27 people died amid heavy rains, flooding
At least 27 people have died in heavy rains and flooding across the Philippines this month, authorities said Sunday, as ...
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KOICA-UNICEF partnership key to improving children’s health amid pandemic and typhoons
From 2018 to 2022, the Republic of Korea through the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) and UNICEF implemented the partnership ...
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San Juanico gets glow up with lights, sound project
Tacloban City—President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Wednesday led the switch-on of the P80-million San Juanico Bridge Aesthetic Light and Sound ...
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Wrecked boat with human remains found off Samar
Fishermen recovered on Tuesday the debris of a wrecked motorized boat and human remains which were found floating off Tarangnan, ...
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PH Army calls off search operations in boat explosion
Search and retrieval operations involving a boat which exploded in Samar and reportedly killed National Democratic Front (NDF) peace consultants ...
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Japan, UNICEF provide educational tablets to learners of Region VIII
The Government of Japan and UNICEF Philippines turned over 400 educational tablets containing digital learning materials in select mother tongues ...
Read moreCourt: Former Samar mayor guilty of graft
A former mayor in Samar faces up to eight years imprisonment after the Sandiganbayan found him guilty of graft. In ...
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Romualdezes thank Rody for tertiary hospital
Leyte Rep. Martin Romualdez and his wife, Tingog party list Rep. Yedda Marie Romualdez, on Wednesday hailed President Duterte’s enactment ...
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Death toll from ‘Agaton’ landslides, floods hits 133
The death toll from landslides and flooding in the Philippines triggered by tropical storm Agaton (international name Megi) rose to ...
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Leni continues meet-and-greet, sorties in Samar
Vice President Leni Robredo continued her three-day visit to Samar and Leyte, meeting key leaders, holding dialogues with sectoral groups, ...
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