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CEBU CITY, Philippines – Consumers in Metro Cebu should expect another wave of rolling brownouts on Monday, Aug. 31, as the Visayas grid faces another red alert. The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) declared red alert for the grid on Monday, spanning six hours from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. It is the

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu — More than 490,000 young children in Central Visayas remained without a measles-rubella vaccine by the end of the region’s supplemental immunization campaign, with coverage reaching only 21.7 percent of the target population. As of August 29, the final scheduled day of the Department of Health’s (DOH) Measles-Rubella Supplemental Immunization Activity (MR-SIA),

MANILA, Philippines — Tropical Depression Pilandok has slightly strengthened over the Philippine Sea east of Extreme Northern Luzon, the state weather bureau said Monday morning. In its 5 a.m. bulletin, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said Pilandok now has maximum sustained winds of 55 kilometers per hour (kph) near the center,

CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro — The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) seized 11 units of suspected illegally cut timber during a joint operation on Romblon’s Sibuyan Island Sunday. Authorities launched the operation after receiving a report at 7:50 a.m. about illegally sourced round logs located approximately 150

LUCENA CITY — The number of families affected by heavy rains brought by the southwest monsoon or habagat in Calabarzon since the first week of August has risen to 305,959, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) reported on Sunday (Aug. 30). The affected families are from 965 barangays across the provinces of Cavite,

TUGUEGARAO CITY – More than 1.1 tons of plastics and other debris were removed from the banks of Tumog River in Apayao in a cleanup drive aimed at reducing the risk of flooding during future typhoons. The one-day cleanup operation on Aug. 29 involved 608 volunteers who cleared about 40.17 kilometers of riverbanks along Tumog

LUCENA CITY — Agents of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and the police have arrested 14 suspected drug offenders in separate drug busts in the provinces of Rizal and Cavite over the weekend. The PDEA office in CALABARZON said in a Sunday report (August 30) that its agents, together with police officers, arrested four alleged

MANILA, Philippines — The heavy rainfall warning amid the effects of the southwest monsoon in parts of Central Luzon on Monday morning has been downgraded into yellow alert. But light to moderate rains and occasionally heavy rains are still forecast in nearby areas including Metro Manila, the state weather bureau said. READ: Heavy rainfall up

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — A major flash flood at the Grand Canyon forced the evacuation of dozens of people and swept large boulders, metal structures and other debris into the Colorado River that runs through it, the National Park Service said. The flooding in Bright Angel Creek, which flows into the river, happened Saturday afternoon and

MANILA, Philippines – President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Monday urged Filipinos to honor the country’s national heroes not only by remembering their sacrifices but by carrying forward the nation they fought for. In his message for National Heroes’ Day, Marcos called on Filipinos to renew their “solemn duty” to serve the country and embody the