'Bagyong Jolina' PAGASA weather update August 26, 2017

MANILA, Philippines - 'Bagyong Jolina' (international name: Pakhar) has weakened further after crossing the rugged terrain of Northern Luzon and is now over the western coast of Ilocos Norte, state weather bureau PAGASA announced in its 8:00 a.m. update on Saturday, August 26, 2017.

'Bagyong Jolina' (Pakhar) satellite image courtesy of HIMAWARI8/NOAA.

'Jolina' is expected to exit in the northwestern boundary of the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) tonight.

At 7:00 a.m. today, the center of Tropical Storm 'Jolina' was estimated based on all available data at 75 km West Southwest of Laoag City, Ilocos Norte (17.9 °N, 120.0 °E).

'Jolina' has maximum sustained winds of 65 kph near the center and gustiness of up to 80 kph. It is forecast to move West Northwest at 20 kph.

Forecast Positions:

• 24 Hour( Tomorrow morning): 490 km West Northwest of Laoag City, Ilocos Norte (OUTSIDE PAR)(19.8°N, 116.3°E)
• 48 Hour(Monday morning):980 km West Northwest of Laoag City, Ilocos Norte (OUTSIDE PAR)(21.7°N, 112.0°E)
• 72 Hour(Tuesday morning): 1,345 km West Northwest of Laoag City, Ilocos Norte (OUTSIDE PAR)(22.6°N, 108.6°E)

Tropical cyclone warning signal (TCWS) No. 2 (61-120kph expected in 24 hrs) was raised in two areas: Ilocos Norte and Ilocos Sur.

Signal No. 1 #1 (30-60kph expected in 36 hrs) is up over La Union, Apayao, Isabela, Quirino, Kalinga, Mountain Province, Ifugao, Benguet, Abra and Nueva Vizcaya.

The estimated rainfall amount is from moderate to heavy within the 300 km diameter of the Tropical Storm.

Meanwhile, monsoon rains is expected over the western sections of Central and Southern Luzon, while light to moderate with possible occasionally heavy rains due to thunderstorms will prevail over the rest of Luzon. Residents in these areas, as well as those under Tropical Cyclone Warning Signals 2 and 1 are alerted against possible flashfloods and landslides.

Sea travel is risky over the seaboards of Northern and Central Luzon.

'Bagyong Jolina' makes landfall over Aurora, Signal No. 2 up in 11 areas

MANILA, Philippines - 'Bagyong Jolina' has slowed down and is about to make landfall over Aurora area, state weather bureau PAGASA announced in its 8:00 p.m. update on Friday, August 25, 2017.

At 7:00 p.m. today, the center of Tropical Storm 'Jolina' was estimated based on all available data including Subic Radar at 65 km South Southeast of Casiguran, Aurora (15.8°N, 122.4°E).

'Jolina' has maximum sustained winds of up to 80 kph near the center and gustiness of up to 95 kph. It is forecast to move West Northwest at 17 kph.

Forecast Positions

• 24 Hour( Tomorrow afternoon): 110 km West Northwest of Sinait, Ilocos Sur(17.8°N, 119.4°E)
• 48 Hour(Sunday afternoon):590 km West Northwest of Laoag City, Ilocos Norte (OUTSIDE PAR)(20.8°N, 115.7°E)
• 72 Hour(Monday afternoon): 1,070 km West Northwest of Laoag City, Ilocos Norte (OUTSIDE PAR)(23.1°N, 111.8°E)
• 96 Hour(Tuesday afternoon):1,535 km West Northwest of Laoag City, Ilocos Norte (OUTSIDE PAR)(23.5°N, 107.0°E)

Tropical cyclone warning signal TCWS 2 (61-120 kph Expected in 24 hours) was raised in 11 areas : Isabela, Aurora, Quirino, Kalinga, Mountain Province, Ifugao, Ilocos Sur, Benguet, Abra, La Union and Nueva Vizcaya.

Signal No. 1 (30-60 kph expected in 36 hours) is up over Cagayan including Babuyan group of islands, Apayao, Ilocos Norte, Nueva Ecija, Pangasinan, Northern Quezon including Polillo island, and Camarines Norte.

The estimated rainfall amount is from moderate to heavy within the 300 km diameter of the Tropical Storm.

Meanwhile, moderate to occasionally heavy rains is expected over most parts of Luzon beginning tonight. Residents in these areas, especially those under Tropical Cyclone Warning Signals 2 and 1 are alerted against possible flashfloods and landslides.

Sea travel is risky over the seaboard of Northern Luzon and the eastern seaboards of Central and Southern Luzon.

