The Philippine National Police (PNP) said Thursday, Aug. 25, that it is investigating the surge of “bogus and recycled crime videos” that have recently surfaced on various social media platforms.
A state of calamity has been declared in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) from Aug. 18 to Oct. 31 this year due to “widespread flooding caused by successive weather systems.”
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) clarified that employees who report to work in times of weather disturbances are still entitled to full pay.
A total of 48,000 individuals from Ilocos Region, Cagayan Valley, Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR), and Calabarzon were affected by the Severe Tropical Storm Florita.
Five newly inaugurated bridges under the Tulay ng Pangulo para sa Kaunlarang Pang-Agraryo (TPKP) project were turned over to several towns in Palawan Province in a bid to “promote rural development in agrarian reform communities.”
