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Swim ban on Bacuit Bay in El Nido stays, faster wastewater action sought

EL NIDO, Palawan – The Department of Environment and Natural Resources–Environmental Management Bureau (DENR-EMB) on Thursday urged local authorities in El Nido to accelerate and strengthen wastewater management as monitoring continues to show untreated discharges from drainage outfalls flowing into coastal waters, prompting a continued swimming ban, particularly in Bacuit Bay. During the site inspection, DENR-EMB

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SSS: New pensioners to receive pension hike by September

MANILA, Philippines — The early implementation of the 2026 pension increase of the Social Security System (SSS) this June will not benefit new retirement, disability, and survivor pensioners. They will have to wait until September to receive the increase. This as only pensioners on record as of May 31, 2026 are covered by the advanced

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DILG accedes to Sandiganbayan on Bonoan health issue

MANILA, Philippines — Former Public Works and Highways secretary Manuel Bonoan is not in the best of health, but the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) “accedes to the wisdom of the courts,” according to Secretary Jonvic Remulla. “A formal medical diagnosis will be forwarded to the Sandiganbayan. We will receive the full

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Rockfalls block road in Mountain Province

CAUAYAN CITY, Isabela — Rockfalls triggered by overnight rains brought by Typhoon Ester blocked the Mabaay–Sabangan Road in Sitio Dugo, Barangay Napua, Sabangan, Mountain Province, on Friday morning (June 5), forcing authorities to close the national road temporarily. The Mountain Province Police Provincial Office announced the temporary closure of the Mabaay–Sabangan Road in Sitio Dugo,

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Sotto, Tulfo to file raps vs ‘ex-Marines’, Baligod over kickback claim

MANILA, Philippines — Senators Erwin Tulfo and Vicente Sotto III said they will pursue legal action against the 18 alleged former Marines, as well as their lawyer, Levi Baligod, who linked them to flood control projects kickbacks from former Ako Bicol Rep. Zaldy Co. In separate messages to the Inquirer on Friday, the two senators

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