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鈥楧anger鈥� heat index alert up in more than 20 areas on Holy Monday 鈥� Pagasa
The state weather bureau鈥檚 station in Pasay City and two other areas are reporting the highest heat index temperature, which falls under the 鈥渄anger category鈥� 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 鈥渄anger category,鈥� 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鈥檚 Square on Palm Sunday, wishing more than 20,000 faithful a 鈥淗appy Palm Sunday, Happy Holy Week,鈥� 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鈥� 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.