Storm alerts were raised in several areas in Mindanao and the Visayas on Friday after a low-pressure area swirling east of southern Philippines developed into a tropical depression.
The low pressure area (LPA) is monitored 340 km east of Dinagat Islands, the state-run weather bureau said Sunday.
A petition seeking the disqualification of Akbayan Rep. Arlene Javellana Bag-ao from her post has been filed before Congress after she allegedly shed her affiliation with the party-list group and shifted loyalty with the ruling Liberal Party in her bid to run for congressman in the lone district of Dinagat Islands in Mindanao.
Akbayan Partylist Representative Arlene “Kaka” Bag-ao is “the best thing to happen to Dinagat Islands,” a lawmaker said on Friday.
The budget department released close to P140 million in pork barrel to the province of Dinagat Islands last month or six months after its representative, fugitive cult leader Ruben Ecleo Jr., was stricken off the congressional roster.
