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The Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID) and the International Labor Organization (ILO) have signed a P37.8-million grant agreement to provide livelihood assistance to victims of typhoon Pablo (Bopha) in three municipalities in Davao Oriental.

Korean Superstar Lee Min Ho stars in a concert at the SM Mall of Asia Arena on July 6, 8 p.m., as part of his “My Everything Tour: Lee Min Ho Live.”

MONKAYO, Compostela Valley (PNA) - Volunteers have urged the government to strengthen the implementation of the Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery Social Services (Kalahi-CIDSS) project so that typhoon "Pablo" victims can recover after suffering from its devastation last December. Cornelia A. Gayo, 46, a Barangay Sub-Project Management Committee bookkeeper of ...

NIGHTS are cooler, and we’re regularly getting the evening showers. This means, the hot summer is almost over, and with it, floods, landslides and just about every calamity that we have become very familiar with.

The Philippine unit of Unilever expects sales to grow faster than the countryâs economy amid robust consumer spending.

Veteran Taiwanese political scientist George Tsai cringes at the anti-Philippine hysteria that swept his homeland like a typhoon after May 9. That day Taiwan began its campaign for an apology from Manila over the shooting of a local fisherman.

THE May 2013 Global Food Security Update of the UN World Food Programme marked “parts of Mindanao in the Philippines” as among the areas in the world classified as under phase 4 emergency food security situations. Why is that? Two reasons: 1) continued poverty in the country’s poorest of the poor provinces, and, typhoon Pablo.

THE May 2013 Global Food Security Update of the UN World Food Programme marked “parts of Mindanao in the Philippines” as among the areas in the world classified as under phase 4 emergency food security situations. Why is that? Two reasons: 1) continued poverty in the country’s poorest of the poor provinces, and, typhoon Pablo. True, the local governments have been distributing relief assistance ...

Which region in the Philippines is the top coffee producer? AgriPinoy High Value Crops Development Program (HVCDP) has the answer.

Manila, Philippines --- While the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) had been quick to rule out physical obstruction, the Department of Energy (DOE) eventually established that the cause of the pre-election brownouts last May 8 was a "fire-related" incident close to the transmission line that tripped.

NEW BATAAN, Philippines, 13 May 2013 – Glenn Larabez can’t wait to go back to school. The 8-year-old usually attends second grade in his village in New Bataan in the province of Compostela Valley. As he speaks about the typhoon that destroyed his family’s home and stole away his pet bird, Alimokon, his voice becomes quiet, matching his tiny frame.

Tsunami Philippines 2011 due to Japan Earthquake Here are the areas in the Philippines that are expected to be hit by a tsunami due to the earthquake...

MATI CITY, Philippines - Defective CF cards and weak cellphone signal are causing significant delays in Davao Oriental's vote canvassing, an official said on Tuesday, May 14. Out of 11 towns in the province, 5 had failed to transmit results as of posting time, according to provincial Commission on Elections assistant ...

BAGANGA, Philippines- Isla Poo in Banganga, Davao Oriental is a manifestation of the destructive strength of typhoon Pablo. Slippers, books, clothes, toys and other personal belongings that were swept away by the waves are still scattered everywhere, and uprooted coconut trees lie around like giant pick-up sticks while those that are ...

Victims of typhoon Pablo here do not believe that the outcome of the election would change their situation. Neither do they expect that they can leave the tent city after new officials have been elected.

BANGANGA, Philippines – With only a few hours before the elections, teachers in their working clothes slowly file wooden desks that would divide a small school building here into 4 polling precincts. The school building bears scars of the devastation brought by Typhoon Pablo in Davao region. Its walls, windows and ...

All systems go for Monday's elections.

MANILA, Philippines - If something similar to the great 2011 Tohoku earthquake happens in the Philippines — which is not an impossibility — the entire country will be paralyzed for 10 to 15 years. This is the dire prediction of Ed ...

A May 9, 2013 press release from the Department of Foreign Affairs: The Philippines and Canada on May 6, 2013 reiterated their commitment to intensify cooperation, in the areas of trade, education, security and people-to-people ties. Continue reading →

The Philippines took advantage of the Europe Day celebration Tuesday night to make a slight dig at China pertaining to their territorial dispute over the West Philippine Sea.