Faith still runs deep in Leyte a month after Supertyphoon “Yolanda” rampaged through the province as survivors held the Eucharistic celebration to remember the unprecedented onslaught of the disaster.
President Benigno Aquino III was not happy that former Batangas Governor Jose Antonio Leviste was granted parole, Communications Secretary Herminio Coloma Jr. said over the radio.
The House Committee on Energy is set to hold an inquiry into the Manila Electric Co.’s (Meralco) proposed power rate hike on Tuesday.
A radio station supervisor has been shot dead in Tandag City, Surigao del Sur, police reports said Sunday.
Two international organizations have extended their support to farmers in Eastern Visayas after the devastation wrought by Supertyphoon “Yolanda” last month caused P17 billion worth of damages to agriculture.
Members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front allegedly abducted six people, including former Baloi vice mayor, after conducting a “law enforcement operation” disguised as military in Lanao del Norte, police said.
Local Water Utilities Administration (LWUA) Chairman Rene Villa has resigned his post and President Benigno Aquino III has accepted, Malacañang said in a statement.
Malacanang on Saturday expressed confidence that the proposed P2.26 trillion budget for 2014 will be passed into law before yearend.
A 4.4 magnitude earthquake struck off Tawi-Tawi at 2:06 a.m. Saturday, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said.
After the relief phase in the aftermath of Supertyphoon “Yolanda,” an international group looks at school and children as catalysts for long-term rehabilitation process.
Eight were injured as a Huey helicopter of the Philippine Air Force crashed off Leyte on Friday afternoon, the military said.
Justice Secretary Leila De Lima on Friday said they would study the accusations by Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago on the alleged involvement of Senator Juan Ponce-Enrile into several illegal activities.
The University of the Philippines is calling on the public for any kind of assistance as several of its branches have accepted cross-enrolees from UP-Tacloban in the aftermath of Supertyphoon “Yolanda” (international codename: Haiyan).
