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Ondoy-type rains cause massive floods in Marikina
Duterte dangles P100,000 reward to tipsters of big corruption in gov’t
ment projects. areas in Metro Manila and in neighBy Joyce Pañares “I am asking all of you. Those who boring Rizal province were inunand Joel Zurbano do not have permanent jobs, particularly dated as Typhoon Ulysses brought PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte said those hired under the casual scheme, all IN SCENES reminiscent of the mas- prolonged heavy to torrential rains Wednesday he would pay up to P100,000 you have to do is to let me know and I will sive f looding brought by Tropical starting Wednesday night across the to anyone who would tip him off about have a prize for you,” Duterte said in a Storm Ondoy (international name: country’s main island of Luzon. VOL. XXXIV • NO. 251 • 2 SECTIONS 8 PAGES • P18 • FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2020 • www.manilastandard.net • mst.daydesk@gmail.com VOL. XXXIV • NO. 251 • 3 SECTIONS 12 PAGES • P18 • THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2020 • www.manilastandard.net • mst.daydesk@gmail.com corrupt officials and anomalous governNext page Ketsana) over a decade ago, several Next page
By Vito Barcelo and Rey E. Requejo
‘Ulysses’ barrels through fury Luzon ‘Ulysses’ unleashes Skirting Metro Manila as it crosses Central Luzon after lashing Bicol anew
Catastrophe as typhoon batters Luzon: 13 dead, 3m lose power
By Rio N. Araja, Joel E. Zurbano, Vito Barcelo, and Jess Malabanan
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YPHOON “Ulysses” battered the country’s eastern shores as it made landfall over Quezon Province before midnight Wednesday—but was on track to skirt Metro Manila on a steady march to Central Luzon toward the West Philippine Sea. The storm made landfall in the vicin- dozens of people and left thousands of ity of Patnanungan, Quezon at 10:30 families homeless. p.m. last night, while BiThe center Joel of Ulysses made another Bylashing Joycethe Pangco Pañares, Zurbano col region still reeling from deadly tylandfall over Polillo Island by 12 a.m. and Rio Araja Next page phoons Quinta and Rolly, which killed
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HE third typhoon to hit the stormbattered country in as many weeks caused catastrophic flooding in Metro Manila and surrounding provinces on Thursday, leaving millions without power, trapping people on rooftops and claiming at least 13 lives.
Typhoon Ulysses, which packed winds of up to 155 kilometers per hour and gusts of up to 255 kph, swept across the country’s largest island of Luzon. In Camarines Norte, at least two individuals were killed in Daet and Talisay as the typhoon battered the Bicol region, leaving four others missing and eight injured, the Office of the Civil Defense said. While Ulyssses was weaker than Super Typhoon Rolly, more regions reported widespread flooding amid heavy Next page
Typhoon Ulysses ORDEAL.
Catastrophic effects of the typhoon-induced massive floods (top view) as captured by a social media-savvy resident ; (second line) men and women hang on to their belongings while police rescue teams fill a rubber boat with as many people as it can accommodate while a man (far left braves chest-high floodwaters and holds tightly onto his bike and bag of grocery IN HARM’S WAY. With Typhoon Ulysses bearing down on Metro Manila according to the state weather bureau’s projected storm track, Filipinos elsewhere scrambled for safety from the third storm to hit the country in asamany weeks. They items to get tovia safety; include residents in the coastal area of Virac, Catanduanes, who also take shelter in a classroom used as an evacuation centre in Camalig town, Albay, as others alight from government vehicles in Legazpi City. AFP with Ian Cruz/GMA Twitter (third line) Angat Dam and four other dams in Luzon spill excess water and a boat runs aground at the height of “Ulysses”. Water and Maynilad Water Services, sion agreements. step will be to sit down with the two By Rey E. Requejo Jell Morena FB page/ Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra According to him, they were arrang- water concessionaires in Metro Manila AFP/#Clastguard PH
Palace okay to renegotiate contracts with Maynilad, Manila Water DoF to borrow $300m to buy COVID vaccine Duterte ‘ c ant swim with you, ’ opts for chopper-ride inspection Farmers beat COVID-19 PH Robredo denies typhoon, save AT A GLANCE Marcos treated P6.3-b grains ing the holding of a meeting with the to discuss the specific terms and conPRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte has ap- said Wednesday. Guevarra said he met with President two water concessionaires. ditions of a proposed new water conproved the recommendations of the “In principle, the President has ap- cession agreement with each of them,” review panel to renegotiate the conces- Duterte Tuesday night and presented to sion agreement with both the Manila him their proposed new water conces- proved our recommendation so the next Next page
