MB Daily News Summary


At a glance

  • Super typhoon “Egay”, which enhanced the effects of southwest monsoon (habagat), left a trail of destruction in its path and dealt P2 billion worth of damage to the agriculture and infrastructure sectors, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said Saturday, July 29.

  • President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. expressed satisfaction with how the government responded to the effects of Super Typhoon Egay, saying the coordination between the national and local governments of areas affected by the typhoon would ensure their swift recovery.

  • The state weather bureau said Tropical Storm Falcon entered the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) on Saturday, July 29.


The day’s top stories are all but a
click away in the MB Daily News Summary this Saturday afternoon, July 29, 2023.
1)     Typhoon Egay

https://mb.com.ph/2023/7/29/marcos-satisfied-with-egay-response-ensures-quick-return-to-normalcy

https://mb.com.ph/2023/7/29/egay-leaves-p2-b-damage-to-agri-infra-death-toll-at-14

https://mb.com.ph/2023/7/29/pnp-sends-200-cops-to-egay-affected-areas-raises-p3-m-for-relief-assistance

https://mb.com.ph/2023/7/28/egay-death-toll-jumps-to-13-ndrrmc

https://mb.com.ph/2023/7/28/peasant-group-urges-price-freeze-due-to-egay-onslaught

https://mb.com.ph/2023/7/29/14-towns-in-bulacan-affected-by-heavy-flooding-due-to-typhoon-egay

https://mb.com.ph/2023/7/29/ilocos-norte-sustains-p3-2-b-damage-from-egay

https://mb.com.ph/2023/7/29/apayao-records-p148-m-agriculture-loss-to-egay

https://mb.com.ph/2023/7/28/beneco-reports-p5-m-damage-from-egay

https://mb.com.ph/2023/7/29/egay-replenishes-baguio-water-reserves

https://mb.com.ph/2023/7/28/egay-displaces-16-000-families-in-ilocos-region

2)     Tropical Storm Falcon

https://mb.com.ph/2023/7/29/tropical-storm-falcon-enters-par-egay-continues-to-intensify-habagat

https://mb.com.ph/2023/7/29/pagasa-raising-of-wind-signals-still-unlikely-as-falcon-decelerates-1

3)     Survey - SIM registration

https://mb.com.ph/2023/7/28/sim-registration-most-followed-news-story-in-q2-2023-sws

4)     PH, Portugal relations

https://mb.com.ph/2023/7/28/ph-portugal-stir-ties-as-top-diplomats-meet-for-first-time

5)     Lotto results

https://mb.com.ph/2023/7/28/no-winners-for-ultra-mega-lotto-on-july-28-draw

6)     Earthquake alert

https://mb.com.ph/2023/7/29/4-5-magnitude-quake-jolts-surigao-del-norte

7)     BIR

https://mb.com.ph/2023/7/29/bir-warns-public-vs-fake-job-offers-on-social-media-for-high-school-graduates

8)     COA

https://mb.com.ph/2023/7/28/212-afp-pensioners-overpaid-or-underpaid-coa

9)     Comelec

https://mb.com.ph/2023/7/29/ballot-is-the-best-evidence-of-election-s-accuracy-comelec-2

10)  Education

https://mb.com.ph/2023/7/29/up-diliman-batch-2023-yields-305-summa-cum-laude-grads-1

11)  Immigration

https://mb.com.ph/2023/7/29/bi-human-traffickers-use-ph-southern-backdoor-to-send-victims-overseas

12)  Judiciary

https://mb.com.ph/2023/7/29/consistent-balance-on-individual-rights-freedoms-gov-t-interests-create-economic-growth-cj-gesmundo

https://mb.com.ph/2023/7/28/bu-cor-seeks-help-of-up-s-anthropologists-in-examination-of-human-remains-found-in-bilibid-s-septic-tank

13)  Legislature

Senate

https://mb.com.ph/2023/7/29/gatchalian-seeks-inquiry-on-schools-readiness-for-sy-2023-2024

https://mb.com.ph/2023/7/29/go-welcomes-pbbm-s-continued-efforts-vs-illegal-drugs

https://mb.com.ph/2023/7/28/alan-cayetano-unga-not-a-venue-of-enforcement-for-wps-ruling

https://mb.com.ph/2023/7/29/tolentino-bats-for-medical-school-in-every-lgu-operated-college

https://mb.com.ph/2023/7/28/mark-villar-lauds-dot-s-accomplishments-in-2022

https://mb.com.ph/2023/7/28/pimentel-sees-need-for-senate-probe-into-laguna-lake-tragedy

