MANILA: The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) is firming up its policies to strengthen the protection of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) as it forged more bilateral agreements with countries of destination.
During the Post-SONA (State of the Natio…
LAOAG CITY: Some 11 families living in the low-lying areas of Banna, Burgos, and Laoag in Ilocos Norte remain in evacuation centers on Wednesday due to bad weather.
Rochelle Gajes, provincial social welfare and development officer, said food packs we…
MANILA: Twenty-four road sections in Metro Manila have been closed and are not passable to all types of vehicles due to floods brought by continuous heavy rains from the Southwest Monsoon and Typhoon Carina.
In an advisory, the Department of Public W…
MANILA: The Manila Electric Company (Meralco) assured its customers on Wednesday that power restoration will be immediately done once floodwaters subside in areas affected by Typhoon Carina and the southwest monsoon (habagat).
“We are also closely mo…
TACLOBAN CITY: The local government of Palompon, Leyte, has temporarily closed the picturesque Kalanggaman Island this week for the destination to recuperate from tourism activities.
The temporary closure started on July 22 and will last until July 2…
MANILA: The National Capital Region (NCR) was placed under a state of calamity on Wednesday due to the continuous heavy rains and massive flooding caused by the Typhoon Carina-enhanced southwest monsoon.
The Metro Manila Council (MMC) – consisting of…
DATU ODIN SINSUAT: Maguindanao Sur – Police arrested here Tuesday afternoon an alleged high-value target during a drug buy-bust operation and seized from him suspected shabu with an estimated street value of PHP6.8 million.
Lt. Col. Esmael Madin, Sul…