Lance Spencer Yu

[Lance Spencer Yu @lanceyu_]

For Bernie, planting onions may as well be sowing debt, especially with the recent high costs and low prices. He gets by only through a fighting spirit: "Laban lang!" he says.

But it's unfair to expect farmers to just tough it out and be resilient. What is the government's plan?

[Rappler @rapplerdotcom]

Now, as prices threaten to again swing even lower with the looming arrival of onion imports, Bernie Vegiga is worried that he would suffer big losses come harvest season – setting back the dreams he has for his family once again.

READ: https://t.co/RW2AjaNwx2

[Jah Rosales @alyasjah]

LOOK: Information Secretary Henry Aguda appears in a news briefing today at his office, gathering his high-level executives beside him, in the midst of rumors he would be replaced soon | @PhilippineStar

[Kaycee Valmonte @kayceevalmonte]

With more and more people taking up running as a hobby, they emphasized the need for more public spaces and facilities that can help keep pedestrians safe. https://t.co/ICrKXWDvYz

[Krixia Subingsubing @subingsquared_]

NEW: Inaugurated in 2018, the $500M Metro Manila Flood Management Project Phase 1 was to finish 2024 with 36 rehabilitated pumping stations and 20 new PS to help Manila cope with floods. Seven years later, it has only begun making headway. What happened?🧵 https://t.co/JkhD0BzhTk

[Lance Spencer Yu @lanceyu_]

MMDA again suspends number coding on Tuesday, September 3, due to continuous rain brought by Tropical Storm #EntengPH. | @rapplerdotcom

[Lance Spencer Yu @lanceyu_]

MMDA suspends number coding on Monday, September 2 due to inclement weather brought about by typhoon Enteng and the southwest monsoon. | @rapplerdotcom

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[Dwight De Leon @newsdwight]

Suggestion for your weekend reading pleasure: The House was once a chamber that succumbed to Sara Duterte's wish to have a speaker ousted. It also twice gave her a free pass on her budget request.

What changed? Here's the story. @rapplerdotcom

https://t.co/nTTw1Hruea

[Lance Spencer Yu @lanceyu_]

JUST IN. The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas reduces its key policy rates by 25 basis points to 6.25%. This is the first time that the central bank loosened its monetary policy since its off-cycle hike in October 2023. | @rapplerdotcom

[Rappler @rapplerdotcom]

BREAKING NEWS: The Court of Appeals voids the 2018 shutdown of Rappler by the Duterte-time Securities and Exchange Commission.

The CA restores Rappler's certificate of incorporation, and rules that "Rappler Holdings, and by extension Rappler, are currently wholly owned and managed by Filipinos, in compliance with the constitutional mandate."

Story soon on https://t.co/gdYvTli7UZ

[Rappler @rapplerdotcom]

Stranded commuters, motorists endure Metro Manila’s floods https://t.co/J3BUldbUhV

[Lance Spencer Yu @lanceyu_]

Police deploy a rescue boat at Muñoz, where several people and vehicles are stranded due to floodwaters that reach chest-deep. | @rapplerdotcom

[Lance Spencer Yu @lanceyu_]

@rapplerdotcom DA Sec. Tiu Laurel says that the Kadiwa program will be "leveled up" from pop-up stores to permanent brick-and-mortar stores. He targets setting up 1,500 sites in the next three years.

[Lance Spencer Yu @lanceyu_]

Rappler is here at the 2024 Post-SONA Discussions where members of Marcos’ cabinet are expected to expound on the points raised in the President’s speech yesterday. | @rapplerdotcom

[Lance Spencer Yu @lanceyu_]

@rapplerdotcom What does the Philippines' "experiential tourism" mean?

DOT Sec. Frasco says its about promoting food tourism, and promoting heritage culture and the arts: "the flavors, songs, and dances of local indigenous communities."

[Lance Spencer Yu @lanceyu_]

Sky Cable has found a new partner in Converge. The deal keeps Sky in the game, as it still serves the end-user fiber market. Converge can monetize its passive infra. Could this be what Sky needs after the failed PLDT deal? | @rapplerdotcom

READ: https://t.co/gRffEEq6H5

[Lance Spencer Yu @lanceyu_]

The tunnel boring machine will be moved from the Manila Harbor Center to Camp Aguinaldo, where it will be used to construct the subway tunnels between Camp Aguinaldo Station and Ortigas Station.

Read more about the subway here:
https://t.co/F23WKTGOhn

[Lance Spencer Yu @lanceyu_]

Affected roads:
Port/ R-10 (9 pm to 9:30 pm)
C3 Road ( 9:30 pm to 10:30 pm)
5th Avenue (10:30 pm to 12 mn)
G. Araneta Avenue (12:00 mn to 1:30 am)
E. Rodriguez Sr. Avenue (1:30 am to 2:00 am)
Gilmore Avenue (2:00 am to 3:00 am)
Col. Bonny Serrano Avenue (3:00 am to 4:00 am)

[Lance Spencer Yu @lanceyu_]

Motorists may experience traffic congestion on certain Metro Manila roads from 9 pm to 4 am on both July 20 to 21 and July 21 to 22. This is due to the transportation of a tunnel boring machine for the Metro Manila Subway. | @rapplerdotcom