Water Level ng Magat Dam patuloy na bumababa; Posibleng makaapekto sa patubig ng mga sakahan

Patuloy na bumababa ang water elevation ng Magat Dam dahil sa kakulangan ng pag-ulan at mababang inflow ng tubig, na maaaring magdulot ng kakulangan sa suplay ng patubig para sa mga magsasaka sa mga susunod na linggo. Read more at https://cauayan.bomboradyo.com/water-level-ng-magat-dam-patuloy-na-bumababa-posibleng-makaapekto-sa-patubig-ng-mga-sakahan/

Iran Attacks Cargo Ship, Testing Trump’s Deal to Reopen Strait

Iran Attacks Cargo Ship, Testing Trump’s Deal to Reopen Strait Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps attacked a Singapore-flagged cargo ship Thursday in the Strait of Hormuz, according to two senior U.S. officials, testing the deal signed last week by the U.S. and Iran to end the fighting and reopen the vital shipping lane. Read more at https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/iran-attacks-cargo-ship-testing-trumps-deal-to-reopen-strait-d3cf454c

Severe Tropical Storm Gardo to exit PAR Friday; ‘habagat’ persists

MANILA, Philippines — Severe Tropical Storm Gardo (international name: Higos) is expected to exit the Philippine area of responsibility (PAR) on Friday while the southwest monsoon or “habagat” will trigger rain showers over parts of Luzon and the Visayas, according to the state weather bureau. Read more at https://www.google.com/amp/s/newsinfo.inquirer.net/2253158/severe-tropical-storm-gardo-to-exit-par-friday-habagat-persists/amp

Bulacan flood control ‘BGC boys’ face P1.68 billion tax raps

MANILA, Philippines — The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) has secured clearance from the Department of Justice (DOJ) for the filing of 44 criminal tax cases against the so-called BGC Boys or Bulacan Group of Contractors – former officials implicated in the flood control scandal – over alleged tax liabilities exceeding P1.68 billion. Read more … Read more

Venezuela races to rescue hundreds trapped in rubble after major twin earthquakes

Hundreds of people in Venezuela were trapped under rubble and many more remained unaccounted for on Thursday, June 25, after two powerful earthquakes devastated areas in and around the capital Caracas, killing hundreds, damaging buildings and leaving thousands homeless. Read more https://www.rappler.com/world/latin-america/venezeula-earthquake-updates-june-25-2026/

Leyte student briefly held over threats of campus attack

MANILA, Philippines — A 14-year-old student from Tolosa, Leyte province, was released hours after being taken into police custody and turned over to the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) for allegedly posting online threats of a school attack, with authorities later finding no evidence of an organized plan or immediate danger. Read more … Read more

‘No one believed it’: how a YouTube video accidentally proved Libya’s sand cat really does exist

When wildlife photographer Mohammed Almuntasir uploaded 18 seconds of footage to YouTube, he thought little more about the small, pale cat seen digging a hollow in the sand in the remote dunes of south-west Libya. The video, however, posted in 2017, turned out to be the first material evidence that the sand cat (Felis margarita), the world’s only … Read more

Dog Day

The Fourth of July can be a miserable day for dogs. The fireworks make scaredy-cats out of many canines. That’s because dogs, like humans, are hardwired to be afraid of sudden, loud noises. It is what keeps them safe. Some dogs, though, take that fear to the extreme with panting, howling, pacing, whining, hiding, trembling and even … Read more