Unusually smoggy in Metro Manila due to heavy vehicular traffic;
Palace suspends gov't work on Sept. 25 for Family Week;
Armenian protesters detained, clashes with police in Central Yerevan;
Former Marikina Mayor, MMDA chair Bayani Fernando passes away
Palace suspends gov't work on Sept. 25 for Family Week;
Armenian protesters detained, clashes with police in Central Yerevan;
Former Marikina Mayor, MMDA chair Bayani Fernando passes away
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00:12 Good day, I am Diane Carrere and this is PTV News Now.
00:16 The Philippine Institute of Volcanology or PHIVOLCS clarified the smog over Metro Manila today
00:22 comes from automobile emissions, cars, buses, trucks on the road
00:26 and nothing to do with Taal's volcanic activity.
00:30 DOSD Secretary Renato Solidum Jr. said the smog from Taal volcano comes from volcanic gas
00:36 while the smog in Metro Manila is caused by severe pollution from vehicles that emit smoke.
00:42 PHIVOLCS said the volcanic smog in Taal volcano is drifting west-southwest far and away from Metro Manila.
00:49 The Department of Health on the other hand advised the public to stay indoors for limited smog exposure.
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00:57 In observance of National Family Week on September 25, Monday,
01:02 Malacanang has issued Memorandum Circular 32 suspending work in government offices
01:07 under the Executive Branch from 3 p.m. onwards.
01:10 Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin encouraged government employees in the Executive Branch
01:15 to support programs and activities relative to the observance of the Family Week.
01:20 Under Proclamation 60 signed in 1992, the last week of September is declared as Family Week.
01:27 Those from government agencies involved in the delivery of basic and health services,
01:31 disaster preparedness and calamity response,
01:34 and the performance of vital services will continue their operations.
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01:41 Armenian police detained several people in Yerevan who blocked roads in protest
01:46 against the surrender of the breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh region.
01:50 Hundreds of protesters, angered by the government's inaction over the final collapse
01:55 of Karabakh's Armenian authorities, clashed with police in central Yerevan.
02:00 They demanded the resignation of the Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan,
02:04 who presided over their defeat to Azerbaijan in 2020 war.
02:09 Pashinyan has publicly accused Russia in recent months of not doing enough to support Armenia.
02:15 He said on Tuesday that unidentified forces were talking about a coup in Yerevan.
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02:23 Former MMDH Chair Bayani Fernando lost his life today, reportedly over a freak accident.
02:29 Word has it the erstwhile Marikina mayor and MMDH chief fell off a rooftop.
02:34 Fernando served as Marikina mayor from 1992 to 2001, when he transformed the city from a
02:41 sleeping and sleazy town to one of the cleanest cities in National Capital Region.
02:46 Under Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo's term, he was appointed DPWH secretary and then run
02:52 unsuccessfully in Richard Gordon's ticket as vice president in the 2010 presidential polls.
02:57 From 2016 to 2022, he was Valleys Country's first district representative in the House.
03:03 Fernando was known for his political will and getting things done.
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03:12 This is Diane Carere. Stay informed, be aware, get ahead. Be of use, get the news right here.