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THE Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said on Thursday, March 7, 2024, that El Niño has started to weaken and it is raising the alert and warning system to La Niña Watch.In a statement, Pagasa said the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) may return to neutral conditions during the second quarter of the year or from April to June.It said it is monitoring an increasing probability of La Niña to develop from June to August.“La Niña (cool phase of ENSO) is characterized by unusually cooler than average sea surface temperatures (SSTs) in the central and eastern equatorial Pacific (CEP). When conditions are favorable for the development of La Niña within the next six months and the probability is 55 percent or more, a La Niña Watch is issued,” the weather bureau said.“Pre-developing La Niña historically, is characterized with below normal rainfall, therefore, the possibility of a slight delay on the onset of rainy season is likely with the combined effects of the ongoing El Niño,” it added.Pagasa advised concerned government agencies and the public to keep on monitoring and take precautionary measures against the potential impacts. (TPM/SunStar Philippines) Latest Sports News Scores and Highlights Philippines THE country’s inflation rate has further slowed down as it clocked in at 2.8 percent in January 2024.The PSA said the January 2024 inflation rate, or the rate of increase in the cost of commodities in a certain period of time, is the lowest since the 2.3 percent inflation rate recorded in October 2020.It is .9 percent lower than December 2023 inflation rate of 3.9 percent and far lower than the 8.7 percent in January 2023.“The downtrend in the overall inflation in January 2024 was primarily brought about by the slower annual increment of food and non-alcoholic beverages at 3.5 percent in January 2024 from 5.4 percent in the previous month,” the PSA said.“Also contributing to the downtrend was housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels with a slower annual increase of 0.7 percent during the month from 1.5 percent in December 2023,” it added.The agency also noted lower annual increments on alcoholic beverages and tobacco, from 9.0 to 8.4 percent; clothing and footwear, from 4.2 to 3.8 percent; furnishings, household equipment and routine household maintenance, from 4.5 to 3.9 percent; health, from 3.7 to 3.3 percent; recreation, sport and culture, from 4.2 to 4.0 percent; restaurants and accommodation services, from 5.6 to 5.5 percent; and personal care, and miscellaneous goods and services, from 4.6 to 4.0 percent.It said the index of education services recorded a higher annual increase of 3.8 percent from an annual increment of 3.5 percent in December 2023.The PSA said the food and non-alcoholic beverages, restaurants and accommodation services and alcoholic beverages and tobacco contributed the most in the overall inflation of the month with 1.3, 0.5 and 0.2 percentage points, respectively.The food inflation also slowed down to 3.3 percent from 5.5 percent during the month prior.The agency said the deceleration is attributed to decrease in the prices of corn -4.3 percent from -3.5 percent; oils and fats, -4.3 percent from -3.6 percent; meat and other parts of slaughtered land animals, -0.7 percent from 0.2 percent; and sugar, confectionery and desserts, -1.0 percent from 0.1 percent.Lower inflation rates were also noted in the flour, bread and other bakery products, pasta products, and other cereals; milk, other dairy products and eggs; fruits and nuts, 10.0 percent from 12.2 percent; and ready-made food and other food products not elsewhere classified.But the PSA noted an increase in the rice inflation from 19.6 percent in December 2023 to 22.6 percent in January, and this could be due to the overall trend of high rice prices in the world market, as well as the base effects seen in the first seven months of 2023, when rice inflation was relatively low, according to PSA director Dennis Mapa.Mapa said the inflation rate of rice may persist to above 20 percent until July 2024.In a statement, National Economic Development Authority Secretary Arsenio Balisacan said they would continue monitoring food supply and prices in the country in anticipation of the El Niño phenomenon spreading across more areas in order to provide President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and the Cabinet with timely and appropriate policy recommendations and ensure stable and affordable prices of commodities.“We introduce stop-gap measures, as necessary, such as allowing further imports on key commodities until our supply stabilizes at prices affordable to consumers while ensuring remunerative prices for local producers,” he said, noting that El Niño will linger until May of 2024.Earlier, Marcos extended until the end of 2024 the reduced tariff rates of pork, corn, and rice under Executive Order 50. The chief executive also reactivated the Task Force El Niño through Executive Order 53, which tasks concerned agencies to intensify the government’s efforts to secure sufficient water and food supply, power, health, and public safety nationwide. (TPM/SunStar Philippines)

