether a cyber libel charge is warranted in their case. @PhilippineStar
Veteran actress Claudine Barretto is set to file a complaint against TV hosts Cristy Fermin and Romel Chika at the National Bureau of Investigation over “hurtful” words she has received on their YouTube channel. @PhilippineStar
Barretto insists she will not back out of the case even if Fermin, who has been the subject of multiple cyber libel cases before, apologizes.
Asked for her message to Fermin, Barretto says, “Happy Halloween!” @PhilippineStar
NBI Director Melvin Matibag responds to Vice President Sara Duterte for calling him a “nobody” amid the bureau’s investigation into properties linked to her and her family. @PhilippineStar
Matibag: Well, totoo naman ‘yon. Kung ang basehan ay mga mansyon, mga negosyo, parehas ng mga Jollibee, ganyan, tsaka kung may natatanggap sa mga Chinese state-owned companies, eh nobody talaga. @PhilippineStar
Matibag: Pero tayo, gagawin natin ‘yong mandato natin bilang namumuno ng imbestigasyon. Tuloy-tuloy lang [ito]. @PhilippineStar
The NBI has subpoenaed the five podcast hosts of “Machong Chismisan” for mocking Josh Aquino, the son of television icon Kris Aquino who is on the autism spectrum.
They are summoned on Oct. 20, according to NBI Director Melvin Matibag. @PhilippineStar
The podcast hosts may face charges for violating the law protecting PWDs, as well as cyberlibel. @PhilippineStar
The country keeps an average of 51.39 days worth of petroleum products in its inventory as of October 12, according to the Department of Energy. @PhilippineStar
LEVISTE CONSIDERED FUGITIVE - MATIBAG
NBI Director Melvin Matibag clarifies that only Batangas Rep. Leandro Leviste’s two co-accused have posted bail and not him.
Leviste is reportedly in France together with his mother, Sen. Loren Legarda. @PhilippineStar
Hazel Iris Lafuente Buencamino and Irma Flaminiano posted P72,000 in bail on Oct. 6. The Makati RTC Branch 235 scheduled the arraignment for Oct. 26.
Leviste needs to go home and personally appear before the court to post bail, according to Matibag. @PhilippineStar
With Leviste out of the country, he is considered “fugitive from justice,” according to Matibag. @PhilippineStar