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‘Danger’ heat index alert up in more than 20 areas on Holy Monday – Pagasa
The state weather bureau’s station in Pasay City and two other areas are reporting the highest heat index temperature, which falls under the “danger category” for Monday, April 14.
The Ninoy Aquino International Airport (Naia) station in Pasay City, as well as in Echague, Isabela and Sangley Point in Cavite, are forecast to report a heat index temperature of 44 degrees Celsius, which already falls under the “danger category,” according to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa).
Motorists can expect significant reductions in petroleum product prices this Holy Week, as oil companies announced a rollback of up to P3.60 a liter.
In separate advisories on Monday, Seaoil and Shell Pilipinas said gasoline prices will drop by P3.60 a liter starting Tuesday.
A convalescing Pope Francis greeted the crowd in St. Peter’s Square on Palm Sunday, wishing more than 20,000 faithful a “Happy Palm Sunday, Happy Holy Week,” in yet another reassuring public sign of his recovery from a life-threatening battle with double pneumonia.
Many in the crowd reached out to touch Francis’ hand or garments as he was brought in a wheelchair down a ramp to the main altar, where he issued his brief greeting into a microphone. The 88-year-old pope was not wearing nasal tubes for supplemental oxygen, as he had during a similar appearance last Sunday.
