Storm-hit Bicol farmers get P36M in rice, corn, vegetable seeds

Credit to Author: cbibe| Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2019 04:44:25 +0000

Storm-hit Bicol farmers get P36M in rice, corn, vegetable seeds

About P36 million worth of hybrid palay, corn and assorted vegetable seeds were distributed to storm-hit farmers in Bicol.

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Poe to LGUs: Use geohazard maps in disaster risk reduction planning

Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2019 02:14:28 +0000

MANILA, Philippines—Senator Grace Poe called on local government units (LGUs) to maximize the use of the government’s geohazard maps which could identify “danger zones” in the country to help lessen the impact of natural disasters.

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De Lima motivates ‘Usman’ victims in Bicol

Credit to Author: hniitsu| Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2019 03:49:37 +0000

Detained Senator Leila de Lima on Tuesday urged her fellow Bicolanos who were displaced by Tropical Depression Usman last December to summon enough courage and kindness.

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Robredo: No problem with ‘Leni’ as typhoon name

Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Mon, 07 Jan 2019 03:29:00 +0000

Robredo: No problem with ‘Leni’ as typhoon name

Vice President Leni Robredo has no problem with suggestions that a storm should be named after her.

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Death toll in landslide-hit Camarines Sur town rises to 22; 5 still missing

Credit to Author: hniitsu| Date: Sun, 06 Jan 2019 07:27:02 +0000

The number of casualties in the town of Buhi in Camarines Sur province has risen to 22 after 11 more casualties were reported in a village a week after Tropical Depression “Usman” (later downgraded to low pressure area) spawned landslides and floods in Bicol region.

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Death toll in landslide-hit Camarines Sur town rise to 22; 5 still missing

Credit to Author: hniitsu| Date: Sun, 06 Jan 2019 07:27:02 +0000

The number of casualties in the town of Buhi in Camarines Sur province has risen to 22 after 11 more casualties were reported in a village a week after Tropical Depression “Usman” (later downgraded to low pressure area) spawned landslides and floods in Bicol region.

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Duterte: Bicol first to get road tax funds once Road Board is abolished

Credit to Author: lalos| Date: Fri, 04 Jan 2019 23:12:36 +0000

Duterte: Bicol first to get road tax funds once Road Board is abolished

President Rodrigo Duterte wants to use funds from the multibillion road user’s tax for flood control projects in Bicol, which suffered severe flooding and landslides due to Tropical Depression “Usman.”

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Duterte wishes for typhoon names like ‘Leni’

Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Fri, 04 Jan 2019 10:52:07 +0000

Duterte wishes for typhoon names like ‘Leni’

President Rodrigo Duterte said in jest Friday he would prefer typhoons be named like “Leni,” expressing displeasure over the use of “Usman.”

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DOLE allocates P10M for displaced ‘Usman’ victims in Camarines Sur

Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Fri, 04 Jan 2019 08:40:24 +0000

DOLE allocates P10M for displaced 'Usman' victims in Camarines Sur

Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III on Friday said his agency had initially released P10 million for the families displaced by Typhoon “Usman” in Camarines Sur.

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