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Over 800 families evacuated due to Mayon’s eruption

January 14, 2018

Over 800 families have evacuated from two towns in Albay province due to eruption of Mayon Volcano, an official said on Sunday. Cedric Daep, chief of the Albay Public Safety and Emergency Management Office, said 836 families from Camalig and

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Japanese telco interested to be third player in Philippines, DICT chief says

January 14, 2018

The Japanese second largest telecommunications company has expressed interest to be the third telco player in the Philippines, an official said. In a radio interview on Saturday over a state-run radio station, Department of Information and Communications Technology Officer-in-charge Eliseo

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Finance subpanel for Marawi rehab task force formed

January 14, 2018

The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) is leading a subcommittee of Task Force Bangon Marawi, along with the Department of Finance (DOF) and National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA), that will formulate the guidelines for the donations, grants and assistance

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Partylist lawmaker claims DFA approved joint research by China, Philippines near Benham Rise

January 13, 2018

A partylist congressman claimed that the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) approved the request of the Institute of Oceanology of Chinese Academy of Sciences (IO-CAS) for a marine scientific research in Philippine waters. Magdalo Partylist Rep. Gary Alejano said he received information China will

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“New players” from Bilibid emerging in drug trade: PDEA

January 13, 2018

The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) says convicts at the New Bilibid Prison in Muntinlupa City appear to be “new players” in the illegal drug trade. The PDEA obtained information following a buy-bust operation on Thursday at a condominium in Mandaluyong City.

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Palace says Speaker’s birthday was not extravagant

January 13, 2018

Malacanang  fended off criticism the 60th birthday celebration of House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez, which was attended by President Rodrigo Duterte, at the new Tagum City Hall last Friday was lavish. Presidential spokesman Harry Roque said the big number of guests

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LG Corp of South Korea said interested to enter Philippine telco market

January 13, 2018

A senior Palace official said South Korea’s LG Corp. is the foreign partner which wants to join Philippine Telegraph and Telephone Co (PT&T) as the country’s third telco player. Citing his sources, Presidential Communications Operations Office Secretary Martin Andanar told

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Mayon experiences steam-driven eruption: Phivolcs

January 13, 2018

A steam-driven eruption took place in Mayon Volcano Saturday afternoon, which led to ashfall being spread to Guinobatan and Camalig towns in Albay, the Philippine Institute of Volcanolgy and Seismology (Phivolcs) said. Phivolcs director Renato Solidum told dzMM that the

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