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Manila logs 33 new flu-like cases amid southwest monsoon rains, floods (opens the original)
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MANILA – Manila City Hall recorded 33 new cases of influenza-like illness (ILI) on Monday, Aug. 31, its Public Information Office (PIO) said. The latest WILD diseases report showed that the new cases brought the city’s total number of ILI cases to 1,203 since the start of the year. WILD stands for illnesses that commonly surge during the rainy season: water-borne diseases, influenza, leptospirosis, and dengue. On Aug. 31, the city also recorded 24 new dengue cases, bringing the total to 2,541, a
Philippine government’s poverty standard ‘outdated,’ ‘unrealistic’: think tank (opens the original)
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MANILA – Those who spend more than P96.22 a day, or a family of five with an income slightly higher than P14,634 a month, are not considered poor based on the government’s own statistics. The Philippines recorded its lowest poverty incidence at 9.7% in 2025, bringing the share of Filipinos living below the official poverty threshold to a single-digit rate, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said. The latest figures translate to 11.1 million people, down from 17.5 million, or 15.5%, in 202
‘Sea of garbage’ reflects Philippines’ poor environmental standing, says analyst (opens the original)
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MANILA – As waste generation strains collection, segregation and disposal systems, rivers and canals across Metro Manila have become disposal areas. This is why the “sea of garbage” exposed by receding floodwaters last week was not surprising, data scientist Dr. Alicor Panao said. “No less than the President described the garbage situation as ‘critical,’ warning that waste entering waterways was clogging flood-control infrastructure,” he said. Panao, an associate professor at the University of t
More Filipinos face southwest monsoon, typhoon season with thinner savings (opens the original)
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MANILA – For many Filipino households, the savings that could help them recover from a disaster may already be dwindling. The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas’ (BSP) Consumer Expectations Survey showed that households’ intention to save dropped sharply in the second quarter of 2026, months before the southwest monsoon and a series of typhoons brought prolonged rains and flooding. The Saving Intention Index fell to -0.7 from 12.4 in the first quarter, said Dr. Alicor Panao, Inquirer data scientist and
Philippine university team develops AI model for heart monitoring (opens the original)
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MANILA – An international team of scientists has developed an artificial intelligence (AI) model that accurately predicts cardiac index (CI), a measure of how effectively the heart pumps blood. The team, led by Patricia Angela Abu of the Department of Information Systems and Computer Science at Ateneo de Manila University (ADMU), developed the model using physiological indicators such as heart rate, stroke volume index and cardiac output. The data are collected through noninvasive sensor sticker
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