Hapi Funday trip News script Oct. 13 2022

HERE ARE THE LATEST NEWS FOR TODAY’S VIDEO:

A Philippine tarsier (𝘛𝘢𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘶𝘴 𝘴𝘺𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘩𝘵𝘢), locally known as mago, was rescued by the Community Environment and Natural Resources Office (CENRO) of Sta. Rita, Samar and was then released in a forested area within the Samar Island Natural Park.

Based on the DENR Administrative Order 2019-09 or the updated national list of threatened Philippine fauna and their categories, the Philippine Tarsier is categorized as Other Threatened Species. This means that the species is threatened by adverse factors such as over-collection.

 

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Nobel laureate Maria Ressa on Wednesday said showing courage, protecting facts and strengthening trust in journalism are key to safeguard humanity from misinformation and lies online, which are changing not only behaviors but also threatening the essence of democracy. ON A SURVEY, Most Pinoys see some influencers, bloggers, vloggers as alleged fake news peddlers

If it's too good to be true then it must be fake, sort of.

Pulse Asia Research Inc has just released a nationwide face-to-face survey on fake news with the majority of Filipinos pointing to some social media influencers, bloggers and vloggers as alleged "peddlers of fake news about government and politics."

Heldfrom September 17-21, 2022 with results published by the polling firm on October 11, 2022, 58% of 1,200 respondents aged 18 years old and above found the socmed lot allegedly "responsible for spreading fake political news in the country."

Broken down by locations, 69% picked this group in the National Capital Region followed by 67% in Balanced Luzon, 47% in Visayas and 43% in Mindanao.

https://jjdmdigital.blogspot.com/2022/10/vloggers-as-alleged-peddlers-of-fake.html

 

WEATHER UPDATE TODAY:

TROPICAL DEPRESSION “MAYMAY” CONTINUES TO MOVE WESTWARD WHILE MAINTAINING ITS STRENGTH

Location of Center (10:00 PM): The center of Tropical Depression “MAYMAY” was estimated based on all available data at 70 km East of Casiguran, Aurora

Intensity: Maximum sustained winds of 45 km/h near the center, gustiness of up to 55 km/h, and central pressure of 1004 hPa or hectopascal

Present Movement: Westward at 20 km/h

Extent of Tropical Cyclone Winds: Strong winds extend outwards up to 180 km from the center

TROPICAL CYCLONE WIND SIGNALS (TCWS) IN EFFECT

TCWS No. 1

Wind threat: Strong winds

Luzon, The eastern portion of Isabela (San Mariano, Dinapigue, San Guillermo, San Pablo, Ilagan City, Benito Soliven, San Agustin, Palanan, Divilacan, Jones, Maconacon, Tumauini, Echague, Cabagan), the eastern portion of Quirino (Maddela, Nagtipunan, Aglipay, Saguday), and the northern portion of Aurora (Casiguran, Dinalungan, Dilasag, Dipaculao) - -

Warning lead time: 36 hours

Potential impacts of winds: Minimal to minor threat to life and property

HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND AREAS

Heavy Rains

• Today through tomorrow early morning, moderate to heavy with at times intense rains over Cagayan, Isabela, and Apayao. Light to moderate with at times heavy rains over the rest of Cagayan Valley and Cordillera Administrative Region.

• Under these conditions, scattered to widespread flooding (including flash floods) and rain-induced landslides are expected especially in areas that are highly or very highly susceptible to these hazard as identified in hazard maps, and in localities with significant antecedent rainfall.

 

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President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. gave the green light for an Australian energy firm to conduct oil exploration activities in offshore northwest Palawan by next year, seeing the move as generating "strong interest" from foreign investors.

Sacgasco, locally operating as Nido Petroleum Philippines Pty. Ltd., secured approval to perform an on-site survey in the old Cadlao oilfield within the last quarter of 2022.

Nido Petroleum is the operator of Service Contract 6B in the Palawan basin, which covers the oilfield.

The on-site survey will be followed by the drilling of two wells — one exploration and one appraisal by the first semester of 2023, according to a statement released by the Office of the President.

The appraisal well could lead to early oil production by the second half of next year, with the volume of recoverable oil expected to reach 5 to 6 million barrels.

"While it is a first step, it signals the government's intent to maximize indigenous resources and has attracted strong interest from foreign investors in the Philippine upstream oil and gas sector," Marcos said.

 

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The 26-meter (85-foot) -long, 95.6-ton and solid-fuel Epsilon-6 rocket is the final version before JAXA plans to develop another variation, Epsilon-S. After five upgrades since the early 2010s, the Epsilon-6 is designed for a compact launch as JAXA aims to develop a commercial satellite launch business.  Japan’s space agency said a rocket carrying eight satellites failed just after liftoff Wednesday and had to be aborted by a self-destruction command, in the country’s first failed rocket launch in nearly 20 years.

The Epsilon-6 rocket was not in the right position to orbit around the Earth and its flight had to be aborted less than seven minutes after takeoff from the Uchinoura Space Center in the southern Japanese prefecture of Kagoshima, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency President Hiroshi Yamakawa told an online news conference.

“We deeply apologize for our failure to live up to the expectations” of local officials and those who were involved in the development of the satellites, Yamakawa said, pledging to assist in the investigation into the cause of the failure.

JAXA officials said the agency sent a self-destruction signal after deciding the rocket was not able to fly safely and enter a planned orbit. JAXA said the rocket and payloads were believed to have fallen into the sea east of the Philippines.

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Russian missile attacks caused a crippled nuclear plant in Ukraine to lose all external power for the second time in five days, increasing the risk of a radiation disaster because critical safety systems need electricity to operate, Ukraine’s state nuclear operator said Wednesday. U.N. monitors and Ukraine’s state nuclear operator say workers have managed to restore power for the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant.

Ukraine’s Energoatom company reported Europe’s biggest nuclear power plant suffered a “blackout” on Wednesday morning when a missile damaged a distant electrical substation.

It was the second such incident in five days, highlighting the sensitivity of the situation and increasing the risk of a radiation disaster because critical safety systems need electricity to operate.

Energoatom wrote on Telegram that Ukrainian workers found a way how to repair the line and connected the plant to the Ukrainian power grid.