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Bicol Farmers, Fishermen Assured of Fuel Subsidy (Bikol News)

PILI, Camarines Sur, May 16 (PNA) - The Department of Agriculture (DA) regional office in Bicol has assured farmers and fishermen in the region of fuel subsidy to help them cushion the impacts of the staggering cost of petroleum products.

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17th Century Daraga Church Spruced Up (Bikol News)

DARAGA, Albay, April 18 - Church devotees from all walks of life who will hold their traditional “Visita Iglesia” (church visitation) this Holy Week will be awed by the newly spruced up façade and belfry of the centuries-old Nuestra Senora de la Porteria (Our Lady of the Gates) in Daraga town in Albay.

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Deputy Ombudsman Dismissed Over Manila Hostage-taking Incident (National News)

MANILA, April 1 2011 -- Deputy Ombudsman Emilio Gonzalez III has been dismissed by the Office of the President (OP) for gross neglect of duty and gross misconduct in handling the dismissal complaint against hostage-taker former Police Sr. Insp. Rolando Mendoza, on recommendation of Malacanang lawyers who reviewed the findings of the Incident Investigation and Review Committee (IIRC).

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Younghusband's Penalty shot gives Azkals 1-0 Lead Over Myanmar, Game Ends in 1-1 Draw (National News)

(UPDATED) MANILA, March 21 -- The Philippine Azkals' James Younghusband's penalty shot in the second half put his team ahead 1-0 against Myanmar's White Angels Monday. But Myanmar makes ii a 1-1 draw in the 90th minute.

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DPWH Bicol Assures Smooth Travel During Lent (Bikol News)

LEGAZPI CITY, March 17 2011 –- The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) regional office here is preparing for traffic buildup along Bikol highways during the Lenten Season by rushing maintenance works on portions of the roads damaged by floods and landslides recently.

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DPWH Seeks P643-M Fund to Control Lahar from Mt. Mayon (Bikol News)

LEGAZPI CITY, March 3 - Bicol’s Regional Development Council (RDC) has favored the P643-million funding proposal of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) for the construction of flood control structures along critical flood paths down the slopes of Mt. Mayon to ease the destruction caused by lahar during rainy situations.

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DENR Vows Strict Enforcement of Logging Ban in Bikol (Bikol News)

LEGAZPI CITY, Feb. 14 -— The regional office of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in Bikol has assured the public that it will take the lead in strictly implementing President Benigno Aquino III’s Executive Order (EO) 23 that places the entire country under an indefinite log ban.

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Albay Establishes Climate Change Academy (Environment)

LEGAZPI CITY, Jan. 29 2011 –- Albay Gov. Joey Sarte Salceda has established the Climate Change Academy (CCA), a first of its kind in the country to provide focused competency development program for adaptation, disaster risk reduction and management.

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Bikol Mayors Support DILG's Water Program (Bikol News)

LEGAZPI CITY, Jan. 20 2011 – Local government units (LGUs) across Bikol have formalized their support to the program of the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) aimed at providing potable water to poor communities in the region under the auspices of the Millennium Development Goal Achievement Fund (MDGF 1919).

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Singson Orders Bikol DPWH Officials to Submit Plans for Rehab of Flood Damaged Infra (Bikol News)

LEGAZPI CITY, Jan. 7 -- Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Rogelio Singson has directed the regional and district officials of the department in Bikol to submit a rehabilitation plan for the recently flood damaged infrastructure in Albay and Camarines Sur after his personal inspection of the damaged structures on.

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