MARAMING PILIPINO TUMATABA, AYON SA DOH NEWS ALERT: Four in ten of Filipino adults are now overweight or obese, up from fewer than two in ten in 1993, and the trend is accelerating among children, with one in ten Filipino schoolchildren aged 5 to 10 now classified as overweight or obese. Health Undersecretary Dr. Albert Domingo, who supervises the National Nutrition Council (NNC), explained the numbers on @DZRHNews program "The Situation Report" on Wednesday, September 16, presenting data that shows the Philippines has been getting heavier every year for more than three decades. He said what concerns the NNC most is not the adult figure but the sharp rise among children aged 5 to 10, whose overweight and obesity rate climbed from around 5% in 2003 to 16% in 2025—more than tripling in two decades. | @sarchavez Livestream: facebook.com/share/v/1Mffq39… #TheSituationReport

'WALANG RESPONSABLENG ISANG TAO O ISANG AHENSYA NA DAPAT NAMAMAHALA' WATCH: Para kay Caloocan 2nd District Rep. Egay Erice, dapat magkaroon ng iisang gobernador ang Metro Manila dahil integrated naman ang pangangailangan ng rehiyon. Ayon kay Erice, bagaman may MMDA, nagsisilbing coordinating body lamang ito. "Maraming responsibilidad pero walang authority. Hindi nila kayang mangibabaw, walang supremacy sa hierarchy ng pagpapatupad ng batas. Walang single point of responsibility," sabi ni Erice. #TheSituationReport

METRO MANILA: 'LUMAKI, NAGING POPULATED NA WALANG PAGPAPLANO' WATCH: Malayong-malayo na ang Metro Manila ngayon kumpara noong 1960s, kung kailan din pumapangalawa pa ang Pilipinas sa malagong ekonomiya sunod lamang sa Japan. Paliwanag ni Caloocan 2nd District Rep. Egay Erice sa #TheSituationReport, kung titingnan ang populasyon ng Metro Manila halos kasing-dami lang naman ng mga taga-rito ang populasyon sa Seoul, South Korea, pero iba ang sitwasyon dito kumpara doon. Panoorin ang pahayag ni Erice sa video na ito. #TheSituationReport

'YUNG MMDA WALANG KAPANGYARIHAN AT WALANG PONDO' WATCH: Ipinaliwanag ni Caloocan 2nd District Rep. Egay Erice walang kapangyarihan ang Metropolitan Manila Development Authority o MMDA para patakbuhin ang buong Metro Manila. Ayon kay Erice, wala ring sariling pondo ang MMDA at umaasa lang anya ito sa Office of the President at mga lokal na pamahalaan sa NCR. Para maging iisa ang latag ng serbisyo sa buong rehiyon, sinabi ni Erice na dapat may iisang gobernador na siyang tututok sa lahat ng pangangailangan nito. #TheSituationReport

METRO MANILA HINDI KAILANMAN NAGKAROON NG PLANO: ERICE NEWS ALERT: Metro Manila has never had a master plan—not 30 years ago, not 50 years ago, and not today—and that absence of vision is the root of every crisis the capital region now faces, Caloocan City 2nd District Rep. Edgar "Egay" Erice said Tuesday. When asked whether even a flood control master plan had ever been formally presented to Congress, Erice simply told @DZRHNews program "The Situation Report": "Wala eh." Full story below. #TheSituationReport

POLISIYA, EKONOMIYA HINDI NA NAPAG-UUSAPAN DAHIL SA AWAY MARCOS-DUTERTE, AYON KAY ERICE NEWS ALERT: The Marcos-Duterte political war has consumed all governance energy that should have gone to economic reform and investment promotion, and an economist has told Caloocan Rep. Edgar "Egay" Erice that the Philippines is now a country investors can afford to ignore. Erice told @DZRHNews program "The Situation Report" that the alliance that swept the 2022 elections turned out to be "unity only for convenience," with no shared program for governing once the votes were counted. Full story below. #TheSituationReport

WEATHER MISMATCH CONTINUES: RAINS IN LUZON, HOT WEATHER IN MINDANAO MANILA — The southwest monsoon, or *habagat*, continues to affect most of Luzon and parts of the Visayas on Wednesday, while hot and humid conditions persist in Mindanao, PAGASA said. In its 5 a.m. weather advisory, PAGASA weather specialist Chenel Dominguez said the trough of Tropical Storm “Krovanh” — formerly “Pilandok” — located outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility is bringing rains over Northern, Central, and Southern Luzon. Dominguez said much of the country is expected to experience rain throughout the day, particularly in the western sections of Luzon, including Zambales, Bataan, Tarlac, Pampanga, Cavite, Batangas, and Occidental Mindoro. The Ilocos Region, Cordillera Administrative Region, Cagayan, and Aurora will also see rains due to Tropical Storm “Krovanh,” she added. Metro Manila, as well as other parts of Luzon, Antique, and Aklan, will have cloudy skies with scattered rains due to the *habagat*. Meanwhile, despite the rainy conditions in Luzon, Mindanao will continue to experience hot and humid weather, especially at noon and in the afternoon, Dominguez said. Forecasts from PAGASA’s Mindanao Regional Services Division for September 9 indicate that dangerous heat index levels will prevail. Hinatuan, Surigao del Sur may record a heat index of up to 44 degrees Celsius, while Dipolog City in Zamboanga del Norte, Surigao City in Surigao del Norte, and Butuan City in Agusan del Norte may reach up to 43 degrees Celsius. Zamboanga City, meanwhile, may experience a heat index of up to 42 degrees Celsius on Wednesday, PAGASA added. #TheSituationReport #WeatherAlert #Habagat #HeatIndex

