Most Filipinos can’t find jobs—SWS

Survey says most Filipino workers find it hard to land a job nowadays. The Social Weather Station (SWS) survey during the first quarter of the year showed that 69 percent of adult Filipinos are having difficulty looking for jobs these days. The SWS study indicated that only 11 percent said …

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P18-billion calamity fund ready for ‘Mawar’—DBM

At a Glance Budget Secretary Amenah Pangandaman says the government still has some P18.3 billion in calamity funds that can be used for various disaster relief operations. Pangandaman says identified frontline government agencies may also mobilize their Quick Response Fund (QRF) allocated in their respective budgets. Further, after the typhoon, …

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‘Mawar’ weakens slightly as it nears PH – Pagasa

SUPER typhoon “”Mawar (local name Betty) slightly weakened as it continued to approach the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR), the state weather bureau reported late Friday night. As of 10 p.m., the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said the center of the eye of Mawar was estimated …

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Superstorm to linger for 5 days

Cagayan, Batanes brace for ‘Betty,’ typhoon in PAR until Wednesday READY FOR ‘BETTY’. A fishermen in Parañaque City lashes his boat to a bamboo raft to prepare for the coming of Super Typhoon Mawar or Betty, which showed a fearsome eye in photographs by the Joint Typhoon Warning Center on …

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