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(ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) In its weather bulletin issued on Tuesday, May 4, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms will affect Eastern Visayas, Caraga, and Davao region. PAGASA advised those in these areas to take extra precaution against possible flash floods or landslides due to moderate to at times heavy rains. Meanwhile, Metro Manila and the rest of the country will have pa...

Young Filipino women trafficked to Syria enablePagination: false endIndex: Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, May 4) — Three Filipino women from Mindanao told a Senate hearing on Tuesday that they were trafficked to Syria when they were just minors. The youngest is Lenlen, not her real name. She said she left the Philippines in 2018 when she was just 14 years old after being recruited in her hometown of Shariff Aguak, Maguindanao. She escaped her employers’ home in December 2019 after sufferin...

April 2021 Tensions continued to mount among Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt ahead of Addis Ababa’s planned second unilateral filling of Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam in coming months. In apparent warning to Addis Ababa and preparation for possible escalation of inter-state tensions, Sudan and Egypt 31 March-5 April held second joint military exercise since Nov 2020. New round of talks among Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan on filling and operation of Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) on Blue Nile ...

Caritas launches legal service for Filipino workers Livestreamed online program offers legal advice to workers who fear their rights are being violated or threatened Catholic seminarians stage a Labor Day march in Manila in this file photo. (Photo: Rico Ibarra) The Catholic Church’s social action arm in the Philippines has launched a livestreamed program giving free legal consultations for workers to help protect their rights. Caritas Philippines began the two-hour monthly service on May 1 �...

Published May 3, 2021 3:46pm Photo courtesy of Cebu Pacific Budget carrier Cebu Pacific on Monday said it has delivered over 230,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine to five cities across the country last week. In a statement, Cebu Pacific said it delivered 236,000 doses last week, including 41,600 doses for Tuguegarao and 67,200 doses for Legazpi. It also delivered 73,600 doses for Tacloban; 25,600 doses for Zamboanga; and 28,800 doses for Cotabato on Saturday, May 1. "We are delighted to conti...

LAKE SEBU, South Cotabato, May 1 (PIA) -- Under the guidance of the National Commission on

Published April 30, 2021, 3:58 PM The Department of Transportation (DOTr) targets to complete the acquisition of the road right-of-way (RROW) for the 102-kilometer Phase 1 of the Mindanao Railway Project (MRP) by the third quarter of 2021. During a virtual news conference on the 2020 Economic Performance of Davao Region in Davao City Thursday, Maria Lourdes Lim, regional director of National Economic Development Authority (NEDA)-Davao, said that negotiations for the acquisition of RROW for the ...

Published April 30, 2021, 12:47 PM COTABATO CITY – Former Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) members stand to benefit from P146.8-million worth of educational projects to be implemented by the government. Minister Mohagher Iqbal of the Ministry of Basic, Higher and Technical Education – Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao. (BPI-BARMM / MANILA BULLETIN) Mohagher Iqbal, minister of education in the Bangsamoro Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), said Friday the region’s leaders...

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Published April 30, 2021, 7:08 PM Warm and humid weather conditions persisted on Friday, April 30 as the heat indexes in Ambulong, Batangas and Sangley Pt., Cavite stations reached 45 degrees Celsius at around 2 p.m., based on the monitoring of the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA). Six other monitoring stations also recorded high heat indexes between 41 and 43 degrees Celsius on Friday afternoon. (INFOGRAPHICS BY MB VISUAL CONTENT GROUP) Thes...