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Free irrigation for rice lands with maximum area of 8 hectares: NIA

URDANETA, Pangasinan—The free irrigation fee from the National Irrigation Administration (NIA) won’t apply to rice lands over eight hectares in area, according to John Celeste, NIA Region 1 director. Celeste told newsmen...

Thousands displaced in E. Visayas by ‘Urduja’

TACLOBAN CITY -- Thousands of families have been displaced by widespread floodings as tropical storm Urduja battered Eastern Visayas region in the past two days. The Regional Disaster and Risk Reduction Management...

Northern Iloilo boat trips cancelled due to ‘Urduja’

ILOILO CITY -- Boat trips to and from Northern Iloilo on Friday were still cancelled due to tropical storm Urduja. PCG-Iloilo commander Lt. Ramil Palabrica said in an interview that the cancellation...

Leyte’s quake-hit villages get water filters

ORMOC CITY, Leyte -- Five villages severely affected by the 6.5-magnitude earthquake here last July received water filtration systems on Wednesday through Landbank's Gawad Katubigan program. Landbank’s corporate social responsibility (CSR) head...

Expect more action in NPA-affected areas: AFP chief

MANILA -- With the one-year extension of martial law, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) is expected to put up more checkpoints and conduct more patrols in Mindanao, particularly in...

None of seized weapons in Marawi City from military

MANILA -- None of the weapons seized from Marawi City and destroyed this week showed any sign that they came from military stocks, Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) chief-of-staff Gen....

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