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Koto maintains strength; no looming cyclone seen

MANILA, Nov. 27 -- Typhoon Koto (formerly Verbena) has maintained its strength, packing maximum sustained winds of 140 kilometers per hour (kph) near the center, and gustiness of up to 170 kph, the we... Read More


DSWD-Caraga gets 66 laptops to boost crisis response

BUTUAN CITY, Nov. 27 -- The Department of Social Welfare and Development in the Caraga (Region 13) received 66 laptops on Thursday to enhance its crisis intervention services. The equipment, provided... Read More


Security measures in place for Nov. 30 rally in Bacolod City

BACOLOD CITY, Nov. 27 -- The Police Regional Office-Negros Island Region (PRO-NIR) activated a comprehensive security and public safety plan as a broad alliance in Negros Occidental gears up for the "... Read More


Bacolod City targets to remove 2M cubic meters of trash from waterways

BACOLOD CITY, Nov. 27 -- The city government here targets to remove about 2 million cubic meters of waste from rivers and creeks in the ongoing major clearing operations following the massive floods b... Read More


Calbayog gov't opposes plan to set up wind farm in watershed

TALCOBAN CITY, Nov. 27 -- The city government of Calbayog in Samar said it is opposing the installation of wind turbines within the Calbayog Pan-as Hayiban Protected Landscape (CPHPL), citing its nega... Read More


DepEd lauds 60 partners in Eastern Visayas for aid in education

TACLOBAN CITY, Nov. 27 -- The Department of Education (DepEd) has recognized 60 partners in Eastern Visayas to inspire stakeholders to continue their commitment to education. In a gathering at the Ma... Read More


PCA to provide incentives to Antique coco farmers

SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Nov. 27 -- The Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) will be providing incentives to coconut farmers in the island municipality of Caluya under the Coconut Hybridization Program. ... Read More


54% of Iloilo City villages are ZOD-compliant, says official

ILOILO CITY, Nov. 27 -- Ninety-eight barangays, or 54.44 percent of the 180 barangays here, have achieved Zero Open Defecation (ZOD) status as verified by the Department of Health and the ZOD team, an... Read More


Court orders transfer of Guo, 2 others to women's correctional

MANILA, Nov. 27 -- The Pasig Regional Trial Court (RTC) on Thursday ordered the transfer of former Bamban, Tarlac mayor Alice Leal Guo from the Pasig City Jail Female Dormitory to the Correctional Ins... Read More


Tax evasion raps filed vs. 2 contractors over Bulacan ghost projects

MANILA, Nov. 27 -- The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) on Thursday filed tax evasion charges before the Department of Justice against two contractors involved in alleged ghost flood control projects ... Read More