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SAN FERNANDO CITY, Pampanga — Pampanga Gov. Lilia Pineda on Friday ordered mayors across the province to carry out preemptive and forced evacuations in high-risk upland and coastal barangays and other vulnerable areas as heavy monsoon rains triggered renewed flooding. In Memorandum No. 2026-66 of the Pampanga Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (PDRRMC),

MANILA – The Visayas grid continues to experience red and yellow alerts due to the continued unavailability of several coal-fired power plants, along with limited electricity imports from the Mindanao grid. The National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGPC) on Friday estimated the Visayas grid’s available capacity at 2,307 megawatts (MW) and projected its peak

MANILA, Philippines – Justice Undersecretary Margarita Gutierrez is being recognized for a brand of public service that seeks to bring the law closer to ordinary Filipinos—particularly women, persons deprived of liberty and communities with limited access to legal assistance. Gutierrez has been named one of People Asia’s Women of Style & Substance 2026, joining a

MANILA, Philippines – As Manila Water continues to develop new water sources, expand treatment capacity, and improve distribution infrastructure, it likewise strengthens its wastewater management initiatives through its September desludging program. This September, Manila Water encourages customers across the East Zone to participate in its desludging program, a preventive sanitation service that helps ensure the

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A closed multicab minivan caught fire on the northbound lane of South Road Properties (SRP) near Il Corso on Friday afternoon, August 28.

MANILA, Philippines – With heavy rains and typhoons contributing to possible flooding in Metro Manila and nearby areas, Speaker Faustino “Bojie” G. Dy III on Friday stressed the urgency of protecting forests, watersheds, and other natural defenses against increasingly severe weather, as a House technical working group this week resumed work on a measure creating

MANILA, Philippines – Senator Loren Legarda welcomed the decline in hunger in the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey, but stressed that one in every five Filipino families still experiencing hunger cannot be treated as a sign that the problem is under control. The June 20 to 29 SWS survey found that 20.3% of Filipino

MANILA, Philippines – — The Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) contributed a total of ₱97.84 billion to the national government from 2022 to the first semester of 2026 through taxes, dividends, and mandatory remittances that help fund healthcare and other public programs. The agency recorded its highest annual contribution in 2023, with total remittances reaching

MANILA, Philippines—The Department of Health (DOH) on Friday said it has recorded 521 cases of leptospirosis across DOH hospitals in Metro Manila, with the majority, or 158 cases, currently admitted at San Lazaro Hospital. In a press briefing, DOH Undersecretary Dr. Gloria Balboa said a total of 5,486 cases of leptospirosis were recorded in the