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Manila: Parts of the Cordillera are placed under Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal (TCWS) No. 3 as Severe Tropical Storm Kristine (International name: Trami) continues to move over the region, the weather bureau said Thursday. As of 10 a.m., Kristine was located in the vicinity of Bauko, Mountain Province. The severe tropical storm packs maximum sustained winds of 95 kph near the center and gustiness of up to 160 kph. TWCS No. 3 was hoisted over the Mountain Province, Ifugao, Benguet, the northern portion of Nueva Vizcaya (Bayombong, Ambaguio, Bagabag, Villaverde, Kayapa, Bambang, Diadi, Quezon, Solano, Santa Fe, and Aritao), the

Around PHP486,127 worth of humanitarian assistance have been provided to families from the Cordillera who were affected by Severe Tropical Storm Kristine (Trami). The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) said the assistance were provided with the help of local government units and other partners to 866 families comprised of 2,882 members, who are staying in 73 evacuation centers across the region. Provisions were also given to 294 families, composed of 1,037 individuals, who preferred to stay with friends or relatives, it said. The DSWD-CAR also reported that they have received at least

A total of 247 individuals were evacuated in Guihulngan City and Bindoy town in Negros Oriental on Wednesday evening due to heavy rainfall caused by Severe Tropical Storm Kristine, the police said. A report from the Negros Oriental Police Provincial Office (NOPPO) through its spokesperson Lt. Stephen Polinar on Thursday said the evacuees included 60 households in Guihulngan and 53 households in Cabugan, Bindoy. The Department of Social Welfare and Development in Region 7 (DSWD-7) confirmed the evacuation of these individuals. The local government units provided them with initial relief. DSWD-7 regional director Shalaine Lucero assured that in case the

Manila: Senate President Francis Escudero said President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. is set to sign next month the Corporate Recovery and Tax Incentives for Enterprises to Maximize Opportunities for Reinvigorating the Economy (CREATE MORE). “It’s scheduled to be signed I believe in November. So it will be signed on November 11, barring any typhoons or calamities,” Escudero said at the 13th Arangkada Philippines Forum held at the Marriott Hotel in Pasay City. “CREATE MORE seeks to encourage more investors to actually come into the Philippines by providing a more predictable and sustainable playing field and hopefully be able to provide

LEGAZPI CITY – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) 5 (Bicol) has provided PHP30.2 million worth of relief assistance to the families affected by Severe Tropical Storm Kristine (international name: Trami) as of Thursday morning. In an interview, DSWD-5 disaster response and management division chief Claudio Villareal Jr. said they continue to provide family food packs and non-food items to households in the region’s six provinces. The DSWD-5 recorded 345,548 families or 1,669,507 persons affected by “Kristine” in the region. “We already distributed 45,182 family food packs to the affected families, or a total of PHP30,069,315 worth; 710