THE country’s inflation rate has further slowed down as it clocked in at 2.8 percent in January 2024.The PSA said the January 2024 inflation rate, or the rate of increase in the cost of commodities in a certain period of time, is the lowest since the 2.3 percent inflation rate recorded in October 2020.It is .9 percent lower than December 2023 inflation rate of 3.9 percent and far lower than the 8.7 percent in January 2023.“The downtrend in the overall inflation in January 2024 was primarily brought about by the slower annual increment of food and non-alcoholic beverages at 3.5 percent in January 2024 from 5.4 percent in the previous month,” the PSA said.“Also contributing to the downtrend was housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels with a slower annual increase of 0.7 percent during the month from 1.5 percent in December 2023,” it added.The agency also noted lower annual increments on alcoholic beverages and tobacco, from 9.0 to 8.4 percent; clothing and footwear, from 4.2 to 3.8 percent; furnishings, household equipment and routine household maintenance, from 4.5 to 3.9 percent; health, from 3.7 to 3.3 percent; recreation, sport and culture, from 4.2 to 4.0 percent; restaurants and accommodation services, from 5.6 to 5.5 percent; and personal care, and miscellaneous goods and services, from 4.6 to 4.0 percent.It said the index of education services recorded a higher annual increase of 3.8 percent from an annual increment of 3.5 percent in December 2023.The PSA said the food and non-alcoholic beverages, restaurants and accommodation services and alcoholic beverages and tobacco contributed the most in the overall inflation of the month with 1.3, 0.5 and 0.2 percentage points, respectively.The food inflation also slowed down to 3.3 percent from 5.5 percent during the month prior.The agency said the deceleration is attributed to decrease in the prices of corn -4.3 percent from -3.5 percent; oils and fats, -4.3 percent from -3.6 percent; meat and other parts of slaughtered land animals, -0.7 percent from 0.2 percent; and sugar, confectionery and desserts, -1.0 percent from 0.1 percent.Lower inflation rates were also noted in the flour, bread and other bakery products, pasta products, and other cereals; milk, other dairy products and eggs; fruits and nuts, 10.0 percent from 12.2 percent; and ready-made food and other food products not elsewhere classified.But the PSA noted an increase in the rice inflation from 19.6 percent in December 2023 to 22.6 percent in January, and this could be due to the overall trend of high rice prices in the world market, as well as the base effects seen in the first seven months of 2023, when rice inflation was relatively low, according to PSA director Dennis Mapa.Mapa said the inflation rate of rice may persist to above 20 percent until July 2024.In a statement, National Economic Development Authority Secretary Arsenio Balisacan said they would continue monitoring food supply and prices in the country in anticipation of the El Niño phenomenon spreading across more areas in order to provide President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and the Cabinet with timely and appropriate policy recommendations and ensure stable and affordable prices of commodities.“We introduce stop-gap measures, as necessary, such as allowing further imports on key commodities until our supply stabilizes at prices affordable to consumers while ensuring remunerative prices for local producers,” he said, noting that El Niño will linger until May of 2024.Earlier, Marcos extended until the end of 2024 the reduced tariff rates of pork, corn, and rice under Executive Order 50. The chief executive also reactivated the Task Force El Niño through Executive Order 53, which tasks concerned agencies to intensify the government’s efforts to secure sufficient water and food supply, power, health, and public safety nationwide. (TPM/SunStar Philippines) Batang Pinoy TO HELP meet their agricultural water requirements amid the ongoing drought, over 2,000 farmers in Cebu City are receiving support from the regional irrigation agency.The National Irrigation Administration (NIA) 7 said there are currently 41 irrigation systems in operation, benefiting a total of 2,763 farmers in the city.Zarline Sambas, media relations officer of NIA 7, told SunStar Cebu on Saturday, April 6, 2024, that these farmers are located in Barangays Adlaon, Agsungot, Binaliw, Bonbon, Budlaan, Buot Taup, Cambinocot, Guba, Lusaran, Mabini, Malubog, Pamutan, Paril, Pulangbato, Sapangdaku, Sirao, Sinsin, Sudlon 1, Sudlon 2, Tagbao, Taptap, Toong and Tabunan.She said they have been serving most of these barangays since last October.The NIA 7 said it had adjusted the cropping calendar, starting the cropping season earlier to October instead of November. For this season, it said it has allocated irrigation for 764 hectares out of 1,159 hectares of firmed-up service areas, prioritizing high-value crops.Sambas said the decision on irrigation allocation was based on dam statuses and expert projections.She said they are exploring alternative water sources, such as deep wells, water tankers or mobile pumps in coordination with other government agencies to supply irrigation to the affected areas.She said the NIA 7 is already looking at constructing a small reservoir irrigation project, such as the proposed impounding dam in Barangay Cambinocot, aimed at boosting existing irrigation systems in the city’s mountain