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By Othel V. Campos and Willie TOTALCasas NUMBER OF CASES
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FARMERS were able to save P6.33 billion of standing palay and corn NEW ACTIVE crop with combined production volume 41,758 metric tons (MT) before Typhoon Ulysses ravaged farm lands DEATHS NEW along its path, the Department of Agriculture announced Thursday. The crops were harvested from RECOVERIES NEW lands 69,816 hectares of agricultural in Regions II, III, IV and the Cordillera Autonomous Region (CAR). Farmers harvested some 341,812 MT of palay with a value of P5.48 billion and 6,758 MT corn amount-
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PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday assured families affected by Typhoon “Ulysses” that the government would provide relief, rescue and assistance, and that no one would be left behind. Duterte said he personally wanted to leave Malacañan Palace to see firsthand By Rey E. Requejo the extent of damage of the typhoon but his security prevented him from doingon so. VICE President Leni Robredo “My problem is, Ithe was barred by Wednesday disputed claim of forthose guarding me, the PSG, doctors, mer senator Ferdinand Marcos Jr. thatI can’t getbeen out,”treated he saidunfairly in Filipino. he had by AssoHe Justice said he wanted to bewhom of help ciate Marvic Leonen, he and share the grief with people sought to have removed as the justice-inbut he of had choiceprotest. but to comply charge hisno electoral In the a counter with rules. manifestation filed “It’s not that I am at a distance from Next page you… I want to go there, to swim with you, the problem is I’m being stopped,” he added. Duterte said local and national government agencies have been mobilized to respond to the situation as heavy
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PENSIVE POSE. President rains and strong winds brought by the Rodrigo typhoonDuterte triggered massive floods. “Asgathers President, I guarantee you his thoughts that your government will do its a best toduring provide assistance in the meeting with form of shelters, relief goods, fimembers of nancial aid and post disaster counhis Cabinet to seling. Rest assured the government discuss various will not leave updates at the anybody behind. We willMalacañang get through this crisis, I assure Golfhe (Malago) you,” said. Clubhouse Duterte also rejected criticism that on Tuesday. has been sleeping on the government Presidential the job, saying Photo local governments and the national government have been addressing the dangers brought about by the typhoon since they received an advisory. “There are people saying we’re not doing anything, we’re just sleeping. We haven’t slept yet,” he said in Filipino. He said he had to temporarily leave
Judge shot dead in office; gunman commits suicide
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By Willie Casas
NEW TOP COPS. Newly appointed Philippine National Police Chief Maj. Gen. Debold Sinas (right) bumps fists with Brig. Gen. Vicente Danao Jr., who will replace him as chief of the National Capital Region Police Office, during the NCRPO change of command rites inside Camp Bagong Diwa in Taguig City on Wednesday. Norman Cruz
MANILA Regional Trial Court Branch 45 Judge Ma. Theresa Abadilla was shot and killed by her clerk of court inside her own chamber at the Manila City Hall on Wednesday. Abadilla, 44, was rushed to the Manila Medical Center but was declared dead past 3 p.m., according to a report by the Manila Police District’s Special Mayor’s Reaction Team (SMaRT). The clerk of court, 42-year-old lawyer Amador Rebato Jr., killed himself after shooting the judge and died, police said. Next page
By Willie Casas
MIDDLE- to high-income Filipinos could pay for their own coronavirus vaccine, President Rodrigo Duterte said Tuesday night, as he revealed a plan to borrow US$300 million (about P15 billion) to purchase the cure to COVID-19 for all Filipinos. “As I have promised, the government will shoulder the cost of the vaccine for all Filipinos. That’s why we will start with the poor going up,” he said in his weekly televised meeting with the COVID-19 task force. Duterte, however, acknowledged that it might take some time before the country acquires doses of a vaccine Next page
VFA extended for six months By Rey E. Requejo
States amid persisting tensions in the
VIEW FROM THE TOP. An aerial view of flooding during an aerial survey conducted South China Sea, the country’s topbydip-
President Rodrigo Duterte and Senator ‘Bong”said Go around Manila after Typhoon Wednesday. THE Philippine government hasChristopher decid- lomat Vamco hit the capital city while DPWH Secretary Mark Villar inspects the Marcos Bridge to check Foreign Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. ed to extend for another six months the the structural integrity of the bridge after a barge hit one of its piers. AFP/#UlyssesPH
suspension of abrogation of the Visit- stressed that President Rodrigo Duterte’s Next page ing Forces Agreement with the United