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Hours later, 30-year-old Jung Joo-hee was among 156 people, most of them in their teens and twenties, killed in the South Korean capital while celebrating Halloween free of COVID restrictions for the first time in three years. Dozens more were reported injured when they were crushed during a Halloween celebration in Seoul on Saturday night. As news of the disaster unfolded on Saturday, Jung Hae-moon dashed to Itaewon, a district of narrow streets full of bars and boutiques, to be met with chaos as distraught youngsters milled about in their Halloween costumes and rows of ambulances collected victims. The Itaewon tragedy is the worst peacetime disaster in South Korea since the Sewol ferry sank off the country's southwestern coast in 2014.
Like the ferry disaster, the majority of the victims in Itaewon appeared to be in their youth — out for Halloween festivities in the nightlife district.
Today's weather:
SYNOPSIS: At 3:00 AM today, the Low Pressure Area (LPA) {formerly "Queenie"} was estimated based on all available data at 140 km Southeast of Davao City (6.4°N, 126.7°E).
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Caraga and Davao Region |
Cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms |
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Metro Manila and the rest of the country |
Partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms |
Localized Thunderstorms |
Possible flash floods or landslides during severe thunderstorms |
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Inflation in October further accelerated on the back of higher food prices including vegetables and meat, the Philippine Statistics Authority said on Friday.
The consumer price index rose 7.7 percent, from 6.9 percent in September. This is the highest in nearly 14 years or since December 2008 during the global financial crisis, when it hit 7.8 percent. The BSP has raised its benchmark rate by a cumulative 225 basis points to 4.25 percent this year to cool down inflation.
The National Economic and Development Authority for its part underscored the need to support vulnerable families and the production sector.
"It's high time that we boost support for the agriculture sector not only in post-disaster recovery but more importantly through preemptive measures," NEDA Director General Arsenio M. Balisacan said.
"We would like to assure the public that the Philippine government is closely monitoring the inflation and possible inflation pressures. We continue to prioritize and proactively manage these issues by providing immediate assistance and enabling timely imports to augment domestic food production, while building the resilience of families, communities and the economy,” Balisacan added.
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