Palace urges vigilance vs leptospirosis, orders DOH to be proactive

By Darryl John Esguerra | Philippine News Agency Malacañang on Sunday urged Filipinos exposed to floodwaters to immediately seek medical consultation, as the government steps up measures against leptospirosis and other diseases that may arise from the continuing rains. The Palace issued the...

Gov’t agencies mobilize various interventions as habagat drenched most of Luzon

By Jose Rafael Cesar C. Atencio | PTV News In the midst of rain and flood affecting parts of Luzon and Visayas, the southwest monsoon once again reminds communities of resilience and solidarity. Rain, flood, habagat winds. Brownout, power outages. Barangays or villages...

Pag-IBIG to fund 7.3K homes in Luzon under expanded 4PH

By Marita Moaje | Philippine News Agency Pag-IBIG Fund is investing P2.9 billion in a housing partnership to finance the construction of more than 7,300 affordable homes in Batangas, Laguna, and Pampanga under the Expanded Pambansang Pabahay para sa Pilipino (4PH) program. In...

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PNP orders probe on abandoned caskets in NCR

By Christopher Lloyd Caliwan | Philippine News Agency The Philippine National Police (PNP) ordered the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) to track down the culprits behind five caskets, with messages against China and the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army,...