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Travel advisory: Mindoro boat trips cancelled due to Tropical Depression Ramil
MANILA, Philippines - All boat trips bound for Mindoro have been cancelled on Wednesday, November 1, as state weather bureau Pagasa raised typhoon signal number 1 over Occidental and Oriental Mindoro....
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'Matumal': Small-time vendors struggle to earn this Undas 2017
CAVITE, Philippines – "Ang hirap talaga 'pag umuulan. Matumal ang kita 'pag Undas." (It's difficult [to earn] when it rains during Undas.)Orlando Mendez, 54, a small-time vendor in Bacoor City in...
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Smoke forces MRT-3 train to unload passengers
MANILA, Philippines – A Metro Rail Transit Line 3 (MRT-3) train unloaded passengers after smoke was found in one of its coaches on Sunday, November 5, the latest incident involving the beleaguered rail...
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Mini-grandmaster? Meet this 3-year-old Pinoy chess prodigy
MANILA, Philippines – At a time where other boys his age busy themselves with toys, Magnus Roma has been beating players 4 times his age at the game of chess.At 3 years old, Magnus started joining and...
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4 years after Yolanda, trauma still haunts typhoon victims
AKLAN, Philippines – Four years since Super Typhoon Yolanda (International name: Haiyan), most survivors still carry the emotional burden brought by the catastrophic disaster that hit the Philippines...
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#WalangPasok: Classes in Cagayan suspended due to floods
MANILA, Philippines - There will be no classes at all levels including graduate, medical, and law schools in Cagayan province on Tuesday, November 7, due to continuous flooding.In a Facebook post,...
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Techie aid workers to share lessons from Yolanda
MANILA, Philippines – It's been 4 years since Super Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan) hit the country.In remembering the disaster, a book that honors Filipino aid workers who pioneered technological innovations...
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LRT1 commuter injured after foot got caught in door of moving train
MANILA, Philippines – A man suffered serious injuries after his foot got caught in the door of a moving train at the Gil Puyat station of LRT-1, authorities said.LRT-1 Operations Director Rod Bulario...
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DSWD gives P300,000 in aid to families in flood-hit Cagayan Valley
MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said on Wednesday, November 8, that it has allocated P327,461 ($6,361.56) worth of assistance to disaster-hit Cagayan...
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DBM: Palace approves additional P14.5-B disaster funds for Marawi rehab
MANILA, Philippines – An additional P14.5 billion in disaster funds can be used for rebuilding Marawi City – the ground zero of clashes – in the remaining months of 2017.Malacañang approved the...
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These gov't workers will get P40B in yearend bonuses, cash gifts
MANILA, Philippines – All qualified government employees will receive their yearend bonus starting Wednesday, November 15."Starting November 15, all qualified government employees will receive yearend...
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Super Typhoon Yolanda survivors look back 4 years later
MANILA, Philippines – It's been 4 years since one of the most powerful typhoons ever recorded struck the Philippines.Super Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan) left more than 6,000 people dead and caused massive...
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IN PHOTOS: 4 years on, Yolanda survivors remember their loved ones
MANILA, Philippines – Four years since Super Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan) barreled through Eastern Visayas, survivors look back and remember their loved ones who perished in the disaster on November 8,...
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Netizens ask LTFRB: How can we beat traffic without Angkas?
MANILA, Philippines – How will we beat Manila traffic without Angkas? What is your alternative?Furious netizens took to Twitter to criticize Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB)...
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SCHEDULE: Protest activities during ASEAN Summit 2017
MANILA, Philippines (UPDATED) – Several militant groups have lined up protest activities to raise policy issues that they believe to be "inappropriate for the country" during the 31st Association of...
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'P15-B ASEAN summit budget should have gone to the poor' – Kadamay
MANILA, Philippines – An urban poor group on Friday, November 10, questioned the P15.5-billion ($292 million) budget of this year's Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit and Related...
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U.S. to fund PH war on drugs anew – rights group
MANILA, Philippines – The United States (US) government will still fund the administration's campaign against illegal drugs that has claimed thousands of lives, a human rights group said.Karapatan...
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ASEAN civil society groups to highlight human rights issues in region
MANILA, Philippines – Will leaders of Association of Southeast Asian Nations member-states tackle human rights during the 31st ASEAN Summit in Manila? (READ: The deafening silence of ASEAN on human...
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PH environmental group to Trump: 'Take a second look at climate change'
MANILA, Philippines – A local environmental group has called on US President Donald Trump to take a second at global warming and climate change, as the world leader visits the Philippines to attend the...
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Farmers urge ASEAN members to adopt UN Declaration on peasant rights
MANILA,Philippines – Farmer groups from Indonesia, the Philippines, and Thailand on Saturday, November 11, urged Southeast Asian governments to protect peasant rights.Led by international movement La...
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