Palace bares job vacancies
By Michael Lim Ubac
Applicants, anyone? President Benigno Aquino III is looking for qualified officials to fill up vacancies in his administration less than a month before the start of the campaign period.

Applicants, anyone? President Benigno Aquino III is looking for qualified officials to fill up vacancies in his administration less than a month before the start of the campaign period.

The government has set aside some P42 million in standby fund and relief goods for provinces in the path of typhoon “Pablo’’ in Visayas and Mindanao, Malacañang officials said on Monday.

More than half of fatalities from the rains spawned by typhoon Gener combined with the southwest monsoon were due to drowning, the National Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council (NDRRMC) said Monday.

Four people were killed and one was missing from the incessant rains brought by a low pressure area (LPA) which just made its way out of the country, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council reported.

Torrential rain in Mindanao brought flash floods in Cotabato and Sultan Kudarat Monday night, the National Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council reported Tuesday.

A bus crashed into an electric pole in Benguet Tuesday evening, killing one person and injuring 22 others, the National Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council reported.