Provinces
Alert level 4 raised over Mayon
Alert level four (4) has just been raised over Mayon volcano in Albay. This comes after the volcano released an...
Ashfall seen over Mayon
Mayon volcano has just emitted today an ash column stretching to about one kilometer into the sky. Philippine Institute on...
Albay evacuees allowed to go home
Local authorities in Albay have allowed some evacuees to go home. The evacuees sought shelter last Monday as lava flows...
Baguio experiences coldest weather for this month
Weather temperature in Baguio City went down to its coldest so far for this month. At about 6 am today,...
3 fishermen killed in Laguna de Bay
Three (3) fishermen were killed in an accident in the waters of Laguna de Bay. The mishap happened in Purok Dos,...
PCG seizes 120M worth of smuggled rice
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has seized suspected smuggled rice worth P 120 million. PCG Spokesperson Commander Armand Balilo says,...
38 rice areas will be competitive
AT LEAST 38 rice-producing provinces and a city will have competitive advantage over Thailand and Vietnam in rice production with...
ENDO hits over 1,000 DSWD workers
Over 1,000 temporary workers of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in the Cordillera region are losing their...
Passengers of ill-fated Mercraft all accounted for
All the passengers and crewmembers of fast-craft Mercraft 3, which sank off Quezon, have been all accounted for. National Disaster Risk Reduction...
P 83M-worth of smuggled rice seized in Cebu
Agents of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) have confiscated some P 83.3-million worth of rice that were reportedly smuggled from...
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