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Pampanga River overflows, floods more villages

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, PAMPANGA, Philippines — The Pampanga River has overflowed since Thursday (Aug. 20), raising the number of flooded villages in the province to 276 on Friday from 234 on Wednesday. The flooding has spread across 19 towns and cities, affecting 307,879 families or 982,100 individuals, according to the latest data. The figures

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4 held for illegal gambling in Candon City

SAN ILDEFONSO, ILOCOS SUR, Philippines — Four people were arrested for allegedly engaging in an illegal gambling game locally known as “pusoy dos,” in Barangay Calongbuyan, Candon City, Ilocos Sur, police said. In a report on Thursday (Aug. 20) Personnel of the Candon City Police Station arrested the four for alleged violation of Presidential Decree

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DPWH chief visits landslide-hit area in Baguio, inspects other infra

BAGUIO CITY, Philippines — Public Works Secretary Vince Dizon, accompanied by Mayor Benjamin Magalong, inspected the Guisad Surong landslide site on Friday, Aug. 21, to assess the damage and determine immediate measures to protect residents. The inspection focused on funding for emergency response and slope protection works in the landslide-hit area. READ: Baguio landslide site

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Yamsuan to Senate: Pass national land use law, help curb floods

MANILA, Philippines — A national land use law should be passed by Congress and eventually enacted into law, as it can solve the country’s perennial flooding problem, Parañaque Rep. Brian Raymund Yamsuan said on Thursday. In a statement, Yamsuan called on fellow lawmakers from the Senate to swiftly pass a “long-pending measure” as he believes

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Lapu-Lapu power lines in Mandaue: Displaced Tabok residents to get cash

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu — The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) is moving forward with the construction of transmission facilities in Barangay Tabok in Mandaue City following an agreement with residents whose properties are affected by the project. Ramelito Inopiquez, executive assistant of the Mandaue City Housing, Urban and Development Office (Hudo), said around

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After weeks of heat, hailstones fall on Bohol town

TAGBILARAN CITY, BOHOL, Philippines — Residents of Carmen town in Bohol welcomed heavy rain on Friday night, Aug. 21, after several weeks of dry weather, but the long-awaited downpour came with an unusual phenomenon—hailstones. Residents of Barangay Nueva Fuerza were caught by surprise when pieces of ice began pounding their rooftops amid a thunderstorm. Yoly

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