barangays. She said they are conducting feasibility studies on the proposal.Sambas said they will also assess and identify affected areas to determine which farmers in Cebu City will benefit from the cash-for-work program of the Department of Labor and Employment to mitigate their income loss.Cebu City already declared a state of calamity in 28 mountain barangays due to the lack of water and incidents of bushfires as a result of the dry hot season and the effects of the El Niño weather phenomenon.Harold Alcontin, head of the City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office, said the declaration came after at least 500 farmers stopped planting their usual crops due to the damage caused by the lack of water.City Agriculturist Joelito Baclayon said that as of March, 115 hectares of farmland across 28 barangays had been affected by the extreme weather condition.Cebu City currently has 10,719 registered farmers cultivating various crops, such as lettuce, cabbage, cauliflower, cucumber, eggplant, sweet corn and tomato.These farmers are vulnerable to the effects of the ongoing drought.Last month, Casimero Pilones, president of the Alliance of Cebu City Farmers Association, said some members had opted not to cultivate their farms due to the lack of water, leading to a decrease in farm production. The group is composed of 72 farmer associations, with each association having 200 to 300 members.Pilones revealed that farm production had decreased by around 80 percent ince February. He said before the onset of El Niño, farmers used to harvest 1,000 kilos of eggplants, but now they can barely harvest 200 kilos.It was earlier reported that Cebu City’s agriculture industry has the potential to yield between P500,000 to P1 million worth of crops daily, with figures surging to over P1 million during peak seasons.Weather specialist Jhomer Eclarino of the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) Visayas declared a drought in the entire Cebu Island last month.Pagasa defines drought as an extended dry condition, characterized by either experiencing five consecutive months of below-normal rainfall or three months of significantly below-normal rainfall. Below-normal rainfall, as defined, represents a decrease of 20 to 60 percent from the usual amount, while way-below-normal rainfall indicates a reduction of more than 60 percent from the normal figure.The other provinces in the Visayas that are also experiencing drought are Antique, Biliran, Eastern Samar, Guimaras, Iloilo, Leyte, Negros Oriental, Negros Occidental and Samar.Eclarino also warned the public that Cebu’s heat index may reach a “dangerous” 51 degrees Celsius in the coming weeks.A heat index that ranges between 42 and 51 degrees Celsius is considered dangerous, as it can cause heat cramps and exhaustion, as well as a heat stroke during prolonged exposure.The heat index or “feels-like” temperature combines air temperature and humidity to indicate how hot the weather feels to the human body. Eclarino had said that Cebu records its highest temperatures in May, based on historical data.On May 31, 2010, which also coincided with an El Niño phenomenon, Cebu reached its highest surface temperature of 37 degrees Celsius, accompanied by a heat index of 49 degrees Celsius. / KJF

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TO HELP meet their agricultural water requirements amid the ongoing drought, over 2,000 farmers in Cebu City are receiving support from the regional irrigation agency.The National Irrigation Administration (NIA) 7 said there are currently 41 irrigation systems in operation, benefiting a total of 2,763 farmers in the city.Zarline Sambas, media relations officer of NIA 7, told SunStar Cebu on Saturday, April 6, 2024, that these farmers are located in Barangays Adlaon, Agsungot, Binaliw, Bonbon, Budlaan, Buot Taup, Cambinocot, Guba, Lusaran, Mabini, Malubog, Pamutan, Paril, Pulangbato, Sapangdaku, Sirao, Sinsin, Sudlon 1, Sudlon 2, Tagbao, Taptap, Toong and Tabunan.She said they have been serving most of these barangays since last October.The NIA 7 said it had adjusted the cropping calendar, starting the cropping season earlier to October instead of November. For this season, it said it has allocated irrigation for 764 hectares out of 1,159 hectares of firmed-up service areas, prioritizing high-value crops.Sambas said the decision on irrigation allocation was based on dam statuses and expert projections.She said they are exploring alternative water sources, such as deep wells, water tankers or mobile pumps in coordination with other government agencies to supply irrigation to the affected areas.She said the NIA 7 is already looking at constructing a small reservoir irrigation project, such as the proposed impounding dam in Barangay Cambinocot, aimed at boosting existing irrigation systems in the city’s mountain barangays. She said they are conducting feasibility studies on the proposal.Sambas said they will also assess and identify affected areas to determine which farmers in Cebu City will benefit from the cash-for-work program of the Department of Labor and Employment to mitigate their income loss.Cebu City already declared a state of calamity in 28 mountain barangays due to the lack of water and incidents of bushfires as a result of the dry hot season and the effects of the El Niño weather