House

https://mb.com.ph/2023/7/29/a-good-problem-pbbm-receiving-so-many-invites-abroad-says-romualdez

https://mb.com.ph/2023/7/29/salceda-asks-marcos-to-certify-ease-of-paying-taxes-act-as-urgent

https://mb.com.ph/2023/7/29/villafuerte-optimistic-medical-frontliners-will-get-their-covid-19-allowances-soon

https://mb.com.ph/2023/7/29/here-s-what-liberal-party-solon-says-pbbm-should-address-in-his-2nd-year

https://mb.com.ph/2023/7/28/justice-wins-makabayan-solon-reacts-to-reina-mae-nasino-s-acquittal

14)  Local governments

https://mb.com.ph/2023/7/29/dilg-eastern-visayas-lg-us-unite-to-address-teen-pregnancy-in-the-region

15)  Religious

https://mb.com.ph/2023/7/29/cbcp-nixes-75th-anniversary-celebration-of-lipa-apparitions

https://mb.com.ph/2023/7/28/bishop-santos-orders-second-collection-for-the-families-of-the-casualties-in-the-laguna-lake-tragedy

16)  Transportation

https://mb.com.ph/2023/7/29/lto-ncr-revenue-collection-reaches-over-p4-5-b-in-1st-half-of-2023

17)  Metro Roundup

https://mb.com.ph/2023/7/29/manila-rtc-acquits-human-rights-activist-nasino-2-other-1

https://mb.com.ph/2023/7/29/paranaque-lgu-prepares-annual-investment-program

https://mb.com.ph/2023/7/29/police-arrest-man-for-possession-of-gun-grenade-in-taguig

https://mb.com.ph/2023/7/29/man-wanted-for-carnapping-arrested-in-las-pinas

https://mb.com.ph/2023/7/29/valenzuela-lgu-evacuates-114-families-due-to-heavy-rainfall

https://mb.com.ph/2023/7/29/muntinlupa-lgu-bags-highest-award-for-nutrition-programs

https://mb.com.ph/2023/7/29/las-pinas-lgu-conducts-vax-drive-for-young-female-students-vs-cervical-cancer

https://mb.com.ph/2023/7/29/man-yields-p272-000-shabu-in-taguig

https://mb.com.ph/2023/7/29/village-leader-reminisces-memories-of-binangonan-boat-incident-fatalities

https://mb.com.ph/2023/7/29/mayor-marcy-calls-for-preservation-of-larong-pinoy

https://mb.com.ph/2023/7/29/pasay-lgu-to-hold-barangay-labor-desk-job-fair

18)  Provincial Roundup

Luzon

https://mb.com.ph/2023/7/29/tiaong-quezon-mayor-arjay-mea-bares-gains-in-address

Visayas

https://mb.com.ph/2023/7/29/6-100-millionth-symbolic-babies-celebrate-9th-birth-anniversaries

Mindanao

https://mb.com.ph/2023/7/29/relief-international-unveils-women-s-peace-marker-in-marawi-city

https://mb.com.ph/2023/7/29/mayor-duterte-hopes-denr-backs-wte-facility-in-davao-city

https://mb.com.ph/2023/7/29/davao-city-mayor-highlights-city-s-digitalization-efforts

19)  World Roundup

https://mb.com.ph/2023/7/29/chopper-crash-pauses-australia-us-military-exercise-four-missing

https://mb.com.ph/2023/7/28/vatican-vietnam-make-step-towards-normalised-ties

https://mb.com.ph/2023/7/29/scientists-engineer-fruit-flies-capable-of-virgin-birth

https://mb.com.ph/2023/7/29/n-atlantic-ocean-temperature-sets-record-high-us-agency

https://mb.com.ph/2023/7/29/trump-vows-to-fight-on-in-2024-white-house-race-if-sentenced

https://mb.com.ph/2023/7/28/new-zealand-sees-feral-cats-on-rise