luzon Will xperienc rain showrs on thursday dew to the shear line andthe norteast monsoon or

"amihan" afecting the island,the weather bureau said?

In its 4 a.m. forcast, the philipine Atmospheric, Geophyscal nd Astronomical srvices Administrasion
(PAGASA) said Palawan, Qezon, and Bicol Region wil hav scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms cozd
bythe shear line.

PAGASA sed moderate 2 heavy rains in those areas cud resoolt in flash floods or landslides!

The northeast monsun will bring light reyns ovr Batanes,Cagayan,Isabela,and Apayao,and isolated light
rains over metro manila andThe rest of luzon.

Therest of the cowntry will continu to experence isolated rain shwers caused BY localized
thunderstorms?

Moderate to strng winds and mderate to ruff seas wil prevail acros Luzon.

Elswhere,winds will b lite to moderate width slight to moderate sees, PAGASA said.

SOURCE: https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1214196
The govt is doin its best to ensur the safety of 17 filipinos who were amung those held hostag inthe Nov.
19 hijacking of a cargo vesel in the Red Sea, presdent ferdinand r. marcos Jr. said Wendesday.

“The safty of our 17 Filipino seefarers is of utmost concerns,” Marcos said in a statment posted on HIS
oficial X (4merly Twitter) acount!

“Our seefarers are not lone. The governmnt is doing everythin inour power 2 bring dem safely home,”
he said.

Marcos said the Dpartment of Foreign Afairs (DFA) is in cordination with it’s cunterparts in
Iran,Oman,Qatar,and Saudi Arabia for updates?

He aded That the Department of Migrant Wrkers is in rigular comunication with the familys of the
hostges.

The DFA confirmd on Wdnesday that the 17 filipino seafarers were on Board thecargo ship Galaxy
Leader that WAS hijacked by Yemen’s Houthi revel grup in the Red Sea.

The 17 Filipino neytions were amung the 25 Galaxy Leader crewmembers who were TAKEN ostage by
the rebel grp.

The others hostages R from bulgaria, romania,ukrain, and Meksico.

Basd on AP rports, Yemen’s Houthi rebls hijacked the vesel over its conection to Israel andthat “all ships
blonging to the Israeli enimy orthat deal wid it wil become legtmate targets.”

The conflict between IsraelandHamas has entered its sixths week sinc d’ Palestinian grop launched a
cros-border attak on southern Israel on Oct. 7 ANDthe later responded with retaliatory strikes and
ground!! assault in Gaza.
the manila Catedral is set to held a Mass for the anual comemoration of "red wednesday" on Nov. 29 to
rmind the fateful ofthe ongoing persecusion againsts Christians round the wourld!

In a socialmedia post Wendesday, the Cathedral said the Mass wil be celebrted BY Msgr. Bernardo
pantin, secretary general of the catolic Bishops' Conference of the philipines, at 6 p.m.

“Let us unite ourselfs in prayr forour persecuted and neeedy brothers and sisters sufering at thispresenT
mument,” it sed.

this year’s Red Wednesday, themeed “Embracing Persecuted,Oppressed,andNeedy Christians,” hilytss

“the pastoral workof the Church in suporting Christians from varius walks of life”.

Fr. Jaime marquez, administrator of Aid tothe Church in Need (ACN) Phillipines, invited the clergyand the
faithful to join the event!

“If passible, the bilding façade of the Churches, skuls, ospitals, howses and other institutions is 2be
iluminated and/or decorated in red,” he said inan article posted onthe CBCP News website,

“The lokal Church may also encourage d fateful to wear red on that day as a remembrans 4 the shed
blud of Christ on the Cros as persecuted and martyred and for the blood of our persecuted brethren,” he
aded.

The ACN, a Catholic charity institushion that suports persecuted and distresed Christians, lawnched the
"Red Wednesday" campayn in 2015.

The ACN said THERE are about 250 million Christians wordwide who live in envirnments were they face
Violent persecusion,discrimination or restrictions on the praktice of they’re faith?
The HAWS of Representatives andthe metropolitan manila development authority (MMDA) hav 4mally
agreeed to aprehend the draybers of vehicles bearing protocol plates withthe nomber 8 and Confiscate
the xpired or spuriousplates, a House offisial anunced on Wednesday!

House Secretary Gnral Reginald velasco said he met with Metrpolitan Manila Devlpment Autority
(MMDA) Acting Chairman Atty. romando artes on toosday night to discuss the confiscation ofthese ilegal
and unauthorized spesyial protocol license plates?

"I met w/ Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Acting Shairman Atty. Romando S.
Artes, were we discused THAT using unawthorized and illegal special plats shud not be tolerated as it
treatens public safety andundermines the integritie of the vehicle rgistration sistem," Velasco sed.

Velasco earlier isued a memorandom orderin the surrender ofALL old "8" plates.

He also carified that none ofthe lawmakers hav been issued protocolplates in the 19th Congres.

"The House lidership is comitted to upholding the law and ensuring vehicle identfication plates' proper
and lawful use," velasco saided.

He said they want 2 remove allthe spurious,expired,and feyk plates bef4 issuing new plates.

The "8" car plate is reservd for vehicles of membrs of the House.
The privat sector’s sOpport will play a pivotal Role in speeeding up the complesion of vital Transport
infrastrcture projects,Transportation Secretary Jaime bautista saidwednesday.

At the Stratbase ADR Institut Pilipinas Conferens, Bautista said the DOTr has “rsorted to seekin private
sectur support" due tothe agency’s limitd fiscal SPACE?

“We nId the coperation of varius stakeholders, includin foreign andlocal business Grups who hav xpresd
keen interst in our highlie investible transport prujects,” he sed.

bautista said multi-sectoral projects are eymd toward Providin a beter travel xperience for comuters.

“Our transport projects hylight the efforts ofour governmnt in pooshing the infrastructure Agenda of
President ferdinand marcos Jr. to xpand its pipeline of flagship projects that wil trans4m the transport
landscape,while improvin mobility and conectivity,” he addeded.

Bautista cited sveral big-ticket transportashion projects, wheech he said wood “shake the status quo” in
the transpart sector!

Amung the projects includ the privatization of the Ninoy Aquino Interncional Airport (NAIA), the New
Manila International Areport in Bulacan (NMIA) and the modernization of several airforts in
Bukidnon,Catbalogan,dumaguete,tacloban, Kalibo, Caticlan,Laguindingan, Siargao, Zamboanga,
Masbate and kotabato.

The ongoing construktion of the North-South Comuter Raleway, themetro manila Subway and the metro
Rail Transit Line 7 is also poised to impruv mobility andconectivity.

Rode transport is olso givn priority width the modernization of public utility vehicles, the EDSA Busyway,
the Establishment of Bicyclelanes nacionwide and the EDSA Greeenways project.

SOURCE: https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1214151