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  5. DARK clouds gather over Metro Manila on Wednesday. Weather bureau PAGASA placed the capital region under the significant risk category for Thursday and Friday due to heavy rainfall from the southwest monsoon, intensified by tropical cyclone ‘Obet’ across parts of Luzon.

    Storms, habagat death toll rises to 31

    Southwest monsoon and recent tropical cyclones leave 31 dead, 19 injured and three missing, affecting 7.7 million people and causing billions in damage.

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  6. CALAX Subsection 3 The Cavite-Laguna Expressway Subsection 3 is now open, linking the Silang (Aguinaldo) Interchange to the Governor’s Drive Interchange and providing direct access to the South Luzon Expressway.

    New CALAX segment starts toll collection

    The Toll Regulatory Board has approved the start of toll collection on CALAX Subsection 3, the 7.88-kilometer stretch connecting the Silang (Aguinaldo)…

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  7. VOLUNTEERS carry a body at the site of collapsed buildings following earthquakes in Caraballeda, La Guaira state, Venezuela, on 26 June 2026.

    Venezuela earthquakes toll: 920 dead

    The death toll from twin earthquakes in Venezuela has risen to 920, with over 50,000 people reported missing as international rescue teams continue desperate…

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  9. Death toll from train crash: 16 women

    Death toll from train crash: 16 women

    The death toll from a train crash near Jakarta rises to 16, all women, after a long-distance train hit a women-only carriage, prompting a major rescue…

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  11. The Department of Agriculture (DA) is accrediting vegetable trucks to be exempted from toll fees on April 20, 2026 as part of the effort to stabilize food supply amid the crisis. |Aldwin Quitasol. Photo Courtesy of DA-AMAD Cordillera.

    Vegetable trucks exempted from toll fees

    Vegetable delivery trucks accredited under the DA’s Foodlane Project will be exempted from toll fees starting 20 April 2026, as the government moves to ease…

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  12. DA waives tolls to ease food costs

    DA waives tolls to ease food costs

    The temporary one-month toll fee exemption for trucks transporting farm goods takes effect on 20 April and covers vehicles accredited under the Department of…

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  14. BRACE for toll hike Motorists using the North Luzon Expressway will face higher toll rates starting next week after the Toll Regulatory Board approved a P6 increase in the open system, with a flat fee, and a 26-centavo-per-kilometer increase in the closed system.

    NLEX toll hike hits motorists next week

    NLEX tolls to rise starting 20 January with P6–P72 increases; TRB-approved adjustment aims to support expressway upkeep while rebates continue for accredited…

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  16. SMC’s gratis toll precedes rate hikes

    SMC’s gratis toll precedes rate hikes

    Traffic advisories and operator data show that peak outbound travel for the holidays occurred earlier, 23 and 24 December, well outside the late-night windows.

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  17. METRO Pacific Investments Corporation and Metro Pacific Tollways Corporation chairman, Manuel V. Pangilinan said, ‘Our goal this holiday season is to have motorists spend less time on the road and more time with their families.’

    MPTC grants toll-free passage during holidays

    Tolls will be waived on NLEX, SCTEX, NLEX Connector, CAVITEX, and CALAX from 10 p.m. on 24 December to 6 a.m. on 25 December, and from 10 p.m. on 31 December…

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