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Mayors’ group to open whistleblower hotline on DPWH flood projects

Planet Philippines (Full Attribution Below)September 22, 2025
MANILA, Philippines — The Mayors for Good Governance (M4GG) will launch a whistleblower hotline to expose irregularities in Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) flood control and infrastructure projects.   On September 21, the group said that the hotline will only accept reports from insiders, including current and former DPWH employees and licensed contractors […]
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Super Typhoon Nando disrupts flights

Planet Philippines (Full Attribution Below)September 22, 2025
MANILA, Philippines – The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) said that 16 domestic flights were grounded on Monday as Super Typhoon Nando intensified in northern Luzon. The CAAP’s Operations Center Division released a list of affected flights due to unfavorable weather. Philippine Airlines PR2196 (Manila-Laoag)   PR2197 (Laoag-Manila)   PR2198 (Manila-Laoag)   PR2199 […]
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Evacuees in Philippines, Taiwan take shelter as super typhoon nears

Planet Philippines (Full Attribution Below)September 22, 2025
Manila — Hundreds of families sheltered in schools and evacuation centers on Monday as heavy rains and gale-force winds from Super Typhoon Nando (international name: Ragasa) lashed the northern Philippines and southern Taiwan. The typhoon, which is gaining strength as it proceeds on a collision course with southern China, was expected to make landfall over […]
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Signal No. 5 up over Babuyan Islands due to ‘Nando’

Planet Philippines (Full Attribution Below)September 22, 2025
MANILA, Philippines — Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal No. 5 has been raised over the northern portion of Islands (Babuyan, Panuitan, Didicas, and Calayan) due to Super Typhoon Nando, which may make landfall either at noontime or early Monday afternoon, the state-run weather agency said. Weather specialist Daniel James Villamil, of the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services […]
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‘Illicit e-cigarette trade could go as high as 80%’

Planet Philippines (Full Attribution Below)September 22, 2025
AS much as 80 percent of vapes or e-cigarettes in the Philippines could be smuggled or counterfeit, an international trade expert warned, raising alarm over public health risks and the economic impact on legitimate businesses. “In the Philippines at the moment, illicit consumption of smoke-free products could be as high as 80 percent,” said Rodney […]
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JBC asked to resist political pressure

Planet Philippines (Full Attribution Below)September 22, 2025
A POLITICAL coalition has raised concern over what it described as political interference in the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) selection of the next Ombudsman. Political coalition 1Sambayan, founded by former Supreme Court Senior associate justice Antonio Carpio, on Sunday questioned the timing of the complaints filed against Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla at a […]
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Testify, Tulfo prods flood control contractors

Planet Philippines (Full Attribution Below)September 22, 2025
SEN. Erwin Tulfo on Sunday called on contractors Pacifico “Curlee” Discaya, Sarah Discaya, and dismissed Bulacan First District Engineer Henry Alcantara to testify before the Independent Commission for Infrastructure (ICI) investigating the flood control corruption scandal. Tulfo said their cooperation would follow the example set by former Bulacan assistant district engineer Brice Hernandez, who, according […]
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