phenomenon.Harold Alcontin, head of the City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office, said the declaration came after at least 500 farmers stopped planting their usual crops due to the damage caused by the lack of water.City Agriculturist Joelito Baclayon said that as of March, 115 hectares of farmland across 28 barangays had been affected by the extreme weather condition.Cebu City currently has 10,719 registered farmers cultivating various crops, such as lettuce, cabbage, cauliflower, cucumber, eggplant, sweet corn and tomato.These farmers are vulnerable to the effects of the ongoing drought.Last month, Casimero Pilones, president of the Alliance of Cebu City Farmers Association, said some members had opted not to cultivate their farms due to the lack of water, leading to a decrease in farm production. The group is composed of 72 farmer associations, with each association having 200 to 300 members.Pilones revealed that farm production had decreased by around 80 percent ince February. He said before the onset of El Niño, farmers used to harvest 1,000 kilos of eggplants, but now they can barely harvest 200 kilos.It was earlier reported that Cebu City’s agriculture industry has the potential to yield between P500,000 to P1 million worth of crops daily, with figures surging to over P1 million during peak seasons.Weather specialist Jhomer Eclarino of the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) Visayas declared a drought in the entire Cebu Island last month.Pagasa defines drought as an extended dry condition, characterized by either experiencing five consecutive months of below-normal rainfall or three months of significantly below-normal rainfall. Below-normal rainfall, as defined, represents a decrease of 20 to 60 percent from the usual amount, while way-below-normal rainfall indicates a reduction of more than 60 percent from the normal figure.The other provinces in the Visayas that are also experiencing drought are Antique, Biliran, Eastern Samar, Guimaras, Iloilo, Leyte, Negros Oriental, Negros Occidental and Samar.Eclarino also warned the public that Cebu’s heat index may reach a “dangerous” 51 degrees Celsius in the coming weeks.A heat index that ranges between 42 and 51 degrees Celsius is considered dangerous, as it can cause heat cramps and exhaustion, as well as a heat stroke during prolonged exposure.The heat index or “feels-like” temperature combines air temperature and humidity to indicate how hot the weather feels to the human body. Eclarino had said that Cebu records its highest temperatures in May, based on historical data.On May 31, 2010, which also coincided with an El Niño phenomenon, Cebu reached its highest surface temperature of 37 degrees Celsius, accompanied by a heat index of 49 degrees Celsius. / KJF Batang Pinoy THE Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said on Thursday, March 7, 2024, that El Niño has started to weaken and it is raising the alert and warning system to La Niña Watch.In a statement, Pagasa said the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) may return to neutral conditions during the second quarter of the year or from April to June.It said it is monitoring an increasing probability of La Niña to develop from June to August.“La Niña (cool phase of ENSO) is characterized by unusually cooler than average sea surface temperatures (SSTs) in the central and eastern equatorial Pacific (CEP). When conditions are favorable for the development of La Niña within the next six months and the probability is 55 percent or more, a La Niña Watch is issued,” the weather bureau said.“Pre-developing La Niña historically, is characterized with below normal rainfall, therefore, the possibility of a slight delay on the onset of rainy season is likely with the combined effects of the ongoing El Niño,” it added.Pagasa advised concerned government agencies and the public to keep on monitoring and take precautionary measures against the potential impacts. (TPM/SunStar Philippines)

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THE Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said on Thursday, March 7, 2024, that El Niño has started to weaken and it is raising the alert and warning system to La Niña Watch.In a statement, Pagasa said the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) may return to neutral conditions during the second quarter of the year or from April to June.It said it is monitoring an increasing probability of La Niña to develop from June to August.“La Niña (cool phase of ENSO) is characterized by unusually cooler than average sea surface temperatures (SSTs) in the central and eastern equatorial Pacific (CEP). When conditions are favorable for the development of La Niña within the next six months and the probability is 55 percent or more, a La Niña Watch is issued,” the weather bureau said.“Pre-developing La Niña historically, is characterized with below normal rainfall, therefore, the possibility of a slight delay on the onset of rainy season is likely with the combined effects of the ongoing El Niño,” it added.Pagasa advised concerned government agencies and the public to keep on monitoring and take precautionary measures against the potential impacts. (TPM/SunStar Philippines), check the following table to see what categories most online casinos in the Philippines fit in.

