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  • State of Calamity Declared in Siargao and Bucas Grande Islands Due to Power Outage

    State of Calamity Declared in Siargao and Bucas Grande Islands Due to Power Outage

    BUTUAN CITY – On Tuesday, the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) of Surigao del Norte passed a resolution declaring a state of calamity in Siargao and Bucas Grande Islands due to a prolonged power outage that began on December 1, caused by a fault in the submarine cable that supplies electricity from…

  • Agricultural output likely shrank in Q2 due to El Niño

    THE PHILIPPINES’ overall agricultural output may have declined in the second quarter after crop production likely bore the brunt of droughts caused by the El Niño weather phenomenon, analysts said.

  • Digital services on Windows hosts experience outage due to CrowdStrike update

    Digital services on Windows hosts have experienced an outage due to a faulty software update.  CrowdStrike’s Falcon Sensor, a software designed to protect computer systems from cyberattacks, is reported to be the cause.   Services from flights, finances, media, and telecommunication have been affected by the global outage.  In the Philippines,…

  • The rise in reported maternal mortality rates in the US is largely due to a change in measurement

    Maternal mortality rates appear to have risen in the last 20 years in the US. But this reflects a change in measurement rather than an actual rise in mortality.<br><br><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/rise-us-maternal-mortality-rates-measurement" target="_blank"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/images/published/maternal-mortality-checkbox-thumbnail.png"/></a>