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PAGASA: Easterlies affecting PHL

(Eagle News)–The easterlies are affecting the country. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said, as a result, Metro Manila will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers and thunderstorms. Flashfloods or landslides during severe thunderstorms are possible. The rest of the country will experience the same conditions. According to the weather bureau, the northern and western sections of Northern Luzon will have moderate to strong winds and moderate to rough […]

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Law creating new DPWH district engineering office in Zamboanga City signed

  (Eagle News)–President Bongbong Marcos has signed a law creating a new Department of Public Works and Highways district engineering office in Zamboanga City. According to Republic Act No. 11994 signed by the President on April 4, the new engineering district will be known as the Zamboanga City First District Engineering Office. It will be located in the Zamboanga City Special Economic Zone – Zamboanga Freeport Authority in Barangay Talisayan. The Secretary of Public Works […]

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Cloudy skies, scattered rain showers expected in parts of PHL

(Eagle News)–The easterlies are affecting the country. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said, as a result, Basilan, Sulu and Tawi-Tawi will have cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms. Flashfloods or landslides due to moderate to at times heavy rains are possible. Metro Manila and the rest of the country, meanwhile, will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms. According to PAGASA, the entire country will […]

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DA pushes for construction of deep piers to reduce cost of rice production in PHL

(Eagle News)–The Department of Agriculture is pushing for the construction of deep piers in a bid to reduce the cost of producing rice in the country. “Mahal din iyong input sa atin dahil iyong logistics, iyong binabanggit palagi ni Secretary (Francisco) Tiu Laurel iyong fertilizer na dadalhin ng Mindoro manggagaling pa iyon ng Bataan, so bago makarating iyong fertilizer from Bataan to Mindoro na nakailang lipat iyong tracking ang laki ng gastos,” De Mesa said. […]

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PBBM to attend ‘historic’ trilateral meeting with US, Japan in Washington next week

(Eagle News)–President Bongbong Marcos is slated to attend what the government said was a historic trilateral cooperation meeting with US President Joe Biden and Japan Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in the US next week. Foreign Affairs Acting Deputy Undersecretary Hans Mohaimin Siriban said the meeting in Washington will build upon the previous meetings of the countries in Jakarta, Indonesia. “The elevation of the Philippines-Japan-US partnership into this trilateral cooperation has the peace stability and prosperity […]

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PBBM signs law splitting Bagong Silang in Caloocan into six barangays

  (Eagle News)–President Bongbong Marcos has signed a law splitting Bagong Silang in Caloocan into six separate and independent barangays. Under Republic Act No. 11993 signed on April 3, what was Bagong Silang or Barangay 176 will now be known as Barangay 176-A, Barangay 176-B, Barangay 176-C, Barangay 176-D, Barangay 176-E, and Barangay 176-F, with the territorial boundaries of each barangay created immediately with the existing “puroks” or “phases.” Bagong Silang is considered the most […]

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PHL inflation accelerates to 3.7 percent in March

(Eagle News)–The Philippines’ inflation accelerated to 3.7 percent in March 2024, the Philippine Statistics Authority reported on Friday, April 5. The PSA said in February, inflation was at 3.4 percent. The March 2024 inflation rate was, however, lower than the 7.6 percent inflation rate recorded in the same month last year. The PSA said the uptrend in the overall inflation in March was primarily influenced by the higher year-on-year increase in the heavily-weighted food and […]

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Thousands of Philippine schools suspend in-person classes due to heat

By Pam CASTRO MANILA, April 5, 2024 (AFP) – Thousands of schools in the Philippines suspended in-person classes Friday, the education department said, as parts of the tropical country endured dangerously high temperatures. The months of March, April and May are typically the hottest and driest in the archipelago nation, but conditions this year have been exacerbated by the El Nino weather phenomenon. Many schools have no air-conditioning, leaving students to swelter in crowded, poorly […]

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On-site class suspensions for Friday, April 5

(Eagle News)–On-site classes in some areas on Friday, April 5, have been suspended, with the peak heat index expected to enter the “danger category” in parts of the country. The suspension covers the  following so far: Angeles City – all levels (both public and private) Bataan – preschool to senior high school (both public and private) Bulacan – public and private schools General Santos City – all levels (both public and private) Iloilo City – […]

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AFP eyeing to dismantle 11 ‘weakened’ NPA guerrilla fronts by end of 2024: Año

(Eagle News)–The Armed Forces of the Philippines is eyeing dismantling the  11 “weakened” New People’s Army guerrilla fronts by the end of the year, National Security Adviser Eduardo Año said on Thursday, April 4. According to Año, “this will also include dismantling 26 vertical units and party organs within the 27 sub-regional committees and 40 regional party committees.” AFP Chief of Staff Gen. Romeo Brawner Jr. said because of these targets, “halos everyday nagkakaroon po […]

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Free MRT-3, LRT-2 rides for veterans for one week

(Eagle News)–The Metro Rail Transit-3 and Light Rail Transit-2 are offering free rides for veterans for one week. The Department of Transportation said the free rides can be availed of from April 5 to 11. The move, it said, is in celebration of the Day of Valor on April 9 and Philippine Veterans’ Week. The DOTr said veterans only need to show their IDs issued by the Philippine Veterans Affairs Office to avail of the […]

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Residents of four Northern Luzon areas ‘strongly advised’ to immediately move to higher ground or farther inland

(Eagle News)–Residents of four areas in the northern part of the Philippines were “strongly advised” on Wednesday, April 3, to immediately move to higher ground or farther inland following a strong earthquake in Taiwan. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said covered by the advisory were residents of the Batanes Group of Islands, Cagayan, Ilocos Norte and Isabela. In issuing the advisory, PHIVOLCS noted that the coastal areas in the Philippines fronting the Pacific […]

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