THE country’s inflation rate has further slowed down as it clocked in at 2.8 percent in January 2024.The PSA said the January 2024 inflation rate, or the rate of increase in the cost of commodities in a certain period of time, is the lowest since the 2.3 percent inflation rate recorded in October 2020.It is .9 percent lower than December 2023 inflation rate of 3.9 percent and far lower than the 8.7 percent in January 2023.“The downtrend in the overall inflation in January 2024 was primarily brought about by the slower annual increment of food and non-alcoholic beverages at 3.5 percent in January 2024 from 5.4 percent in the previous month,” the PSA said.“Also contributing to the downtrend was housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels with a slower annual increase of 0.7 percent during the month from 1.5 percent in December 2023,” it added.The agency also noted lower annual increments on alcoholic beverages and tobacco, from 9.0 to 8.4 percent; clothing and footwear, from 4.2 to 3.8 percent; furnishings, household equipment and routine household maintenance, from 4.5 to 3.9 percent; health, from 3.7 to 3.3 percent; recreation, sport and culture, from 4.2 to 4.0 percent; restaurants and accommodation services, from 5.6 to 5.5 percent; and personal care, and miscellaneous goods and services, from 4.6 to 4.0 percent.It said the index of education services recorded a higher annual increase of 3.8 percent from an annual increment of 3.5 percent in December 2023.The PSA said the food and non-alcoholic beverages, restaurants and accommodation services and alcoholic beverages and tobacco contributed the most in the overall inflation of the month with 1.3, 0.5 and 0.2 percentage points, respectively.The food inflation also slowed down to 3.3 percent from 5.5 percent during the month prior.The agency said the deceleration is attributed to decrease in the prices of corn -4.3 percent from -3.5 percent; oils and fats, -4.3 percent from -3.6 percent; meat and other parts of slaughtered land animals, -0.7 percent from 0.2 percent; and sugar, confectionery and desserts, -1.0 percent from 0.1 percent.Lower inflation rates were also noted in the flour, bread and other bakery products, pasta products, and other cereals; milk, other dairy products and eggs; fruits and nuts, 10.0 percent from 12.2 percent; and ready-made food and other food products not elsewhere classified.But the PSA noted an increase in the rice inflation from 19.6 percent in December 2023 to 22.6 percent in January, and this could be due to the overall trend of high rice prices in the world market, as well as the base effects seen in the first seven months of 2023, when rice inflation was relatively low, according to PSA director Dennis Mapa.Mapa said the inflation rate of rice may persist to above 20 percent until July 2024.In a statement, National Economic Development Authority Secretary Arsenio Balisacan said they would continue monitoring food supply and prices in the country in anticipation of the El Niño phenomenon spreading across more areas in order to provide President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and the Cabinet with timely and appropriate policy recommendations and ensure stable and affordable prices of commodities.“We introduce stop-gap measures, as necessary, such as allowing further imports on key commodities until our supply stabilizes at prices affordable to consumers while ensuring remunerative prices for local producers,” he said, noting that El Niño will linger until May of 2024.Earlier, Marcos extended until the end of 2024 the reduced tariff rates of pork, corn, and rice under Executive Order 50. The chief executive also reactivated the Task Force El Niño through Executive Order 53, which tasks concerned agencies to intensify the government’s efforts to secure sufficient water and food supply, power, health, and public safety nationwide. (TPM/SunStar Philippines) Latest Sports News Scores and Highlights . 7XM Cashback ✔️ Live Casino & Slot Machines & Poker & Fishing Great Selection for Real Money. Online Gambling in the Philippines. here is how to register at an online casino site in the Philippines:

