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                    [Title] => 'Mario' intensifies into storm; heavy, intense rainfall warnings up in Visayas
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The state weather bureau on Thursday issued a heavy rainfall warning for several areas in the Visayas after tropical cyclone "Mario" strengthened into a storm.

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                    [Title] => 'Auring' veers away from RP
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The state weather bureau yesterday lifted all storm warning signals in all areas after tropical depression “Auring” again changed course and moved away from the country.

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                    [Title] => LOCAL NEWS: Tropical depression Quinta spotted off Mindanao
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                    [Title] => PNP begins monitoring election hot spots
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Police have started checking so-called "election hot spots" nationwide to ensure peaceful and orderly elections on May 14.


Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Director General Oscar Calderon said the monitoring of election hotspots is part of the jobs of the reactivated National Task Force HOPE (Honest, Orderly and Peaceful Election).


Deputy Director General Avelino Razon Jr., PNP deputy chief for administration, said police commanders are expected to submit reports on hotspots in their areas of jurisdiction.


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                    [Title] => Abaca fiber finds use in the manufacture of cars, boats
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Abaca fiber as material in the manufacture of car parts and building of boats? Abaca enzyme as ingredient of soap and beauty cream?


More and more commercial uses of abaca are being discovered, boosting the market potential of this plant known the world over as Manila hemp.


Traditionally used in the production of ropes, twines, clothing materials, and carpets, abaca is one of the country’s "endemic treasures", earning about $79 million (about P400 million) a year.


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                    [Title] => Pagasa introduces new rainfall monitoring initiative
                    [Summary] => The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) announced a new innovation in rainfall monitoring which will help the agency gather "efficient and accurate weather reports and forecasts in the local communities."


The Community-Based Rainfall Observation Network (CBRON), the agency’s new project, will involve local government units and local  residents in gathering weather data.


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                    [Title] => Todays Weather
                    [Summary] => An intertropical convergence zone is affecting the entire country.


The whole country will experience cloudy skies with rainshowers and thunderstorms becoming more frequent over the Bicol Region and Eastern Visayas.


Light to moderate wind blowing from the east and southeast and will prevail over Central and Northern Luzon becoming light southwesterly and variable over the rest of the country. Coastal waters throughout the archipelago will be slight to moderate.


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                    [Summary] => A frontal system is over Northeastern Luzon while a the low pressure area  estimated at 2 p.m. yesterday at 310 kilometers east of Visayas was embedded along the intertropical convergence zone (ITCZ) affecting Southern Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao.


The whole country will experience cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms becoming widespread rains over Eastern Luzon, Bicol Region and Eastern Visayas.


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                    [Summary] => A frontal system is over Northeastern Luzon while a the low pressure area  estimated at 2 p.m. yesterday at 310 kilometers east of Visayas was embedded along the intertropical convergence zone (ITCZ) affecting Southern Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao.


The whole country will experience cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms becoming widespread rains over Eastern Luzon, Bicol Region and Eastern Visayas.


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                    [Title] => Storm threatens landslide areas
                    [Summary] => A tropical storm is threatening the eastern and central Philippines, even as residents have yet to recover from landslides and floods in southern Leyte and Mindanao that have left at least 200 people dead or missing, the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) said yesterday.  


Residents of low-lying areas as well as those near mountains were advised to be on high alert against flash floods and landslides, the OCD said. 


Tropical storm "Zigzag," packing winds of 55 kilometers per hour near the center, is forecast to be 320 kilometers east of Catanduanes by today. 


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Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Director General Oscar Calderon said the monitoring of election hotspots is part of the jobs of the reactivated National Task Force HOPE (Honest, Orderly and Peaceful Election).


Deputy Director General Avelino Razon Jr., PNP deputy chief for administration, said police commanders are expected to submit reports on hotspots in their areas of jurisdiction.


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                    [Title] => Abaca fiber finds use in the manufacture of cars, boats
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More and more commercial uses of abaca are being discovered, boosting the market potential of this plant known the world over as Manila hemp.


Traditionally used in the production of ropes, twines, clothing materials, and carpets, abaca is one of the country’s "endemic treasures", earning about $79 million (about P400 million) a year.


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The Community-Based Rainfall Observation Network (CBRON), the agency’s new project, will involve local government units and local  residents in gathering weather data.


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                    [Title] => Storm threatens landslide areas
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Residents of low-lying areas as well as those near mountains were advised to be on high alert against flash floods and landslides, the OCD said. 


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