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EDUKASYON, KALUSUGAN NASAGASAAN NG 'PRESIDENTIAL PORK BARREL': ERICE NEWS ALERT: School buildings cut 64%, feeding program slashed 55%, textbooks reduced 66%, human resources for health completely zeroed out. Caloocan Rep. Edgar "Egay" Erice enumerated Tuesday the major cuts to education and health in the proposed 2027 national budget while ₱58 billion in discretionary presidential assistance with no development plan is preserved. Erice told @DZRHNews program "The Situation Report" that he is urging the President and Congress to redirect the unplanned funds back to education and health before the budget is finalized. Full story below. #TheSituationReport

SOME HEROES DON'T WEAR CAPES WATCH: A supermarket worker saves a child from oncoming traffic after the child suddenly runs across the road in Puebla, Mexico. Security footage from Super Rey del Ahorro shows the man chasing after the child and bringing him to safety in a brave and heroic act. #TheSituationReport

ERICE ON MARCOS-DUTERTE: 'YUNG PLATFORM NILANG UNITY, UNITY LANG NG CONVENIENCE FOR THE ELECTIONS' WATCH: Sa halip na magkaroon ng mga programa at polisiya na makakatulong sa bansa sa platapormang unity ng Marcos-Duterte, sinabi nig Caloocan 2nd District Rep. Egay Erice na pang-eleksyon lang ito. Sa #TheSituationReport, sinabi ni Erice, "Kapangyarihan lang talaga 'yung naririnig mong pinag-aawayan. 'Yung naririnig mong Bagong Pilipinas, walang nabago. Napunta lahat sa political battle nila, Marcos-Duterte." Panoorin ang video na ito. #TheSituationReport

PABOR KA BA SA LIMANG TAONG TERMINO NG BARANGAY, SK OFFICIALS? The House of Representatives approved a bill seeking to extend the term of barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) officials to five years from the current four-year term. A total of 211 lawmakers voted in favor of House Bill No. 10971, while 13 voted against and one abstained. The measure also seeks to postpone the barangay and SK elections (BSKE) to 2028, instead of holding them on November 2, 2026, which coincides with All Souls’ Day. Under the bill, a transitory provision states that the terms of incumbent officials will be deemed completed due to the two-year extension. Meanwhile, incumbent officials serving consecutive terms in the same position will be allowed to run again for the same post if the measure becomes law and the BSKE is held in November 2028. #TheSituationReport

ERICE: 'THIS IS PRESIDENTIAL PORK' WATCH: Kinwestyon ni Caloocan 2nd District Rep. Egay Erice ang P58 bilyong pondo para sa Presidential Assistance to Local Government Units sa 2027 na aniya'y isang uri ng "presidential pork barrel." Ayon kay Erice, ibinigay ang nasabing pondo sa mga LGU nang walang malinaw na plano kung paano gagastusin ang nasabing pondo. #TheSituationReport

WATCH: Apektado ang pondo para sa school buildings, school-based feeding program maging ang zero balance billing sa government hospitals dahil natapyasan ito sa ilalim ng panukalang 2027 national budget. Ayon kay Caloocan 2nd District Rep. Egay Erice, ito'y sa kabila ng paglalaan ng pamahalaan ng P58 bilyon para sa presidential assistance fund sa mga lokal na pamahalaan. #TheSituationReport

DOES METRO MANILA NEED A GOVERNOR? SPECIAL REPORT: Caloocan City 2nd District Rep. Edgar "Egay" Erice is pushing for an elected governor of Metro Manila, warning Monday that without unified leadership the capital region will continue to drown in floods and garbage while its contribution to national GDP declines. Metro Manila last had a unified executive under the late President Ferdinand Marcos Sr., who established the Metro Manila Commission in 1975 and appointed then-First Lady Imelda Romualdez Marcos as governor—a position abolished in 1990 and eventually replaced by the "toothless" MMDA. Erice told @DZRHNews program "The Situation Report" that the 1987 Constitution already authorizes Congress to create a Metropolitan Government under Article 10, Section 11—no charter change needed, only the political will to pass the law. | @sarchavez Full story below. #TheSituationReport #DZRHNews

'DILAWAN' HINDI NAPAPANSIN ANG MGA KAMALIAN NG ADMINISTRASYON: ERICE Para kay Caloocan City 2nd District Rep. Egay Erice, may mga "dilawan" na sobrang galit sa mga Duterte "na hindi na nila napapansin 'yung mga kamalian ng administrasyon ngayon." Ito ang naging pahayag ni Erice sa eksklusibong panayam ng programang "The Situation Report" sa @DZRHNews ngayong Martes, Setyembre 8. "Deeply divided kasi yung ating bansa ngayon. Deeply divided even yung mga kasamahan ko sa Liberal Party, yung mga kung tawagin dilawan, hati kayo," ani Erice. "Parang merong mga sobrang galit sa mga Duterte na hindi na nila napapansin yung mga kamalian ng administrasyon ngayon. 'Yan yung nakikita kong problema," saad niya. #TheSituationReport

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