THE Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said on Thursday, March 7, 2024, that El Niño has started to weaken and it is raising the alert and warning system to La Niña Watch.In a statement, Pagasa said the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) may return to neutral conditions during the second quarter of the year or from April to June.It said it is monitoring an increasing probability of La Niña to develop from June to August.“La Niña (cool phase of ENSO) is characterized by unusually cooler than average sea surface temperatures (SSTs) in the central and eastern equatorial Pacific (CEP). When conditions are favorable for the development of La Niña within the next six months and the probability is 55 percent or more, a La Niña Watch is issued,” the weather bureau said.“Pre-developing La Niña historically, is characterized with below normal rainfall, therefore, the possibility of a slight delay on the onset of rainy season is likely with the combined effects of the ongoing El Niño,” it added.Pagasa advised concerned government agencies and the public to keep on monitoring and take precautionary measures against the potential impacts. (TPM/SunStar Philippines) Batang Pinoy . It’s always a good idea to take your time and make sure you’ve found the best online casino in the Philippines on the online gambling market that can give you what you want.

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THE country’s inflation rate has further slowed down as it clocked in at 2.8 percent in January 2024.The PSA said the January 2024 inflation rate, or the rate of increase in the cost of commodities in a certain period of time, is the lowest since the 2.3 percent inflation rate recorded in October 2020.It is .9 percent lower than December 2023 inflation rate of 3.9 percent and far lower than the 8.7 percent in January 2023.“The downtrend in the overall inflation in January 2024 was primarily brought about by the slower annual increment of food and non-alcoholic beverages at 3.5 percent in January 2024 from 5.4 percent in the previous month,” the PSA said.“Also contributing to the downtrend was housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels with a slower annual increase of 0.7 percent during the month from 1.5 percent in December 2023,” it added.The agency also noted lower annual increments on alcoholic beverages and tobacco, from 9.0 to 8.4 percent; clothing and footwear, from 4.2 to 3.8 percent; furnishings, household equipment and routine household maintenance, from 4.5 to 3.9 percent; health, from 3.7 to 3.3 percent; recreation, sport and culture, from 4.2 to 4.0 percent; restaurants and accommodation services, from 5.6 to 5.5 percent; and personal care, and miscellaneous goods and services, from 4.6 to 4.0 percent.It said the index of education services recorded a higher annual increase of 3.8 percent from an annual increment of 3.5 percent in December 2023.The PSA said the food and non-alcoholic beverages, restaurants and accommodation services and alcoholic beverages and tobacco contributed the most in the overall inflation of the month with 1.3, 0.5 and 0.2 percentage points, respectively.The food inflation also slowed down to 3.3 percent from 5.5 percent during the month prior.The agency said the deceleration is attributed to decrease in the prices of corn -4.3 percent from -3.5 percent; oils and fats, -4.3 percent from -3.6 percent; meat and other parts of slaughtered land animals, -0.7 percent from 0.2 percent; and sugar, confectionery and desserts, -1.0 percent from 0.1 percent.Lower inflation rates were also noted in the flour, bread and other bakery products, pasta products, and other cereals; milk, other dairy products and eggs; fruits and nuts, 10.0 percent from 12.2 percent; and ready-made food and other food products not elsewhere classified.But the PSA noted an increase in the rice inflation from 19.6 percent in December 2023 to 22.6 percent in January, and this could be due to the overall trend of high rice prices in the world market, as well as the base effects seen in the first seven months of 2023, when rice inflation was relatively low, according to PSA director Dennis Mapa.Mapa said the inflation rate of rice may persist to above 20 percent until July 2024.In a statement, National Economic Development Authority Secretary Arsenio Balisacan said they would continue monitoring food supply and prices in the country in anticipation of the El Niño phenomenon spreading across more areas in order to provide President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and the Cabinet with timely and appropriate policy recommendations and ensure stable and affordable prices of commodities.