These are among the major stories this Saturday afternoon, October 29, 2022.
Severe tropical storm Paeng barreled through the Philippines, leaving behind a wide swath of destruction that left 45 dead, hundreds injured or missing, and many areas under flood waters or devastated by landslides in Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao.
All these left President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. disheartened, ruing that many of the deaths could have been prevented with proper preparation. He is also considering placing the country under a state of calamity.
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