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‘Amihan’ to bring rains in northern Luzon

MANILA – Cloudy skies with rains will reign while moderate to strong winds will prevail in northern Luzon on Saturday, Jan. 8, due to the northeast monsoon or "amihan."

PH receives last batch of gov’t-procured vaccines for 2021

Amid the upward trend in confirmed coronavirus disease 2019 cases in the Philippines, the national government on Thursday night (Dec. 30) received the last shipment of COVID-19 vaccines for the year — 609,570 doses of Pfizer.

Duterte renews call to give unused gov’t lands to poor

MANILA – President Rodrigo Duterte has renewed his call to give unused government-owned lands to the poor, including those displaced by Typhoon Odette.

U.S. airlines call off more flights as Omicron variant advances

Delta Air Lines, United Airlines, JetBlue Airways, and American Airlines canceled more than 750 flights combined on Christmas Day (Dec. 25) with cancellations set to drag on through Sunday (Dec. 26, upending plans during one of the busiest travel periods of the year, major U.S. media reported.

Duterte to ‘Odette’ victims: ‘I’ve found the budget for you’

President Rodrigo Duterte said some government projects would be among the sources of the P10 billion he pledged to raise for Typhoon Odette victims.

Power supply back in Cebu City’s ‘lifeline’ zones

The Visayan Electric Company, Inc. (VECO) said it has energized the city's major lifeline areas to light up hospital zones and water pumping stations using 18 megawatts (MW) of power supply days after the major outages caused by Typhoon Odette.

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