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For Bernie, planting onions may as well be sowing debt, especially with the recent high costs and low prices. He gets by only through a fighting spirit: "Laban lang!" he says. But it's unfair to expect farmers to just tough it out and be resilient. What is the government's plan?

LOOK: Information Secretary Henry Aguda appears in a news briefing today at his office, gathering his high-level executives beside him, in the midst of rumors he would be replaced soon | @PhilippineStar

With more and more people taking up running as a hobby, they emphasized the need for more public spaces and facilities that can help keep pedestrians safe. rappler.com/philippines/me…

NEW: Inaugurated in 2018, the $500M Metro Manila Flood Management Project Phase 1 was to finish 2024 with 36 rehabilitated pumping stations and 20 new PS to help Manila cope with floods. Seven years later, it has only begun making headway. What happened?🧵 newsinfo.inquirer.net/1990415/delays…

MMDA again suspends number coding on Tuesday, September 3, due to continuous rain brought by Tropical Storm #EntengPH. | @rapplerdotcom

MMDA suspends number coding on Monday, September 2 due to inclement weather brought about by typhoon Enteng and the southwest monsoon. | @rapplerdotcom RELATED: rappler.com/philippines/we…

Suggestion for your weekend reading pleasure: The House was once a chamber that succumbed to Sara Duterte's wish to have a speaker ousted. It also twice gave her a free pass on her budget request. What changed? Here's the story. @rapplerdotcom rappler.com/newsbreak/in-d…

JUST IN. The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas reduces its key policy rates by 25 basis points to 6.25%. This is the first time that the central bank loosened its monetary policy since its off-cycle hike in October 2023. | @rapplerdotcom

BREAKING NEWS: The Court of Appeals voids the 2018 shutdown of Rappler by the Duterte-time Securities and Exchange Commission. The CA restores Rappler's certificate of incorporation, and rules that "Rappler Holdings, and by extension Rappler, are currently wholly owned and managed by Filipinos, in compliance with the constitutional mandate." Story soon on rappler.com

Stranded commuters, motorists endure Metro Manila’s floods trib.al/FsC0sRY

Police deploy a rescue boat at Muñoz, where several people and vehicles are stranded due to floodwaters that reach chest-deep. | @rapplerdotcom

@rapplerdotcom DA Sec. Tiu Laurel says that the Kadiwa program will be "leveled up" from pop-up stores to permanent brick-and-mortar stores. He targets setting up 1,500 sites in the next three years.

@rapplerdotcom What does the Philippines' "experiential tourism" mean? DOT Sec. Frasco says its about promoting food tourism, and promoting heritage culture and the arts: "the flavors, songs, and dances of local indigenous communities."

Rappler is here at the 2024 Post-SONA Discussions where members of Marcos’ cabinet are expected to expound on the points raised in the President’s speech yesterday. | @rapplerdotcom

Sky Cable has found a new partner in Converge. The deal keeps Sky in the game, as it still serves the end-user fiber market. Converge can monetize its passive infra. Could this be what Sky needs after the failed PLDT deal? | @rapplerdotcom READ: rappler.com/business/sky-c…

The tunnel boring machine will be moved from the Manila Harbor Center to Camp Aguinaldo, where it will be used to construct the subway tunnels between Camp Aguinaldo Station and Ortigas Station. Read more about the subway here: rappler.com/business/fast-…

Affected roads: Port/ R-10 (9 pm to 9:30 pm) C3 Road ( 9:30 pm to 10:30 pm) 5th Avenue (10:30 pm to 12 mn) G. Araneta Avenue (12:00 mn to 1:30 am) E. Rodriguez Sr. Avenue (1:30 am to 2:00 am) Gilmore Avenue (2:00 am to 3:00 am) Col. Bonny Serrano Avenue (3:00 am to 4:00 am)

Motorists may experience traffic congestion on certain Metro Manila roads from 9 pm to 4 am on both July 20 to 21 and July 21 to 22. This is due to the transportation of a tunnel boring machine for the Metro Manila Subway. | @rapplerdotcom