{"id":12209,"date":"2025-03-04T00:01:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-03T16:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/?p=12209"},"modified":"2025-03-03T23:43:00","modified_gmt":"2025-03-03T15:43:00","slug":"govt-prepared-for-extreme-heat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/2025\/03\/04\/govt-prepared-for-extreme-heat\/","title":{"rendered":"GOV\u2019T PREPARED FOR EXTREME HEAT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>THE <\/strong><strong>government is ready to address the rising heat index, particularly its impact on the country\u2019s economy, Presidential Communications Office Undersecretary and Malacanang Press officer attorney Claire Castro said on Monday.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cSiyempre po laging handa ang pamahalaan patungkol dito. Kung ito po ay makakaapekto sa ekonomiya natin, tayo ay laging handa tungkol diyan,\u201d Castro said in a press briefing in Malaca\u00f1ang.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said its stations in Quezon City and Clark Airport in Pampanga forecast a high heat index, considered in the \u201cdanger\u201d category.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Castro said the Department of Health (DOH) had previously issued a statement reminding the public to take precautions. She added that the government is compiling more action plans to address the situation.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cAs of now, iko-collate pa rin namin iyong iba pa po na mga action plans patungkol dito. Pero nauna na ang DOH na magpalabas ng kanilang mensahe patungkol dito,\u201d she said.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>On March 3, several local government units (LGUs) and schools suspended face-to-face classes in response to PAGASA\u2019s temperature forecast for various parts of Luzon.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE government is ready to address the rising heat index, particularly its impact on the country&rsquo;s economy, Presidential Communications Office Undersecretary and Malacanang Press officer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12210,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5,17],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12209"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12209"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12209\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12211,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12209\/revisions\/12211"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12210"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}