Updates on tropical storm “Auring”, and the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), together with stories on the coldest day in the current “amihan” season, and on growing number of teenage pregnancies in the Philippines, are among the curated stories we have handpicked for you this afternoon on Sunday, Feb. 21, 2021.
- More than 53,000 people have been evacuated in the Caraga and Davao regions as typhoon “Auring” began to move in a northwest direction.
- Residents in Baguio City and Metro Manila woke up on Sunday, Feb. 21, to the coldest morning, so far, for the current “amihan” season.
- The DOT reported 13 new cases of the United Kingdom variant of COVID-19, even as the OCTA Research Team said the reproduction number of the disease in Metro Manila has increased.
- Citing data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), the Commission on Population and Development (PopCom) said Filipino minors who gave birth in 2019 increased by seven percent to 62,510 from 62,241 in 2018.
- Taal Volcano showed signs of restiveness anew with 17 earthquakes detected in the last 24 hours
- A pilgrim image of the Sto. Niño de Cebu was blessed by Pope Francis in the Vatican on Feb. 16.
- DSWD continues to try to locate its employee, who was reported missing on Friday, Feb. 19, 2021.