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Archived News Headlines from August 6, 2012 to August 12, 2012
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August 12, 2012

Govt to build mega dikes in Marikina River, Laguna de Bay to avert floods As a long-term solution to avert flooding in Metro Manila caused by heavy rains, the national government will build mega ...	Disease alert in aftermath of PH floods EMERGENCY relief officials and doctors deployed to flood devastated communities in the Philippines on Sunday to prevent outbreaks of disease as the death toll ...	New PH record set for accumulated rainfall The amount of rainfall that the habagat (southwest monsoon) dumped over Metro Manila and nearby Luzon provinces for 3 days surpassed the projected rainfall for ...	Meralco taps power from Payatas dumpsite Meralco has signed a power supply agreement with the operator of the methane-fired generating plant in the Payatas landfill. Under the agreement signed with ...
PH, US to hold disaster training PHILIPPINE and American troops are set to undergo a month-long training on civic-military and disaster response operations in Central Luzon, which was recently hit by floods due to heavy monsoon rains ...	'Habagat' death toll rises to 85 The death toll from over a week of heavy rains brought by the southwest monsoon has climbed to 85, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said on Sunday. The NDRRMC ...	Damage to agriculture in Central Luzon hits P1.1B The southwest monsoon that wrought havoc in the last three days damaged some P1.095 billion worth of crops, livestock and fishery products in Central Luzon. Based on ...	Malaysia to ASEAN: Unite over South China Sea Malaysia's foreign minister urged Southeast Asian countries on Sunday to settle their overlapping claims in the South China Sea before bringing them up with Beijing ...

August 9, 2012

49 dead, 2 million affected by habagat floods Forty-nine people have died while more than 2 million people in Metro Manila and several Luzon provinces have been affected by heavy rains caused by a storm-enhanced ...	PH floods a man-made disaster: experts Deadly floods that have swamped nearly all of the Philippine capital are less a natural disaster and more the result of poor planning, lax enforcement and political self-interest ...	DILG poised to look into killer landslide Quezon City Mayor Herbert Bautista yesterday welcomed the investigation that will be conducted by the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) on ...	PH warlord's men kill three soldiers Gunmen believed to be followers of a local political warlord killed three soldiers in an ambush in the southern Philippines that also left a child dead, the military said ...
Floods cause P152.13-M initial damage to agriculture - DA The Department of Agriculture (DA) on Wednesday placed at P152.13 million initial damage to agriculture affecting some 25,958 hectares of farm lands in 20 provinces in ...	Floods continue to rise in Pangasinan, evacuation ordered Gov. Amado T. Espino Jr. deployed 10 rescue teams from the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council to ...	Govt to build dike to prevent floods in Bulacan, Malabon, Navotas The government will build a dike along the Meycauayan River to prevent floods in Malabon, Valenzuela, Navotas, and ...	Caluag fails to advance, ends PH Olympic bid Filipino rider Danny Caluag, the country’s last hope for an Olympic medal in London, bowed out of the race to the Games’ BMX semifinals on Thursday. Caluag raced for 5 runs ...

August 7, 2012

Death toll from Philippine floods rises to 51 The death toll from over a week of floods in the Philippines rose to 51 as rain continued to pour, causing dams to overflow and forcing more people to flee their homes, officials ...	HOW TO HELP | Relief Centers Seeking Donations and Volunteers As floods rose and rivers swelled on Tuesday, public and private organizations sent out calls for relief goods, as well as for volunteers ...	‘Lies of Church vs RH Bill must be condomized’ The war of words and propaganda continues for and against the Reproductive Health (RH) Bill, with one of its champions seeking to “condomize” the alleged lies of Catholic  .”	Manila 'like Waterworld', says PH disaster chief Deadly torrential rains submerged much of the Philippine capital and surrounding areas on Tuesday, forcing nearly 270,000 people to flee their homes with more flooding ...
Disbar Carpio – Vizconde SUPREME Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio is facing yet another stumbling block to his ambition of becoming the next chief justice or to even make it in the shortlist of nominees for the position. On Monday ...	MMDA sounds urgent call for volunteers in round-the-clock emergency work MANILA, Philippines – As virtually all of Metro Manila was plunged into an emergency by nonstop, monsoon-induced rains ...	Heavy rains, floods stun celebrities Several celebrities took to microblogging site Twitter their sentiments as non-stop rains continue to batter Luzon and parts of Visayas in the recent days. "American Idol" ...	US to provide P4.3-M relief aid to flooded areas in PH The United States on Tuesday said it is providing US$ 100,000, or about P4.3 million, to the Philippines to support disaster relief efforts in Metro Manila following severe ...

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