Gilas Pilipinas edges Singapore, heads to SEA Games basketball finals

MANILA, Philippines – Gilas Pilipinas survived team Singapore’s scary scoring run to edge the latter in their semis duel, 68-60, on August 25, 2017 at the MABA Stadium in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Christian Standhardinger registered a double-double: 13 points and 13 rebounds to help Gilas Pilipinas advance in the finals. Photo Credit: GMA News

Christian Standhardinger who looked so fresh despite his consecutive tour of duties at the Jones Cup and FIBA Asia Cup for the past couple of months showed the Singaporeans how tough and formidable Gilas Pilipinas is as he officially opened the semis with strong under the rim baskets and monstrous blocks.

Team Philippines displayed a tough defense that led to offensive onslaught for the early lead of 10-3 under 5 minutes of the opening salvo.

Singapore got stuck in 3 points for more than 8 minutes until Larry Liew sank a three pointer to move their digits. Liew scored 5 more points to cut the Gilas’ margin to just 3, 15-12 after the first 10 minutes of the game.

High-flyer Kobe Paras who played excellent basketball in the last 2 games started the 2nd period with a breakaway tomahawk dunk followed by an acrobatic layup to increase Philippines’ lead to 20.

Singapore’s superstar, Wong Wei Long took over the scoring chores and initiated his team’s comeback and made Gilas scoreless in the last 4 minutes.

Philippines’ shooting percentage drastically went down even from the charity stripes. Coach Jong Uichico wasn’t happy on his team’s 2nd quarter performance as he called a mandatory time out after Singapore caught up 22-21.

Team Captain Kiefer Ravena broke the ice as he scored an and-one to wakeup Gilas from a long hibernation. Big men Troy Rosario and Christian Standhardinger dropped more points and ended the 1st half with a decent 32-24 lead.

Coach Jong Uichico was obviously threatened by Singapore’s scoring run in the 1st half. So he fielded in his 2 top long bombers Baser Amer and Von Pessumal to start the 3rd quarter. However, it was the Fil-German, Christian Standhardinger who exploded in the third to extend the lead to 15.

Gilas’ lead was once again brought down to a single digit through the efforts of Leon Kwek and John Ng. Kwek became a major problem for Team Philippines as he continued to drain more baskets whether from the inside or from the outside and managed to trim the lead 49-42 as the penultimate quarter closed.

Miscues and turnovers hurt Philippines too much as the nationals began their final push in the final quarter. Singapore on the other hand was blessed with multiple open and unguarded shots to close the gap 51-46 with 7:57 remaining in the game clock.

If there was one thing missing in this game for Gilas Pilipinas, it was its three point shooting prowess. Philippines made only 2 three pointers out of 19 attempts in the last 35 minutes.

Mike Tolomia ended the three point drought at the 4:10 mark of the fourth to escalate Gilas’ lead to 12. Tolomia was eventually Philippines’ hero of the last quarter.

Less than a minute to go and Philippines led Singapore by 8, 64-56. Baser Amer made it a double-digit lead as he made 2 for 2 at the foul line to secure the first finals spot.

Singapore however didn’t go down without swinging and still poured some good shots to lower the margin during the dying seconds of the ballgame.

At the final buzzer of the game, Philippines marches to the finals, 68-60.

Gilas Pilipinas now awaits the winner of Thailand vs Indonesia semis showdown as of publishing time. The finals is set to happen tomorrow afternoon leaving Gilas Pilipinas a day to take a rest and create a battle plan against its finals rival.

-- Joey Boy Capos, The Summit Express

Honest parking boy who returned P7,000-cash gets full scholarship

“Be honest, like karma it will eventually come back to you.”

Days after his story went viral on Facebook, Andrey Macabuhay, the young boy who returned P7,000-cash dropped by a customer, is about to experience his share of good karma.

In Dindo Lorenzo’s Facebook post, he narrated Andrey’s incredible act of kindness. At around 1 am on August 20, Dindo unknowingly dropped his money while taking his phone out of his pocket. He then proceeded inside a McDonald’s branch in Sta. Maria, Bulacan to order food for his family.

But before he could even place his order, Andrey called him to tell him that he actually dropped his money amounting to P7,000. Such amount could have tempted anyone, but Andrey said he didn’t have second thoughts on returning it for the simple reason that it wasn’t his money.

To reward his honesty, Dindo gave Andrey cash, which the latter would give his mother. Andrey works as a parking boy in the said restaurant to help support his family as his father, who has vision problems, could no longer work.


But Andrey’s inspiring story didn’t end there.

In fact, Andrey’s life is about to change after many netizens recognized his incredible act of kindness.

After being moved by his story, good samaritans decided to reward the young boy’s honesty with a scholarship grant that will allow him to finish college education. Moreover, he also gets to have benefits that will make schooling easier for him such as benefits for his food allowance, school uniform, school supplies, books, as well as employment assistance after college graduation.


“Sa murang edad natuto ng maghanapbuhay para makatulong sa pamilya.. ang batang parking boy n nd natukso sa pera khit sa kabila ng kahirapan sa buhay nd sya ntukso sa pera..ang kanyang katapatan ay agad na suklian.. saludo aq sa mga batang tulad mo..mabuhay k!”

-- Mini, The Summit Express