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Price rollback on oil prices implemented this week

The price rollback on oil prices to be implemented this week will lowered on P 0.60 to P 0.75 centavos for every liter of gasoline and P 0.10 to P 0.20 centavos for every liter of diesel. In every liter of kerosene, the price reduction was P 0.15 to P 0.25 centavos. The price decrease in oil prices will be effective on Tuesday.

Malacañang acknowledges new survey results

Communications Secretary Herminio Coloma Jr. acknowledged the new survey results conducted by the Social Weather Stations (SWS) saying that this will be their guide to improve the administration’s service with the implementation of its reform and development programs.

President Aquino’s satisfaction ratings drop – SWS

The public satisfaction with President Benigno S. Aquino III steeply dropped in 28 percent (for those who are dissatisfied) in the first quarter of 2015 compared to last year’s survey, giving the chief executive, his lowest rating in his term, this is according to a poll taken by the Social Weather Stations (SWS) conducted last March 20 to 23, using a face-to-face interview with 1, 200 individuals nationwide.

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Most cloudy skies and fair weather expected today

As of 4 a.m. today, PAGASA said that only a low pressure area (LPA) remains in the country and is estimated to be 215 kilometers northwest of Laoag City, Ilocos Norte.  Tropical Depression Chedeng had been further downgraded into a low pressure area after it continued to weaken since yesterday. Only the regions of Cagayan Valley, Cordillera and Ilocos will experience cloudy skies with light to moderate rains and thunderstorms. Metro Manila and the rest […]

Malacanang welcomes US support on West Phl Sea

Malacanang has welcomed the support from the United States to maintain peace in the West Philippine Sea. This came about after an American navy official said the US military is ready to respond to threats by China in the Asia Pacific region. Admiral Harry Harris of the US Pacific Fleet said his country is prepared to respond to threats against the security and stability of the Asia-Pacific region in the face of China’s undisputed land […]

Chedeng weakens into a low pressure area (LPA)

  24-HOUR PUBLIC WEATHER FORECAST Issued at: 5:00 AM 06 April 2015 SYNOPSIS: At 4:00 am today, the Low Pressure Area (LPA) was estimated based on all available data at 215 km Northwest of Laoag City, Ilocos Norte (19.6°N, 119.2°E). FORECAST: The regions of Cagayan Valley, Cordillera and Ilocos will experience cloudy skies with light to moderate rains and thunderstorms. Metro Manila and the rest of the country will be partly cloudy to cloudy with […]

Hundreds of people return home in Philippines as typhoon weakens

Hundreds of people in the north of the main Philippine island of Luzon left evacuation centers and returned home on Sunday (April 5) after a typhoon weakened significantly as it made landfall, although officials still warned of heavy rain and rough seas. Once described as super typhoon Maysak as it bore down on the Philippines in recent days, the storm was carrying winds of 55 km ph (35 mph) and was rated as a tropical depression as it made […]

Malaysian helicopter crash kills PM’s senior aide and former US envoy

Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak’s chief of staff and a former ambassador to the United States, who was also a senior member of Najib’s party, were among six people killed in a helicopter crash near the capital, officials said on Sunday. Witnesses told state news agency Bernama they saw the helicopter explode in mid-air before it crashed into the ground in the town of Semenyih outside Kuala Lumpur late on Saturday. The Prime Minister’s Office […]

PDRRMC-Abra handa na sakaling bumuhos ang malakas na ulan

Nakahanda na ang personnel ng Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction Management Center sa Abra bagama’t makulimlim pa rin ang panahon. Ayon kay Eng. Hector Camcam, PDDRRMC officer, agad itong nakipag ugnayan kay Gov. Eustaquio Bersamin matapos ianunsyong nasa Signal no. 1 ang lalawigan. Aniya inabisuhan na rin ang PNP at Arm na maging pro-active kung saan isasagawa ng mga ito ang preventive evacuation sa mga mababang lugar sakaling bumuhos ang malakas na ulan. Samantala, unti-unti nang dumadagsa […]

International support key to protecting civilians in Yarmouk – UNRWA

Islamic State has taken control of 90 percent of a Palestinian refugee camp on the Damascus outskirts where 18,000 civilians have suffered years of bombing, army siege and militia control, a monitoring group said on Saturday (April 4). The hardline group’s offensive in Yarmouk gives it a major presence in the capital. Islamic State, the most powerful insurgent group in Syria, is now only a few kilometres from President Bashar al-Assad’s seat of power. The […]