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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....

AFP lauds Senate passage of pay hike bill for soliders, cops

MANILA -- The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) has expressed its gratitude to the Senate for approving on third and final reading the resolution which seeks to increase the base...

Several NAIA flights grounded due to ‘Urduja’

MANILA -- Several flights at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) were cancelled due to bad weather brought by Tropical Storm "Urduja". The Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA) said in an advisory...

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