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Overcast skies to prevail in Luzon, Mindanao on Thursday (March 5)

MANILA, Philippines — Parts of Luzon and Mindanao will experience overcast skies and light rain showers, while the rest of the country is expected to have warm and generally fair weather on Thursday. According to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa), in a morning forecast, the two weather systems — the northeast

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Desalination project to boost freshwater access, jobs in Sagay island

BACOLOD CITY — A proposed national government-funded desalination project in Molocaboc Island of Sagay City in northern Negros Occidental is poised to boost freshwater access and provide an alternative source of income for its residents. The two-year initiative, with a project cost of P8.5 million, will develop the village into a pilot site for a first-of-its-kind

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Iranian warship sank by submarine off Sri Lanka, says US

TEHRAN, Iran — A US submarine torpedoed and sank an Iranian warship off the coast of Sri Lanka on Wednesday, the Pentagon said, as the effects of the war in the Middle East spread to yet another country. In neighbouring Iraq, Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said they had targeted armed groups hostile to the Islamic republic

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300 Pangasinan coop consumers avail of solar-powered metering

MALASIQUI, Pangasinan — A total of 300 consumers of the Central Pangasinan Electric Cooperative (Cenpelco) have availed of the net metering program for their solar-powered homes. “When our net metering rules came out, its maximum range is 100 kilowatt (kW) per household or per installation, which we immediately implemented. And now, we have more or less

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₱18.13 trillion national debt: How much is the PH Gov’t borrowing per Filipino?

MANILA – The Philippine Government’s total liabilities reached ₱18.13 trillion at end-January 2026, up 2.14 percent from end-2025, the Bureau of the Treasury (BTr) reported Wednesday, March 4. Domestic debt accounts for 68 percent, while foreign currency-denominated loans make up 32 percent. The BTr said the rise in debt “reflects the government’s strategy of frontloading

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