THE Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) will propose P140 billion worth of projects for implementation in the next six years, largely roads and bridges to cut the travel time to and from Northern Luzon and Metro Manila.
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Jul 132013
A weak southwest monsoon may bring rain to parts of Luzon including Metro Manila Sunday, even as state weather forecasters said parts of Mindanao may also expect rain. PAGASA also said strong to gale-force winds may still affect the seaboards of Northern Luzon, even though Typhoon Huaning (Soulik) has left. “Metro Manila, Ilocos region, Cordillera, Cagayan Valley, Central Luzon, Mimaropa, Western Visayas, Caraga and Davao region will experience cloudy skies with light to moderate rain showers and thunderstorms,” PAGASA said in its 5 a.m. bulletin. It added the rest of the country will be “partly cloudy to cloudy with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms.” Also, it said moderate to strong winds from the southwest to south will prevail over the western section of Luzon and coming from the southeast to south over the rest of Northern Luzon. The coastal waters along these areas will be moderate to rough, it added. Elsewhere, winds will be light to moderate coming from the southeast with slight to moderate seas. Gale warning PAGASA also said strong to gale-force winds associated with the southwest monsoon may affect the seaboards of Northern Luzon. These included Ilocos Norte, Cagayan, Isabela, Ilocos Sur and La Union. “Fishing boats and other small seacrafts are alerted against moderate to rough seas,” it said. — ELR, GMA News
Feb 282013
MANILA, Philippines — Rivals Globe Telecom and Philippine Long Distance Telecommunications Co. continue to wage a bitter fight over interconnection problems. Globe has urged PLDT to address the interconnection problems in several areas in the past three days. In a statement, Globe reported that problems began February 25. The telco recalled that at around 8 p.m. last February 25, the local interconnection with PLDT in the province of Bulacan was monitored to be out-of-service. It was relayed immediately to PLDT and initial investigation showed the problem was owing to the unavailability of Signaling Link. The PLDT team advised Globe that they will look into the problem and perform a reset if necessary. Globe revealed that since year 2012, the POIs with PLDT have experienced problems on the signaling link at PLDT side, prompting globe to perform a reset of these signaling links. Business ( Article MRec ), pagematch: 1, sectionmatch: 1 On February 26, at around 12 p.m., other North Luzon local interconnections with PLDT (La Union, Baguio, Tarlac, Bulacan, Nueva Ecija) also went out-of-service, still owing to the unavailability of signaling links. The case was again brought to PLDT ‘s attention. PLDT informed Globe that they forwarded the concern to their technical teams and will update Globe accordingly. Yet on the morning of February 27, the local POIs were still out-of-service and PLDT was unable to give any reason for it. Given the amount of time and the inconvenience to Globe’s customers, it became necessary for Globe to issue a public advisory Read More …
Feb 072013
Satellite image at 7 a.m., 7 Feb 2013. Satellite image at 7 a.m., 7 Feb 2013 Weather Central The transition to the hot summer season may come as early as mid-February —or sometime next week, state weather forecasters said Thursday. PAGASA forecaster Aldczar Aurelio also said that while the northeast monsoon may make its last hurrah this weekend, it will not bring very cold weather anymore. “Sa kalagitnaan ng Pebrero, wala na halos ang amihan. Susunod niyan transition period, toward na sa mainit na panahon,” Aurelio said in an interview on dzBB radio. Once the northeast monsoon is gone, he said a high-pressure area or warm winds from the east may cause warm weather, he said. But for now, he said the northeast monsoon may now be affecting parts of Northern Luzon and almost the entire Luzon this weekend. “Huwag asahan ang lamig tulad nung sa January. Ang temperatura bahagyang tataas, papunta tayo transition period (Just don’t expect the northeast monsoon to cause temperatures to fall like they did last January. After this, expect temperatures to go up as we head toward the transition period),” he said. “Asahan natin ang amihan pero hindi ganito kalakasan (We can expect the northeast monsoon to come but it won’t be as strong as before),” he added. Easterlies, isolated rain in next 24 hrs Meanwhile, PAGASA’s 5 p.m. bulletin said easterlies, or warm winds from the east, are still affecting the eastern section of the country. “The whole country will be partly cloudy with Read More …