“We introduce stop-gap measures, as necessary, such as allowing further imports on key commodities until our supply stabilizes at prices affordable to consumers while ensuring remunerative prices for local producers,” he said, noting that El Niño will linger until May of 2024.Earlier, Marcos extended until the end of 2024 the reduced tariff rates of pork, corn, and rice under Executive Order 50. The chief executive also reactivated the Task Force El Niño through Executive Order 53, which tasks concerned agencies to intensify the government’s efforts to secure sufficient water and food supply, power, health, and public safety nationwide. (TPM/SunStar Philippines) licensed online casinos TO HELP meet their agricultural water requirements amid the ongoing drought, over 2,000 farmers in Cebu City are receiving support from the regional irrigation agency.The National Irrigation Administration (NIA) 7 said there are currently 41 irrigation systems in operation, benefiting a total of 2,763 farmers in the city.Zarline Sambas, media relations officer of NIA 7, told SunStar Cebu on Saturday, April 6, 2024, that these farmers are located in Barangays Adlaon, Agsungot, Binaliw, Bonbon, Budlaan, Buot Taup, Cambinocot, Guba, Lusaran, Mabini, Malubog, Pamutan, Paril, Pulangbato, Sapangdaku, Sirao, Sinsin, Sudlon 1, Sudlon 2, Tagbao, Taptap, Toong and Tabunan.She said they have been serving most of these barangays since last October.The NIA 7 said it had adjusted the cropping calendar, starting the cropping season earlier to October instead of November. For this season, it said it has allocated irrigation for 764 hectares out of 1,159 hectares of firmed-up service areas, prioritizing high-value crops.Sambas said the decision on irrigation allocation was based on dam statuses and expert projections.She said they are exploring alternative water sources, such as deep wells, water tankers or mobile pumps in coordination with other government agencies to supply irrigation to the affected areas.She said the NIA 7 is already looking at constructing a small reservoir irrigation project, such as the proposed impounding dam in Barangay Cambinocot, aimed at boosting existing irrigation systems in the city’s mountain barangays. She said they are conducting feasibility studies on the proposal.Sambas said they will also assess and identify affected areas to determine which farmers in Cebu City will benefit from the cash-for-work program of the Department of Labor and Employment to mitigate their income loss.Cebu City already declared a state of calamity in 28 mountain barangays due to the lack of water and incidents of bushfires as a result of the dry hot season and the effects of the El Niño weather phenomenon.Harold Alcontin, head of the City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office, said the declaration came after at least 500 farmers stopped planting their usual crops due to the damage caused by the lack of water.City Agriculturist Joelito Baclayon said that as of March, 115 hectares of farmland across 28 barangays had been affected by the extreme weather condition.Cebu City currently has 10,719 registered farmers cultivating various crops, such as lettuce, cabbage, cauliflower, cucumber, eggplant, sweet corn and tomato.These farmers are vulnerable to the effects of the ongoing drought.Last month, Casimero Pilones, president of the Alliance of Cebu City Farmers Association, said some members had opted not to cultivate their farms due to the lack of water, leading to a decrease in farm production. The group is composed of 72 farmer associations, with each association having 200 to 300 members.Pilones revealed that farm production had decreased by around 80 percent ince February. He said before the onset of El Niño, farmers used to harvest 1,000 kilos of eggplants, but now they can barely harvest 200 kilos.It was earlier reported that Cebu City’s agriculture industry has the potential to yield between P500,000 to P1 million worth of crops daily, with figures surging to over P1 million during peak seasons.Weather specialist Jhomer Eclarino of the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) Visayas declared a drought in the entire Cebu Island last month.Pagasa defines drought as an extended dry condition, characterized by either experiencing five consecutive months of below-normal rainfall or three months of significantly below-normal rainfall. Below-normal rainfall, as defined, represents a decrease of 20 to 60 percent from the usual amount, while way-below-normal rainfall indicates a reduction of more than 60 percent from the normal figure.The other provinces in the Visayas that are also experiencing drought are Antique, Biliran, Eastern Samar, Guimaras, Iloilo, Leyte, Negros Oriental, Negros Occidental and Samar.Eclarino also warned the public that Cebu’s heat index may reach a “dangerous” 51 degrees Celsius in the coming weeks.A heat index that ranges between 42 and 51 degrees Celsius is considered dangerous, as it can cause heat cramps and exhaustion, as well as a heat stroke during prolonged exposure.The heat index or “feels-like” temperature combines air temperature and humidity to indicate how hot the weather feels to the human body. Eclarino had said that Cebu records its highest temperatures in May, based on historical data.On May 31, 2010, which also coincided with an El Niño phenomenon, Cebu reached its highest surface temperature of 37 degrees Celsius, accompanied by a heat index of 49 degrees Celsius. / KJF

