Typhoon ‘Frank’ maintains strength; 90 km southeast of Metro

Inquirer.net
MANILA, Philippines–(UPDATE) Typhoon Frank (international code name: Fengshen) has maintained its strength and its eye was located 90 kilometers southeast of Metro Manila (13.9°N 121.5°E) in the latest bulletin issued by the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA), the state weather bureau.

Rescue ship reaches stricken ferry; typhoon death toll at 80

GMANews.TV
MANILA, Philippines – Worried relatives wept Sunday as they awaited news of more than 800 passengers and crew aboard a ferry that capsized as Typhoon “Frank” (Fengshen) swamped the Philippines, killing more than 80 people and submerging entire communities.

On zero oil tariff cut: Relieve consumers, not oil firms

Independent think-tank IBON Foundation criticizes the Department of Energy and Malacañang for passing the zero oil tariff cut, saying that reduced tariffs in the last three months has resulted in even higher prices of oil products.

Teachers’ Wages Deteriorate As Tuition Fees Soar – EFD

While Filipino families are still coping from escalating prices of basic commodities like rice, bread and meat products and the never-ending rise of oil prices, they are once again faced by enrollment woes this month: tuition fee hikes.
The Department of Education has already announced that the tuition fee increase in private elementary and high schools [...]