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WASTELAND A resident on Monday cooks a meal for her family amid the debris of their ruined home and those of their neighbors in Basud village, Tabaco City, Albay province, in the wake of furious winds and heavy rain unleashed by Typhoon ``Rolly.'' MARK ALVIC ESPLANA

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Europe’s new COVID-19 cases have doubled in five weeks, propelling the region on Sunday across the bleak milestone of 10 million total infections, according to a Reuters tally. Just last month, both Latin America and Asia reported over 10 million total cases in their regions. —STORY BY Reuters and AFP

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Greenpeace renews call for climate emergency

The Philippine government should hasten its declaration of a climate emergency, particularly after the destruction left by Typhoon “Rolly” (international name: Goni) on Sunday. A climate emergency declaration, said environmental group Greenpeace Philippines, will strengthen an urgent whole-of-government. —STORY BY Jhesset O. Enano and Ben O. de Vera

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Catanduanes, Albay bear brunt of 'Rolly'

By the Inquirer Staff

The strongest typhoon to hit the Philippines this year destroyed thousands of homes and killed at least 20 people in the Bicol region, officials said on Monday, as communication lines in the worst-hit areas remained down.

Catanduanes and Albay provinces were hit hardest by Typhoon “Rolly” (international name: Goni), which struck the region as a supertyphoon on Sunday morning, bringing ferocious winds that toppled houses, trees and communication lines, and triggering flooding and landslides that engulfed houses and sent thousands of people fleeing to emergency shelters.

President Duterte toured typhoon damage in the region by air on Monday and landed in Guinobatan, Albay province, where he told residents that Bicol would always be in harm’s way “as long as it is facing the Pacific Ocean and a volcano is here.”

He was referring to Mt. Mayon, which residents of Guinobatan asked him to check out for quarrying, on which they blamed avalanches of volcanic ash and mud whenever it rained.

“Who owns the quarry sites?” Sen. Christopher “Bong” Go, the President’s former longtime aide who accompanied him on the tour, asked the residents.

“Politicians,” one resident shouted.

Mr. Duterte and Go promised to look into the quarrying on the volcano before leaving for an aerial inspection of storm damage in southern Luzon.

In a televised public address after arriving in Manila, Mr. Duterte reported the Guinobatan residents’ complaint and said he had asked Public Works Secretary Mark Villar and Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu to investigate the quarrying on Mt. Mayon. —WITH REPORTS FROM INQ, RAPPLER

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Red flags all over

If the DOJ-led task force against corruption wants to hit the ground running, why not begin with the findings of an agency already constituted by law to be at the forefront of the fight versus corruption? The Commission on Audit (COA) is a veritable gold mine of information that the so-called mega task force can use as leads for conducting a deeper probe.

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