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Cebu prepares farm water supply to ease El Niño threat to production

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu — As Cebu braces for months of hotter and drier conditions, the provincial government is preparing water pumps, tanks, and hoses to keep farms supplied and crops growing. The water equipment forms part of a P53.021-million assistance package for farmers and fisherfolk as the province prepares for El Niño, which is expected

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Cebu City Council flags gaps, returns Monterrazas report to TIC

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City Council returned the Technical Infrastructure Committee’s (TIC) report on Monterrazas de Cebu to the panel for further review after councilors questioned its recommendation to allow the development’s existing and ongoing projects to continue. The council took the action during its regular session on Tuesday, Sept. 15, after Vice

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Law dean: 16-vote threshold not fixed, Senate has power to decide

MANILA, Philippines — San Beda University Graduate School of Law Dean Fr. Ranhilio Aquino said the 16-vote threshold for convicting Vice President Sara Duterte in her impeachment trial should not be treated as fixed, arguing that only senators who actually participated in the proceedings should be counted. In a memorandum of law dated Sept. 7

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Elderly woman dies in Lucena City riverbank fire

LUCENA CITY — A 74-year-old woman died on Tuesday after a fire of still undetermined origin destroyed her house along the Dumacaa River in this city, police said. The Lucena City police said the fire broke out at around 3:30 p.m. in a residential area beneath a bridge along the river in Barangay Market View.

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Sandiganbayan rejects Romualdez plea for transfer to gov’t hospital

MANILA, Philippines — The Sandiganbayan Third Division on Wednesday junked the motion of former Speaker Martin Romualdez to be transferred to a tertiary government hospital. Associate Justice Karl Miranda, the Third Division chair, made this announcement during Romualdez’s arraignment proceeding, which the lawmaker attended via teleconferencing while at a facility at the New Quezon City

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