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DepEd: Monsoon rains damage 2,424 classrooms
Evelyn Macairan - The Philippine Star August 10, 2026 | 12:00am This file photo shows a facade of the Department of Education. STAR / File MANILA, Philippines — Tropical Storm Maymay and the southwest monsoon have worsened the classroom shortage problem, with the Department of Education (DepEd) counting 2,424 classrooms damaged during the weather disturbances.
Heavy monsoon rains lash Lahore, disrupt routine life
LAHORE: Heavy monsoon rains caused widespread water accumulation across Lahore on Thursday, disrupting routine life, slowing traffic and creating difficulties for commuters as rainwater remained stagnant on major roads, intersections and underpasses in several parts of the provincial capital. Despite claims by the district administration and the Water and Sanitation Agency (Wasa) Lahore that drainage
Southwest monsoon advances into Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh; IMD issues heavy rain alert for south, northeast
Home India News Environment News Southwest monsoon advances into Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh; IMD issues heavy rain alert for south, northeast IMD said southwest monsoon has advanced over Goa, parts of Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh and Northeast. Alerts for heavy rain and flood, says heatwave to persist in northwest India. 2 Min Read The southwest monsoon gathered
India’s monsoon lashes Mumbai as rains arrive early
India's monsoon lashes Mumbai as rains arrive early by AFP Staff Writers Mumbai (AFP) May 26, 2025 Lashing rains swamped India's financial capital Mumbai on Monday as the annual monsoon arrived some two weeks earlier than usual, according to weather forecasters. Heavy rains cooling temperatures -- welcomed by farmers for their crops but which cause
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Bitcoin price hits $69,500 because US just doubled Treasury buybacks to crush long-term yields
Bitcoin and Ethereum surged above $69,500 and $2,000 on Wednesday after the US Treasury doubled planned buybacks of long-dated government debt. On Aug. 19, the Treasury Department said it will raise the maximum size of its liquidity-support operations for 10- to 20-year and 20- to 30-year securities from $2 billion to at least $4 billion
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Bitcoin’s Volatility May Be Down But Expect a ‘Meaningful Move’ Soon, Says Fidelity
Bitcoin has been sitting still recently, and the coin’s volatility is now lower than 98.5% of all days in its 17-year history, according to asset manager Fidelity. Writing on X, the firm’s digital asset arm said that spot trading volume was also at its lowest level since 2019. Bitcoin’s price is virtually unmoved over a
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The Bitcoin Trading Challenge: Trade BTC for a chance to win your share of 1 BTC
TL;DR Kraken is running the Bitcoin Trading Challenge , a one-month BTC perp trading competition with a prize pool of 1 BTC, paid in Bitcoin rather than a fiat equivalent. The competition runs from August 19 to September 19, 2026 and is open to eligible clients outside the EEA, US, UK, Australia and Canada. Traders
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Fake Drugs Kill Faster Than Bandits — Ondo CMD
By Promise Adagba The Chief Medical Director of the University of Medical Sciences Teaching Hospital (UNIMEDTH), Ondo, Prof. Michael Gbala, has raised concerns over the growing threat of counterfeit medicines. Speaking during a familiarisation visit by the Senior Consultant on Pharmaceutical and Medical Investments to the Ondo State Government, Dr. Samuel Oluwaoromipin Adekota, to the
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VanEck Says Bitcoin May Be Nearing the End of Its 11-Month Correction
Eight of 12 capitulation signals were firing as of 12 August, and all 12 reached their capitulation zone at some point in the prior three months, VanEck said. VanEck flags that its drawdown signal fires on an absolute minus 35% rule; on its own percentile rule the count would be seven of 12. Bitcoin closed