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Quake rocks Bukidnon

MANILA, Aug. 5 -- A magnitude 4.8 earthquake of tectonic origin rocked Bukidnon province Saturday (Aug. 5) but Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) isn't expecting damages and aftershocks from...

Group favors postponement of Barangay, SK polls in Mindanao

MANILA, Aug. 5 -- Election watchdogs have contradicting opinions regarding the plan to postpone the Oct. 23 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections in the whole of Mindanao, which is under...

Gov’t socio-economic intervention needed to win war vs insurgency — SolCom chief

NAGA CITY, Aug. 5 -- Army Lt. Gen. Ferdinand Quidilla, Southern Luzon commanding general, on Friday urged national as well as local government officials and policy makers to look into the...

11-hour power interruption to hit parts of Iloilo Aug. 6

ILOILO CITY, Aug. 5 - - Some parts of Iloilo province will experience 11-hour power interruption on Sunday, August 6, according to the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) 6. NGCP...

Models of disaster preparedness bag KALASAG awards

ILOILO CITY, Aug 5. -- The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) in Western Visayas on Friday night recognized the outstanding local government units, groups and institutions that exemplified excellence in disaster...

Año: Enforce Drug-Free Workplace Policy

CAMP AGUINALDO, Quezon City – The Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), General Eduardo Año directed all AFP uniformed and non-uniformed personnel to strictly follow the...

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