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354 areas in 43 towns and cities still flooded, 11 roads remain closed to traffic — NDRRMC 26 Aug 2013 | 10:49 pm
MANILA — Even as another typhoon approaches the country, at least 354 areas in 43 towns and cities in Ilocos Region, Central and Southern Luzon, and Metro Manila are still flooded due to rains brought...
2013 FAX Mid-Autumn Festival Dice Game 24 Aug 2013 | 12:43 am
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Land warning issued for Tropical Storm Trami 22 Aug 2013 | 11:59 am
Taipei, Aug. 20 (CNA) The Central Weather Bureau (CWB) issued a land warning for Tropical Storm Trami at 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, cautioning the public to be prepared for torrential rain. Trami, the 12th s...
PAGASA tracks new potential cyclone approaching PAR 22 Aug 2013 | 11:55 am
With Luzon still reeling from the effects of the monsoon enhanced by Tropical Storm Maring (Trami), another potential cyclone—a low-pressure area (LPA)—is approaching the Philippine Area of Responsibi...
Outrage in Indonesia over schoolgirl virginity tests 22 Aug 2013 | 11:46 am
The education chief of an Indonesian city sparked outrage Wednesday after proposing that teenage schoolgirls should undergo virginity tests to enter senior high school. Activists accused Muhammad Ras...
‘Moderate to heavy rains’ may still cause ‘flooding in low-lying areas’ 21 Aug 2013 | 09:25 am
MANILA Philippines – (UPDATE, 11;15 a.m.) Until 1:30 p.m. today, the state-run weather bureau said “moderate to heavy rains” may be expected in Metro Manila and nine other areas, causing “flooding in ...
As Metro Manila drowns, key Luzon provinces reel from monsoon, Maring 21 Aug 2013 | 07:00 am
MANILA, Philippines – While more than half of the National Capital Region was submerged under still-rising floodwaters from steady, heavy rains induced by the southwest monsoon and tropical storm Mari...
Napoles lawyer dares govt to freeze accounts of lawmakers, NGOs in ‘pork’ scam 19 Aug 2013 | 10:13 pm
The camp of Janet Lim-Napoles, the businesswoman at the center of the P10-billion pork barrel scam, dared the government to freeze the accounts of lawmakers and non-government organizations (NGOs) imp...
United Nation: Conflict, poor infra hinder Mindanao development 10 Aug 2013 | 10:31 pm
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – The continued armed rebellion and the lack of vital infrastructures remain the major factors why the quality of life in nine Mindanao provinces is still the country’s worst, a re...
Long Stay Visitor Extension to be implemented for tourists to Philippines 9 Aug 2013 | 11:27 am
The Consulate General of the Philippines wishes to inform the public that the Philippine Bureau of Immigration has recently launched the “LONG-STAY VISITOR VISA EXTENSION” (LSVVE) scheme. With the LSV...
