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A magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck Samar province at 12:57 p.m. Monday, November 20, 2023, said the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs).

The House of Representatives has approved on third and final reading a bill seeking to establish a new Eastern Samar State University (ESSU) campus in the Municipality of Balangiga.

A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck Samar on Monday afternoon, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said.

MANILA, Philippines: A magnitude 5.6 earthquake shook Samar province on Monday, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said.

THE Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) has received farm equipment from the Japanese government amounting to 800 million yen or P300 million for distribution to Filipino sugarcane farmers.

TANAUAN CITY, Batangas: A village watchman was shot dead by an unidentified assailant while in a drinking session on Saturday, November 18, at Purok 4 in Barangay Pagaspas this city.

Second Secretary Tokiko Nishimura represented the Embassy of Japan in the Philippines during the official handover of medical devices to the Municipality of Palo, Leyte on November 15.

The Department of Agriculture (DA) should consider channeling the P40 billion in annual subsidies for the rice sector to a contract-growing program that will enable government to sell rice to the poor at P20 per kilogram, according to a lawmaker. Camarines 2nd district Rep. Luis Raymund Villafuerte Jr. said his…

MANILA, Philippines: THE state-run weather agency said the low-pressure area (LPA) it has been monitoring over the past week will likely enter the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) on Friday. Last spotted some 990 kilometers east of northeastern Mindanao, the LPA once inside PAR has a chance to develop into a tropical depression and will be named Kabayan, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said in its 5 a.m. advisory.

The U.S. Navy has named a new Arleigh Burke-class destroyer for a famous World War II naval officer, Cmrd. Ernest E. Evans, who charged into an attack...