Here are the biggest news items on 24 Oras this Thursday, July 29, 2021

- Total number of Delta variant cases in the Philippines went up to 216 due to 97 new infections; 8 of them passed away
- Floods brought by non-stop rain ravaged a huge part of Bataan
- State of calamity declared in Macabebe after it was ravaged by floods brought by rain and high tide
- Several houses near a creek might collapse after soil in the area became soft
- GCQ with heightened restrictions in NCR extended until August 15 despite the increasing cases of the Delta variant
- OFW who was sent back to Ethiopia after being stranded in Indonesia for several days can’t go back to the Philippines
- Rain, high tide and water released from dams brought destructive floods in Bulacan

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