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Suspended Rep. Arnolfo Teves Jr. (Negros Oriental) has asked the Department of Justice to dismiss the murder complaint filed against him over the brazen assassination of Gov. Roel Degamo.

Makati Mayor Abby Binay on Monday said their city government will coordinate with national agencies to continue support to more than 300,000 former residents of Makati City that have been transferred to the jurisdiction of Taguig following a Supreme Court ruling on the territory dispute.

"We have always been used by the government as an excuse to counter the calls of public school teachers for salary increase as such may purportedly cause the shutting down of many private schools," ACT Private Schools Secretary General Jerome Geronimo said.

The NDRRMC also reported that the combined effects of the southwest monsoon and Tropical Storm Dodong (international name: Talim) have affected over 26,000 people from Ilocos region, Central Luzon, Calabarzon, Mimaropa, and Western Visayas. 

"We made a good decision and we will stand by that," PAGCOR Chairman Alejandro Tengco said in a mix of Filipino and English.

The government should work more closely with researchers from the University of the Philippines to develop climate-resilient crops, a lawmaker said, emphasizing state scientists’ role in protecting farmers from the threats of El Niño.

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There is a “high chance” that the LPA spotted 1,070 kilometers east of northeast Mindanao will become a cyclone in the next 24 to 48 hours, PAGASA weather forecaster Obet Badria said. 

The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology raised on June 8 the status of Mayon Volcano in Albay to Alert Level 3 after it showed an “increased tendency towards a hazardous eruption.”

Most senators will support Senate Deputy Minority Leader Risa Hontiveros’ resolution urging the Marcos administration to call out China’s aggressions in the West Philippine Sea before the United Nations General Assembly.

With the meager P40 increase in the minimum wage in Metro Manila, the Senate remains unwavering in its commitment to increasing the wages for all workers nationwide through a legislated wage hike, Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri said yesterday.

The Senate panel tackling the possible restructuring of the pension system of military and uniformed personnel should look for police and military assets that can be privatized, or enter into joint ventures as sources of MUP pension funds, Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri said yesterday.

The labor group Federation of Free Workers is backing calls for a thorough examination of the Philippines’ diplomatic relations with China.

Expanding access to facilities for women and child victims and survivors of violence and abuse, the Australian government and the United Nations Children’s Fund Philippines launched new tele-Women and Child Protection Units in Kapalong and Nabunturan, Davao del Norte.

The water level of Angat Dam increased by 58 centimeters following the rains brought by Tropical Storm Dodong but is still below the 180-meter minimum normal operating level, according to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration.

State broadcaster People’s Television Network Inc. has yet to settle the P75.8-million Notices of Disallowance issued by state auditors after the controversial ad placement deal between the Department of Tourism and private media outfit Bitag Media Unlimited Inc. in 2017.

To reduce greenhouse gas emissions, Filipinos are encouraged to use bicycles as an alternative mode of transportation, an official of the Climate Change Commission said.

A total of 1.797 million pairs of license plates worth P808.702 million, paid by registered car owners since 2015, remain undelivered to them by the Land Transportation Office the Commission on Audit has said.

The Department of Health plans to closely coordinate with other government agencies in finding unemployed registered nurses, with the aim of luring them to work in state health facilities.

The vessel tilted after a tire of one of the 16 rolling cargoes on board exploded and broke the lashing.