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THE country’s inflation rate has further slowed down as it clocked in at 2.8 percent in January 2024.The PSA said the January 2024 inflation rate, or the rate of increase in the cost of commodities in a certain period of time, is the lowest since the 2.3 percent inflation rate recorded in October 2020.It is .9 percent lower than December 2023 inflation rate of 3.9 percent and far lower than the 8.7 percent in January 2023.“The downtrend in the overall inflation in January 2024 was primarily brought about by the slower annual increment of food and non-alcoholic beverages at 3.5 percent in January 2024 from 5.4 percent in the previous month,” the PSA said.“Also contributing to the downtrend was housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels with a slower annual increase of 0.7 percent during the month from 1.5 percent in December 2023,” it added.The agency also noted lower annual increments on alcoholic beverages and tobacco, from 9.0 to 8.4 percent; clothing and footwear, from 4.2 to 3.8 percent; furnishings, household equipment and routine household maintenance, from 4.5 to 3.9 percent; health, from 3.7 to 3.3 percent; recreation, sport and culture, from 4.2 to 4.0 percent; restaurants and accommodation services, from 5.6 to 5.5 percent; and personal care, and miscellaneous goods and services, from 4.6 to 4.0 percent.It said the index of education services recorded a higher annual increase of 3.8 percent from an annual increment of 3.5 percent in December 2023.The PSA said the food and non-alcoholic beverages, restaurants and accommodation services and alcoholic beverages and tobacco contributed the most in the overall inflation of the month with 1.3, 0.5 and 0.2 percentage points, respectively.The food inflation also slowed down to 3.3 percent from 5.5 percent during the month prior.The agency said the deceleration is attributed to decrease in the prices of corn -4.3 percent from -3.5 percent; oils and fats, -4.3 percent from -3.6 percent; meat and other parts of slaughtered land animals, -0.7 percent from 0.2 percent; and sugar, confectionery and desserts, -1.0 percent from 0.1 percent.Lower inflation rates were also noted in the flour, bread and other bakery products, pasta products, and other cereals; milk, other dairy products and eggs; fruits and nuts, 10.0 percent from 12.2 percent; and ready-made food and other food products not elsewhere classified.But the PSA noted an increase in the rice inflation from 19.6 percent in December 2023 to 22.6 percent in January, and this could be due to the overall trend of high rice prices in the world market, as well as the base effects seen in the first seven months of 2023, when rice inflation was relatively low, according to PSA director Dennis Mapa.Mapa said the inflation rate of rice may persist to above 20 percent until July 2024.In a statement, National Economic Development Authority Secretary Arsenio Balisacan said they would continue monitoring food supply and prices in the country in anticipation of the El Niño phenomenon spreading across more areas in order to provide President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and the Cabinet with timely and appropriate policy recommendations and ensure stable and affordable prices of commodities.“We introduce stop-gap measures, as necessary, such as allowing further imports on key commodities until our supply stabilizes at prices affordable to consumers while ensuring remunerative prices for local producers,” he said, noting that El Niño will linger until May of 2024.Earlier, Marcos extended until the end of 2024 the reduced tariff rates of pork, corn, and rice under Executive Order 50. The chief executive also reactivated the Task Force El Niño through Executive Order 53, which tasks concerned agencies to intensify the government’s efforts to secure sufficient water and food supply, power, health, and public safety nationwide. (TPM/SunStar Philippines) Latest Sports News Scores and Highlights

Some of the most important trends revolve around the changes to the legalisation of online gambling for offshore operators, with President Rodrigo Duterte cracking down on illegal operations in recent years. Otherwise, we’ve identified that the growth in the land-based gambling industry has resulted in job creation for locals, with more than half of all employees in the entertainment sector being employed for gambling and betting activities.

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