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PHIVOLCS warns of increase in seismic activity at Bulusan Volcano

Alert Level 1 still in place (Eagle News)–The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology has warned of an increase in seismic activity at Bulusan Volcano. According to PHIVOLCS, 91 volcano-tectonic quakes associated with rock fracturing have been recorded by the Bulusan Volcano Network since 1:38 a.m. of January 22. The quakes were one to two kilometers deep beneath the southwestern flanks. The southwestern and southeastern flanks of the volcano, meanwhile, have been inflated since February […]

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PBBM reactivates Task Force El Niño

(Eagle News)–President Bongbong Marcos has reactivated Task Force El Niño to ensure the country’s readiness to fight the effects of the climate phenomenon. The reactivation was formalized via Executive Order No. 53 issued on January 19 and signed by Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin. Under the EO, the task force is reactivated under the Office of the President. It will be chaired by the Secretary of the Department of National Defense and co-chaired by the Secretary […]

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Panay Island has stable power supply: DOE official

(Eagle News)–Panay Island has a stable power supply. Energy Assistant Secretary Mario Marasigan issued the statement after a generating plant went offline on Jan. 17. According to Marasigan, the island does not have a rotational brownout situation with the power supply stable prior to the January 17 incident. He said the exception was when the region had a high power demand that led to a prolonged blackout on Jan. 2. “So ngayon po para maiwasan […]

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PBBM issues EO institutionalizing DSWD’s Pag-Abot Program for street dwellers, other vulnerable individuals

(Eagle News)–President Bongbong Marcos has issued an executive order institutionalizing and expanding the Pag-Abot Program of the Department of Social Welfare and Development. In institutionalizing the program through EO No. 52, the Presidential Communications Office said the aim is to take street dwellers and other poor and vulnerable individuals off the streets and help them become productive members of society. The program covers component assistance packages that involve transportation/relocation and financial assistance, transitory shelter assistance, […]

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Northeast monsoon affecting Northern Luzon: PAGASA

(Eagle News)–The northeast monsoon is affecting Northern Luzon. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said, as a result, Ilocos Region, Cordillera Administrative Region, and Cagayan Valley will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rains. Metro Manila will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms. Flashfloods or landslides during moderate to at times heavy rains are possible. According to the weather bureau, the eastern sections of Visayas […]

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Seven killed in Philippine landslide

MANILA, Jan 19, 2024 (AFP) – At least seven people were killed when a landslide hit a house in the southern Philippines on Thursday, a disaster official said, with the death toll expected to rise. The incident happened in the morning in a mountainous gold mining region of Davao de Oro province on Mindanao island, where heavy rain has triggered flooding and landslides this week. A family of eight — including six children — had […]

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Davao not exempted from PUVMP, DOTr clarifies

(Eagle News) — Davao is not exempted from the Public Utility Vehicle Modernization Program (PUVMP), the Department of Transportation clarified on Friday, Jan. 19. The DOTr issued the clarification following reports jeepney drivers there would not be affected by the government’s program. According to the DOTr, it is embarking on a bus-based public transportation system for Davao – called Davao Public Transport Modernization Project (DPTMP) – that is “separate yet complementary” to the PUVMP. It […]

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Feb. 9 declared a special non-working day

(Eagle News) — President Bongbong Marcos has declared February 9, Friday, as a special non-working holiday. In making the declaration through Proclamation No. 453, the President noted the move would give “the people the full opportunity to celebrate the Chinese New Year.” He said it would also enable them to “avail of the benefits of a longer weekend.” “The Department of Labor and Employment is hereby directed to issue the appropriate circular to implement this […]

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Jinggoy Estrada acquitted of plunder, convicted of bribery in pork barrel scam

(Eagle News)–The Sandiganbayan Fifth Division on Friday, Jan. 19, acquitted Senator Jinggoy Estrada of plunder in connection with the pork barrel scam. Estrada, however, was convicted by the anti-graft court of one count of direct bribery and two counts of indirect bribery. For direct bribery, Estrada may face jail time of eight to nine years. For indirect bribery, meanwhile, he may face imprisonment of at least two to three years. Estrada was charged over P55.79 […]

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PBBM orders consolidation of tourism services for seamless travel

(Eagle News)–President Bongbong Marcos has directed the consolidation of tourism services to make the Philippines competitive in the global tourism market. The President gave the directive after meeting with members of the Private Sector Advisory Council Tourism Sector to discuss plans to attract tourists to the country. In giving the directive, the President recounted a friend’s decision to go to Thailand instead of the Philippines because in the first, everything tourism-related is being taken care […]

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China, Philippines agree to talk more on South China Sea flare-ups

BEIJING, Jan 18, 2024 (AFP) – Chinese and Philippine officials have agreed on the need for closer dialogue to deal with “maritime emergencies” in the South China Sea, including in the hotly contested Second Thomas Shoal, Beijing said. Manila and Beijing have a long history of maritime territorial disputes in the waterway, but relations sharply deteriorated recently over a series of incidents involving vessels from both countries. Confrontations were among their most intense around the […]

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47% of Filipino families identified themselves as poor in Q4 of 2023: SWS

(Eagle News)–Over 40% of Filipino families feel they are poor, results of a December Social Weather Stations survey showed. According to the SWS, the 47% translates to 13.0 million families, slightly lower than the 13.2 million families who rated themselves as poor in September 2023 (48%). The SWS said to arrive at the estimated numbers of self-rated poor households, the percentage of respondent households rating themselves as poor was applied to the Philippine Statistics Authority […]

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