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SAN FRANCISCO, AGUSAN DEL SUR, Philippines — Widowed farmer Nelly Boot would have spent this week harvesting palay alongside her neighbors at Barangay Patin-ay in Prosperidad, Agusan del Sur. Instead, her rain-fed paddies sit cracked, gray and barren. With irrigation canals dry, Boot has been reduced to carrying water by hand from a distant creek

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CITY OF MALOLOS, BULACAN, Philippines — The provincial government of Bulacan has approved a P2.5-million allocation for the protection and care of the province’s nearly half a million pet dogs and cats during a “very strong” El Niño phenomenon. There are an estimated 450,709 household pets in Bulacan’s 20 towns and cities, according to Dr.

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Ho Chi Minh City gets new chairman

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COP31: Iran wants compensation for environmental damage from US-Israeli strikes

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Saifuddin to propose declassification of Pardons Board minutes on Najib's house arrest

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Basilan judge killed in Zamboanga City shooting

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A presiding judge of a Regional Trial Court (RTC) in Basilan was killed in a shooting incident in Zamboanga City early Thursday morning, according to the provincial government.

Cops destroy P38M in contraband cigarettes in Bacolod City

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BACOLOD CITY, NEGROS OCCIDENTAL, Philippines — The police destroyed around P38.78 million worth of suspected illicit and untaxed cigarettes at the Bacolod City Sanitary Landfill in Barangay Felisa on Wednesday afternoon, Nov. 11. The Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) led by PCol. Eugene N. Rebadomia partnered with concerned government agencies to perform the joint inspection

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BACOLOD CITY, NEGROS OCCIDENTAL, Philippines — Confirmatory tests conducted by the Department of Health (DOH) revealed that 10 Negros Occidental provincial government employees tested positive for illegal drug use. Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz made the announcement on Wednesday, Nov. 11, adding that one employee tested negative while results for three others remain pending. The testing

Marcos asks patience over ASEAN Summit 'disruptions'

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President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Thursday appealed for the public's patience amid disruptions caused by the 49th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit.

W. Visayas cops net 32 suspects, P2.3M in meth during 24-hour crackdown

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ILOILO CITY, Philippines — Personnel of Police Regional Office 6 (PRO6) arrested 32 individuals and seized some P2.29 million worth of suspected illegal drugs in a series of coordinated operations across Western Visayas, authorities said on Tuesday. The intensified anti-crime drive, conducted from 6 a.m. on Nov. 9 to 5:59 a.m. on Nov. 10, also

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